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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lando Nallo (ranked 1606 p4p, 253 weight class) and Petiah Mathis (ranked 2570 p4p, 363 weight class). Nallo comes to the cage accompanied by Fort Battle - Trevor Jones. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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209 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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220 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Lando Nallo!
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, Petiah Mathis!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nallo closes the distance and pushes Mathis back into the cage.
Mathis trying to control the position but instead, Nallo has worked for underhooks and has pushed Mathis into the cage.
Nallo drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Mathis gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nallo works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Mathis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Nallo's guard.
Nallo keeping moving, preventing Mathis from controlling successfully.
Mathis distracts Nallo with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nallo on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Nallo tries to get out of the position.
Mathis with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathis slips nicely into half guard.
Mathis landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mathis seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Nallo is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nallo won't allow Mathis to pass to mount.
Nallo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Mathis throwing shots but Nallo is blocking nicely.
Nallo wants to get back to his feet.
Nallo wants to get back to full guard.
Nallo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Mathis is working away from the top position though.
Nallo is pressing down on Mathis's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Mathis makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Mathis with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathis throwing strikes from guard but Nallo blocks nicely.
Mathis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mathis looking to sit in guard and control but Nallo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mathis keeping full guard, as Nallo tries to pass.
Mathis lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Mathis wants to control from the top but Nallo keeps moving.
Mathis stands up over Nallo, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nallo looking for a triangle here. Mathis is fighting it but it looks tight! Nallo pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Mathis is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Lando Nallo!
Lando Nallo retains his light heavyweight title!
Lando Nallo made sure to mention his sponsor, Dr. Dogood (160 quality for $135) in his post fight interview.
In defeat, Petiah Mathis stepped up to the mic, saying 'Man Boom, what a fight. You deserve that Title shot man, good luck. But if you do win the belt remember I'm coming for you!'.
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hype
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