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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rick Thomas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Narayana Avninder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Rick Thomas has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Decent knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rick Thomas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Narayana Avninder!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Josh West.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas works over Avninder's head and body with a nice combination.
Thomas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Thomas misses.
Avninder steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Thomas.
Thomas wants to slow Avninder down by chopping away at his legs.
Avninder tries to counter with a clinch but Thomas shakes him off and moves away.
Thomas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Avninder clinches with his opponent.
Thomas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Avninder stalling the fight.
Avninder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Avninder misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thomas.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Avninder obliges.
Avninder using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Avninder crunches a lovely knee into Thomas's ribcage.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Avninder.
Avninder working Thomas over with knees to the body.
Thomas is breathing heavily.
Avninder leaning against his opponent.
Avninder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Avninder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Avninder is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Avninder swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Avninder effectively controlling the action here.
Avninder using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Avninder utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avninder working Thomas over with knees to the body.
Come on Avninder - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The referee calls for Avninder to work.
Avninder crunches a lovely knee into Thomas's ribcage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Knees to the body from Avninder.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avninder crunches a lovely knee into Thomas's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Avninder.
Avninder landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Avninder working aggressively here.
Avninder manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Thomas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Thomas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Avninder lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avninder landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Thomas.
Avninder utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Avninder lands a knee to the body.
Avninder lands a good knee to the midsection. Thomas won't want to take too many of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Avninder lands a knee to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Avninder fails to land.
Avninder swings wildly with an uppercut but Thomas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Avninder landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Avninder landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Narayana Avninder dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Avninder rushes Thomas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Avninder landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Avninder lands a nice knee to the body.
Avninder throws a punch but it's blocked by Thomas.
Avninder misses with the head strike.
Avninder landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Avninder obliges.
Knees in the clinch landing for Avninder.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Avninder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Avninder leaning his opponent against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Avninder working Thomas over with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avninder working aggressively here.
Avninder lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Knees to the body from Avninder.
Avninder working Thomas over with knees to the body.
Avninder utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Avninder lands a knee to the body.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Avninder working Thomas over with knees to the body.
Avninder is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Avninder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Avninder unloads a knee to the mid-section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Avninder is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Avninder is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Avninder displaying some good clinch control by pressing Thomas up against the cage.
Avninder continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Avninder stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Avninder obliges.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Avninder scores a nice knee to the body.
Avninder lands a nice knee to the body.
Avninder working Thomas over with knees to the body.
Avninder is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Avninder is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avninder taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Avninder unloads a knee to the mid-section. Thomas lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Thomas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Avninder tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Avninder scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Avninder.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Avninder misses with some punches.
Avninder lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Avninder unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The referee calls for Avninder to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Narayana Avninder showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Thomas misses with a double jab
and Avninder counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Avninder.
Avninder misses with a punch on the inside.
Avninder misses with some punches.
Avninder lands a knee to the body.
Narayana Avninder seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Avninder content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Thomas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thomas.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Avninder unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Avninder obliges.
Avninder unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Avninder scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas blocking some punches.
Avninder landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Avninder unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Avninder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thomas takes a knee to the side of the body.
Avninder fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Avninder has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thomas letting Avninder take a breather here.
Avninder lands a nice knee to the body.
Avninder putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Thomas in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Avninder avoiding damage.
Avninder lands a good knee to the midsection. Thomas won't want to take too many of those.
Avninder lands a knee to the body.
Avninder lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Avninder utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Avninder lands a knee to the body.
Narayana Avninder is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Avninder landing knees to the body.
Avninder lands a knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Avninder.
Avninder landing knees to the body.
Thomas on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Avninder pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rick Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Avninder has a couple of punches blocked by Thomas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas misses with a hook to the ribs.
Thomas looking to stall.
The referee calls for Avninder to work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Narayana Avninder comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Avninder winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight 25:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 25:30
Judge Josh West scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Narayana Avninder!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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