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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jackson Mehoff (ranked 3577 p4p, 4432 weight class) and Boston Mathis (ranked 384 p4p, 437 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Boston Mathis was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jackson Mehoff!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Boston Mathis!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mehoff fails to land with a series of punches.
Mathis shapes to counter with a head kick.
Mehoff misses with a wild body shot.
Mehoff scores with a body shot.
Mehoff throws a lazy right hand but Mathis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mathis tries to counter with a clinch but Mehoff shakes him off and moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Mehoff. Those never looked like landing.
Mehoff swinging wildly here.
Mathis throws a counter combo.
Mathis tries to clinch but Mehoff moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathis changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mehoff tries to avoid it but Mathis manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mehoff to the ground. Mehoff escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mehoff will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mehoff misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathis dodges the punch combination from Mehoff.
Mehoff looks to land a combination but Mathis avoids it well.
Mathis avoids the body shot from Mehoff.
Mathis is looking for the big counter here.
Mehoff pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mehoff thuds his right hand into Mathis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mehoff misses with a series of wild punches.
Mehoff throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mehoff fails to land with a series of punches.
The fighters circle momentarily. Mehoff darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Mehoff throws a series of punches but Mathis moves out of range.
Mathis is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mehoff avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mehoff looks to land a left hand but Mathis moved out of range nicely.
Mathis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Mehoff counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Some wild striking there from Mehoff.
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!
Mehoff misses with a shot to the body
and Mathis counters with an inside leg kick.
Mehoff misses with a straight left.
Mathis is looking for the big counter here.
Jackson Mehoff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A nice leg kick from Mathis, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mehoff thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mathis is looking for the big counter here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathis moves into range and clinches up with Mehoff.
Mathis landing knees to the head.
It looks like Jackson Mehoff has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Mathis obliges.
Mathis tries to land knees in the clinch but Mehoff avoids the damage to the body.
Mehoff blocks an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mathis.
Mathis breaks the clinch.
Mehoff throws a right hand that Mathis ducks under and follows up with a left that Mathis also avoids with ease.
A combination from Mehoff does no damage.
Mathis misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Jackson Mehoff has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boston Mathis.
Mathis on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Mehoff loads up on a big right hand but Mathis slips the punch.
Mathis pushes Mehoff up against the cage in a clinch.
Mathis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mehoff stuffs the takedown.
Mathis doesn't manage to clinch there - Mehoff circles away.
Mathis shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Mehoff is trying to defend but Mathis finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Mehoff taking some punishment here, with Mathis in his half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jackson Mehoff dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jackson Mehoff's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mathis rushes Mehoff and presses him up against the cage.
Mathis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mathis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Mathis throws an elbow that misses.
Mathis lands an elbow inside that Mehoff shrugs off.
Mathis tries to land a knee to the head but Mehoff blocks with his arms.
Mathis missing with knees to the body.
Mehoff avoiding damage as Mathis throws knees to the body.
Mehoff is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mathis can do to turn this around?
Mathis lands a damaging elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mehoff blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mathis misses with an elbow strike.
Mathis struggles to land a body shot inside as Mehoff controls his hands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Mehoff misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Mehoff looks to land a right hand but Mathis moved out of range.
Mehoff misses with a wild combination.
Mehoff lands with a cross.
Mehoff looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Mathis is looking to clinch.
Mathis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jackson Mehoff is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mathis wants to clinch.
Mehoff ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mehoff lands a left and a right that send Mathis crashing to the mat, dazed. Mehoff thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Mathis is rocked!
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!
Mehoff misses with a series of wild punches.
Mathis only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Mathis is still on wobbly legs! Can Mehoff finish him?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mehoff slaps away a takedown attempt from Mathis, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mathis seems to have recovered his senses.
Mehoff misses with the combination.
Mehoff looks to score with a jab to the body but Mathis is just out of range.
Mehoff sets himself, and Mathis steps forward looking for the clinch! Mehoff avoids it this time.
Mathis moves in looking to clinch but Mehoff pushes him off.
Mehoff misses with a few strikes there.
Mathis gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nice body kick from Mathis.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Mathis with that takedown attempt.
Mehoff slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mathis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mathis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mehoff managing to block the knees to the body from Mathis.
Mathis is trying to maintain a safe position but Mehoff gets an underhook and turns Mathis into the cage.
Mathis pushes Mehoff back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mathis manages to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jackson Mehoff dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jackson Mehoff's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Mehoff sizes up Mathis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mathis listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Mehoff will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Mehoff swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mathis counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Mathis tries to clinch but Mehoff is having none of it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mehoff!
Mehoff looks to land a combination but Mathis avoids it well.
Mehoff lands a nice shot to the body.
Mathis tries to clinch up but Mehoff circles away and keeps his distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mathis wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathis bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Mathis tries to clinch there but Mehoff circles away.
No joy there for Mehoff, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Mehoff, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mehoff!
Mathis slips a straight right by Mehoff.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mehoff misses with a two punch combination.
Mathis tries to close the distance and clinch but Mehoff swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Decent striking displayed by Mehoff there.
Mehoff sizes up Mathis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Mathis has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mathis there as he acknowledges the shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mathis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mathis lands with a right to the head.
Boston Mathis seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mehoff wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mathis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mathis tries to land a knee to the head but Mehoff blocks with his arms.
Mathis missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathis pushes off an throws an elbow but Mehoff leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mehoff managing to block the knees to the body from Mathis.
Mathis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Mehoff walks away with a smile on his face. Mathis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mathis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mehoff misses with a few strikes there.
Mathis wants to clinch.
Mehoff is looking to counter punch.
Mathis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Mehoff.
Mathis tries to clinch but Mehoff moves out of range.
Boston Mathis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathis fails in his attempt to clinch.
Mehoff lands an overhand right.
Mehoff throws a right and a left that Mathis avoids nicely.
Mathis darts in and clinches Mehoff up against the cage.
Mehoff blocks a body shot from Mathis.
Mathis looking to throw knees to the head but Mehoff is blocking nicely.
Mehoff is looking to break free of the clinch but Mathis has double underhooks.
Mathis looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mathis's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Jackson Mehoff is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mathis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mehoff.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jackson Mehoff showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mehoff, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jackson Mehoff!
The defeated Boston Mathis had this to say: 'I'll be back.'.
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