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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Moore (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rich Van Winkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rich Van Winkle has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tom Moore's chin.
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165 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
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162 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Moore!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rich Van Winkle!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Winkle lands a jab to the nose.
Van Winkle keeps the fight on the outside.
Van Winkle looks to land a right hand but Moore moved out of range.
Moore drives through and clinches with Van Winkle against the cage.
Moore with a knee to the head.
Moore working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Moore landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Van Winkle has had enough of the clinch but Moore keeps him there for the moment.
Moore is trying to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Moore takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Van Winkle is trying to break the clinch but Moore is controlling him.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Winkle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Winkle misses with a short punch on the inside.
Van Winkle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Van Winkle manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Winkle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moore has Van Winkle pressed against the cage, preventing Van Winkle from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Van Winkle fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Moore with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Moore keeps control of Van Winkle as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Van Winkle can't break the clinch.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Van Winkle's ribcage.
Van Winkle trying to control the position but instead, Moore has worked for underhooks and has pushed Van Winkle into the cage.
Van Winkle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Winkle looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Moore landing knees to the head.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Winkle won't want to take too many of those.
Moore lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Winkle backwards.
Van Winkle working aggressively here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Winkle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Winkle wants to stall.
Moore lands a knee to the body.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moore stalling in the clinch.
Van Winkle working hard to break the clinch.
Moore connects with a knee to the head.
Moore scores with a knee to the head.
Moore lands an elbow that stopped Van Winkle in his tracks for a moment.
Moore lands a knee to the head.
Moore lands an elbow just above Van Winkle 's eye.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Van Winkle avoiding damage as Moore throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moore landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moore lands a knee to the head.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Winkle won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Moore.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Winkle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Moore connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Winkle's face.
Moore connects with a knee to the head.
Moore lands an elbow inside.
Van Winkle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Moore lands a knee to the head.
Van Winkle is rocked!
Moore lands a knee to the body.
Moore working Van Winkle over with knees to the body.
Moore working Van Winkle over with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Winkle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Moore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Winkle is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A knee to the head by Moore.
Moore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moore lands a knee to the body.
Moore landing knees to the head.
Knees to the body from Moore.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Moore is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Moore stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Moore dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Van Winkle crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Moore - the referee stops the clock and Van Winkle gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Moore. Van Winkle manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Moore is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Van Winkle can do to turn this around?
Moore staying out of range there.
Moore tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Van Winkle manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed right hand from Moore misses the target.
Tom Moore seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Winkle walks forward, straight into a front kick from Moore.
Moore is looking to clinch but Van Winkle is avoiding it.
Moore wants to clinch up but Van Winkle keeps it at a distance.
Moore chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van Winkle takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Moore rushes Van Winkle and presses him up against the cage.
Van Winkle takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Van Winkle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Winkle is breathing heavily.
Moore scores with a knee to the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moore crunches a lovely knee into Van Winkle's ribcage.
Moore lands a knee to the body.
Moore with a knee to the head.
Van Winkle takes a knee to the side of the body.
Van Winkle takes an elbow to the forehead.
Moore landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moore lands a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Moore.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Winkle won't want to take too many of those.
Van Winkle takes a knee right on the jaw!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Van Winkle takes a knee right on the jaw!
Van Winkle is still on wobbly legs! Can Moore finish him?
Moore is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Van Winkle seems to have recovered his senses.
Moore scores with a knee to the head.
Tom Moore has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moore lands a nice knee to the body.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Moore connects with a knee to the head.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moore landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Moore lands a good knee to the midsection. Van Winkle won't want to take too many of those.
Moore connects with a knee to the head.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Moore utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Moore using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Moore's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Moore landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moore working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Van Winkle takes an elbow to the temple.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Moore connects with a nasty looking knee right to Van Winkle's face.
Moore unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A shot in the inside from Moore.
Moore is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
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!
Knees to the body from Moore.
Moore is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Moore scores with a nice short uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moore obliges.
Moore landing knees to the body.
Moore lands a nice elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moore obliges.
Moore slows down the pace here.
Moore working Van Winkle over with knees to the body.
Moore putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Van Winkle in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Moore.
Come on Moore - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Knees to the body from Moore.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Moore dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Moore darts in and clinches Van Winkle up against the cage.
Van Winkle looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Moore lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Rich Van Winkle has been cut.
Moore scores with a knee to the head.
Van Winkle tries a body shot but Moore blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Moore obliges.
Moore with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Van Winkle can't break the clinch.
Moore has Van Winkle pressed up against the cage in a tight Thai clinch. Van Winkle is arching his back, trying to avoid the knees but a big one sneaks through from Moore - that's hurt Van Winkle badly! Oh, another knee lands and Van Winkle is covering up! The referee steps in to save him - possibly a bit early but Van Winkle doesn't seem to be complaining.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:41 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Tom Moore!
During a confident post fight interview, Tom Moore thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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