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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Hiroki Matsuoka (ranked 1363 p4p, 154 weight class) and Finnish Experiment Il (ranked 1454 p4p, 165 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Matsuoka might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Tom Petty - Won’t back down. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hiroki Matsuoka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Finnish Experiment Il!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Experiment Il stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Experiment Il throws a nice looking combination but Matsuoka bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Matsuoka fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Experiment Il thumps Matsuoka with a low kick.
Matsuoka misses with an uppercut.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Experiment Il, as that shot connected.
A chopping leg kick lands by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il scores with a punch to the head.
Experiment Il feints and then cracks Matsuoka's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Matsuoka down.
Experiment Il attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Experiment Il has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Matsuoka is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Experiment Il avoids the head kick by Matsuoka.
Experiment Il goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matsuoka throws a combination. Experiment Il tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Experiment Il blocks a jab.
Matsuoka lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A big right from Experiment Il misses.
Matsuoka slips under a jab from Experiment Il.
Matsuoka takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Experiment Il throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Matsuoka.
Matsuoka lands a nice leg kick that just misses Experiment Il's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Experiment Il.
Matsuoka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matsuoka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matsuoka tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Experiment Il counters with a body kick.
Experiment Il checks a leg kick nicely.
A head kick misses from Matsuoka.
Experiment Il wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Experiment Il fakes the leg kick and cracks Matsuoka in the body.
Experiment Il jabs at Matsuoka's body.
Matsuoka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Experiment Il.
Matsuoka tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Experiment Il was well out of range. Poor timing from Matsuoka.
Experiment Il throws a looping overhand right but Matsuoka ducks down to avoid it.
Experiment Il lands a jab to the nose.
Matsuoka has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Experiment Il finds it's way round the side to connect with Matsuoka's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il moves in looking to clinch but Matsuoka pushes him off.
Matsuoka feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Experiment Il lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Experiment Il fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Matsuoka.
Experiment Il misses with a jab, cross combination.
It looked like Matsuoka was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il scores with a body shot.
A punch combination from Matsuoka misses.
Experiment Il fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Matsuoka.
Matsuoka looks to throw a body kick
and Experiment Il counters with a stiff right hand.
Matsuoka misses with a head kick.
Experiment Il throws a big shot that misses.
Matsuoka misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Experiment Il walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Matsuoka throws a body kick that misses.
Matsuoka throws a head kick that Experiment Il semi-blocks.
Experiment Il thuds his right hand into Matsuoka's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Good exchange - Matsuoka coming out on top.
Matsuoka fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Experiment Il.
Matsuoka throws a low kick but Experiment Il avoids it.
A left and a right from Experiment Il both land. Nice combination.
Experiment Il misses with a double jab.
Experiment Il throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Matsuoka on the side of the head.
Experiment Il avoids a punch combination nicely.
A head kick by Matsuoka misses
and Experiment Il makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Matsuoka really felt that one!
Matsuoka throws a sloppy head kick and Experiment Il moves out of range easily.
Matsuoka displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Experiment Il throws out the jab.
Experiment Il uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Matsuoka has time to react.
Experiment Il gets a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matsuoka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Experiment Il connects with a knee to the head.
Experiment Il throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matsuoka blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il connects with a knee to the head.
Matsuoka is rocked!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Experiment Il.
Oh Matsuoka is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Matsuoka misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Experiment Il.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Experiment Il scores with a knee to the head.
A right hand to the body from Matsuoka.
Experiment Il avoids a wild elbow strike from Matsuoka.
Matsuoka seems to have got his legs back now.
Experiment Il with a knee to the head.
Matsuoka tries to work over Experiment Il's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matsuoka misses with a punch to the body.
Matsuoka struggles to land a body shot inside as Experiment Il controls his hands.
Experiment Il lands a hook that snaps the head of Matsuoka backwards.
Matsuoka working hard to break the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matsuoka.
Matsuoka can't find room to land a body shot as Experiment Il controls the action.
Experiment Il blocking some punches.
