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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Louie Lastik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Louie Lastik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jack Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A telegraphed right hand from Lastik misses the target.
Thomas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thomas swings for the body but Lastik moves out of range.
Lastik throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lastik uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Lastik throws a right and a left that Thomas avoids nicely.
Lastik dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lastik takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thomas swings for the body but Lastik moves out of range.
Thomas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Lastik is just out of range.
Lastik throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Lastik comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Lastik throws a series of punches but Thomas avoids them all with ease.
A slow jab from Thomas misses its intended target.
Thomas takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jab from Lastik.
Lastik fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas tries to move into range but Lastik moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Thomas uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lastik.
Lastik waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
Nice defenses there by Lastik.
Lastik stalks Thomas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thomas's face. Thomas staggers backwards, shaken.
Lastik throws a shot from downtown. Thomas moves away and avoids it.
Thomas lands with a straight right. Lastik didn't see that one coming.
Thomas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lastik looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Lastik bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas dodges the punch combination from Lastik.
Lastik throws a looping overhand right but Thomas ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Lastik misses.
Lastik throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Lastik takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A jab from Lastik misses.
Lastik lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Thomas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lastik lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thomas circles away quickly and effectively.
Lastik avoids the body shot from Thomas.
A slow jab from Lastik misses its intended target.
Lastik throws a shot from downtown. Thomas moves away and avoids it.
Lastik cracks Thomas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lastik scores with the left hand. Thomas knows he should have avoided that one.
Lastik paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Thomas shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lastik manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lastik is trying to control the position but Thomas postures up.
Lastik preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Lastik working a defensive guard here.
Lastik keeping full guard, as Thomas tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Lastik works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lastik moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A shot to de liver by Thomas. Beautiful body shot.
Thomas fails with the takedown.
Lastik lands a really nice looking cross but Thomas seems unphased.
Thomas misses with a hook. Lastik ducked under it nicely.
Lastik scores with a crisp jab that stopped Thomas in his tracks.
Lastik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lastik fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lastik slips a straight right by Thomas.
Thomas throws a looping overhand right but Lastik ducks down to avoid it.
Good exchange - Lastik coming out on top.
Thomas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Lastik was well out of range. Poor timing from Thomas.
Louie Lastik is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Lastik misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thomas misses with a low kick.
Lastik is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Lastik swinging wilding here.
Some wild striking there from Lastik.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Lastik moved out of range nicely.
Thomas showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lastik.
A big left from Lastik misses.
Thomas misses with a straight right.
Thomas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lastik pinned against the cage. Lastik gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Louie Lastik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Thomas.
Lastik throws a jab but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas lands a with a good body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Louie Lastik dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Thomas slips a jab and a cross from Lastik.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lastik fails to land with a series of punches.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Lastik swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lastik fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Thomas closes this distance looking for a takedown but Lastik circles away.
No luck for Thomas with that takedown attempt.
A jab from Thomas does it's job there.
Lastik misses with a body shot
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Thomas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Lastik misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thomas misses with a hook to the body
and Lastik makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Lastik ducks under a wild hook from Thomas.
Lastik misses with a series of wild punches.
Lastik misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thomas throws a jab but it's blocked by Lastik.
Lastik rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Thomas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Lastik thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thomas jabs Lastik right on the nose. Lastik blinks but takes it well.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Lastik sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lastik throws a hook but Thomas blocks it.
Lastik misses the jab.
Lastik throws a combination that misses
and Thomas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Thomas misses with a straight left.
Lastik throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lastik misses with a double jab
and Thomas counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Thomas looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lastik with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Thomas tries to pass to full mount but Lastik defends it.
Lastik trying to control from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas prevents Lastik from improving his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Thomas is working for a submission of some sort.
Lastik is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lastik is looking to control Thomas's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lastik avoid being mounted?
Thomas wants to work for an arm triangle but Lastik is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Lastik tries to roll over but Thomas keeps him under control.
Thomas has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lastik avoids the body shot from Thomas.
Lastik stuffs the takedown.
Louie Lastik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Thomas.
Lastik lands a jab-cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lastik misses with a two punch combination.
Lastik stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lastik wants it to stay on the feet.
Thomas scores with a decent looking hook.
Thomas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lastik throws out the jab.
Thomas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Thomas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lastik's waist but Lastik gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thomas off to one side.
Lastik defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
Lastik throws a hook but Thomas avoids it easily.
Lastik pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lastik looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Thomas scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Lastik dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lastik takes a swing at Thomas's ribcage but misses.
Lastik shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thomas as he jumps to the side.
Donk. Thomas catches Lastik right on the button with a cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lastik falls off balance throwing a combination
and Thomas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Lastik stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Lastik wants it to stay on the feet.
Louie Lastik is winning the standup battle so far.
Thomas moves away from the strike by Lastik.
Thomas avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lastik looks to land a combination but Thomas avoids it well.
Donk. Lastik catches Thomas right on the button with a cross.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Lastik throws a lazy right hand but Thomas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thomas lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas misses with a body shot
and Lastik counters with a one-two to the body.
A combination from Lastik does no damage.
Lastik scores with a jab. Thomas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Thomas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Thomas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Lastik throws a jab but it's blocked by Thomas.
Thomas throws a body punch but Lastik moves out of range.
Thomas works Lastik's body with a nice hook.
Thomas moves into range and connects with a jab.
Thomas swings for the body but Lastik moves out of range.
Thomas lands a right hook to the body.
Lastik throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Lastik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lastik misses with a few strikes there.
Lastik scores with a jab.
Lastik takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lastik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Lastik uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Thomas.
Thomas looks for a takedown but Lastik sprawls well.
Thomas shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Lastik defends it nicely.
Thomas takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lastik thows a body shot but no joy.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
Lastik throws a one two combo.
Lastik throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Thomas shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Lastik napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Lastik manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Thomas passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lastik!
Thomas throwing strikes here but Lastik is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Thomas wants to finish this one by submission but Lastik is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Thomas.
Thomas throwing strikes here but Lastik is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Lastik wants to control but Thomas is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throwing strikes here but Lastik is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Thomas landing strikes from the mount and Lastik is in trouble!
Lastik really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Thomas looking to finish Lastik with some ground and pound. This is bad for Lastik!
Thomas wants to finish this one by submission but Lastik is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Thomas.
Lastik tries to lock up and control but Thomas gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Lastik on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lastik tries to get out of the position.
Thomas lands a big elbow.
Thomas with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lastik gets back to half guard.
Thomas thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lastik wants to improve his position but Thomas is controlling well.
Lastik avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Thomas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lastik slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lastik looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thomas throws a big right hand that misses.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Thomas lands a right hook to the body.
Thomas is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lastik sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Louie Lastik has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jack Thomas.
Thomas is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Lastik.
Thomas blocks a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lastik throws out the jab.
Thomas throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lastik's waist but Lastik gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thomas off to one side.
Thomas has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Good standup being displayed there by Lastik as he connects with a hook.
Lastik moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lastik looks to throw the jab but Thomas is out of range.
Lastik stalks Thomas and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Thomas's face. Thomas staggers backwards, shaken.
Thomas ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No joy there for Lastik, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lastik throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Thomas.
Thomas lands with a straight right. Lastik didn't see that one coming.
The fighters circling - Thomas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lastik scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Thomas shoots in but no luck this time.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jack Thomas.
I think Thomas 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jack Thomas!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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