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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Godbolt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derrick Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Godbolt's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Trenches by Pop Evil. Thomas comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Shinedown - "State Of My Head" kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Matthew Godbolt had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 186.0lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Derrick Thomas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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186 cm
39
202 lbs
29 - 22 - 4 |
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191 cm
25
191 lbs
5 - 5 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
29 - 22 - 4, fighting out of London, Matthew Godbolt! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Derrick Thomas! The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Thomas cracks Godbolt with an open hand slap. Thomas takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Godbolt. Thomas takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Thomas ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Godbolt moves away. Godbolt appears to be looking for a counter takedown. Thomas's jab looks to have found its range, popping Godbolt under the eye. Godbolt scores with a shot to the body.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Godbolt.
Thomas takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Thomas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Godbolt throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Thomas to counter with a crisp jab. Godbolt will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thomas lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Thomas is looking to land body kicks. Thomas moves out of range of the strikes. Godbolt throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily. Thomas lands with a straight right. Godbolt didn't see that one coming. Thomas throws a leg kick and Godbolt counters with a left to the body. Godbolt has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thomas. Godbolt gets a clinch. Thomas breaks from the clinch.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Thomas. Godbolt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Thomas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Thomas tries to close the distance and clinch up but Godbolt swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Godbolt. Godbolt was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Thomas tries to land a leg kick but Godbolt saw it coming and moves away.
Godbolt attempts a counter takedown but Thomas avoids it well and moves away. Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Godbolt tries to clinch up. A little jabbing left from Thomas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Thomas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Godbolt.
Godbolt misses with a right hand and Thomas counters with a left to the body. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Thomas misses with a wild body shot. Thomas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Godbolt misses with a short punch on the inside. Godbolt drags the fight down to the ground.
Thomas has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Godbolt is proving hard to escape from. Thomas stands and steps away. Godbolt gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Thomas jabbing away but nothing is landing. Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas thows a body kick. Godbolt tries to catch it but that hurt him. Godbolt lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thomas circles away quickly and effectively. Godbolt throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Thomas counters with a nice body kick.
Thomas lands a leg kick that knocks Godbolt off balance momentarily. Godbolt avoids a kick to the body.
A decent looking cross lands there for Thomas. Thomas lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Thomas bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Godbolt's head.
It looks like Matthew Godbolt has been cut. Thomas throws a big shot that misses. Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice defenses there by Godbolt.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Thomas lands with a good body shot. This has been an exciting period of action! Thomas thumps Godbolt with a low kick. Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Godbolt misses the shot to the body. Thomas tries to work over Godbolt's front leg with a kick but Godbolt checks it. Thomas looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. A combination from Godbolt does no damage. Thomas thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Godbolt if he has to take too many more of those.
Thomas explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Derrick Thomas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Godbolt is breathing heavily. Thomas scores with a body shot.
Derrick Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Thomas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Thomas uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Godbolt takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Thomas dominated that round. The cut man is working on Matthew Godbolt's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
An inside leg kick lands from Thomas. Godbolt swats away the attempt to clinch by Thomas. A chopping leg kick lands by Thomas. Thomas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Thomas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thomas lands with a thumping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Thomas. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas moves out of range as Godbolt strikes. Godbolt waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas. Thomas doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Nice body punch from Thomas.
That's one minute gone in the round. A looping hook to the body misses from Godbolt. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet. Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Godbolt misses with a few strikes there.
Godbolt takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Godbolt drops down looking for a counter takedown but Thomas sprawls and moves away. Good leg kick by Thomas there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Godbolt is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Godbolt throws an overhand right that lands on Thomas's shoulder, as Thomas tries to avoid the shot. Godbolt uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas. Thomas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thomas lands with a thumping leg kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Thomas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Thomas has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Godbolt ducks under a wild hook from Thomas. Thomas blocks a jab. Thomas misses with a head kick.
Godbolt keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Godbolt walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Thomas dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Derrick Thomas seems to be getting the better of the standup. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. A nice leg kick lands there from Thomas. Godbolt takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thomas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Godbolt works the jab nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Thomas is looking to clinch. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Thomas. Thomas throws a body punch but Godbolt moves out of range. Godbolt feinted with a counter takedown. Godbolt's legs have taken a beating and he's really slowing down as a result. Thomas fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Godbolt is out of range. Godbolt misses with a left hand and Thomas counters with a lovely straight right hand! Thomas throws a leg kick but Godbolt sees it coming and checks it nicely. Thomas delivers a nice body kick. Godbolt ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thomas moves away. Godbolt will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body. Thomas stuffs the takedown attempt from Godbolt. Godbolt gets slowly back to his feet. Thomas scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Thomas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Godbolt throws out the jab. Godbolt misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Godbolt keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas. Thomas fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Thomas forces Godbolt back against the cage and clinches. Thomas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Godbolt moves away from the strike by Thomas. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Thomas throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Godbolt takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Godbolt takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Godbolt on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Derrick Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The cut man is working on Matthew Godbolt's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Thomas. Godbolt shrugs it off though. Thomas looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Thomas swings widly with a right hand
and Godbolt counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Godbolt misses the shot to the body. Godbolt misses with a takedown attempt - Thomas sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Godbolt misses with an uppercut. Thomas saw that one coming. Thomas throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Thomas ducks under a wild hook from Godbolt. A good leg kick by Thomas. Godbolt is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Thomas's half guard. Thomas has one foot on Godbolt's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet. Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Nice body punch from Thomas. Thomas misses with a low kick. Thomas cracks Godbolt with a good jab. Thomas with a hook. Godbolt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thomas as he jumps to the side. A countering left hand to the body from Thomas misses. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Godbolt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matthew Godbolt. That's going to take a lot out of him. Godbolt takes a jab right on the kisser.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Thomas lets loose with a powerful body kick. Godbolt will feel that in the morning. Thomas moves in looking to clinch but Godbolt pushes him off. Thomas misses the shot to the body. Thomas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Godbolt. Thomas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Godbolt on the side of the head. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Thomas throws a head kick that misses. Godbolt takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Thomas is looking to chop away at Godbolt's legs. Godbolt throws a right hand that misses
and Godbolt takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Thomas has managed to clinch.
Thomas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Thomas scores with a nice hook to the head. Derrick Thomas is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Godbolt swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Godbolt managing to block the knees to the body from Thomas.
Thomas slows down the pace here.
Godbolt tries to throw a body punch but Thomas avoids it by throwing Godbolt back against the cage. Thomas crunches a lovely knee into Godbolt's ribcage. Nice body punch from Thomas - that landed with a thud.
Thomas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Thomas gets through Godbolt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Godbolt takes a knee to the side of the body. Thomas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Godbolt backwards. Thomas connects with a knee to the head.
Godbolt tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Thomas just stands there and leans against the cage. Thomas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Godbolt lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. A right hand to the body from Thomas.
Thomas lands a right hand that snaps the head of Godbolt backwards.
Godbolt is rocked! The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Thomas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Matthew Godbolt has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Oh Godbolt is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round. Knees in the clinch landing for Thomas.
Thomas landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thomas gets through Godbolt's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Thomas's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Godbolt takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Godbolt looking for a takedown. Thomas lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Godbolt to his knees! Thomas keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Derrick Thomas! A very excited looking Derrick Thomas made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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