Experiment Il working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Matsuoka tries to circle away but Experiment Il has him pinned against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Finnish Experiment Il dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Experiment Il thumps Matsuoka with a low kick.
Matsuoka misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Experiment Il punishes Matsuoka's body with a nice straight punch.
Experiment Il is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Experiment Il throws a lazy right hand but Matsuoka sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Experiment Il throws a half hearted mid kick.
Matsuoka takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A jab from Experiment Il finds it's way through Matsuoka's defenses.
Matsuoka cracks Experiment Il with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Experiment Il, as that shot connected.
Experiment Il works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Matsuoka is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Experiment Il misses with an attempted mid kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Experiment Il checks a leg kick.
Experiment Il throws a counter combo.
Matsuoka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuoka tries to score with a low kick but Experiment Il moves his leg out of the way.
Matsuoka throws a leg kick but Experiment Il sees it coming and moves out of range.
Experiment Il is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Experiment Il throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matsuoka sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Experiment Il moves out of range of the strikes.
Matsuoka's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Matsuoka duly obliges.
Experiment Il defending well as Matsuoka loads up on a big left hand.
Matsuoka misses with a head kick.
Nice shot by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Matsuoka.
Experiment Il replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Matsuoka blocks it well.
Matsuoka misses with a low kick as Experiment Il jumps back.
Matsuoka throws a front kick aimed at Experiment Il's knee but Experiment Il avoids it well.
Matsuoka misses with a head kick.
Experiment Il lands a nice looking body kick.
Experiment Il scores with a jab to the head.
Finnish Experiment Il seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Matsuoka connects with a right hand. Experiment Il shakes it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matsuoka throws an overhand right that lands on Experiment Il's shoulder, as Experiment Il tries to avoid the shot.
Experiment Il misses with a jab, cross combination.
Experiment Il misses with a straight right.
Matsuoka misses with a jab to the body
and Experiment Il connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matsuoka misses with a lunging right hand
and Experiment Il counters with a left to the body.
Experiment Il cracks Matsuoka with a good jab.
Experiment Il misses with a body kick.
A left lands for Experiment Il.
Matsuoka takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Experiment Il throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Matsuoka on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Experiment Il cracks Matsuoka with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Matsuoka bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Experiment Il swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Matsuoka.
Matsuoka scores with a crisp jab that stopped Experiment Il in his tracks.
Matsuoka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il lands a big head kick that sends Matsuoka tumbling to the mat! Experiment Il takes a step backwards and waves Matsuoka back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Matsuoka misses with a leg kick.
A big left from Matsuoka misses.
Matsuoka showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il throws a leg kick but Matsuoka checks it.
Experiment Il looks to land a body kick but Matsuoka moved away.
An attempted straight right counter from Matsuoka misses the target.
Matsuoka looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Matsuoka throws a wild body kick that Experiment Il sees coming a mile off.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Experiment Il! But no joy.
Experiment Il dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Matsuoka. That did some damage!
Matsuoka moves out of range of the strikes.
Experiment Il has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matsuoka throws a wild body kick that Experiment Il sees coming a mile off.
Experiment Il tries to counter with a clinch but Matsuoka shakes him off and moves away.
Matsuoka tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A good leg kick by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Matsuoka throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il connects with an inside leg kick.
Matsuoka avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Experiment Il checks a low kick from Matsuoka.
Matsuoka moves out of range as Experiment Il throws a body kick.
Matsuoka throws a head kick that misses.
Matsuoka throws a body kick that misses.
Experiment Il swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Experiment Il misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Matsuoka takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Experiment Il moves out of range as Matsuoka strikes.
Experiment Il throws a looping overhand right but Matsuoka ducks down to avoid it.
Matsuoka ducks under a wild hook from Experiment Il.
Matsuoka feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Experiment Il throws a hook but Matsuoka avoids it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matsuoka throws an off balance right hand
and Experiment Il counters with a leg kick.
Matsuoka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Experiment Il checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Matsuoka tries a head kick but it misses.
