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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Noham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daisan Damicha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noham comes to the cage accompanied by Chase The Devil. Thomas Noham could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Daisan Damicha's chin.
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220 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thomas Noham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Daisan Damicha!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Sosuke Kotani and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damicha looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Damicha avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Noham working a defensive guard here.
Noham wants to sweep here but Damicha controlling him for the moment.
Damicha postures up.
Noham working for submissions but it's allowed Damicha to get to half guard.
Damicha wants to control but Noham is keeping him busy.
Noham works his way to full guard. Good work.
Noham scores with a nice shot.
Damicha gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Noham drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Damicha prevents Noham from moving into mount.
Noham is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damicha tries to buck Noham off but Noham is having none of it.
Noham tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Noham has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Noham working the head and body with strikes.
Damicha is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Damicha can do anything to dispel that myth.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Noham on the wrong end of a nice hook.
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.
Noham on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Damicha gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Noham counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Noham.
Noham postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Damicha looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Noham pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Damicha is keeping the position for now.
Noham postures up in Damicha's guard and throws a big left but Damicha blocks it.
Noham preventing the sweep.
Damicha has momentary wrist control but Noham slips an elbow through the middle.
Damicha is trying to control the position from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Damicha fails with the takedown
and Noham counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Noham.
Damicha drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thomas Noham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daisan Damicha.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damicha drops down looking for an ankle pick but Noham pulls his leg out and moves away.
Damicha shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Damicha landing shots from mount.
Damicha punishing his opponent with strikes.
Damicha lands a big elbow.
Noham is squirming around, avoiding Damicha's attempts to control the action.
Damicha lands a big elbow.
Damicha fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Damicha tries to control but Noham wriggling away.
Noham is in all sorts of trouble here.
Damicha content just to control the position here.
Damicha prevents Noham from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damicha lands a nice shot to the head.
Noham is trying to escape the mount.
Noham sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Noham actively working from the bottom here.
Noham wants to control but Damicha is keeping busy.
Noham regains full guard. Nicely done.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Damicha stays in close to Noham's body and controls the position.
Noham looking to hit a scissor sweep but Damicha is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Thomas Noham will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Noham takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Damicha fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Noham fails with the takedown.
Noham tries to clinch but Damicha moves out of range.
Damicha shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Noham counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Damicha looking to hit a scissor sweep but Noham is one step ahead there.
Noham pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Damicha is keeping the position for now.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Noham's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Noham wants to control from the top but Damicha keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noham working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Damicha's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Noham slips nicely into half guard.
Noham moves nicely into side control.
Damicha is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Damicha is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Noham has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Damicha wants to control but Noham postures up.
Damicha is looking to regain half guard here but Noham keeps moving and retains side control.
Damicha regains half guard.
Damicha wants to control but Noham is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Damicha moves into full guard.
Damicha striking from the bottom here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damicha is trying to keep Noham in close.
Thomas Noham overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Noham thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Noham stopping the sweep attempt from Damicha.
Noham trying to control the position from guard on top but Damicha is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Noham with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Noham lands a couple of elbows.
Damicha is rocked!
It looks like Daisan Damicha has been cut.
Noham scoring with punches to the head and body.
Damicha is still in real trouble! Can Noham finish him?
Noham pushing down on Damicha's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nice strikes from Noham there.
Noham passes to side control.
Noham decides to stand back up. Noham steps back and let's Damicha get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noham gets a clinch.
A body shot lands from Noham.
Noham has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Damicha regains guard immediately.
Damicha is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Damicha looking to hit a scissor sweep but Noham is one step ahead there.
Noham advances to half guard.
Noham decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Damicha seems to have recovered his senses.
Damicha has his takedown stuffed
and Noham counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Damicha!
Thomas Noham has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daisan Damicha.
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!
Damicha tries to hold on but Noham postures up.
Noham loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Damicha scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Noham land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Noham stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Noham!
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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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