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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ernesto Mathieu (ranked 120 p4p, 122 weight class) and Antti Railio (ranked 9 p4p, 7 weight class). Mathieu comes to the cage accompanied by F*ck Tha Police by NWA. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ernesto Mathieu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Railio!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Railio swings widly with a right hand
and Mathieu counters with a good, hard body kick but Railio shrugs it off.
Mathieu is looking to land body kicks.
Mathieu dips to his left and cracks Railio with an uppercut!
It looks like Antti Railio has been cut.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Railio.
It looks like Ernesto Mathieu has been cut.
A jab from Mathieu finds it's way through Railio's defenses.
Railio walks into a left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Railio misses with a body shot.
Railio misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mathieu counters with a crisp right hand that drops Railio! Mathieu lets Railio back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Railio misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathieu tries to work over Railio's front leg with a kick but Railio checks it.
Mathieu misses with a jab to the body
and Railio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Railio misses with a hook
and Mathieu counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Railio misses with a hook
and Mathieu counters with a nice uppercut.
Mathieu looks to throw a body kick
and Railio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Mathieu takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Railio throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Railio looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Railio walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathieu avoids the body shot from Railio.
A little feinted left hand from Mathieu on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Railio looks to land a right hand but Mathieu moved out of range.
Mathieu swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Railio misses with a straight right.
Mathieu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Railio defending well as Mathieu loads up on a big left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Railio moves away from the strike by Mathieu.
Railio looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Railio connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Mathieu slips under a jab from Railio.
Mathieu scores with a nice head shot.
That has opened up Antti Railio's cut even more.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Railio cracks Mathieu with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mathieu misses with a left hand
and Mathieu takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ernesto Mathieu's cut is getting worse.
Railio on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice uppercut there from Railio.
Railio moves away from the strike by Mathieu.
Mathieu looks to throw the jab but Railio is out of range.
Mathieu misses with a body punch
and Railio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Railio swings for the body but Mathieu moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Railio misses with a right hand
and Mathieu makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Mathieu seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Mathieu defending well as Railio loads up on a big left hand.
Mathieu throws a poor cross that misses
and Railio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ernesto Mathieu's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mathieu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Railio takes a step back to recover.
Railio looks winded!
Railio misses with a hook
letting Mathieu counter with a right hand.
Mathieu fails to land with a series of punches.
Mathieu pushes Railio away with a front kick.
Railio ducks right into an uppercut from Mathieu.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Mathieu dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mathieu scores with a jab. Railio acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mathieu throws a poor cross that misses
and Railio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Railio throws a jab but it's blocked by Mathieu.
Mathieu lands the left hand.
Railio avoids the body shot from Mathieu.
Mathieu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Railio can do to turn this around?
Mathieu fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Railio on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Railio misses with a shot to the body
and Mathieu counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A big left from Mathieu misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathieu throws a body punch but Railio moves out of range.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Railio might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Mathieu has got the better of the exchanges.
Mathieu takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Railio cracks a nice hook into Mathieu's ribs.
Ernesto Mathieu is winning the standup battle so far.
Mathieu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Mathieu thuds a left hand into Railio's body.
Mathieu slips under a jab from Railio.
Mathieu feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Railio.
Nice defenses there by Mathieu.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathieu's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Railio connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Mathieu scrambles back to his feet.
Jeez, Ernesto Mathieu's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Mathieu swings for the body but Railio moves out of range.
Railio falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mathieu counters with a nice body shot.
Railio wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Railio connects with a single shot there.
Mathieu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The cut above Antti Railio's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Mathieu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Railio is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathieu misses with a head kick.
Mathieu scores with a kick to the midsection.
Mathieu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Railio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mathieu counters with a left to the body.
That kick from Mathieu tenderised Railio's leg. Railio is trying to keep his angry face on.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Mathieu.
Mathieu lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Railio avoids a kick to the body.
Mathieu waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Railio.
Railio misses with a lunging right hand
and Mathieu counters with an inside leg kick.
Mathieu scores with a leg kick.
Railio just misses with a punch to the body.
Mathieu jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Antti Railio's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Good exchange - Mathieu coming out on top.
Mathieu throws a poor cross that misses
and Railio makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ernesto Mathieu dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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. This is the final round!
Railio rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mathieu counters with a nice right hand that sends Railio toppling to the canvas! Railio scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Mathieu finish him?!
Railio is rocked!
Railio takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Mathieu drops a shoulder and throws a monster hook that connects perfectly to the side of Railio's head, knocking him out cold! Mathieu is extatic as he celebrates with his cornermen.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ernesto Mathieu!
During a confident post fight interview, Ernesto Mathieu thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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