Matsuoka tries to clinch up but Experiment Il circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Finnish Experiment Il showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
A bone on bone clash there as Experiment Il blocks the leg kick.
Experiment Il throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Experiment Il dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Matsuoka. That did some damage!
Matsuoka throws the left hand but Experiment Il avoids the punch easily.
Matsuoka thows a left - swing and a miss!
Experiment Il with a nice cross.
Experiment Il throws a nice inside leg kick.
Matsuoka uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Experiment Il.
Matsuoka tries to counter by clinching up but Experiment Il breaks away and moves out of range.
Experiment Il misses with a hook
and Matsuoka counters with a straight right hand.
Matsuoka dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Matsuoka lands a high kick!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Experiment Il lands a jab to the head.
Experiment Il lands a lovely overhand right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Experiment Il staying out of range there.
Experiment Il swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Matsuoka connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matsuoka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Experiment Il thows a left - swing and a miss!
Matsuoka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Experiment Il can pounce on him.
Matsuoka uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Experiment Il.
Matsuoka throws a body shot but no joy.
Experiment Il tries to move into range but Matsuoka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Matsuoka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Matsuoka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Experiment Il avoids the head kick by Matsuoka.
Experiment Il moves out of range of the leg kick from Matsuoka.
Matsuoka connects with an inside leg kick.
Matsuoka cracks Experiment Il with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Matsuoka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Experiment Il sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Experiment Il throws a jab but it's blocked by Matsuoka.
Matsuoka works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Experiment Il looks to land a left hand but Matsuoka moved out of range nicely.
Experiment Il fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Matsuoka checks it well.
Experiment Il scores with a nice head shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Experiment Il throws a right hand that Matsuoka ducks under and follows up with a left that Matsuoka also avoids with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matsuoka is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Experiment Il.
Experiment Il jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matsuoka is looking to clinch but Experiment Il is avoiding it.
Experiment Il tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Matsuoka paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Good work by Experiment Il as he checks the leg kick.
Matsuoka attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Matsuoka looks to score with a jab to the body but Experiment Il is just out of range.
Matsuoka moves out of range of the leg kick from Experiment Il.
Experiment Il lands a head shot.
Experiment Il blocks a low kick nicely.
Matsuoka swats away the attempt to clinch by Experiment Il.
Matsuoka missing with a left hand there. Experiment Il was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matsuoka cracks Experiment Il with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Experiment Il is looking to slow Matsuoka down with leg kicks.
Matsuoka throws out a powerful jab.
Matsuoka misses with a body shot.
Matsuoka misses with a body kick.
Matsuoka needs to keep his hands up - Experiment Il had a free shot at his head there.
Experiment Il scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Experiment Il stalks Matsuoka and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Matsuoka's face. Matsuoka staggers backwards, shaken.
Matsuoka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Experiment Il sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hiroki Matsuoka has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matsuoka throws a sloppy head kick and Experiment Il moves out of range easily.
Experiment Il misses with a wild combination.
Matsuoka clobbers Experiment Il with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Matsuoka takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matsuoka walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Experiment Il checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Matsuoka throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuoka throws a hook but Experiment Il avoids it easily.
Experiment Il misses with an uppercut.
Matsuoka misses with a lunging right hand
and Experiment Il counters with a straight right hand.
Experiment Il tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Matsuoka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Experiment Il.
As Matsuoka backs off Experiment Il throws a huge counter combo but Matsuoka manages to avoid it all.
Donk. Experiment Il catches Matsuoka right on the button with a cross.
Experiment Il throws a nice inside leg kick.
Matsuoka is looking to chop away at Experiment Il's legs.
Finnish Experiment Il is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Matsuoka throws an off balance right hand
and Experiment Il counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Matsuoka misses with a looping right.
Experiment Il lands a jab.
Matsuoka looks to land a right hand but Experiment Il moved out of range.
Experiment Il scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Matsuoka shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Experiment Il throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Finnish Experiment Il.
Well Experiment Il has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge George Francis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Finnish Experiment Il!
Finnish Experiment Il tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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