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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Claude Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Talib Kweli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes to the cage accompanied by If Rap Gets Jealous by K'naan. Kweli is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by 2Pac - Hit em up . This should be a great matchup!
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158 lbs
14 - 17 - 0 |
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152 lbs
16 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Claude Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Talib Kweli!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kweli moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Kweli takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Thompson fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kweli, pushing him back against the cage.
Kweli blocks an elbow strike.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
A nice left hand lands by Thompson.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thompson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kweli takes an elbow to the temple.
Thompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thompson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thompson lands a nice elbow.
Kweli wants to stall.
Thompson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A short right from Thompson.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kweli.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kweli blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson scores with a shot to the side of Kweli's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thompson.
Kweli misses with a body punch.
Thompson pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thompson lands an elbow inside that Kweli shrugs off.
It looks like Talib Kweli has been cut.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kweli has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Kweli is struggling to control the position.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Kweli in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thompson lands a damaging elbow.
Thompson tries to land knees in the clinch but Kweli avoids the damage to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thompson.
Kweli takes an elbow to the temple.
Thompson throws an elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kweli avoids it.
Thompson creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kweli's defenses.
Thompson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kweli is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Thompson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kweli using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thompson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson misses with some punches.
Thompson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Kweli in his tracks for a moment.
Kweli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Kweli is trying to stall.
Kweli wants to break free but Thompson has control.
Thompson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Kweli dodges an elbow strike from Thompson.
Thompson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kweli avoids it.
Kweli takes an elbow to the temple.
Kweli is looking to break free of the clinch but Thompson has double underhooks.
Kweli looking to stall.
A right handed body shot lands from Kweli.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thompson.
Thompson scores with a shoulder strike.
Kweli avoids a wild elbow strike from Thompson.
Thompson lands with a left to the head.
Kweli throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Thompson blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kweli avoids the elbow strike from Thompson, against the cage.
Thompson misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kweli.
Kweli is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kweli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Kweli in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kweli is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Kweli takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Thompson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Kweli displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thompson up against the cage.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kweli has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kweli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thompson is defending well for now.
Thompson misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thompson works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Thompson misses with a punch to the body.
Kweli swings wildly with an uppercut but Thompson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kweli takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claude Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Talib Kweli's cut.
That's time! Thompson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Kweli shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Thompson as he jumps to the side.
Kweli keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Kweli throws a series of punches but Thompson moves out of range.
Kweli tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thompson was well out of range. Poor timing from Kweli.
Kweli scores with a body shot.
Claude Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Claude Thompson has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Kweli misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Kweli is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thompson is defending well for now.
Nice body punch from Thompson - that landed with a thud.
Thompson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Thompson looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kweli struggles to land a body shot inside as Thompson controls his hands.
Thompson missing with knees to the body.
Thompson struggles to land a body shot inside as Kweli controls his hands.
Kweli looking to slow down the pace here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thompson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A hook to the body from Thompson.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Thompson.
Thompson gets through Kweli's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kweli misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thompson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kweli is trying to stall.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kweli avoids it.
Thompson scores with a shoulder strike.
Kweli throws an elbow but it misses.
Thompson lands a nice knee to the body.
Kweli stalling the fight.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike from Kweli.
Kweli avoiding damage as Thompson throws knees to the body.
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kweli's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thompson tries to work over Kweli's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thompson lands a good knee to the midsection. Kweli won't want to take too many of those.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Kweli in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson lands with a right to the head.
Thompson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thompson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kweli.
Thompson lands an elbow that stopped Kweli in his tracks for a moment.
Thompson utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kweli is breathing heavily.
Kweli goes for a takedown in the clinch but Thompson prevents it.
Thompson scores a nice knee to the body.
A short uppercut from Thompson.
Thompson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson lands an elbow just above Kweli 's eye.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thompson lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kweli is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thompson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Kweli backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Thompson throws an elbow but misses.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Thompson.
Kweli with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kweli jumps guard and drags Thompson to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Thompson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Thompson postures up.
Thompson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kweli's head.
Thompson drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Kweli manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Thompson has Kweli in his guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kweli wants to control from the top but Thompson keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thompson pulls Kweli in close to his closed guard and prevents Kweli from doing any damage or advancing position.
Kweli thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Thompson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thompson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kweli postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Thompson manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kweli manages to get himself to full guard.
Thompson stops Kweli from standing up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Claude Thompson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Talib Kweli's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Kweli jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thompson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kweli can do to turn this around?
Thompson dips to his left and cracks Kweli with an uppercut!
Thompson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kweli walks into a jab.
Kweli is rocked!
Thompson ducks under a wild hook from Kweli.
Kweli is still on wobbly legs! Can Thompson finish him?
A lazy left from Thompson finds it's target.
Thompson closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Kweli! Thompson dives in looking to finish! Kweli is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Claude Thompson!
A less than humble Claude Thompson misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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