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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Erik Everlast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Materson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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212 lbs
5 - 5 - 1 |
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Erik Everlast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Mike Materson!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Everlast misses with a combination
and Materson counters with a nice double leg into side control. Everlast won't be happy with that.
Materson goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Everlast rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Materson's guard! Nice work there by Everlast!
Materson is working an open guard so Everlast takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Everlast misses with a low kick.
Everlast throws a big shot that misses.
Materson slips a jab and a cross from Everlast.
Everlast stuffs the takedown attempt from Materson. Materson gets slowly back to his feet.
Everlast looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Everlast throws a low kick but Materson moves out of range easily.
Materson moves in looking to clinch but Everlast pushes him off.
Erik Everlast seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Everlast shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Materson eats them both and turns towards Everlast to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Everlast goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Materson fails with a takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Everlast.
Materson gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Everlast works the jab nicely.
Everlast defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Materson.
Erik Everlast has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Materson.
Materson is trying hard to land a takedown here. Everlast sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Everlast throws a right hand that Materson ducks under and follows up with a left that Materson also avoids with ease.
Everlast leaves Materson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Everlast misses with a series of wild punches.
Everlast misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Everlast misses with a series of wild punches.
Everlast fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Everlast misses the jab.
Everlast throws a right and a left that Materson avoids nicely.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Everlast!
Everlast swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Erik Everlast is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Everlast misses with a series of wild punches.
Materson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Materson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Materson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Materson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Materson throwing strikes from guard but Everlast blocks nicely.
Materson postures up in Everlast's guard and throws a big left but Everlast blocks it.
Materson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Everlast swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Everlast avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Materson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Materson scoring with some ground and pound.
Materson looking to sit in guard and control but Everlast gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Everlast throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Materson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Everlast postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Everlast wants to stand but Materson has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Everlast stands and steps away. Materson gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Everlast stuffs the takedown attempt from Materson. Materson gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Erik Everlast will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Horrible takedown by Materson or perhaps it was just good defense by Everlast which made him look bad.
Everlast misses with a two punch combination.
Materson shoots for a takedown but Everlast saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Everlast throws a left and a right that both miss
and Materson counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Everlast's guard now.
Everlast is looking to stand up but Materson isn't so interested in that idea.
Materson landing some decent shots from guard.
Materson is pushing down on Everlast's leg trying to pass to half guard. Everlast is fighting to maintain full guard but Materson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Everlast wants to get back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Materson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Mike Materson has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Materson misses with a head shot. Everlast uses the momentum to regain guard.
Materson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Materson throws a strike but Everlast rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Materson scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Erik Everlast is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Materson throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Everlast's waist but Everlast gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Materson off to one side.
Erik Everlast has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mike Materson.
Everlast throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Materson.
Materson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Materson misses with a takedown attempt - Everlast sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Materson closes the distance and clinches up with Everlast, looking for a takedown. Materson pushes Everlast against the cage but Everlast circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Everlast swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Everlast misses with a series of wild punches.
Materson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Everlast is trying to defend but Materson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Everlast pushes Materson off looking to stand but Materson dives back in and keeps control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Materson is working for a submission of some sort.
Everlast trying to hold on to Materson's head to control him but Materson postures up.
Materson passes to full mount!
Materson throwing strikes but Everlast uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Materson is trying to control the action in half guard but Everlast is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Materson thows a huge punch but Everlast dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Materson tries to pass the half guard into mount. Everlast knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Materson is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Materson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Materson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Everlast wants to get back to his feet but Materson is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Materson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Everlast works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Materson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Everlast swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Materson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Materson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Materson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Materson shoots in looking for a takedown. Everlast tries to sprawl out of it but Materson keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Everlast manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Everlast avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Materson scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Everlast is trying to get back to half guard.
Everlast explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Materson checks a leg kick.
Materson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Everlast can pounce on him.
A punch combination from Everlast misses.
Everlast misses with a combination
and Materson counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Materson trying to control from half guard but Everlast is working away.
Materson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Materson is trying to work for a kimura but Everlast is defending well.
Materson drops an elbow to the side of Everlast's head.
Materson looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Everlast is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Materson scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Materson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Everlast defending well though.
Materson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Materson wants to control but Everlast is keeping him busy.
Everlast keeping hold of Materson's head, controlling as best he can.
Materson is working for an americana but Everlast has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Materson was thinking about the submission.
Materson stopping the sweep attempt from Everlast.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Materson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Everlast tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Materson stands and throws Everlast's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Everlast manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Materson is trying to control the action in half guard but Everlast is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Materson seems to be looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Everlast tries to kick Materson off but Materson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Everlast manages to get to full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Materson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Materson throws a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Materson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Everlast working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Materson.
Everlast is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Materson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Materson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Materson!
Mike Materson took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Just Fight for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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