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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Clawnes (ranked 2322 p4p, 309 weight class) and Ernie Bezoink (ranked 1804 p4p, 239 weight class). Clawnes comes into the arena with My name is MUD blaring out of the sound system. Bezoink has chosen Fuel 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
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215 lbs
20 - 23 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class MT
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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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
27 - 23 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Clawnes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 23 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernie Bezoink!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clawnes misses with a combination
and Bezoink counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Clawnes misses with a hook.
Clawnes swings widly with a right hand
and Bezoink connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
No joy there for Bezoink, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
It looked like Clawnes was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Bezoink takes one on the button.
Bezoink lands a jab to the head.
Thomas Clawnes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Bezoink.
Bezoink scores with a head kick.
Clawnes scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bezoink fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Clawnes checks it well.
A big left from Clawnes misses.
Bezoink lands the left hand.
Clawnes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bezoink counters with a stiff right hand.
Bezoink misses the shot to the body.
Clawnes avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bezoink pushes Clawnes away with a front kick.
Bezoink takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bezoink throws a one two combo.
Bezoink lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Clawnes throws a body punch but Bezoink moves out of range.
Clawnes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bezoink throws a counter combo.
Clawnes misses with the combination.
Bezoink misses with a leg kick.
Bezoink slips a jab from Clawnes.
Bezoink unleashes a big counter combination but Clawnes bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Clawnes defending well as Bezoink loads up on a big left hand.
Clawnes misses with an uppercut.
Clawnes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Bezoink sprawls well. Bezoink wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Clawnes gets slowly back to his feet.
Bezoink is looking for the big counter here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes throws a right hand that misses
and Bezoink counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clawnes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bezoink attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bezoink.
Bezoink uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clawnes.
A countering left hand to the body from Bezoink misses.
Bezoink dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Clawnes. That did some damage!
Clawnes has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Clawnes there as he acknowledges the shot.
Bezoink slips a straight right by Clawnes.
Clawnes misses with a hook. Bezoink ducked under it nicely.
Bezoink defending well as Clawnes loads up on a big left hand.
Bezoink blocks the body kick.
Clawnes takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Clawnes lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A shot to the liver by Clawnes. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bezoink connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Clawnes scrambles back to his feet.
Bezoink 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.
Bezoink lands with a nice body kick.
Bezoink lunges at Clawnes with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Clawnes's hand.
Clawnes misses with a straight left.
Bezoink throws a head kick that Clawnes semi-blocks.
A head kick misses from Bezoink.
A little feinted left hand from Clawnes on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nice jab there from Clawnes.
Clawnes with a hook.
Bezoink dips to his left and cracks Clawnes with an uppercut!
Clawnes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bezoink moves away.
Bezoink swings for the body but Clawnes moves out of range.
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!
Bezoink staying out of range there.
Clawnes swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Bezoink, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Clawnes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bezoink moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink tries a head kick but it misses.
Clawnes fails to land with a series of punches.
Clawnes throws a jab when Bezoink was well out of range.
A big left from Clawnes misses.
A punch combination from Bezoink misses.
A left and a right from Bezoink both land. Nice combination.
Bezoink keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clawnes.
Bezoink is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Clawnes with a body shot.
Bezoink throws a sloppy head kick and Clawnes moves out of range easily.
Clawnes was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Clawnes moves out of range of the leg kick from Bezoink.
Bezoink misses with a leg kick.
Clawnes takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clawnes looks to land a right hand but Bezoink moved out of range.
Bezoink throws a head kick but Clawnes moves out of range.
Clawnes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bezoink.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernie Bezoink dominated that 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.
Bezoink fails to land with a series of punches.
Bezoink connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bezoink has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A jab lands there for Bezoink.
Clawnes scores with a leg kick.
Clawnes tries a head kick but it misses.
Bezoink misses with a double jab.
A quick step to the side and Clawnes tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bezoink steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clawnes.
Bezoink looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bezoink misses with a hook.
Clawnes was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Clawnes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Bezoink.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clawnes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clawnes keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bezoink.
Bezoink tries to bum rush Clawnes with a series of wild strikes but Clawnes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Clawnes was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bezoink avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bezoink. That's going to slow Clawnes down.
Clawnes sizes up Bezoink with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Clawnes is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Bezoink.
Clawnes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bezoink was well out of range. Poor timing from Clawnes.
Bezoink throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A nice combination there by Bezoink.
It looks like Thomas Clawnes has been cut.
Bezoink fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bezoink rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Clawnes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Clawnes misses with a left hand
letting Bezoink counter with a right hand.
Bezoink displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bezoink tries to bum rush Clawnes with a series of wild strikes but Clawnes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
An attempted straight right counter from Clawnes misses the target.
