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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Keisuke Matsuzaka (ranked 94 p4p, 298 weight class) and Paulo Gentil (ranked 11 p4p, 37 weight class). 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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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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 27 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Keisuke Matsuzaka!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulo Gentil!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gentil fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Gentil waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Matsuzaka.
Gentil swings for the body but Matsuzaka moves out of range.
Matsuzaka pivots, looking for a leg kick but Gentil is out of range and Matsuzaka settles back down.
Gentil misses with a straight left.
Gentil throws a good cross that connects.
Matsuzaka looks to clinch
and Gentil cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gentil lands a jab to Matsuzaka's midsection.
Matsuzaka lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Gentil moves away from the strike by Matsuzaka.
Gentil scores with a jab to the head.
Matsuzaka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Gentil lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matsuzaka moves out of range of the body kick from Gentil.
Matsuzaka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gentil moves away.
Gentil misses with a hook to the body
and Matsuzaka counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matsuzaka misses with a lunging right hand
and Gentil cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gentil ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matsuzaka moves away.
Matsuzaka swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentil blocks a low kick nicely.
Matsuzaka misses with a leg kick.
Matsuzaka stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Gentil walks into a jab.
Gentil wants to land a leg kick but Matsuzaka is out of range.
Gentil throws a big shot that misses.
Matsuzaka lands a really nice looking cross but Gentil seems unphased.
Matsuzaka misses with a body shot.
Matsuzaka throws an overhand right that lands on Gentil's shoulder, as Gentil tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Gentil! But no joy.
Gentil looks to throw the jab but Matsuzaka is out of range.
Matsuzaka has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
An inside leg kick from Matsuzaka misses.
Gentil staying out of range there.
Matsuzaka misses with a body shot.
Gentil throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Matsuzaka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gentil throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gentil lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gentil throws the kick towards the body but Matsuzaka avoids it.
Gentil fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Matsuzaka.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matsuzaka throws a poor cross that misses
and Gentil cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gentil fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Matsuzaka is out of range.
Matsuzaka thows a leg kick but Gentil checks it
and Gentil cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Gentil cracks a nice hook into Matsuzaka's ribs.
Gentil lands a leg kick that knocks Matsuzaka off balance momentarily.
Matsuzaka thuds a left hand into Gentil's body.
Matsuzaka closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Gentil on the inside.
Gentil lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matsuzaka backwards.
Gentil blocks the elbow strike.
Matsuzaka lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Matsuzaka misses with a body punch.
Gentil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsuzaka misses with some punches.
Gentil tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matsuzaka's elbow.
Gentil tries to work over Matsuzaka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matsuzaka digs a right hand underneath Gentil's ribcage. Gentil let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Gentil lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matsuzaka backwards.
Matsuzaka misses with an elbow strike.
Matsuzaka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gentil misses with a punch to the body.
Matsuzaka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gentil lands with a light punch inside.
Matsuzaka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Matsuzaka.
Gentil lands with a short shot to the head.
Matsuzaka tries to work over Gentil's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gentil working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Gentil pushes Matsuzaka back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gentil working aggressively here.
Gentil tries to throw a body punch but Matsuzaka avoids it by throwing Gentil back against the cage.
Gentil misses with a hook to the ribs.
Matsuzaka struggles to land a body shot inside as Gentil controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Matsuzaka scores with a nice short uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matsuzaka stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Gentil misses with a hook from the clinch.
Gentil struggles to land a body shot inside as Matsuzaka controls his hands.
Gentil tries a body shot but Matsuzaka blocks it.
Matsuzaka blocks a body shot from Gentil.
Gentil dodges an elbow strike from Matsuzaka.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gentil.
Matsuzaka lands with a left to the head.
Matsuzaka misses with a body punch.
Gentil misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gentil breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matsuzaka ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gentil moves away.
Matsuzaka slips a jab from Gentil.
Matsuzaka scores with a hook to the body. Gentil takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Paulo Gentil seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gentil swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Matsuzaka counter with a right hand.
Gentil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matsuzaka tries to close the distance and clinch but Gentil swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Paulo Gentil will probably get the nod.
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.
Matsuzaka's corner calls for a 1-2. Matsuzaka obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Matsuzaka fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Gentil is out of range.
Gentil looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Gentil moves out of range of the strikes.
Matsuzaka uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gentil.
Matsuzaka forces Gentil back against the cage and clinches.
Matsuzaka tries to throw a body punch but Gentil avoids it by throwing Matsuzaka back against the cage.
Matsuzaka presses Gentil against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Gentil misses with a punch to the body.
Matsuzaka blocking some punches.
Matsuzaka lands an elbow just above Gentil 's eye.
Matsuzaka comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Gentil tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matsuzaka's elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsuzaka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Matsuzaka misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matsuzaka lands a nice elbow.
Gentil blocks an elbow strike from Matsuzaka.
Matsuzaka lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gentil misses with a punch on the inside.
Matsuzaka misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gentil tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Gentil misses with a punch to the body.
Matsuzaka tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gentil's elbow.
Matsuzaka lands an elbow just above Gentil 's eye.
Matsuzaka misses with an elbow strike.
Gentil doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gentil misses with the head strike.
Gentil misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Matsuzaka fails to land.
Matsuzaka prevents a body shot from Gentil.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Matsuzaka.
Gentil struggles to land a body shot inside as Matsuzaka controls his hands.
Gentil misses with some punches.
Matsuzaka blocking some punches.
Matsuzaka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Keisuke Matsuzaka has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Gentil doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gentil blocks the elbow strike.
Matsuzaka throws a head punch that misses.
Matsuzaka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Matsuzaka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gentil.
