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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maki Homma (ranked 3149 p4p, 3414 weight class) and Eddie Odom (ranked 337 p4p, 357 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Maki Homma!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eddie Odom!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Homma moves out of range as Odom strikes.
Odom swings for the body but Homma moves out of range.
Odom scores with a body shot.
Homma showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Odom.
Homma is looking to counter the offense by Odom and move into the clinch.
Odom misses with a hook
and Homma holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Homma is trying to pull guard but Odom has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Homma tries to pull guard but Odom won't allow it.
Odom breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Odom misses with a series of wild punches.
Homma seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Odom throws a body shot but no joy.
Homma half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Odom misses with a hook
and Homma counters with a single leg into guard. Odom didn't expect that.
Odom trying to keep a closed guard but Homma is proving a slippery customer.
Homma postures up and lands a big shot to Odom's brow.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Homma's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Homma cracks Odom with a solid left hand.
Homma postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Homma trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Odom really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Homma. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Homma stands up over Odom, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Homma keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Odom's head.
Homma lands a couple of digs.
Homma stands up over Odom, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Odom not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Homma cracks Odom with a solid left hand.
Homma working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Odom's head.
Homma postures up and lands a big shot to Odom's brow.
Homma scoring with some ground and pound.
Homma scoring with punches to the head and body.
Homma postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Homma cracks Odom with a solid left hand.
Homma working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Homma has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Homma scoring with some ground and pound.
Homma content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Homma thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Homma is in close to Odom's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Homma landing some decent shots from guard.
Homma postures up and lands a big shot to Odom's brow.
Homma postures up.
Homma chips away with some ground and pound.
Homma postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Homma scoring with punches to the head and body.
Homma chips away with some ground and pound.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Odom can do anything to dispel that myth.
Homma distracts Odom with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Homma scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Homma is working Odom over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Odom keeping moving, preventing Homma from controlling successfully.
Homma chips away with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Homma lands a couple of digs.
Homma keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Odom's head.
Homma is in close to Odom's body, working some short punches and elbows.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Homma scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Homma works over Odom with some ground and pound from guard.
Homma with a nice head shot there.
Odom looking for a sweep. Not yet Odom, not yet.
Homma is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Odom is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Homma is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Homma is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Homma works over Odom with some ground and pound from guard.
Homma stands up over Odom, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Maki Homma dominated that round.
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.
Odom ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Homma moves away.
Odom rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Homma moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Eddie Odom is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Odom swinging wildly here.
Nice defenses there by Homma.
Odom tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Homma manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Odom misses with a combination
and Homma counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Homma.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Odom wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Homma makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Homma's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Homma postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Homma makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Homma lands a couple of digs.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Homma is working Odom over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Homma is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Odom can do to turn this around?
Homma postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Homma working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Odom's head.
Homma working some strikes from top position.
Maki Homma overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Homma passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Homma scoring with punches from side control.
Odom is rocked!
Odom takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Homma in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Odom is still in real trouble! Can Homma finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Homma lands a strong strike to the head of Odom. That's dazed him! Homma looking to finish here. Odom is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Homma lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maki Homma!
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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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