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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Name Less (ranked 1493 p4p, 155 weight class) and Phat Ho (ranked 1697 p4p, 175 weight class). Ho comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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142 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Name Less!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phat Ho!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Frank Dennis and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ho turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ho takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Ho scores with a jab to the body.
Less fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ho, pushing him back against the cage.
Ho is looking to control Less's arms but Less gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ho has his back to the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Less throws an elbow but misses.
Less lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ho backwards.
Less tries to throw a body punch but Ho avoids it by throwing Less back against the cage.
Less fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Less lands an elbow just above Ho 's eye.
Less tries to land a knee to the head but Ho blocks with his arms.
Less scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Ho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Less lands a nice knee to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Less comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Less misses with a knee to the head.
Ho tries to throw a body punch but Less avoids it by throwing Ho back against the cage.
Less lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Ho avoiding damage as Less throws knees to the body.
Ho stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Less blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ho has a couple of punches blocked by Less.
Ho blocks an elbow strike.
I was talking to Less's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ho swings wildly with an uppercut but Less uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho lands a nice uppercut.
Ho is working Less over against the cage.
Less tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ho gets through Less's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Less throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ho lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ho scores with a shot to the side of Less's head.
A short right from Ho.
Less is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ho is defending well for now.
Less makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for Less.
A nice left hand lands by Less.
Less working Ho over with knees to the body.
Less creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Ho throws a punch but it's blocked by Less.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho misses with the head strike.
Ho misses with a punch on the inside.
Ho lands an uppercut.
Ho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Ho fails to land.
Ho misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Less fails to land.
Less comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Less blocks an uppercut.
Less lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ho backwards.
Less tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ho takes an elbow to the forehead.
Less misses with a body punch.
Ho scores with a shoulder strike.
Ho's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Less lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ho backwards.
Less landing knees to the body.
Less misses with an elbow over the top.
Still in the clinch, Ho scores with a nice short uppercut.
Less using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Ho has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Less tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ho taking a breather.
Ho throws a head punch that misses.
Ho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Less throws a head punch that misses.
Ho throws a punch but it's blocked by Less.
Ho tries to throw a body punch but Less avoids it by throwing Ho back against the cage.
Good body shot from Ho.
Ho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Less connects with a knee to the head.
Ho misses with some punches.
Less lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Less.
Ho scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Less lands an uppercut.
Less throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Less just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ho's brow.
Ho misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Less lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ho blocking some punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Less just misses with a elbow thrown towards Ho's brow.
Less misses with a punch on the inside.
Ho has a couple of punches blocked by Less.
Less misses with a punch on the inside.
Ho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Less gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Ho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ho has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Less seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Ho can turn it around.
Ho scores with a shoulder strike.
Less misses with a hook from the clinch.
Less fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ho doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Less throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho.
Less looking to throw knees to the head but Ho is blocking nicely.
Ho lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Less backwards.
Less stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Name Less 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.
Ho on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Less misses with a wild body shot.
Ho uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Less.
Less throws a leg kick but Ho sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Name Less seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Less. Ho shrugs it off though.
Less misses with a hook.
Less swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ho counters with a nice uppercut.
Less jabs Ho to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Ho throws a jab when Less was well out of range.
Less buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Less is looking to score with low kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Ho misses the target.
Less throws a hook to the side of Ho's head but Ho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ho scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ho throws a head punch that misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Less.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Less connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Phat Ho has been cut.
Less tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ho's elbow.
Less has a couple of punches blocked by Ho.
Ho avoids the elbow strike from Less, against the cage.
Ho misses with the head strike.
Ho misses with a hook from the clinch.
Less misses with an elbow strike.
Ho lands with a right to the head.
Less lands a shoulder strike.
Less landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Less lands a damaging elbow.
Ho lands a right hand that snaps the head of Less backwards.
Less misses with an elbow over the top.
Ho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Less misses with a knee to the head.
Less misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Less throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho.
A nice left hand lands by Ho.
Less swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Less tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ho tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ho lands a body shot.
Ho prevents a body shot from Less.
Less swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ho leaning his opponent against the cage.
Less makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Less working aggressively here.
