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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thor Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benoit Kong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wood comes to the cage accompanied by Own little World. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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175 lbs
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178 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thor Wood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Benoit Kong!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kong lands with a shot to the body.
Kong missing with a left hand there. Wood was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kong looks to land a left hand but Wood moved out of range nicely.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kong paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wood connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Benoit Kong has been cut.
Wood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kong. That did some damage!
Kong looks to score with a jab to the body but Wood is just out of range.
Wood clobbers Kong with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wood throws a nice outside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kong looks gassed!
Wood has Kong up against the cage in a clinch.
Wood with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Wood leaning his opponent against the cage.
Wood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kong's face.
Wood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kong's face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood looking to throw knees to the head but Kong is blocking nicely.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
Wood using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kong has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Wood stalling in the clinch.
Wood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kong or not.
Wood connects with a knee to the head.
Wood throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kong blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice left hand lands by Wood.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kong lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wood lands a knee to the body.
Wood with a knee to the head.
Kong is rocked!
Wood throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kong is still on wobbly legs! Can Wood finish him?
A knee to the head by Wood.
Kong seems to have recovered his senses.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a knee to the head.
A body shot lands from Wood.
Wood scores a nice knee to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wood stalling.
Wood scores with a shoulder strike.
Wood lands a knee to the body.
Wood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kong's face.
Wood crunches a lovely knee into Kong's ribcage.
Good body shot from Wood.
Wood landing knees to the body.
Wood slowing the pace effectively.
Wood scores with a knee to the head.
Wood stalling in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kong takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wood landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wood lands a nice knee to the body.
Wood lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Wood dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Knees to the body from Wood.
Wood holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Wood connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kong's face.
Wood tries a knee to the head but Kong blocks it.
A short left from Wood.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kong tries to score a body lock takedown but Wood shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but Kong blocks with his arms.
Knees to the body from Wood.
Wood is stalling here.
Wood lands a knee to the head.
That has opened up Benoit Kong's cut even more.
Wood landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Kong takes a knee right on the jaw!
Wood stalling against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wood seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thor Wood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Benoit Kong's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Kong swinging wilding here.
Wood tries to clinch up but Kong circles away and keeps his distance.
Kong pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kong swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Kong connects with a jab.
Wood lands with a nice body kick.
Kong tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wood lands a big head kick that sends Kong to the canvas! Wood follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thor Wood!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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