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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Tolbowl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leonard Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tolbowl comes to the cage accompanied by Do Da Stanky Leg. Washington comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Snuffed Out by Streetlife kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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215 lbs
14 - 9 - 0 |
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220 lbs
15 - 11 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Decent elbows
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful |
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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
14 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matt Tolbowl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leonard Washington!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tolbowl connects with a body shot.
Tolbowl fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Tolbowl avoids the head kick by Washington.
Tolbowl on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Tolbowl blocks a head kick by Washington.
Tolbowl tries to clinch but Washington moves out of range.
Tolbowl shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Washington wants to improve his position but Tolbowl is controlling well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tolbowl thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Washington's head.
Tolbowl thows a huge punch but Washington dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tolbowl throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Washington trying to control here.
Washington keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Washington is refusing to be controlled, as Tolbowl sits in half guard.
Tolbowl is really struggling to control Washington but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Tolbowl is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tolbowl seems to be working for a kimura but Washington defends the submission attempt.
Washington regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Tolbowl.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Tolbowl has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Washington manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Washington trying to control but Tolbowl is having none of it.
Washington is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tolbowl is squirming around, avoiding Washington's attempts to control the action.
Tolbowl tries to hold on but Washington pushes him away.
Washington trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tolbowl regains half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Tolbowl has hold of Washington's hands but Washington slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Tolbowl is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tolbowl keeps working.
Tolbowl is looking to improve his position.
Tolbowl looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Washington is trying to control. Tolbowl wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tolbowl looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Washington landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Washington winds up and cracks Tolbowl with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Washington slows the pace down in half guard.
Washington works his way into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Washington trying to control the position but Tolbowl is working away.
The ground and pound from Washington seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Tolbowl is looking for a sweep.
Washington cracks Tolbowl with an elbow. That is naaassty.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Washington cracks Tolbowl with a big right hand but Tolbowl just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Tolbowl manages to work his way to half guard, despite Washington's best efforts.
Washington is looking to take a break and control but Tolbowl is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Washington prevents Tolbowl from improving his position.
Washington trying to control the action but Tolbowl is working from the bottom.
Washington sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Tolbowl defending well though.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Washington takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Leonard Washington was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Washington throws a sloppy head kick and Tolbowl moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonard Washington dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Washington keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Washington digs a good body shot into Tolbowl's ribs.
Washington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tolbowl sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Washington uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tolbowl.
Washington lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tolbowl at a distance.
Nice straight punches there by Washington. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Washington.
Washington misses with a wild body shot.
A good leg kick by Tolbowl.
The fight stays on the outside here - Washington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Washington lands with a right hand.
Leonard Washington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tolbowl dodges the punch combination from Washington.
Washington swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tolbowl counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tolbowl dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Washington with a hook.
Washington connects with a superb combination that knocks Tolbowl out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Washington before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Tolbowl!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Leonard Washington!
Leonard Washington got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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