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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tonto MacTavish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gabe Thurgood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). MacTavish comes to the cage accompanied by LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out. Tonto MacTavish has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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186 lbs
25 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
13 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Tonto MacTavish!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gabe Thurgood!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Wagner Zegers and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thurgood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from MacTavish.
MacTavish lands a two punch combo.
It looks like Gabe Thurgood has been cut.
MacTavish misses with a leg kick
and Thurgood counters with a straight right hand.
MacTavish blocks a jab.
MacTavish misses with a left hand
and Thurgood counters with a thumping low kick.
Thurgood checks a low kick from MacTavish.
MacTavish lands a nice looking body shot.
Thurgood shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
An inside leg kick from MacTavish misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
MacTavish throws a leg kick that misses.
Thurgood takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A leg kick checked by Thurgood.
Tonto MacTavish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacTavish lands a body shot.
MacTavish pivots, looking for a leg kick but Thurgood is out of range and MacTavish settles back down.
MacTavish throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
MacTavish misses with a body shot.
MacTavish scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
MacTavish throws a hook to the side of Thurgood's head but Thurgood sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
MacTavish throws a shot from downtown. Thurgood moves away and avoids it.
MacTavish is looking to land body kicks.
Thurgood takes a swing at MacTavish's ribcage but misses.
Thurgood takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacTavish throws a hook but Thurgood blocks it.
MacTavish takes a swing at Thurgood's ribcage but misses.
MacTavish fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thurgood.
MacTavish connects with a leg kick. Thurgood looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Thurgood blocks a low kick nicely.
MacTavish throws a jab but it's blocked by Thurgood.
MacTavish misses the shot to the body.
MacTavish throws a leg kick but Thurgood checks it.
MacTavish throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Thurgood on the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
MacTavish with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thurgood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from MacTavish.
MacTavish lands with a shot to the body.
Thurgood misses with a double jab.
MacTavish throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Thurgood staying out of range there.
Thurgood gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
MacTavish uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thurgood.
MacTavish scores with a hook to the body. Thurgood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
MacTavish lands a right hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacTavish avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thurgood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters circling - Thurgood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Thurgood blocks a low kick nicely.
MacTavish misses with an uppercut. Thurgood saw that one coming.
MacTavish scores with a hook to the body. Thurgood takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
MacTavish throws a shot from downtown. Thurgood moves away and avoids it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
MacTavish with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacTavish throws out a loose jab but Thurgood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thurgood ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tonto MacTavish dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Gabe Thurgood's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
MacTavish throws a shot from downtown. Thurgood moves away and avoids it.
MacTavish scores with a hook.
Tonto MacTavish is winning the standup battle so far.
MacTavish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thurgood was well out of range. Poor timing from MacTavish.
Thurgood moves forwards but MacTavish connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Thurgood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice inside leg kick there by MacTavish. That's going to slow Thurgood down.
MacTavish throws a shot to the body.
MacTavish is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Thurgood.
MacTavish sizes up Thurgood with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thurgood gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! MacTavish gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tonto MacTavish!
During a confident post fight interview, Tonto MacTavish thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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