Clawnes moves out of range of the strikes.
Bezoink ducks under a wild hook from Clawnes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Clawnes throws a big shot that misses.
Sloppy strikes from Bezoink. Those never looked like landing.
Bezoink connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bezoink scores with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Bezoink.
A big right from Bezoink misses.
A punch combination from Bezoink misses.
Clawnes dodges the punch combination from Bezoink.
Clawnes lands with an uppercut that bounces Bezoink off the cage and back into range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Bezoink!
Clawnes with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bezoink throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A head kick misses from Bezoink.
Bezoink on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Clawnes avoids the head kick by Bezoink.
Bezoink cracks Clawnes with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Bezoink avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bezoink is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Clawnes with a body shot.
Clawnes lunges at Bezoink with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bezoink's hand.
Clawnes gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Bezoink feints a jab promting Clawnes to slip. Bezoink then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Clawnes slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Bezoink scores with a one two! Clawnes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clawnes thuds a left hand into Bezoink's body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Clawnes darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes throws a right and a left that both miss.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Clawnes might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Bezoink avoids the body shot from Clawnes.
It seemed like Bezoink was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bezoink steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clawnes.
Bezoink moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Bezoink throws a series of punches but Clawnes moves out of range.
Ernie Bezoink seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bezoink misses with the combination.
Clawnes misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ernie Bezoink is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Clawnes lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Bezoink moves out of range as Clawnes strikes.
Bezoink lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clawnes misses with a low kick.
Bezoink dodges the punch combination from Clawnes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ernie Bezoink showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Thomas Clawnes's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Bezoink wants to slow Clawnes down by chopping away at his legs.
Clawnes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bezoink cracks Clawnes with a good jab.
Clawnes lands a nice hook to Bezoink's body. Bezoink takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bezoink swinging wildly here.
Bezoink lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Clawnes circles away quickly and effectively.
Clawnes was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Bezoink takes one to the chin there.
Clawnes lands a right hook to the body.
Bezoink walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clawnes takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bezoink lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
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!
Clawnes throws a body punch but Bezoink moves out of range.
No joy there for Bezoink, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clawnes throws a series of punches but Bezoink moves out of range.
Clawnes ducks right into an uppercut from Bezoink.
Bezoink throws a right and a left that Clawnes avoids nicely.
A big left from Clawnes misses.
Clawnes looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A slow jab from Clawnes misses its intended target.
Bezoink cracks Clawnes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Clawnes slips a jab and a cross from Bezoink.
Clawnes swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Bezoink scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Clawnes throws a hook but Bezoink avoids it easily.
Clawnes ducks right into an uppercut from Bezoink.
Bezoink misses with a double jab.
Clawnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Bezoink is just out of range.
Clawnes looks to land a left hand but Bezoink moved out of range nicely.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bezoink throws a right and a left that Clawnes avoids nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clawnes lands a nice hook to Bezoink's body. Bezoink takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Bezoink takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bezoink moves out of range of the strikes.
Clawnes thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice jab there from Bezoink.
Bezoink defending well as Clawnes loads up on a big left hand.
Clawnes throws the left hand but Bezoink avoids the punch easily.
Bezoink throws a counter combo.
Bezoink bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clawnes takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Clawnes has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bezoink finds it's way round the side to connect with Clawnes's head.
A slow jab from Clawnes misses its intended target.
Bezoink throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Clawnes lands a really nice looking cross but Bezoink seems unphased.
Clawnes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Clawnes dips to his left and cracks Bezoink with an uppercut!
Clawnes misses with an uppercut. Bezoink saw that one coming.
Bezoink unleashes a big counter combination but Clawnes bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Clawnes jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bezoink swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Clawnes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Bezoink.
Thomas Clawnes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Clawnes takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Clawnes has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Clawnes connects with a crisp jab.
Clawnes sizes up Bezoink with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Bezoink lands a nice looking body kick.
Clawnes works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clawnes throws a sloppy body shot
and Bezoink counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bezoink is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Clawnes looks to score with a jab to the body but Bezoink is just out of range.
Ernie Bezoink is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bezoink ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bezoink slips a straight right by Clawnes.
Clawnes swings for the body but Bezoink moves out of range.
Good exchange - Bezoink coming out on top.
Clawnes rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Bezoink counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Clawnes throws a right hand that misses
and Clawnes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A jab from Clawnes finds it's way through Bezoink's defenses.
Bezoink lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Bezoink throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bezoink misses with a body kick.
Bezoink displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Clawnes throws a right and a left that Bezoink avoids nicely.
Good leg kick by Clawnes there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ernie Bezoink.
Well Bezoink has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ernie Bezoink!
Our winner, Ernie Bezoink, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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