Less throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Ho tries to work over Less's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ho blocks an uppercut.
Ho tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Less's elbow.
Less creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Less landing knees to the head.
Ho is working Less over against the cage.
Less lands an elbow just above Ho 's eye.
Ho has a couple of punches blocked by Less.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Less lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Less throws a head punch that misses.
Ho scores with a shoulder strike.
Less misses with some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Less throws an elbow but misses.
Less looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Less throws a knee to the head but misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ho.
Less blocking some punches.
Less blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Name Less has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Less comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Less working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ho.
Less pushes Ho back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ho lands a right hand that snaps the head of Less backwards.
Less doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Less lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ho fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ho dodges an elbow strike from Less.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Less lands a left hand.
Less tries a knee to the head but Ho blocks it.
Ho throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lesss head.
A head punch on the inside from Ho fails to land.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ho.
Ho makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Less lands a hook that snaps the head of Ho backwards.
Ho lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Less scores with a shot to the side of Ho's head.
Ho lands a nice shot to the body.
Less blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Less misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Less fails to land.
Ho blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Less creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Ho's defenses.
Ho avoids a wild elbow strike from Less.
Ho misses with a punch to the body.
Ho avoids a wild elbow strike from Less.
Less throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Ho blocks it with crossed arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Name Less dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Phat Ho's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ho misses with a looping right.
Ho pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Less scores with a decent looking hook.
Ho takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Less moves out of range of the strikes.
Less cracks the inside of Ho's front leg.
Ho throws a shot from downtown. Less moves away and avoids it.
A slow jab from Less misses its intended target.
Jab by Less.
An inside leg kick from Ho misses.
Less needs to keep his hands up - Ho had a free shot at his head there.
Ho cracks the inside of Less's front leg.
Less throws a sloppy body shot
and Ho counters with a nice low kick that buckles Less's knee momentarily.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ho has a couple of punches blocked by Less.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ho takes a shot to the head.
Less tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ho misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Less.
Less has a couple of punches blocked by Ho.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Less.
Ho tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Less misses with a punch to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ho.
Ho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ho.
Good body shot from Ho.
Ho dodges an elbow strike from Less.
Less is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ho can do to turn this around?
Less is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ho is defending well for now.
Ho makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Less misses with a body punch.
Ho managing to block the knees to the body from Less.
A head punch on the inside from Less fails to land.
Less blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Less misses with some punches.
Ho avoids the elbow strike from Less, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Less working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Less pushes off an throws an elbow but Ho leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short right from Ho on the inside.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Still in the clinch, Ho scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ho blocks a body shot from Less.
Ho misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Phat Ho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ho lands with a left to the head.
Less blocks a body shot from Ho.
Less throws a punch but it's blocked by Ho.
Ho scores with a hook to the body.
Ho throws a head punch that misses.
Ho misses with a punch to the body.
Ho takes a knee to the side of the body.
Less throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Less lands a hook that snaps the head of Ho backwards.
Less softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ho.
Less tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ho misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Less.
A nice right hand lands inside from Less.
Less lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ho working aggressively here.
Ho blocks an elbow strike from Less.
Less blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ho misses with a short punch on the inside.
Less tries a knee to the head but Ho blocks it.
Less is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ho is defending well for now.
Ho working aggressively here.
Less lands a nice elbow.
Less lands a left hand.
Less throws a head punch that misses.
Less is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Ho is defending well for now.
Less misses with an elbow over the top.
Less creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ho.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Less creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Less lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho swings wildly with an uppercut but Less uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ho lands with a short shot to the head.
Ho pushes Less back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ho prevents a body shot from Less.
With the fighters up against the cage, Less throws an elbow but misses.
Less scores with a hook to the body.
Less's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ho prevents a body shot from Less.
Less throws an elbow but it misses.
Ho lands a left hand that snaps the head of Less backwards.
Ho misses with some punches.
Less fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Less with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Ho misses with the head strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ho lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ho - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Less tries to land knees in the clinch but Ho avoids the damage to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Name Less.
Well Less has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Name Less!
A relieved looking Name Less thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Phat Ho spoke after the fight, saying 'maybe i should switch to vapes?'.
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hype
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