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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Raske (ranked 810 p4p, 113 weight class) and Raul Salvatierra (ranked 3271 p4p, 405 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Great low kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Decent boxing
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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
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thomas Raske!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raul Salvatierra!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Skip Squint and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raske throws a jab when Salvatierra was well out of range.
Salvatierra takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Raske closes the distance and clinches.
Raske lands a right hand.
Salvatierra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Raske is keeping busy.
Raske cracks Salvatierra with a nice body shot.
Salvatierra pressing his opponent against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Salvatierra's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Raske lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Raske.
Salvatierra blocks a body shot from Raske.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Salvatierra stalling in the clinch but Raske improves position.
Raske is working Salvatierra over against the cage.
Raske lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Salvatierra backwards.
Raske lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Salvatierra or not.
A shot in the inside from Raske.
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!
A short right from Raske.
Salvatierra looks winded!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Salvatierra stalling in the clinch but Raske improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raske lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Raske lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Raske lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Raske.
Raske lands a hook to the side of the head.
Salvatierra slows down the pace here.
A short right from Raske on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Raske.
A body shot lands from Raske.
Raske throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salvatierras head.
Raske pushes Salvatierra back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Raske lands a left hand that snaps the head of Salvatierra backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raske scores with a shoulder strike.
Salvatierra looking to stall.
A short right from Raske.
A hook to the body from Raske.
A short right from Raske on the inside.
Raske lands an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raske lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Raske lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Salvatierra.
Raske softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Raske lands a body punch.
Salvatierra has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Raske seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Salvatierra can turn it around.
Raske lands a right hand that snaps the head of Salvatierra backwards.
Raske lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Raske.
A shot in the inside from Raske.
Raske softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Raske lands a shoulder strike.
A short left from Raske.
Raske lands a left hand that snaps the head of Salvatierra backwards.
Still in the clinch, Raske scores with a nice short uppercut.
Salvatierra looking to slow down the pace here.
Salvatierra wants to stall.
Salvatierra is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Raske has denied him.
Raske stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Raske scores with a nice hook to the head.
Salvatierra is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Raske.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raske lands a left hand that snaps the head of Salvatierra backwards.
Raske lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Raske lands a big right hand that sends Salvatierra to the canvas! This could be the beginning of the end for Salvatierra!
Salvatierra is rocked!
It looks like Raul Salvatierra has been cut.
Raske controlling the pace.
Salvatierra is still in real trouble! Can Raske finish him?
Salvatierra seems to have recovered his senses.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raske has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raske chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Raske dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Raul Salvatierra'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.
Raske scores with a leg kick.
Raske moves in looking to clinch but Salvatierra pushes him off.
Salvatierra throws out a counter right but Raske avoids it with no problem.
Raske's jab looks to have found its range, popping Salvatierra under the eye.
Raske bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Raske lands with a hook. Salvatierra tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Raske moves into range and connects with a jab.
Raske connects with a solid leg kick.
Salvatierra takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Salvatierra gets tackled into the cage by Raske. Raske maintains the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Salvatierra effectively controlling the action here.
Raske working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Salvatierra wants to stall.
A right hand to the body from Raske.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvatierra looking to slow down the pace here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Raul Salvatierra.
Raske scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Raske thuds a left hand into Salvatierra's body.
Raske rushes Salvatierra and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Raske lands a right hand that snaps the head of Salvatierra backwards.
A short right from Raske.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nice body punch from Raske - that landed with a thud.
Salvatierra is breathing heavily.
Salvatierra wants to break the clinch but can't.
Raske is working Salvatierra over against the cage.
Raske lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Raske.
Salvatierra is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Raske is keeping busy.
Salvatierra is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raske lands with a left to the head.
Salvatierra takes a shot to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raske stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Salvatierra is trying to force a seperation but Raske has the dominant position.
Raske lands a nice shot to the body.
Raske lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Raske.
Raske lands with a light punch inside.
Raske working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A shot in the inside from Raske.
A short left from Raske.
Raske scores with a shot to the side of Salvatierra's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Raske.
Raske drops Salvatierra with a massive uppercut from the clinch! Oh my word, Salvatierra is out cold! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Thomas Raske!
A victorious Thomas Raske thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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