A nice left hand lands by Matsuzaka.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gentil struggles to land a body shot inside as Matsuzaka controls his hands.
Gentil lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Gentil tries to work over Matsuzaka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Gentil misses with the head strike.
Matsuzaka tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matsuzaka.
Matsuzaka tries a body shot but Gentil blocks it.
Gentil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gentil misses with an attempted mid kick.
Gentil looks to land a body kick but Matsuzaka moved away.
Gentil misses with a low kick.
Matsuzaka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Gentil.
Matsuzaka misses with an uppercut. Gentil saw that one coming.
Matsuzaka chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gentil can pounce on him.
Gentil takes one to the side of the head.
A nice leg kick from Gentil, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gentil gets tackled into the cage by Matsuzaka. Matsuzaka maintains the clinch.
Matsuzaka lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Matsuzaka throws an elbow that misses.
Gentil softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Gentil lands a left hand that snaps the head of Matsuzaka backwards.
Gentil tries to work over Matsuzaka's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matsuzaka prevents a body shot from Gentil.
Matsuzaka scores with a shot to the side of Gentil's head.
Gentil tries to throw a body punch but Matsuzaka avoids it by throwing Gentil back against the cage.
Gentil breaks the clinch.
Matsuzaka misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gentil.
Matsuzaka defending well as Gentil loads up on a big left hand.
Gentil lands a nice leg kick that just misses Matsuzaka's sensitive parts.
Gentil scores with a spinning back kick!
Matsuzaka tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gentil swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A slapping leg kick lands for Gentil.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gentil comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gentil tries to clinch but Matsuzaka moves out of range.
Gentil misses with a hook
and Matsuzaka counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
No joy there for Matsuzaka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gentil let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Matsuzaka looks to land a body kick but Gentil moved away.
Matsuzaka lands with a shot to the body.
Matsuzaka throws a hook but Gentil avoids it easily.
Matsuzaka throws out a loose jab but Gentil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gentil only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Matsuzaka dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Gentil. That did some damage!
Matsuzaka misses with a hook. Gentil ducked under it nicely.
Gentil connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Matsuzaka's hands.
Matsuzaka misses the shot to the body.
Gentil only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Matsuzaka misses with an uppercut. Gentil saw that one coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Gentil checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Gentil keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gentil uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matsuzaka.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Keisuke Matsuzaka dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Matsuzaka throws a body punch but Gentil moves out of range.
A big right from Matsuzaka misses.
Gentil with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Matsuzaka to score with a decent uppercut.
Matsuzaka wants to clinch up but Gentil keeps it at a distance.
Gentil looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Matsuzaka moves out of range of the body kick from Gentil.
Matsuzaka swings for the body but Gentil moves out of range.
Matsuzaka takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Gentil tries to clinch but Matsuzaka moves out of range.
Matsuzaka rushes Gentil and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gentil misses with a punch on the inside.
Matsuzaka misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gentil misses with some punches.
Matsuzaka blocks an uppercut.
Gentil struggles to land a body shot inside as Matsuzaka controls his hands.
Matsuzaka blocks a body shot from Gentil.
A head punch on the inside from Gentil fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuzaka pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Gentil goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Matsuzaka stalling in the clinch but Gentil improves position.
Matsuzaka lands with a left to the head.
Gentil blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Gentil lands a shot to the body.
Gentil misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short body shot lands from Gentil as the two fighters clinch.
Gentil blocks a body shot from Matsuzaka.
Gentil working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Matsuzaka's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Gentil makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matsuzaka.
Matsuzaka throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gentil misses with the head strike.
Gentil prevents a body shot from Matsuzaka.
Gentil scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gentil blocking some punches.
Gentil can't find room to land a body shot as Matsuzaka controls the action.
Gentil blocks an uppercut.
Gentil lands a right hand.
Matsuzaka cracks Gentil with a nice body shot.
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!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Matsuzaka.
Gentil takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gentil misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gentil working aggressively here.
Gentil takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Paulo Gentil has been cut.
Gentil throws a punch but it's blocked by Matsuzaka.
Matsuzaka is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Matsuzaka tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Matsuzaka goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gentil lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice elbow from Matsuzaka.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matsuzaka.
Gentil takes an elbow to the forehead.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Matsuzaka blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Matsuzaka on the inside.
Matsuzaka prevents a body shot from Gentil.
Matsuzaka misses with an elbow strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matsuzaka.
Matsuzaka working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Matsuzaka misses with a punch to the body.
Matsuzaka gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Matsuzaka throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gentil misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matsuzaka lands a hook that snaps the head of Gentil backwards.
Matsuzaka blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gentil throws a punch but it's blocked by Matsuzaka.
Matsuzaka lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gentil gets through Matsuzaka's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Matsuzaka as the two fighters clinch.
Matsuzaka pushes off an throws an elbow but Gentil leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Matsuzaka.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Matsuzaka fails to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuzaka presses Gentil against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Matsuzaka misses with a body punch.
A short body shot lands from Matsuzaka as the two fighters clinch.
Gentil goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Gentil is trying to break the clinch but Matsuzaka has him pressed against the cage.
Gentil throws a head punch that misses.
Matsuzaka misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Gentil lands a shoulder strike.
Gentil dodges an elbow strike from Matsuzaka.
Gentil has a couple of punches blocked by Matsuzaka.
Gentil fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matsuzaka working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gentil.
Matsuzaka misses with a punch to the body.
Matsuzaka swings wildly with an uppercut but Gentil uses good head movement to avoid it.
Gentil misses with a punch on the inside.
Gentil misses with the head strike.
Gentil working aggressively here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keisuke Matsuzaka showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Matsuzaka 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keisuke Matsuzaka!
Keisuke Matsuzaka decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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