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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Samuel Draven (ranked 3902 p4p, 4043 weight class) and Hikaru Matsuyama (ranked 493 p4p, 502 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samuel Draven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Hikaru Matsuyama!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Chad Campbell and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Draven throws an off balance right hand
and Matsuyama counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matsuyama throws a big shot that misses.
Matsuyama tries to clinch up but Draven circles away and keeps his distance.
Draven walks into a left hand.
Draven swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Draven throws a front kick aimed at Matsuyama's knee but Matsuyama avoids it well.
Draven lands with a right hand.
Draven on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Matsuyama misses with a hook to the body
and Draven counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Draven takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice defenses there by Draven.
Matsuyama slips a straight right by Draven.
Matsuyama throws a shot from downtown. Draven moves away and avoids it.
Matsuyama walks into a left hand.
Matsuyama misses with a hook. Draven ducked under it nicely.
Matsuyama throws a shot from downtown. Draven moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuyama looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Draven bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Draven staying out of range there.
Matsuyama gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Draven.
Matsuyama misses the shot to the body.
Jab from Draven.
Matsuyama misses the body punch
and Draven counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matsuyama tries to close the distance and clinch up but Draven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Draven scores with a hook.
Matsuyama closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Matsuyama is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Draven is keeping busy.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Matsuyama as Draven tries to tie him up.
Draven looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Matsuyama pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice shot lands for Matsuyama.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matsuyama throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Draven to counter with a crisp jab.
Draven has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Matsuyama.
Matsuyama connects with a single shot there.
A good leg kick by Matsuyama.
Matsuyama fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Draven.
Draven needs to keep his hands up - Matsuyama had a free shot at his head there.
Matsuyama takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Matsuyama is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Draven.
Matsuyama lands a lovely overhand right.
Matsuyama throws a poor cross that misses
and Draven counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matsuyama tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Draven was well out of range. Poor timing from Matsuyama.
Draven is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Matsuyama misses with a lunging right hand
and Draven counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Matsuyama uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Draven.
Matsuyama looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A head kick by Matsuyama misses
enabling Draven to counter with a crisp jab.
Draven uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Matsuyama.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuyama throws a jab but it's blocked by Draven.
Draven keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Draven is looking to counter punch.
Matsuyama closes the distance looking to clinch
and Draven counters with a straight right hand.
We've been informed that Matsuyama has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A jab from Draven does it's job there.
Matsuyama throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Draven counters with a stiff right hand.
Matsuyama is rocked!
Draven throws out a leg kick but Matsuyama moves out of range and Draven only half commits.
Matsuyama swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Matsuyama scores with a jab.
Donk. Matsuyama catches Draven right on the button with a cross.
Matsuyama misses with a straight right.
As Matsuyama looks to move away, Draven throws a big counter combo but Matsuyama just gets out of the way.
Matsuyama scores with a head kick.
Matsuyama missing with a left hand there. Draven was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Draven throwing a counter right hand but Matsuyama manages to avoid it.
Draven scores with a nice right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matsuyama moves into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuyama manages to break the clinch.
Matsuyama's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Draven connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Matsuyama scrambles back to his feet.
Matsuyama ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Draven moves away.
Matsuyama misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Draven throwing a counter right hand but Matsuyama manages to avoid it.
Matsuyama misses with a straight left.
Draven throwing a counter right hand but Matsuyama manages to avoid it.
Matsuyama takes one on the button.
Draven slips a straight right by Matsuyama.
Matsuyama scores with a nice strike.
Matsuyama scores with a punch to the head.
A nice leg kick from Matsuyama, right into the meat of the thigh.
Draven checks a low kick from Matsuyama.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matsuyama moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Matsuyama swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Draven counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Draven looks to land a combination but Matsuyama avoids it well.
Jab from Draven.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Hikaru Matsuyama will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Matsuyama.
Samuel Draven is winning the standup battle so far.
Draven feints a jab promting Matsuyama to slip. Draven then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Matsuyama slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Matsuyama thows a left - swing and a miss!
Matsuyama looks for the body kick but Draven saw that one coming.
Matsuyama looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Draven tries to land a front kick but Matsuyama steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Matsuyama just misses with a punch to the body.
Samuel Draven is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Matsuyama tries to land a leg kick but Draven saw it coming and moves away.
Matsuyama throws an off balance right hand
letting Draven counter with a right hand.
Matsuyama fails with an attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsuyama swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A little feinted left hand from Draven on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Draven throws a combination that misses
and Draven takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Matsuyama misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Draven appears to be looking for a big counter.
Draven with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matsuyama gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuyama scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Matsuyama looks to score with a jab to the body but Draven is just out of range.
Matsuyama walks into a straight right hand from Draven.
Matsuyama throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Draven to counter with a crisp jab.
Matsuyama is still on wobbly legs! Can Draven finish him?
Draven throws a hook but Matsuyama avoids it easily.
Matsuyama seems to have recovered his senses.
Matsuyama misses with an uppercut. Draven saw that one coming.
Draven uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Matsuyama.
Draven uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Matsuyama.
Matsuyama thumps Draven with a low kick.
Draven throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A jab lands there for Draven.
Draven throws a front kick aimed at Matsuyama's knee but Matsuyama avoids it well.
A shot to the body from Matsuyama misses
and Draven cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Draven rushes Matsuyama and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Matsuyama is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Draven piles on the pressure and Matsuyama crumples to the floor! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samuel Draven!
A relieved looking Samuel Draven thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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
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