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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dado Mata (ranked 979 p4p, 41 weight class) and Phil Harrass (ranked 1485 p4p, 69 weight class). Mata's entrance music is 和楽器バンド / 千本桜. A fine choice. Harrass has chosen Tomorrow as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
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148 lbs
8 - 11 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dado Mata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phil Harrass!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harrass dives in and grabs Mata's left leg, looking for a takedown. Mata pushes down on Harrass's head and hops out.
Harrass misses with a series of wild punches.
Mata feinted with a counter takedown.
Mata moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Mata has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Martial Arts Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Mata fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Harrass misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mata counters with a left to the body.
Mata works Harrass's body with a nice hook.
Harrass is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mata's half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harrass not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mata is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Harrass performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Mata looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mata is looking for a sweep. Harrass is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Harrass landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mata is pressing down on Harrass's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Harrass content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Harrass looking to pass the guard.
Harrass is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Harrass working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mata looking to control.
Harrass trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Harrass wants to control from the top but Mata keeps moving.
Harrass avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Harrass wants to control from the top but Mata keeps moving.
Mata looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mata keeping moving, preventing Harrass from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A punch lands to the side of Harrass 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harrass misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Mata slaps away a takedown attempt from Harrass, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dado Mata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Harrass.
Harrass closes the distance and clinches up with Mata, looking for a takedown. Harrass pushes Mata against the cage but Mata circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Harrass shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mata defends it nicely.
Harrass shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mata looking for a sweep. Not yet Mata, not yet.
Harrass looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mata tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mata has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Harrass can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Harrass working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mata wants to sweep here but Harrass controlling him for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mata is on top in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mata wants to control from the top but Harrass keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dado Mata will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Mata ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Harrass moves away.
Harrass throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Mata throws a sloppy body shot
and Harrass cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A left lands for Harrass.
Mata avoids the head kick by Harrass.
Mata scores with a spinning back kick!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Mata.
Mata fakes the leg kick and cracks Harrass in the body.
Harrass slips under a jab from Mata.
Mata takes a swing at Harrass's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mata defending well as Harrass loads up on a big left hand.
Mata swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Mata scores with a punch to the head.
Mata moves into the clinch.
Harrass swings wildly with an uppercut but Mata uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mata working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Harrass on the inside.
Mata misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mata lands a nice uppercut.
Mata tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Mata prevents the takedown attempt.
Mata lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Harrass.
Mata throws a punch but it's blocked by Harrass.
Mata digs a right hand underneath Harrass's ribcage. Harrass let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Harrass fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harrass misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mata is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harrass can do to turn this around?
Mata throws a punch but it's blocked by Harrass.
Mata tries to throw a body punch but Harrass avoids it by throwing Mata back against the cage.
Harrass is trying to push Mata away but Mata has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Mata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Mata works on Harrass's body with a couple of short punches.
Mata blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Harrass pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Harrass misses.
Mata throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Harrass counters with a nice uppercut.
Harrass walks into a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harrass lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mata's sensitive parts.
Nice sprawl there from Mata as Harrass shoots in.
Harrass is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mata throws a nice inside leg kick.
A lazy body kick from Mata
and Mata takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Harrass misses with an uppercut
and Mata counters with a right hand to the body.
Harrass scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mata displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Harrass.
Mata throwing a counter right hand but Harrass manages to avoid it.
Dado Mata has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Harrass.
Mata is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Mata there.
Harrass tries to close the distance and clinch but Mata swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A little feinted left hand from Mata on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Harrass scores with a sloppy right hand. Mata should have avoided that one.
Harrass throws the kick towards the body but Mata avoids it.
Mata was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Harrass throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Harrass jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mata dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Harrass throws a leg kick but Mata checks it.
Harrass slips under a jab.
Mata fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Harrass takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Harrass throws a chopping leg kick but Mata manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mata connects with a nice looking jab.
Harrass is rocked!
Mata gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Harrass is still on wobbly legs! Can Mata finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mata creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mata misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harrass is trying to drag Mata to the mat but Mata just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Mata softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mata swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Harrass blocking some punches.
Mata working aggressively here.
Mata misses with the head strike.
Mata throws a head punch that misses.
Mata blocks a body shot from Harrass.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Harrass.
Harrass throws a punch but it's blocked by Mata.
Mata pushes Harrass against the cage. Mata is working some dirty boxing. Mata pushes off with a quick right hook! Harrass goes down! Harrass tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Mata moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dado Mata!
A very excited looking Dado Mata made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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pop
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