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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boy Puti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boy Puti acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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176 lbs
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180 cm
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183 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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ADCC Champion
Basic striking
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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
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, John Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Boy Puti!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puti on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Thompson scores with a shot to the body.
Puti shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Thompson pinned against the cage. Thompson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Thompson moves into the clinch.
Thompson just leaning against Puti, taking a breather.
Puti wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Puti has Thompson pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Thompson manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Puti blocking some punches.
Puti blocking some punches.
Thompson has a couple of punches blocked by Puti.
Puti has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Thompson is trying to keep an underhook but Puti manages to get the takedown into half guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Thompson moves into full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thompson pulls Puti in to control the position.
Puti trying to control but Thompson is working from the bottom.
Puti throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puti lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Puti trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Puti from controlling successfully.
Puti postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Puti lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Puti throwing strikes but missing.
Puti trying to control but Thompson is working from the bottom.
Thompson wants to sweep but no luck.
Puti throwing strikes from guard but Thompson blocks nicely.
Thompson escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Puti gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Puti stands up over Thompson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Puti wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.
Thompson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
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!
Thompson seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Puti is looking to improve his position.
Thompson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Thompson throwing shots but Puti is blocking nicely.
Puti is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Thompson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Thompson's back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puti punishes Thompson with strikes from the back mount.
Thompson trying to control the hands but Puti breaks the grip.
Thompson is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Puti lands with a hammerfist to the side of Thompson's head.
Puti punishes Thompson with strikes from the back mount.
Puti lands punches and elbows.
Puti scores with punches from the back.
Thompson grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Puti scores with punches and elbows.
Puti is landing with strikes. Thompson can't take much more of this.
Puti not allowing Thompson to control his hands.
Thompson breaks Puti's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puti looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thompson is one step ahead there.
Thompson with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Puti is on top in guard.
Puti looking to pass the guard.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Puti from controlling successfully.
Thompson is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Puti preventing the sweep.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Puti postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Puti wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boy Puti dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Puti keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Puti swings for the body but Thompson moves out of range.
Thompson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Thompson lands a jab-cross combination.
Thompson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Puti closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Puti lands in his opponent's guard.
Thompson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Puti is aware though and is defending well.
Thompson keeping full guard, as Puti tries to pass.
Thompson working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Puti.
Thompson is trying to keep Puti in close.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Thompson had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Puti defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson keeping moving, preventing Puti from controlling successfully.
Puti is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Puti throws a big right hand that misses.
Puti trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Boy Puti has got the better of the ground game so far.
Puti lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Puti's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Thompson is looking for a triangle but Puti pushes his legs off easily.
Puti postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Thompson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Thompson wants to sweep here but Puti controlling him for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puti postures up in Thompson's guard and throws a big left but Thompson blocks it.
Thompson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Puti is one step ahead there.
Puti postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Thompson wants to stand up but Puti is controlling him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puti with a nice head shot there.
Thompson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Puti is aware though and is defending well.
Puti keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Thompson's head.
Puti controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Puti trying to control the position from guard on top but Thompson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puti avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Thompson is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Puti is aware though and is defending well.
Puti passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Puti wants to control but Thompson is keeping him busy.
Puti working the head with strikes.
Thompson parries the strikes from Puti easily there. Puti is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Thompson to escape.
Puti throws an elbow but Thompson slips to the side and avoids it well.
Puti landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Thompson gets back to half guard.
Puti trying to control the action but Thompson is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puti is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Thompson is looking for a sweep. Puti is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
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!
Thompson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Puti looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thompson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Thompson keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Thompson tries to get to full guard but Puti has control of the leg.
Puti thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Thompson's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boy Puti 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. This is the final round!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Puti checks a leg kick.
Puti throws out a loose jab but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Puti's waist but Puti gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Thompson off to one side.
Puti shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Thompson tries to hold on but Puti pushes him away.
Puti in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Puti landing strikes from the mount.
Puti postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Thompson looks a forlorn figure.
Puti in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Puti throwing shots but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Puti throwing shots but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Puti not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Puti looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Thompson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Puti thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Nice strikes from Puti there.
Puti prevents Thompson from improving his position.
Puti passes to full mount!
Puti is landing with some decent strikes but Thompson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Puti breaks from Thompson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson working to try and regain half guard.
Puti trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Puti lands a big elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puti controlling the pace for now.
Puti working Thompson over with strikes here.
Thompson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Puti landing shots from mount.
Thompson is bucking up trying to escape but Puti cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Thompson is rocked!
Puti dominating with strikes here.
Oh Thompson is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Puti fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Thompson taking shots to the head.
Puti unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Thompson wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Puti celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Boy Puti!
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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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