Welterweight Bout
Round 3
The crowd roars for the third round as commentator Mike Goldberg announces the crowd is doing the wave.
Mitchell starts to try to pump up the crowd with hands held high as the fight is going on.
The crowd goes nuts as Thiago lands a nice right punch that freezes Mitchell for a split second. The crowd is going absolutely insane.
Thiago throws a left jab and Mitchell smiles at Thiago. Then Thiago lands a nice shot that makes the crowd roar.
Then, Thiago scores a single leg takedown as Mitchell tries to get a leg lock. Thiago then allows Mitchell to stand up once again.
Thiago circles away from Mitchell who is doing what he can to end the fight even though he is blatantly tired.
Mitchell throws a nice jab and Thiago almost lands a nice counter punch that could have ended the fight.
The crowd again chanting as Thiago circles away from Mitchell who begins to find his range.
Mitchell tries a Superman punch and misses. Thiago tries to counter and could have set a nice end to the fight but misses.
Thiago then throws three straight punches that stun Mitchell and is almost finished but he recovers.
Thiago then grabs the back of Mitchell standing and tries to choke him out and get him to the ground. Thiago is able to secure in the hooks and tries to end the fight within the last 10 seconds but is unable to do so in an entertaining last minute as the crowd goes insane for Thiago.
ROUND 1 SCORING: 10-9 Thiago
ROUND 2 SCORING: 10-9 Thiago
ROUND 3 SCORING: 10-9 Thiago
OFFICIAL DECISION: Thiago by unanimous decision