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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Matias (ranked 4164 p4p, 4313 weight class) and Greggory Silalahi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Eduardo Matias!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Greggory Silalahi!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matias shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Eduardo Matias has been cut.
Matias slips a straight right by Silalahi.
As Silalahi tries to get set, Matias tries to push him back and clinch up but Silalahi manages to avoid the attempt.
Nice shot by Silalahi.
Silalahi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Matias has time to react.
Matias is rocked!
Silalahi throws a poor cross that misses
and Matias decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Silalahi's guard.
Oh Matias is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Matias postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Matias working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Matias seems to have got his legs back now.
Matias with a nice head shot there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matias postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Matias's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Silalahi is trying to control the position but Matias postures up.
Matias is working Silalahi over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Matias postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Silalahi really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Matias. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Matias's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Matias lands a couple of elbows.
Matias connects with a couple of short punches.
Silalahi is trying to control the position but Matias postures up.
Matias with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silalahi has momentary wrist control but Matias slips an elbow through the middle.
Matias keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Silalahi's head.
Matias scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Silalahi is looking to stand up but Matias isn't so interested in that idea.
Matias landing with the ground and pound.
Matias lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Silalahi will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Matias scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Matias makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Matias has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Silalahi wants to stand but Matias is controlling the position.
Matias scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Matias scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matias distracts Silalahi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Silalahi trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matias working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Silalahi's head.
Matias connects with a couple of short punches.
Matias landing with the ground and pound.
Matias with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Matias lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matias makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Matias postures up and lands a big shot to Silalahi's brow.
Matias connects with a couple of short punches.
Matias postures up and lands a big shot to Silalahi's brow.
Silalahi wants to stand and escape but Matias is having none of it.
Matias scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Matias works over Silalahi with some ground and pound from guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Silalahi is on top in guard.
Silalahi is fighting to break Matias's control of his arms but Matias is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Matias keeping moving, preventing Silalahi from controlling successfully.
Matias pushes Silalahi off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Silalahi throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Matias attempts a counter takedown but Silalahi avoids it well and moves away.
Silalahi misses with a left hand
and Matias counters by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Silalahi.
Matias wants a takedown.
Silalahi blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silalahi digs a right hand into Matias's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Matias's gas tank.
Matias looking for a takedown.
Silalahi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Matias or not.
Matias is breathing heavily.
Matias drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eduardo Matias. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Silalahi lands with a right to the head.
Matias avoiding damage as Silalahi throws knees to the body.
Silalahi looking to slow down the pace here.
Silalahi lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Silalahi scores with a nice hook to the head.
Silalahi has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Matias keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Silalahi's efforts to push away.
A nice right hand lands inside from Silalahi.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Matias dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Eduardo Matias's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Matias needs to keep his hands up - Silalahi had a free shot at his head there.
Matias uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Silalahi.
Matias attempts a counter takedown but Silalahi avoids it well and moves away.
Silalahi misses with a straight right.
Greggory Silalahi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Silalahi scores with a jab to the head.
Matias is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Silalahi can do to turn this around?
A jab lands there for Silalahi.
Eduardo Matias's cut is getting worse.
Silalahi throws a series of punches but Matias moves out of range.
Silalahi misses with an uppercut
and Matias moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silalahi working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Matias is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Silalahi is defending well.
Silalahi lands a shoulder strike.
Matias gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silalahi throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matias drops an elbow to the side of Silalahi's head.
Eduardo Matias overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Matias working the head and body with strikes.
Silalahi is looking to escape.
Matias winds up and cracks Silalahi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silalahi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Matias scores with a couple of nice shots.
Silalahi wants to get back to full guard.
Silalahi trying to hold on to Matias's head to control him but Matias postures up.
Silalahi throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Matias prevents Silalahi from standing back up.
Matias prevents Silalahi from improving his position.
Matias landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Matias takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Silalahi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Matias is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Matias is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matias lands with a punch from half guard.
Silalahi tries to kick Matias off but Matias keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Silalahi trying to control from the bottom.
Matias looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Silalahi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Matias is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Matias lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silalahi trying to control from the bottom.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matias slips a nice elbow through Silalahi's hands, connecting with Silalahi's forehead.
Matias drops an elbow to the side of Silalahi's head.
Matias takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Matias lands a nice short elbow.
Silalahi wants to get back to his feet.
Matias blocks the strikes from Silalahi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matias lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Matias lands a nice short elbow.
Matias scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Matias is nestled in close to Silalahi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Silalahi pushes Matias off looking to stand but Matias dives back in and keeps control.
Silalahi trying to control but Matias postures up.
Silalahi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Matias is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Silalahi has hold of Matias's hands but Matias slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Matias prevents Silalahi from standing back up.
Matias winds up and cracks Silalahi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silalahi wants to control but Matias is keeping busy.
Silalahi flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matias slips a nice elbow through Silalahi's hands, connecting with Silalahi's forehead.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Matias connects with a nice short shot to Silalahi's temple.
Matias lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Silalahi taking some punishment here, with Matias in his half guard.
Matias slips a nice elbow through Silalahi's hands, connecting with Silalahi's forehead.
Matias drops an elbow to the side of Silalahi's head.
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!
Matias lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Matias is nestled in close to Silalahi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Matias drops an elbow to the side of Silalahi's head.
Matias working Silalahi over with strikes.
Matias working Silalahi over with strikes.
Silalahi is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Matias scores with a couple of nice shots.
Matias blocks the strikes from Silalahi.
Matias scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Matias working Silalahi over with strikes.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Matias connects with a nice short shot to Silalahi's temple.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eduardo Matias dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Eduardo Matias's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Silalahi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Matias. Matias circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Silalahi throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Matias counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Matias scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Matias is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Silalahi is trying to stand back up but Matias is controlling him
Matias 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.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Matias lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Matias there.
Silalahi has hold of Matias's hands but Matias slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Matias 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matias 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.
Silalahi is trying to stand up here but Matias is controlling him well.
Matias lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Silalahi is rocked!
Matias winds up and cracks Silalahi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Silalahi is still in real trouble! Can Matias finish him?
Matias seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silalahi is looking to improve his position.
Matias landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Matias is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Matias working the head and body with strikes.
Matias lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Silalahi! More strikes land and this one is all over! Matias jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eduardo Matias!
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