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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Clark (ranked 3635 p4p, 5665 weight class) and Max Dufort (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Max Dufort is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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Excellent MT
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matthew Clark!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Max Dufort!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Darius Henderson and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clark throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Dufort.
Dufort throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dufort avoids the body shot from Clark.
Dufort bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dufort looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Clark misses with a left hand
and Dufort counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matthew Clark seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clark staying out of range there.
Clark misses with a hook.
Clark misses with a straight right.
Dufort has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Clark finds it's way round the side to connect with Dufort's head.
Clark uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Dufort.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A big left from Clark misses.
Clark jabs Dufort to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Clark looks to land a left hand but Dufort moved out of range nicely.
Clark is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Dufort's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Dufort staying out of range there.
Dufort swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Clark avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Dufort misses the target.
Clark misses with a double jab.
Dufort throws a hook to the side of Clark's head but Clark sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big right from Clark misses.
Clark ducks under a wild hook from Dufort.
Dufort bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clark misses with a right hand
and Dufort counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Dufort takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Clark throws a hook to the side of Dufort's head but Dufort sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clark dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Clark throws a lazy right hand but Dufort sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dufort steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Clark.
A telegraphed right hand from Clark misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Dufort on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dufort avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark thuds a left hand into Dufort's body.
The fighters circling - Clark throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dufort bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Dufort avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Despite the aggression on Dufort's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Clark looks to score with a jab to the body but Dufort is just out of range.
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!
Clark misses with a wild body shot.
Clark fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dufort misses with an uppercut. Clark saw that one coming.
Clark looks to score with a jab to the body but Dufort is just out of range.
Dufort connects with the punch.
A slow jab from Dufort misses its intended target.
Dufort loads up on a big right hand but Clark slips the punch.
Clark dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dufort keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Clark.
Dufort appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark misses with a body shot.
Dufort ducks under a wild hook from Clark.
Clark throws the left hand but Dufort avoids the punch easily.
Clark misses with an uppercut. Dufort saw that one coming.
Dufort looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Clark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dufort was well out of range. Poor timing from Clark.
Clark lands with a shot to the body.
Clark scores with a shot to the body.
Dufort throws a hook to the side of Clark's head but Clark sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Clark throwing a counter right hand but Dufort manages to avoid it.
Clark ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Dufort throws a lazy right hand but Clark sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Clark misses with a looping right.
Dufort moves away from the strike by Clark.
Clark misses the jab.
Dufort uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clark.
Dufort is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Clark is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clark digs a good body shot into Dufort's ribs.
Clark jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dufort throws a looping overhand right but Clark ducks down to avoid it.
Clark swings widly with a right hand
letting Dufort counter with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clark cracks a nice hook into Dufort's ribs.
Dufort misses with a hook.
Dufort takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dufort throws a looping overhand right but Clark ducks down to avoid it.
Clark connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Clark comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Clark throws a body shot but no joy.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Clark connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Clark connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Clark dominated that round.
That's time! Clark's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Dufort tests Clark's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Clark throws the left hand but Dufort avoids the punch easily.
Clark misses with a hook.
Clark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dufort.
Clark is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dufort can do to turn this around?
Dufort throws a hook to the side of Clark's head but Clark sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A big right from Clark misses.
Dufort swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Dufort uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clark.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clark. Dufort does a little dance to reset his feet.
Clark is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dufort.
Clark throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark with a nice cross.
Clark misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dufort.
A little jabbing left from Dufort on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Some wild striking there from Dufort.
Clark cracks a nice hook into Dufort's ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dufort uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clark.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dufort! But no joy.
Clark swings for the body but Dufort moves out of range.
A left lands for Clark.
Clark misses with a combination
and Dufort counters with a stiff right hand.
Clark slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jab, jab by Clark - just one landing.
Clark throws a body punch but Dufort moves out of range.
A big right from Dufort misses.
Clark scores with a sloppy right hand. Dufort should have avoided that one.
Clark takes a swing at Dufort's ribcage but misses.
Dufort looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Clark looks to land a left hand but Dufort moved out of range nicely.
Clark misses with a hook. Dufort ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Dufort on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dufort.
A little jabbing left from Dufort on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Clark misses with an uppercut. Dufort saw that one coming.
Dufort uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Clark.
Clark throws a jab but it's blocked by Dufort.
A big left from Dufort misses.
