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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Clawnes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Madhaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clawnes comes to the cage accompanied by My name is MUD. Madhaki has chosen A Tribe Called Quest - Electric Relaxation as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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223 lbs
25 - 22 - 0 |
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189 cm
34
225 lbs
18 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Clawnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Josh Madhaki!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Madhaki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Madhaki lands with a hook. Clawnes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
It looks like Thomas Clawnes has been cut.
Clawnes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Madhaki at a distance.
Madhaki tries to move into range but Clawnes moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Clawnes misses with a right hand
and Madhaki counters with a straight right hand.
Madhaki moves out of range of the body kick from Clawnes.
Madhaki lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Madhaki lands a head kick. Clawnes smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Clawnes throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Madhaki counters with a nice low kick that buckles Clawnes's knee momentarily.
Madhaki tests Clawnes's chin there with a solid looking shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madhaki looks to land a right hand but Clawnes moved out of range.
Clawnes misses the shot to the body.
Madhaki gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Clawnes.
Clawnes throws a right hand that Madhaki ducks under and follows up with a left that Madhaki also avoids with ease.
Despite the aggression on Madhaki's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Clawnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Madhaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Clawnes.
Clawnes misses with a looping left.
Madhaki scores with a hook to the body. Clawnes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Madhaki scores with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clawnes misses with a hook.
Madhaki lands a lovely overhand right.
Clawnes throws an off balance right hand
and Madhaki counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A jab from Madhaki misses.
Madhaki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Clawnes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice takedown defense from Madhaki. No joy for Clawnes on that attempt.
Clawnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Madhaki was well out of range. Poor timing from Clawnes.
Clawnes misses the shot to the body.
Clawnes lands a right hook to the body.
Clawnes misses with a body shot.
Madhaki rushes Clawnes and presses him up against the cage.
Madhaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clawnes looks to land a combination but Madhaki avoids it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Madhaki lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes lands with an overhand left.
A slow jab from Clawnes misses its intended target.
Madhaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clawnes.
Madhaki scores with a leg kick.
Clawnes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Clawnes throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Madhaki to counter with a crisp jab.
Madhaki misses with a wild combination.
Thomas Clawnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clawnes throws a jab when Madhaki was well out of range.
Madhaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clawnes.
Madhaki misses with an attempted mid kick.
A big right from Clawnes misses.
Clawnes tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Madhaki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Madhaki tries to clinch there but Clawnes circles away.
Madhaki keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Clawnes needs to keep his hands up - Madhaki had a free shot at his head there.
Madhaki tries to land a leg kick but Clawnes saw it coming and moves away.
Madhaki takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Madhaki is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Clawnes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Madhaki moves into range and connects with a jab.
Clawnes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Madhaki tries to bum rush Clawnes with a series of wild strikes but Clawnes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Madhaki takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Clawnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Madhaki.
Madhaki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Madhaki throws a right hand that Clawnes ducks under and follows up with a left that Clawnes also avoids with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clawnes is looking to chop away at Madhaki's legs.
Despite the aggression on Madhaki's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Clawnes swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes looks to land a right hand but Madhaki moved out of range.
Madhaki darts in and clinches Clawnes up against the cage.
Madhaki breaks the clinch.
Clawnes scores with a nice right hand.
Clawnes throws a jab when Madhaki was well out of range.
Madhaki pushes Clawnes up against the cage in a clinch.
Clawnes pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Madhaki moves into range and clinches up with Clawnes.
Madhaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Clawnes uses good head movement to avoid it.
Madhaki throws a head punch that misses.
Clawnes can't find room to land a body shot as Madhaki controls the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clawnes breaks from the clinch.
Madhaki misses with a straight left.
Clawnes dives in and grabs Madhaki's left leg, looking for a takedown. Madhaki pushes down on Clawnes's head and hops out.
Madhaki throws out a counter right but Clawnes avoids it with no problem.
Clawnes just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Madhaki dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Clawnes's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Madhaki scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Madhaki. Clawnes does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clawnes. Madhaki does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clawnes throws a hook to the side of Madhaki's head but Madhaki sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clawnes throws a shot from downtown. Madhaki moves away and avoids it.
A head kick misses from Clawnes.
Clawnes takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Clawnes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Clawnes cracks Madhaki with a nice body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clawnes tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Madhaki's elbow.
Clawnes lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Madhaki backwards.
Madhaki misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Clawnes.
Madhaki's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Clawnes misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Clawnes throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Madhaki throws a sloppy body shot
and Clawnes makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Madhaki throws a body punch but Clawnes moves out of range.
Madhaki throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Clawnes counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Clawnes misses the shot to the body.
Clawnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Madhaki closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Clawnes swings for the body but Madhaki moves out of range.
Clawnes lands a left and a right that send Madhaki crashing to the mat, dazed. Clawnes thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Madhaki is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clawnes throws an overhand right that drops Madhaki like a sack of potatoes! Clawnes dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Clawnes!
Thomas Clawnes gave a mention to Spartan Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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hype
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