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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jax Thomas (ranked 83 p4p, 14 weight class) and Uri Gellar (ranked 210 p4p, 30 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Thomas might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Killing is my business, and business is good! - Megadeth. Gellar has chosen James Randi exposes Uri Geller as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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158 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Jax Thomas!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Uri Gellar!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gellar steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Thomas misses with an uppercut
and Gellar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Gellar tries to move into range but Thomas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Gellar fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thomas.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gellar! But no joy.
Gellar swats away the attempt to clinch by Thomas.
Gellar throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
Thomas throws a series of punches but Gellar avoids them all with ease.
Gellar swings for the body but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas pushes Gellar up against the cage in a clinch.
Thomas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Gellar misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thomas working aggressively here.
Gellar blocking some punches.
Gellar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thomas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gellar was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
And Gellar responds with a good body kick, but Thomas manages to step out the way in time.
Thomas lands a nice shot to the body.
Thomas fails in his attempt to clinch.
Thomas thuds his right hand into Gellar's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Jax Thomas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gellar throws a sloppy head kick and Thomas moves out of range easily.
Gellar moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Thomas moves into range and clinches up with Gellar.
Thomas throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thomas misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gellar.
Gellar tries to work over Thomas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thomas blocks an uppercut.
Thomas lands with a left to the head.
I was talking to Thomas's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gellar lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
Thomas lands with a light punch inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gellar breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gellar throws a leg kick that is checked
and Thomas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thomas batters Gellar with a massive right followed by a huge left! Gellar is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Thomas lands a final crushing right hand to drop Gellar to the mat with a gruesome thud! Thomas is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Jax Thomas!
Jax Thomas retains his lightweight title!
Jax Thomas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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