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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dennis Oppelaar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Freeman comes to the cage accompanied by Real American. Dennis Oppelaar has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Matt Freeman's chin.
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195 lbs
13 - 8 - 0 |
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192 lbs
16 - 11 - 1 |
Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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TWGC Champion
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Freeman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dennis Oppelaar!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oppelaar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Oppelaar shoots in for a double leg but Freeman sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Freeman scores with a hook.
A punch combination from Oppelaar misses.
Oppelaar doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Freeman counters with a left to the body.
Oppelaar misses with a takedown attempt
and Freeman counters with an inside leg kick.
Matt Freeman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dennis Oppelaar.
Oppelaar misses with a lunging right hand
and Freeman counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Oppelaar looks winded!
Oppelaar with a poor takedown
and Freeman counters with a takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Freeman is working Oppelaar over with some ground and pound from side control.
Oppelaar is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Freeman landing a few strikes.
Freeman wants to control but Oppelaar is keeping him busy.
Freeman tries to advance to mount but can't.
Freeman working away.
Freeman lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Oppelaar down.
Freeman working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oppelaar is trying to improve his position.
Oppelaar taking punishment in the form of punches.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Oppelaar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Freeman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Oppelaar takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Freeman scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Oppelaar to see if he's OK.
Oppelaar gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Oppelaar wants to control but Freeman is having none of it.
Oppelaar is squirming around, avoiding Freeman's attempts to control the action.
Oppelaar is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Freeman tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman landing strikes, looking to finish!
Freeman wants to control the pace but Oppelaar is squirming around nicely.
Oppelaar can't escape the position.
Freeman lands a nice shot to the head.
Freeman with the ground and pound from mount.
Oppelaar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Oppelaar gets full guard.
Freeman missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Freeman trying to control the position from guard on top but Oppelaar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Freeman postures up and lands a big shot to Oppelaar's brow.
Oppelaar is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Oppelaar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Freeman throws a big elbow that misses.
Freeman lands a couple of elbows.
Freeman controls from within his opponent's guard.
Oppelaar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Freeman defends well.
Oppelaar has momentary wrist control but Freeman slips an elbow through the middle.
Oppelaar has his foot on Freeman's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Freeman works his way back into a safe position though.
Oppelaar wants to sweep here but Freeman controlling him for the moment.
Oppelaar is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Freeman defends well.
Freeman throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Oppelaar works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Oppelaar is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Freeman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Oppelaar utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Oppelaar looking for a sweep. Not yet Oppelaar, not yet.
Freeman scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Oppelaar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Oppelaar keeping moving, preventing Freeman from controlling successfully.
Freeman postures up.
Freeman stopping the sweep attempt from Oppelaar.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Oppelaar is looking to sweep but instead, Freeman has passed into half guard.
Freeman is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Freeman prevents Oppelaar from improving his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Freeman dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A big left from Oppelaar misses.
Oppelaar throws a series of punches but Freeman moves out of range.
Oppelaar shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Freeman as he jumps to the side.
Oppelaar throws a series of punches but Freeman avoids them all with ease.
Oppelaar throws a series of punches but Freeman avoids them all with ease.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Freeman.
Freeman shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Oppelaar is trying to defend but Freeman finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Freeman is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Oppelaar!
Oppelaar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Freeman can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Oppelaar is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman lands a big shot there that rocks Oppelaar but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Matt Freeman overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Oppelaar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Oppelaar is staying active underneath Freeman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Freeman 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.
Freeman is thwarting Oppelaar's attempts to control the position.
Oppelaar is trying to get back to full guard.
Oppelaar is in trouble now - Freeman has advanced to mount!
Freeman with shots to the head and body - Oppelaar looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Freeman raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oppelaar is rocked!
Oppelaar takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Freeman's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Freeman!
After winning the bout, Matt Freeman thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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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