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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abraham Muhammad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Fang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matthew Fang has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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26
210 lbs
7 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
26
210 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Abraham Muhammad!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matthew Fang!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fang looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Muhammad!
Muhammad knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Fang on the ground.
Fang misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Fang tries to score with some ground and pound. Muhammad controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Muhammad parries the strikes from Fang easily there. Fang is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Muhammad to escape.
Fang looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Muhammad is avoiding damage well.
Muhammad is not content to let Fang control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muhammad takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Fang passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Muhammad!
Fang working Muhammad over with strikes here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fang thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Fang tries to control but Muhammad wriggling away.
Muhammad is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Fang unloads with some shots from mount but Muhammad bucks and avoids them well.
Fang throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Muhammad because Fang loaded up on that one.
Fang sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
BOOM! Fang connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Fang controlling his opponent.
BOOM! Fang connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fang cracks Muhammad with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhammad blocking the ground and pound.
Fang lands a big shot there that rocks Muhammad but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fang connects with a bit shot that sees Muhammad covering up! More strikes from Fang and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Fang is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matthew Fang!
Matthew Fang is the new light heavyweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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