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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Haw Thorn (ranked 545 p4p, 1011 weight class) and Chad Billingsly (ranked 67 p4p, 120 weight class). Thorn kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is For Heavy Metal we will die!. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Haw Thorn!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Chad Billingsly!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Valeri Chadov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Billingsly.
A shot to the liver by Billingsly. Beautiful body shot.
Billingsly swings widly with a right hand
and Thorn counters with a nice body kick.
Chad Billingsly seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Billingsly misses with a jab to the body
letting Thorn counter with a right hand.
It looks like Chad Billingsly has been cut.
Billingsly misses with a body shot.
Thorn throws a body punch but Billingsly moves out of range.
Billingsly lands with a nice body punch.
Thorn connects with an inside leg kick.
Billingsly moves into the clinch successfully.
Thorn lands a right hand that snaps the head of Billingsly backwards.
Thorn blocks a body shot from Billingsly.
Thorn scores with a shoulder strike.
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!
Thorn manages to break the clinch.
Billingsly lands with a shot to the body.
Billingsly misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Billingsly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thorn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A looping hook to the body misses from Billingsly. Thorn does a little dance to reset his feet.
Billingsly throws a shot to the body.
Thorn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thorn lands with a shot to the body.
Billingsly throws a jab when Thorn was well out of range.
Thorn is looking to counter punch.
Billingsly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Thorn slips under a jab.
Billingsly comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Billingsly lands with a nice body punch.
Billingsly throws a shot from downtown. Thorn moves away and avoids it.
Billingsly has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Billingsly swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Thorn. Those never looked like landing.
Billingsly throws a poor cross that misses
and Thorn counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Billingsly lands with a right hand.
Billingsly is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Thorn rather than just go for the knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Billingsly slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Billingsly digs a good hook to Thorn's body.
Billingsly ducks under a wild hook from Thorn.
Billingsly scores with a decent looking hook.
Thorn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Thorn gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Billingsly misses with a jab to the body
and Thorn counters with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billingsly misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Billingsly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Billingsly misses the jab.
Billingsly digs a good body shot into Thorn's ribs.
Thorn swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Billingsly moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Thorn rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Billingsly makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Billingsly connects with a right hand. Thorn shakes it off.
Billingsly throws a body shot but no joy.
Billingsly throws a body punch but Thorn moves out of range.
Billingsly throws a combination that misses
and Thorn counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Thorn walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Billingsly throws an overhand right that lands on Thorn's shoulder, as Thorn tries to avoid the shot.
It looked like Thorn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Thorn walks into a straight right hand from Billingsly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Billingsly listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Billingsly cracks Thorn with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Billingsly throws a lazy uppercut
and Thorn counters with a nice leg kick.
Billingsly fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Thorn looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Billingsly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thorn.
Billingsly jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Billingsly throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Thorn connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Billingsly swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Thorn.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Billingsly dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chad Billingsly's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Billingsly connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Thorn's hands.
Billingsly swings widly with a right hand
and Thorn counters with a nice uppercut.
Chad Billingsly seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Billingsly pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A shot to the liver by Billingsly. Beautiful body shot.
Thorn throws a jab when Billingsly was well out of range.
Billingsly cracks Thorn with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Billingsly misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Thorn to counter with a crisp jab.
Billingsly swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Billingsly lands a jab.
Billingsly scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Thorn doesn't seem bothered though.
Billingsly looks to land a left hand but Thorn moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Billingsly.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Billingsly. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A big right from Billingsly misses.
A shot to the body from Billingsly misses
and Thorn counters with a crisp one two that drops Billingsly! Thorn thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Billingsly to his feet! Billingsly is in big trouble!
Billingsly misses with a shot to the body
and Thorn counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Billingsly is rocked!
Billingsly ducks under a wild hook from Thorn.
A nice side step and Billingsly releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Thorn throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Billingsly sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Billingsly throws a counter combo.
Billingsly misses the shot to the body.
Billingsly thows a left - swing and a miss!
Billingsly ducks under a wild hook from Thorn.
Thorn throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Billingsly throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Billingsly displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thorn throws out the jab.
Billingsly loads up on a big right hand but Thorn slips the punch.
Thorn swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Billingsly misses with a wild combination.
Thorn appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Billingsly walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Billingsly lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Thorn ducks under a wild hook from Billingsly.
