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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andrew Tran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tran comes to the cage accompanied by Blockbuster Night Part 1. Mason comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Darude - Sandstorm kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Max Mason will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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198 lbs
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224 lbs
4 - 2 - 1 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
0 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrew Tran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Max Mason!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Winston Howard and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tran is looking to clinch.
Tran looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Tran takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mason throws a head kick but Tran moves out of range.
Mason circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tran tries to keep at a distance but Mason has taken the fight into the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mason throws an elbow but it misses.
A nice left hand lands by Mason.
Mason pushes Tran back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Tran definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tran managing to block the knees to the body from Mason.
Mason lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mason is leaning against Tran and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mason misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Tran.
Tran avoids the elbow strike from Mason, against the cage.
Mason using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Tran has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mason.
Mason lands an uppercut.
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!
Mason tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tran avoids it.
Mason is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tran is defending well for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tran avoiding damage as Mason throws knees to the body.
Mason misses with a knee to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Mason.
Mason with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mason with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mason with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mason lands an elbow just above Tran 's eye.
Mason tries a knee to the head but Tran blocks it.
Tran blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Tran taking a breather.
Tran avoiding damage as Mason throws knees to the body.
Mason throws an elbow but it misses.
Mason pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mason lands a good knee to the midsection. Tran won't want to take too many of those.
Mason pushes off an throws an elbow but Tran leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mason tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason misses with a knee to the head.
Mason lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tran blocks a body shot from Mason.
A short right from Mason on the inside.
Mason tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right hand to the body from Mason.
Mason pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mason is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Tran is defending well for now.
Nice elbow from Mason.
Mason lands with a short shot to the head.
Tran is looking to take this one to the mat.
Mason working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Mason throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mason lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tran or not.
Tran really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Mason unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tran lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Tran dodges an elbow strike from Mason.
Tran on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason lands a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mason throws an elbow but misses.
Mason connects with a knee to the head.
Mason lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tran takes an elbow to the temple.
Mason missing with knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Mason.
Mason lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Mason tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Tran avoids it.
We've been informed that Mason has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Tran throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mason blocks it with crossed arms.
Mason with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Tran blocks the elbow strike.
Tran avoids the elbow strike from Mason, against the cage.
Mason lands with a short shot to the head.
Mason lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mason tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mason lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tran or not.
Mason tries to land knees in the clinch but Tran avoids the damage to the body.
Mason missing with knees to the body.
Mason gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tran goes for a takedown attempt but Mason pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Mason works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Mason steps in with a hook that catches Tran right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Mason follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Tran looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Mason!
Max Mason thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Andrew Tran was interviewed post fight and said 'Well It Wasn't My Best Fight, But I Will Train Hard To Get Back In The Game And Win My Next Fight.'.
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hype
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pop
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