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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lord Eton Oxford (ranked 2823 p4p, 2754 weight class) and Sauvage Thibodeaux (ranked 306 p4p, 300 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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26 - 18 - 3 |
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Big right hand |
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Olympic wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 3, fighting out of New York, Lord Eton Oxford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sauvage Thibodeaux!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oxford misses with a low kick.
Oxford pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Oxford pushes Thibodeaux up against the cage in a clinch.
Oxford gets through Thibodeaux's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Thibodeaux misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Oxford scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Oxford.
Thibodeaux ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Thibodeaux no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Oxford will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Oxford decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Oxford scores with a jab. Thibodeaux acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oxford looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nice body punch from Thibodeaux.
Oxford catches Thibodeaux with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thibodeaux slips a jab from Oxford.
Thibodeaux drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Oxford defends it well.
Oxford clinches.
Oxford swings wildly with an uppercut but Thibodeaux uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oxford misses with some punches.
Oxford swings wildly with an uppercut but Thibodeaux uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oxford tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Our sources have told us that Oxford has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Thibodeaux blocking some punches.
Oxford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thibodeaux has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Oxford regains guard immediately.
Thibodeaux stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oxford swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Thibodeaux is working Oxford over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Oxford keeping full guard, as Thibodeaux tries to pass.
Thibodeaux scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oxford working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux tries to free his leg and advance position but Oxford is retaining full guard.
Oxford avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Thibodeaux trying to control but Oxford is working from the bottom.
Thibodeaux working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Thibodeaux lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thibodeaux engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Thibodeaux with a nice head shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux wants to pass the guard but Oxford is keeping the position.
Thibodeaux landing some decent shots from guard.
Oxford is looking to stand back up but Thibodeaux counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Oxford.
Thibodeaux is working for a submission of some sort.
Thibodeaux not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Thibodeaux trying to control from half guard but Oxford is working away.
Thibodeaux is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Thibodeaux seems to be working for a kimura but Oxford defends the submission attempt.
Oxford is not content to let Thibodeaux control the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thibodeaux missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Lord Eton Oxford will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Thibodeaux has Oxford up against the cage in a clinch.
Thibodeaux pulls guard.
Thibodeaux wants to hit a sweep here but Oxford passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Thibodeaux there!
Thibodeaux can't escape the position.
Thibodeaux keeps trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux tries to lock up and control but Oxford gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Oxford prevents Thibodeaux from getting the reversal.
Oxford stands up from mount. Strange move.
Oxford looks to score with a jab to the body but Thibodeaux is just out of range.
Oxford misses with a straight left.
Oxford needs to keep his hands up - Thibodeaux had a free shot at his head there.
Thibodeaux steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Oxford.
Thibodeaux slips a straight right by Oxford.
Thibodeaux wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Thibodeaux lands with a shot to the body.
Oxford moves into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux avoiding damage as Oxford throws knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Thibodeaux.
A head punch on the inside from Oxford fails to land.
Oxford throws a punch but it's blocked by Thibodeaux.
Oxford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Oxford swings wildly with an uppercut but Thibodeaux uses good head movement to avoid it.
Oxford lands a right hand that snaps the head of Thibodeaux backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Thibodeaux lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lord Eton Oxford has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thibodeaux throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thibodeaux jumps guard and drags Oxford to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Oxford would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Thibodeaux is pulling down on Oxford's head. It's preventing any offense from Oxford, at least for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Thibodeaux has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Oxford wanted to stand there but Thibodeaux had control of the position.
Oxford stopping the sweep attempt from Thibodeaux.
Our spies down at at Thib's Sweat Shoppe inform us that Thibodeaux has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Decent striking displayed by Thibodeaux there.
Oxford misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Thibodeaux counters with a nice double leg into side control. Oxford won't be happy with that.
Thibodeaux wants to lay and pray for a moment but Oxford keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Thibodeaux tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Thibodeaux has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Sauvage Thibodeaux will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Oxford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Oxford misses with a punch to the body.
Oxford creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Thibodeaux's defenses.
Oxford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thibodeaux gets control of Oxford's arms and successfully pulls guard. Thibodeaux will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Sauvage Thibodeaux has got the better of the ground game so far.
Thibodeaux is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Thibodeaux is trying to hold Oxford in close to prevent damage but Oxford has managed to pass into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux is trying to maintain the position but Oxford is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oxford prevents Thibodeaux from improving his position.
Oxford escapes and gets back to his feet.
Oxford missing with a left hand there. Thibodeaux was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thibodeaux drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Oxford defends it well.
Thibodeaux blocks a jab.
Thibodeaux is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Lord Eton Oxford is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Thibodeaux connects with a body shot.
Thibodeaux moves into range and clinches up with Oxford.
Oxford tries to land knees in the clinch but Thibodeaux avoids the damage to the body.
Thibodeaux takes a knee right on the jaw!
A short uppercut from Oxford.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Oxford.
Thibodeaux gets through Oxford's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Oxford.
Thibodeaux has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Oxford is trying to keep an underhook but Thibodeaux manages to get the takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thibodeaux stalling away here and it's allowed Oxford to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Thibodeaux loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Oxford keeping moving, preventing Thibodeaux from controlling successfully.
Thibodeaux throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Oxford works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oxford pushes Thibodeaux off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Thibodeaux slips under a jab.
Lord Eton Oxford is winning the standup battle so far.
Thibodeaux on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thibodeaux shoots in for a takedown but Oxford shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
No joy there for Oxford, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thibodeaux wants to counter the offense by Oxford and move into the clinch position.
Oxford misses with an uppercut.
Thibodeaux wants to counter with a clinch but Oxford pushes him away.
Lord Eton Oxford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Oxford rushes Thibodeaux and presses him up against the cage.
Oxford throws a punch but it's blocked by Thibodeaux.
A head punch on the inside from Oxford fails to land.
Oxford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Thibodeaux lands a shot to the body.
Thibodeaux blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thibodeaux is working for takedown but Oxford is calmly controlling the position for now.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thibodeaux.
Oxford throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oxford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thibodeaux tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Thibodeaux tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Lord Eton Oxford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sauvage Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux lands a shot to the body.
Oxford throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Oxford creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thibodeaux manages to pull guard.
Thibodeaux is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Thibodeaux has Oxford pulled in close to control his posture.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lord Eton Oxford showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Oxford has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Lord Eton Oxford!
Our winner, Lord Eton Oxford, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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