Thorn throws a leg kick which misses Billingsly's front leg but catches the back leg as Billingsly tries to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thorn looks for the body kick but Billingsly saw that one coming.
Billingsly darts in and clinches Thorn up against the cage.
Billingsly is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thorn breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Thorn buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Billingsly connects with a body shot.
Billingsly tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thorn was well out of range. Poor timing from Billingsly.
Billingsly throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Thorn to counter with a crisp jab.
Billingsly throws a shot to the body.
Billingsly throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Thorn tried to counter with a leg kick but Billingsly avoided it.
Billingsly swings widly with a right hand
and Thorn counters with a stiff right hand.
Thorn uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Billingsly.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorn steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Billingsly.
Thorn takes a jab right on the kisser.
Thorn walks into a stiff left hand from Billingsly.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Billingsly.
Billingsly misses with a hook
and Thorn counters with a stiff right hand.
Thorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Billingsly.
Billingsly stuns Thorn with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Billingsly throws a looping overhand right but Thorn ducks down to avoid it.
As Billingsly backs away, Thorn returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Billingsly throws a hook but Thorn blocks it.
Billingsly lands a two punch combo.
Billingsly throws a predictable looking body shot
and Billingsly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Chad Billingsly showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Chad Billingsly's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Billingsly.
Billingsly tries to bum rush Thorn with a series of wild strikes but Thorn uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Billingsly getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Billingsly has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thorn throws a low kick but Billingsly avoids it.
Nice defenses there by Thorn.
Thorn lands with a cross.
Billingsly tries to clinch up.
Billingsly misses with a body shot.
It looked like Thorn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Billingsly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Thorn counters with a slapping leg kick.
Billingsly ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thorn takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thorn will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Thorn goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Billingsly doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Billingsly misses with a body shot.
It looked like Thorn wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Thorn looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Billingsly tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thorn thinks about countering with a body kick.
A combination from Thorn does no damage.
Thorn is looking to land body kicks.
Nice shot lands for Billingsly.
Billingsly ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Thorn moves away.
Thorn takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice jab there from Billingsly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thorn throws a hook but Billingsly avoids it easily.
Billingsly looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Billingsly misses with a looping left.
As Billingsly backs away, Thorn returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Billingsly is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Billingsly fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Thorn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Billingsly swings widly with a right hand
and Thorn counters with a thumping low kick.
Billingsly throws the left hand but Thorn avoids the punch easily.
Thorn fires out a quick counter leg kick but Billingsly just manages to avoid it.
Thorn scores with a hook to the body. Billingsly takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Billingsly scores with a jab.
Billingsly lands a nice shot that snaps Thorn's head back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Billingsly lands the left hand.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Billingsly.
Thorn drops his hands momentarily and Billingsly takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Billingsly throws a lazy uppercut
and Thorn counters with a straight right hand.
Billingsly throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Thorn stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Billingsly misses with a hook. Thorn ducked under it nicely.
Thorn tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Billingsly is able to avoid easily.
Billingsly looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Thorn misses with an uppercut.
Billingsly rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Billingsly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Billingsly misses with a hook
and Thorn counters with a low kick, right behind Billingsly 's knee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thorn misses with a body shot.
Thorn lands a slapping body shot.
Billingsly loads up on a big right hand but Thorn slips the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Billingsly throws an off balance right hand
and Billingsly takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Billingsly avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thorn misses with an uppercut
and Thorn takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Billingsly throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Thorn sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Billingsly uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Thorn.
Billingsly's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thorn tries a head kick but it misses.
Thorn misses with an uppercut
and Billingsly counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Thorn swings for the body but Billingsly moves out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Chad Billingsly just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Chad Billingsly's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Billingsly fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thorn manages to avoid it.
Thorn uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Billingsly.
Billingsly scores with a punch to the head.
Billingsly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thorn.
A shot to the body from Billingsly misses
and Thorn counters with a crisp right hand that drops Billingsly! Thorn lets Billingsly back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Thorn throws a hook to the side of Billingsly's head but Billingsly sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Thorn throws the kick towards the body but Billingsly avoids it.
Billingsly looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Billingsly misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thorn.
Billingsly throws a sloppy body shot
and Thorn counters with a left and a right... and another left... and another!! That last one turned off the lights! Billingsly has no idea who he is and is as he gazes up at the spotlights. Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 4, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Haw Thorn!
Haw Thorn retains his heavyweight title!
A victorious Haw Thorn thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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