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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Vuong Thang Pham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Delroy Holmes (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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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Vuong Thang Pham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Delroy Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, David Schapiro and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pham misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Holmes ducks under a wild hook from Pham.
A clash of legs there as Pham blocks the low kick.
Pham throws a series of punches but Holmes avoids them all with ease.
A head kick misses from Pham.
Pham takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pham slips under a jab.
Pham throws a sloppy head kick
and Holmes counters with a thumping low kick.
Holmes connects with a solid leg kick.
Holmes lands a front kick.
Pham is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Holmes fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pham.
Pham has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Holmes.
Holmes lands with a kick to the ribs.
Holmes connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vuong Thang Pham seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Holmes misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pham.
Holmes fakes the leg kick and cracks Pham in the body.
Holmes closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes tries to stall but Pham uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Holmes landing knees to the head.
It looks like Vuong Thang Pham has been cut.
Holmes crunches a lovely knee into Pham's ribcage.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but Pham blocks it.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Pham has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes lands a nice knee to the body.
Holmes using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Holmes holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Holmes with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Holmes is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pham takes a knee right on the jaw!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Holmes will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Pham up against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Holmes missing with knees to the body.
Pham looking to slow down the pace here.
Holmes lands a good knee to the midsection. Pham won't want to take too many of those.
Holmes tries to land a knee to the head but Pham blocks with his arms.
Pham takes a knee right on the jaw!
Holmes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pham blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmes lands a knee to the body.
Holmes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pham.
Holmes misses with a knee strike.
Holmes is trying to stall.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Holmes obliges.
Pham is trying to maintain a safe position but Holmes gets an underhook and turns Pham into the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Holmes.
Holmes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Holmes stalling in the clinch but Pham improves position.
Holmes landing knees to the body.
Holmes lands a knee to the body.
Holmes trying to stall but Pham improves his position.
Holmes landing knees to the body.
Holmes unloads a knee to the mid-section. Pham lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Holmes connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pham's face.
Holmes slowing the pace effectively.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pham trying to control the position but instead, Holmes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pham into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Pham is keeping busy.
Pham is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Holmes trying to control the position but instead, Pham has worked for underhooks and has pushed Holmes into the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Delroy Holmes.
Holmes cracks the inside of Pham's front leg.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Pham avoids a punch combination nicely.
Holmes throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Delroy Holmes dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vuong Thang Pham's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Pham stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Holmes.
Pham fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Holmes moves into range and clinches up with Pham.
Pham is looking to control Holmes's arms but Holmes gets an underhook and turns him. Now Pham has his back to the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Holmes takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Holmes missing with knees to the body.
Holmes with a knee to the head.
Holmes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pham has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Holmes trying to stall but Pham improves his position.
Holmes stalling.
Pham avoiding damage as Holmes throws knees to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pham is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pham misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pham blocks it with crossed arms.
Holmes missing with knees to the body.
Pham misses with a knee to the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pham throws an elbow but misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Pham tries a knee to the head but Holmes blocks it.
Holmes is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Delroy Holmes.
Holmes cracks the inside of Pham's front leg.
Holmes feints and then cracks Pham's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Pham down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pham on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Holmes. Holmes obviously looking to wear him down.
Pham swings away with a body shot that misses
and Holmes counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pham throws a sloppy head kick
and Holmes counters with a hugh head kick that removes Pham from consiousness! A brutal head kick knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Delroy Holmes!
During a confident post fight interview, Delroy Holmes thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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