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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Tanaka Matsuda (ranked 1375 p4p, 1327 weight class) and Psiris Fuhren (ranked 198 p4p, 191 weight class). Matsuda comes to the cage accompanied by Avenged Sevenfold - Hail to the King. Fuhren has chosen Everybody Dies as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 17 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tanaka Matsuda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Psiris Fuhren!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsuda bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fuhren's head backwards.
Fuhren lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fuhren uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matsuda.
Matsuda misses with a looping left.
Matsuda has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Gunner's School of Combat in the buildup to the fight.
Fuhren loads up on a big right hand but Matsuda slips the punch.
Fuhren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matsuda was well out of range. Poor timing from Fuhren.
Fuhren lands a nice leg kick that just misses Matsuda's sensitive parts.
Matsuda checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fuhren throws a body shot but no joy.
Fuhren scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fuhren takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Fuhren misses with a lunging right hand
and Matsuda counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Matsuda keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fuhren.
Fuhren misses with a straight right.
Matsuda tries to counter with a takedown but Fuhren is quick to defend against it.
Fuhren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matsuda was well out of range. Poor timing from Fuhren.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matsuda fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Matsuda misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuhren moves into range and connects with a jab.
Matsuda loads up on a big right hand but Fuhren slips the punch.
Fuhren walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Matsuda checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Matsuda feinted with a counter takedown.
Matsuda staying out of range there.
Fuhren waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Matsuda.
Fuhren lands a nice shot to the body.
Matsuda misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fuhren.
Fuhren throws a lazy uppercut
and Matsuda counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Fuhren!
Fuhren throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Psiris Fuhren seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fuhren pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matsuda connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fuhren throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Fuhren misses with a looping right.
An attempted straight right counter from Matsuda misses the target.
Matsuda connects with the punch.
Matsuda slips a jab from Fuhren.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuhren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matsuda.
A cross from Fuhren lands.
Fuhren throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Matsuda decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Fuhren pushes Matsuda off and gets back to his feet.
Fuhren lands with an overhand left.
Matsuda scores with the left hand. Fuhren knows he should have avoided that one.
Fuhren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Matsuda.
Fuhren throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matsuda sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fuhren throws a shot to the body.
Matsuda takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fuhren tries to work over Matsuda's front leg with a kick but Matsuda checks it.
Fuhren uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matsuda.
Fuhren scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Fuhren fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda slips under a jab from Fuhren.
Matsuda attempts a counter takedown but Fuhren avoids it well and moves away.
Fuhren lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Fuhren throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Matsuda drops down looking for a counter takedown but Fuhren sprawls and moves away.
Fuhren misses the jab.
Fuhren ducks under a wild hook from Matsuda.
Fuhren is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matsuda.
Matsuda connects with a good right hand that stumbles Fuhren. Fuhren circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Matsuda misses with a straight left.
Fuhren throws an overhand right that lands on Matsuda's shoulder, as Matsuda tries to avoid the shot.
Fuhren scores with a shot to the body.
Matsuda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good work by Matsuda as he checks the leg kick.
Matsuda drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Matsuda stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Fuhren.
Matsuda missing with a left hand there. Fuhren was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Fuhren manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Fuhren has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Matsuda is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
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!
Fuhren tries to work over Matsuda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matsuda is trying to trip Fuhren. He has hold of a leg but Fuhren is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Matsuda persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Matsuda is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Matsuda looking to pass the guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matsuda postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Psiris Fuhren dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Matsuda loads up on a big right hand but Fuhren slips the punch.
Fuhren connects with a solid leg kick.
Matsuda will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fuhren misses with a wild body shot.
Fuhren slips a jab from Matsuda.
Fuhren finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Fuhren waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Matsuda.
Matsuda takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Matsuda loads up on a big right hand but Fuhren slips the punch.
Fuhren looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Fuhren tries to land a leg kick but Matsuda saw it coming and moves away.
Fuhren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matsuda moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsuda swings for the body but Fuhren moves out of range.
