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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ante Raos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thom Le Bou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Raos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Zagreb. Le Bou has chosen in the Night Garden Theme Tune as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ante Raos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Thom Le Bou!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Paul Tew and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raos moves in looking to clinch but Le Bou pushes him off.
Raos fails in his attempt to clinch.
Le Bou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Raos shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Le Bou gets full guard.
Raos knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Le Bou on the ground.
Le Bou throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Raos slips nicely into half guard.
Le Bou wants to control but Raos is keeping busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Le Bou wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Bou landing small, sideways elbows.
Raos stalling.
Le Bou wants to improve his position but Raos is controlling well.
Raos content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Raos wants to stand up but Le Bou has a hold of him and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Raos is looking to stall here but Le Bou recovers full guard.
Raos preventing the sweep.
Raos wants to stand but Le Bou has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Le Bou is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Raos showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Le Bou is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raos looking to sit in guard and control but Le Bou gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Raos pulls Le Bou in close to prevent any damage.
Raos wants to stand and escape but Le Bou is having none of it.
Le Bou is looking to work some ground and pound but Raos has wrist control.
Le Bou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Le Bou trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Raos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Le Bou is one step ahead there.
Raos trying to keep a closed guard but Le Bou is proving a slippery customer.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Raos wants to clinch.
Raos has managed to clinch.
Raos is pushing Le Bou up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Le Bou manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Le Bou wants to improve his position but instead Raos has moved into half guard.
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 Ante Raos will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The fight stays on the outside here - Raos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ante Raos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Raos wants to clinch.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Raos.
Raos is looking to clinch.
Raos takes one to the side of the head.
Raos scores a takedown into full mount!
Le Bou working to try and regain half guard.
Raos tries to control but Le Bou wriggling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Bou wants to hold on but Raos pushes him away.
Le Bou is wriggling around trying to escape.
Le Bou is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Raos looking to control but Le Bou is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Le Bou gets back to half guard.
Raos trying to control the action but Le Bou is working from the bottom.
Le Bou trying to hold on to Raos's head to control him but Raos postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Le Bou throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Raos keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Raos with the ground and pound but Le Bou uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Le Bou is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Raos is trying to maintain the position but Le Bou is very close to passing his half guard.
Raos is trying to stand up here but Le Bou is controlling him well.
Raos is trying to escape back to his feet but Le Bou uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Le Bou creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Raos sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raos dodges the ground and pound from Le Bou.
Raos wants to control but Le Bou postures up.
Le Bou working the ground and pound but Raos is defending the strikes.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Raos wants to clinch up but Le Bou keeps it at a distance.
Ante Raos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Raos takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raos is looking to clinch.
Raos wants to clinch.
Le Bou looks to score with a jab to the body but Raos is just out of range.
Raos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Raos tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Le Bou tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raos is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Le Bou is defending well for now.
Raos misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raos jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Le Bou walks away with a smile on his face. Raos gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ante Raos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Raos wants to clinch.
Le Bou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Raos was well out of range. Poor timing from Le Bou.
Le Bou misses with a body shot.
Raos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Le Bou as he jumps to the side.
Raos moves in looking to clinch but Le Bou pushes him off.
Le Bou swats away the attempt to clinch by Raos.
Le Bou just misses with a punch to the body.
Raos wants to clinch.
Raos tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thom Le Bou showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Raos tries to clinch there but Le Bou circles away.
Le Bou is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Raos rather than just go for the knockout.
Raos doesn't manage to clinch there - Le Bou circles away.
Raos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Le Bou connects with a body shot.
Raos shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Le Bou as he jumps to the side.
Raos tries to clinch up but Le Bou circles away and keeps his distance.
Raos defending well as Le Bou loads up on a big left hand.
Raos avoids the body shot from Le Bou.
Raos tries to close the distance and clinch but Le Bou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Le Bou defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Raos.
Raos shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Raos was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Le Bou prevents any damage by holding on tight.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Raos thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Bou tries to hold on but Raos pushes him away.
Raos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Le Bou is looking to escape.
Le Bou working to try and regain half guard.
Le Bou is squirming around, avoiding Raos's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Le Bou tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Raos looking to control but Le Bou is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Le Bou keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Raos avoids the attempt from Le Bou to control.
Raos looking to control but Le Bou is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Bou is trying desperately to improve position.
Le Bou is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Le Bou is working to get back to half guard.
Raos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Ante Raos just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Raos tries to close the distance and clinch up but Le Bou swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Le Bou lands with a nice body punch.
Raos tries to close the distance and clinch but Le Bou swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Raos looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Raos slips a straight right by Le Bou.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Le Bou swats away the attempt to clinch by Raos.
Raos tries to clinch up.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Thom Le Bou.
I think Le Bou has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Thom Le Bou!
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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
RATING
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