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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raz Matazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Kennedy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kennedy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ice cube - Ghetto Bird kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Raz Matazz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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182 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raz Matazz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dean Kennedy!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matazz slow jab from Kennedy misses its intended target.
Kennedy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Matazz as he jumps to the side.
Kennedy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matazz.
Matazz is looking to clinch but Kennedy is avoiding it.
Kennedy fails with a takedown attempt.
Matazz tries to clinch there but Kennedy circles away.
Matazz clinches.
Matazz lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Dean Kennedy has been cut.
Kennedy can't get the takedown.
Raz Matazz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Kennedy.
Kennedy jumps guard but Matazz stands there with Kennedy around his waist. Kennedy gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Matazz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kennedy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Matazz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matazz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kennedy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Kennedy looks gassed!
Matazz landing knees to the head.
Kennedy is trying to stall.
Matazz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kennedy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A knee to the head by Matazz.
Matazz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kennedy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Nice elbow from Matazz.
Matazz lands an elbow just above Kennedy 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matazz lands a nice knee to the body.
Kennedy is trying to break the clinch but Matazz has him pressed against the cage.
Kennedy managing to block the knees to the body from Matazz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz tries to land a knee to the head but Kennedy blocks with his arms.
Matazz misses with an elbow strike.
Matazz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Kennedy managing to block the knees to the body from Matazz.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Matazz.
Kennedy tries to pull guard but Matazz won't allow it.
Kennedy gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kennedy is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Kennedy is tying to control. Matazz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Kennedy passes to full mount!
Kennedy wants to take Matazz's back but he can't do it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kennedy wants to control the pace but Matazz is squirming around nicely.
Matazz tries to hold on but Kennedy pushes him away.
Matazz looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz manages to reverse the position and now he's in Kennedy's guard. Nice work there by Matazz.
Kennedy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Matazz is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Kennedy wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kennedy looking to control.
Kennedy looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Matazz puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Matazz not doing much here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matazz's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raz Matazz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dean Kennedy's cut.
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.
Matazz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Matazz blocks the elbow strike.
Kennedy goes for a takedown attempt but Matazz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Matazz tries to clinch but Kennedy is having none of it.
Kennedy slips under a jab from Matazz.
Raz Matazz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kennedy looks for a takedown but Matazz sprawls well.
Donk. Matazz catches Kennedy right on the button with a cross.
Kennedy is rocked!
Matazz has Kennedy up against the cage in a clinch.
Kennedy is trying to break the clinch but Matazz has him pressed against the cage.
Kennedy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kennedy is still on wobbly legs! Can Matazz finish him?
Matazz lands an elbow inside.
That has opened up Dean Kennedy's cut even more.
Matazz with a knee to the head.
Kennedy is breathing heavily.
Kennedy tries to pull guard but Matazz holds him up against the cage and eventually Kennedy drops back down to his feet.
Raz Matazz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dean Kennedy.
Kennedy is pressed against the cage. Matazz pushes back and unleashes a big elbow that really hurts Kennedy! Two more big strikes from Matazz and Kennedy crumples to the mat and taps out furiously due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Raz Matazz!
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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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