Fuhren throws a hook to the side of Matsuda's head but Matsuda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Matsuda checks a low kick from Fuhren.
Matsuda attempts a counter takedown but Fuhren avoids it well and moves away.
Matsuda showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Fuhren.
Fuhren has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuhren misses with a wild body shot.
Psiris Fuhren seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Fuhren throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice takedown defense from Fuhren. No joy for Matsuda on that attempt.
Fuhren throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Matsuda checks a leg kick.
Fuhren misses with a straight right.
A jab from Matsuda misses.
Fuhren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matsuda was well out of range. Poor timing from Fuhren.
Matsuda appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Matsuda dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fuhren wants to land a leg kick but Matsuda is out of range.
Matsuda cracks Fuhren with a good jab.
Matsuda misses with a wild body shot.
A punch combination from Fuhren misses.
Fuhren takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Fuhren drops his hands momentarily and Matsuda takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuhren attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Fuhren throws a leg kick but Matsuda sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fuhren lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fuhren avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matsuda slips a straight right by Fuhren.
Matsuda scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Matsuda throws a body punch but Fuhren moves out of range.
Fuhren throws a hook to the side of Matsuda's head but Matsuda sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fuhren with the inside leg kick.
Fuhren lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Matsuda shoots in but Fuhren avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tanaka Matsuda. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matsuda connects with the punch.
Matsuda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda digs a good body shot into Fuhren's ribs.
Fuhren connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Matsuda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fuhren throws a hook but Matsuda avoids it easily.
Matsuda fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Matsuda lands a slapping body shot.
Matsuda throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Matsuda backing away here, and Fuhren unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Fuhren uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matsuda.
Fuhren thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fuhren throws a poor cross that misses
and Matsuda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Some bone on bone action there as Matsuda checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Good standup being displayed there by Matsuda as he connects with a hook.
Fuhren misses with an uppercut. Matsuda saw that one coming.
Fuhren thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fuhren leaves Matsuda with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda slips a jab from Fuhren.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fuhren moves into range and connects with a jab.
Matsuda takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Matsuda darts in looking for a takedown but Fuhren gets double underhooks and turns Matsuda into the cage.
Matsuda changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Fuhren fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A clash of legs there as Matsuda blocks the low kick.
Matsuda throws a shot to the body.
Good work by Matsuda as he checks the leg kick.
Matsuda ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matsuda steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fuhren.
Matsuda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fuhren is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matsuda.
Left hook, right uppercut from Fuhren.
Matsuda connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Fuhren momentarily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Psiris Fuhren will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Fuhren lands a really nice looking cross but Matsuda seems unphased.
Fuhren misses with a leg kick.
Fuhren misses with a straight left.
Fuhren scores with the left hand. Matsuda knows he should have avoided that one.
Matsuda takes a swing at Fuhren's ribcage but misses.
Fuhren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matsuda was well out of range. Poor timing from Fuhren.
Matsuda works Fuhren's body with a nice hook.
Matsuda throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Fuhren is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Matsuda with a body shot.
Matsuda keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A big left from Fuhren misses.
Matsuda feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuhren bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Fuhren connects with a nice looking jab.
Fuhren scores with a jab to the head.
Matsuda just misses with a punch to the body.
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!
Fuhren throws a leg kick but Matsuda sees it coming and moves out of range.
Matsuda changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
That's one minute gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Matsuda.
A jab from Fuhren misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Matsuda misses the target.
Matsuda throws a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Fuhren misses.
Matsuda lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fuhren tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Matsuda changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Matsuda takes a swing at Fuhren's ribcage but misses.
Nice takedown defense from Fuhren. No joy for Matsuda on that attempt.
Matsuda shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Fuhren napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Matsuda tries for a kimura but Fuhren is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matsuda goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Fuhren rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Matsuda's guard! Nice work there by Fuhren!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuhren is sitting in close to Matsuda's body. Matsuda has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Fuhren is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Fuhren is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Matsuda.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Tanaka Matsuda!
A relieved looking Tanaka Matsuda thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Psiris Fuhren spoke after the fight, saying 'Well Shit.'.
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