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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tanaka Matsuda (ranked 332 p4p, 1429 weight class) and Derek Patterson (ranked 43 p4p, 218 weight class). Matsuda comes to the cage accompanied by Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King. Patterson has chosen I'm So High. Nashville Pussy as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tanaka Matsuda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Derek Patterson!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Winston Howard and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsuda fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Patterson on the side of the head.
Patterson misses the shot to the body.
Matsuda scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
We've been hearing that Matsuda has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Patterson is trying to maintain the position but Matsuda is very close to passing his half guard.
Matsuda not doing much here.
Patterson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Matsuda.
Patterson is concentrating on defense, preventing Matsuda from advancing position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsuda missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Matsuda throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Matsuda is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Patterson is just riding it out for now. Matsuda eventually gives up the hold.
Patterson moves into full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patterson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Matsuda passes into side control.
Matsuda wants to control but Patterson is keeping him busy.
Patterson is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Matsuda working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Matsuda working the head with strikes.
Matsuda working the body and head with strikes.
Matsuda landing a few strikes.
Patterson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Matsuda's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Patterson keeping hold of Matsuda's head, controlling as best he can.
Patterson trying to control here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Patterson is looking for a sweep. Matsuda is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda lands with a punch from half guard.
Matsuda working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Matsuda seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead Patterson has recovered full guard.
Patterson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Matsuda is controlling him.
Patterson has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Patterson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Patterson is trying to control the position but Matsuda postures up.
Matsuda distracts Patterson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Patterson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Patterson managing to control the position.
Patterson has his foot on Matsuda's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Matsuda works his way back into a safe position though.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tanaka Matsuda dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Patterson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Patterson misses with a looping right.
Matsuda connects with a nice looking jab.
Matsuda takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Matsuda takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Patterson throws a low kick but Matsuda moves out of range easily.
Matsuda looks to land a right hand but Patterson moved out of range.
Tanaka Matsuda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matsuda throws a body shot but no joy.
Patterson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Matsuda shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Patterson defends it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Patterson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patterson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Matsuda connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Patterson scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuda connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Matsuda needs to keep his hands up - Patterson had a free shot at his head there.
Matsuda fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Patterson manages to avoid it.
Patterson looks to land a left hand but Matsuda moved out of range nicely.
Patterson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matsuda circles away quickly and effectively.
Matsuda is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Matsuda throws a shot from downtown. Patterson moves away and avoids it.
Matsuda checks a low kick from Patterson.
Matsuda just misses with a punch to the body.
Patterson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Patterson looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Matsuda uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Patterson.
Patterson looks to land a left hand but Matsuda moved out of range nicely.
Matsuda misses with a left hand
and Matsuda takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Patterson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matsuda throws a body punch but Patterson moves out of range.
Matsuda closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Patterson did well to prevent Matsuda getting side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matsuda not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Patterson is concentrating on defense, preventing Matsuda from advancing position.
Patterson is trying to get back to full guard.
Matsuda lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Patterson wants to get back to full guard.
Matsuda is pressing down on Patterson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Patterson is holding on for now.
Matsuda uses his free foot to push down on Patterson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Patterson.
Matsuda will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda cracks Patterson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Matsuda landing strikes from the mount.
Patterson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Matsuda is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Patterson can do to turn this around?
Matsuda unloading with bombs!
Patterson is trying to escape the mount.
Patterson wants to control but Matsuda is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda landing strikes from the mount.
Patterson is looking to improve his position but Matsuda isn't that keen on the idea.
Tanaka Matsuda overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Matsuda lands a big elbow.
Patterson is bucking up trying to escape but Matsuda cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Patterson is bucking up trying to escape but Matsuda cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Patterson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Matsuda connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Matsuda lands a nice shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tanaka Matsuda dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!
Matsuda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Patterson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Matsuda moves away from the strike by Patterson.
Matsuda changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Patterson lands a leg kick that knocks Matsuda off balance momentarily.
Patterson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Matsuda walks into a left hand.
Patterson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Matsuda connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Patterson scrambles back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Patterson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Patterson ducks under a wild hook from Matsuda.
Matsuda uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Patterson.
Matsuda misses with a straight left.
A nice side step and Patterson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuda fails with the takedown.
Patterson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Matsuda is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Matsuda misses with a body shot.
Matsuda throws a shot from downtown. Patterson moves away and avoids it.
Matsuda throws out a loose jab but Patterson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matsuda jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Good exchange - Matsuda coming out on top.
Patterson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Matsuda misses with a looping left.
Matsuda avoids the body shot from Patterson.
Derek Patterson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Matsuda misses its intended target.
Derek Patterson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Patterson tries to sprawl but Matsuda drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Patterson tries to roll over but Matsuda keeps him under control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matsuda looks to land a strike but Patterson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Matsuda throwing strikes from guard but Patterson blocks nicely.
Matsuda controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Matsuda forces his way into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patterson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Matsuda.
Matsuda is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Patterson is looking to improve his position.
Patterson taking some punishment here, with Matsuda in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Matsuda.
Matsuda seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Patterson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Matsuda is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda prevents Patterson from improving his position.
Patterson wants to control but Matsuda is keeping busy.
Matsuda lands strikes from half guard.
Tanaka Matsuda is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Patterson is not content to let Matsuda control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Matsuda wants to work for an arm triangle but Patterson is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Patterson wants to improve his position but Matsuda is controlling well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tanaka Matsuda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Matsuda has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tanaka Matsuda!
Tanaka Matsuda seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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