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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leland Thibodeaux (ranked 3189 p4p, 3182 weight class) and Timur Kvaratskhelia (ranked 324 p4p, 323 weight class). Thibodeaux comes to the cage accompanied by The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Big right hand |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Leland Thibodeaux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Timur Kvaratskhelia!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thibodeaux throws a sloppy body shot
and Kvaratskhelia counters with a single leg into guard. Thibodeaux didn't expect that.
Kvaratskhelia distracts Thibodeaux with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Thibodeaux wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Kvaratskhelia is now in half guard.
Kvaratskhelia wants to work for an arm triangle but Thibodeaux is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Kvaratskhelia trying to control from half guard but Thibodeaux is working away.
Thibodeaux is defending against the submission attempts here by Kvaratskhelia.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kvaratskhelia is nestled in close to Thibodeaux, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Kvaratskhelia is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Nice strikes from Kvaratskhelia there.
It looks like Leland Thibodeaux has been cut.
Kvaratskhelia scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Leland Thibodeaux's cut is getting worse.
Kvaratskhelia slips a nice elbow through Thibodeaux's hands, connecting with Thibodeaux's forehead.
Kvaratskhelia keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Kvaratskhelia takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Leland Thibodeaux's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Kvaratskhelia drops an elbow to the side of Thibodeaux's head.
Jeez, Leland Thibodeaux's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Leland Thibodeaux's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Timur Kvaratskhelia!
Timur Kvaratskhelia decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
21% |
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