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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Holmes has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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245 lbs
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260 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt Holmes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Young!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Holmes drives through with a takedown into guard.
Holmes with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Young trying to keep a closed guard but Holmes is proving a slippery customer.
Holmes throwing strikes but missing.
Holmes lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Holmes 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.
Holmes passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Young looks gassed!
Holmes controls the position.
Holmes in side control lands a decent elbow.
Young is looking to regain half guard here but Holmes keeps moving and retains side control.
Young takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Holmes trying to control the action but Young is working from the bottom.
Holmes lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Holmes scores with a couple of short elbows.
Young takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Holmes lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Young down.
Holmes working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Holmes cracks Young with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Holmes working the head with strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Holmes scoring with punches and elbows.
Holmes taking a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Young taking a bit of punishment here - Holmes scoring with strikes.
Holmes scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Young to see if he's OK.
Holmes working the ground and pound.
Holmes advances to full mount.
Holmes putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Young really wants to buck Holmes off and get back to his feet.
Holmes with good strikes from the mount here!
Young wants to control but Holmes is having none of it.
Holmes is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Young can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Holmes punishing his opponent with strikes.
Holmes landing strikes from the mount and Young is in trouble!
Holmes working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Young is desperately trying to improve his position but Holmes has a good base and remains in mount.
Holmes scoring with strikes but Young is staying in there.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Holmes cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Young holds of for dear life.
Young wants to hold on but Holmes pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holmes in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Holmes forces the positional change into back control.
Holmes is not going to allow Young to sit and survive in this position.
Holmes lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Holmes scores with punches and elbows.
Young tries to break free.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Holmes slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Holmes is working for the choke. He's slipped one arm under the chin. Young has to defend the other arm for all he's worth... but Holmes has managed to get that arm free too and he's tightening the choke! Young taps out and looks absolutely disgusted with himself. Holmes doesn't care though - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Matt Holmes!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
63% |
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