Clark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clark throws a right hand that Dufort ducks under and follows up with a left that Dufort also avoids with ease.
Dufort swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Clark ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dufort moves away.
Clark throws a hook but Dufort blocks it.
Clark throws an overhand right that lands on Dufort's shoulder, as Dufort tries to avoid the shot.
Clark bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Dufort was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Clark cracks Dufort with a right hand to the side of the head.
Clark jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Dufort might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Clark has got the better of the exchanges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dufort lands with an uppercut that bounces Clark off the cage and back into range.
Dufort might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Clark misses with a shot to the body
and Dufort counters with a stiff right hand.
Sloppy strikes from Clark. Those never looked like landing.
Matthew Clark is winning the standup battle so far.
Clark just misses with a punch to the body.
Clark throws an off balance right hand
and Dufort counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Clark throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A nice side step and Dufort releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Clark throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A countering left hand to the body from Dufort misses.
Dufort slips under a jab.
Dufort throws a shot from downtown. Clark moves away and avoids it.
Dufort walks into a left hand.
Clark looks to land a left hand but Dufort moved out of range nicely.
Clark swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Dufort to counter with a crisp jab.
Dufort throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dufort misses with an uppercut. Clark saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good exchange - Clark coming out on top.
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!
Dufort throws a hook but Clark blocks it.
Clark ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nice straight punches there by Clark. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Clark.
Dufort throws a jab but it's blocked by Clark.
Clark rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Dufort counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dufort closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nice defenses there by Dufort.
Clark connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Clark throws the left hand but Dufort avoids the punch easily.
Dufort uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clark.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Dufort! But no joy.
Dufort staying out of range there.
Clark throws a poor cross that misses
and Dufort counters with a nice uppercut.
Dufort takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Clark dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Clark throws a looping overhand right but Dufort ducks down to avoid it.
Clark avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dufort blocks a jab.
Clark tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dufort was well out of range. Poor timing from Clark.
Clark digs a good body shot into Dufort's ribs.
Clark scores with a body shot.
Clark uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dufort.
Clark loads up on a big right hand but Dufort slips the punch.
Dufort now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dufort gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Clark.
Clark fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clark swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dufort connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dufort misses with a straight right.
Clark pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Clark throws the left hand but Dufort avoids the punch easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark lands a nice looking body shot.
Clark misses with a looping left.
Dufort swings for the body but Clark moves out of range.
Clark misses with a double jab
and Dufort counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice defenses there by Dufort.
Clark throws a hook but Dufort blocks it.
Dufort doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dufort slips a jab from Clark.
Dufort throws out a counter right but Clark avoids it with no problem.
Clark stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Dufort throws a lazy right hand but Clark sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Clark misses its target.
Clark swings away with a body shot that misses
and Dufort counters with a stiff right hand.
Clark throws the left hand but Dufort avoids the punch easily.
A big right from Dufort misses.
Clark throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Clark.
Dufort throws a looping overhand right but Clark ducks down to avoid it.
A big left from Clark misses.
Clark misses the shot to the body.
Clark uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Dufort.
Clark connects with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clark looks to land a combination but Dufort avoids it well.
Dufort staying out of range there.
Clark throws a body punch but Dufort moves out of range.
Dufort uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Clark.
Clark cracks Dufort with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Clark fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dufort takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Clark slips under a jab from Dufort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clark. Dufort does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dufort missing with a left hand there. Clark was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Clark lunges at Dufort with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Dufort's hand.
Dufort's jab looks to have found its range, popping Clark under the eye.
Clark lands with a good body shot.
Clark keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Dufort.
Good shot there by Clark.
Clark swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dufort ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Clark connects with a jab.
Clark fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dufort manages to avoid it.
Clark misses with a hook.
Clark takes a swing at Dufort's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Clark misses
and Dufort counters with a straight right hand.
Clark swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Dufort throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Dufort throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Dufort lands with an uppercut that bounces Clark off the cage and back into range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A jab from Clark does it's job there.
Clark swings for the body but Dufort moves out of range.
Dufort has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Clark lands a nice shot that snaps Dufort's head back.
Clark lands with a right hand.
Dufort misses with an uppercut. Clark saw that one coming.
A big left from Clark misses.
Dufort walks into a straight right hand from Clark.
Clark throws a big shot that misses.
Max Dufort has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Dufort uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Clark.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Clark showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clark has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:27
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matthew Clark!
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