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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Kingston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Miller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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162 lbs
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176 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Thomas Kingston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Miller!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Miller fails with a takedown attempt.
Miller tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Kingston swivels and escapes.
Kingston throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Miller sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Miller leaves Kingston with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Miller shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kingston as he jumps to the side.
Thomas Kingston has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Miller.
Miller cracks Kingston with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A low kick from Miller misses
and Kingston counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Miller!
Kingston in side control, throwing shots but Miller defends.
Miller dodges the ground and pound from Kingston.
Miller is trying to control Kingston's posture but Kingston avoids it.
Kingston throws an elbow but Miller slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miller can't do much from the bottom here.
Miller is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Kingston working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Kingston is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Miller knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Kingston working the head and body with strikes.
Kingston is trying to get an arm triangle but Miller is defending well.
Kingston tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingston sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Miller is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Kingston tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kingston has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kingston taking a breather here.
Kingston seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Miller for as long as he can get away with.
Miller takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kingston is working Miller over with some ground and pound from side control.
Kingston working the strikes but Miller uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Kingston missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Miller looks winded!
Kingston keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Kingston wants to pass to mount but Miller is defending the position.
Kingston looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Miller with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Kingston missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Kingston thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Miller's head.
Kingston frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Kingston punishing his opponent with strikes.
Kingston scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kingston is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Miller can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Miller is in a horrible position here. Kingston smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kingston scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Miller?
Kingston landing strikes from the mount and Miller is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Kingston dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kingston dives in and scores a takedown into Miller's guard.
Kingston content to stall in guard here.
Kingston throwing strikes but missing.
Kingston is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kingston is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Miller can do to turn this around?
Kingston lands a couple of elbows.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingston wants to pass the guard but Miller is keeping the position.
Miller avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Miller keeping full guard, as Kingston tries to pass.
Miller is breathing heavily.
Kingston is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Kingston here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Kingston is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kingston throwing strikes from guard but Miller blocks nicely.
Kingston content to stall in guard here.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Miller defending well as Kingston loads up on a big left hand.
Kingston slaps away a takedown attempt from Miller, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Kingston swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Kingston closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Kingston is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Kingston landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Kingston cracks Miller with a big right hand but Miller just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kingston controls the position.
Kingston working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Kingston working the head with strikes.
Miller is working to avoid the ground and pound but Kingston connects with a decent elbow.
Miller takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Kingston is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Miller will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Kingston scores with punches from side control.
Kingston scoring with punches from side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kingston working the ground and pound.
Kingston controls the position.
Kingston looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Kingston dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Kingston scores with a takedown into Miller's guard.
Kingston drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Miller dives on top into guard.
Miller trying to control but Kingston is working from the bottom.
Kingston looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Miller passes into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kingston wants to control but Miller is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingston controlling the position for now.
Kingston landing small, sideways elbows.
Kingston slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Miller takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Kingston controlling the position.
Miller slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Kingston.
Kingston tries to roll over but Miller keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Kingston moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Kingston wants to improve his position but instead Miller has moved into half guard.
Kingston wants to get back to full guard.
Kingston slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kingston is looking for a triangle but Miller pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingston manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Miller manages to get himself to full guard.
Kingston connects with a couple of short punches.
Miller is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kingston scoring with some ground and pound.
Kingston sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Miller's guard.
Kingston lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Miller is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Kingston scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kingston content to control rather than advance.
Kingston has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Miller taking some punishment here, with Kingston in his half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Mike Miller has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
And that's the end of the fight!
Thomas Kingston showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kingston has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Kingston!
Thomas Kingston tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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