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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rogelio Nunez (ranked 3853 p4p, 25251 weight class) and Kenji Matsuda (ranked 426 p4p, 584 weight class). Rogelio Nunez could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Kenji Matsuda's chin.
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Solid Muay Thai
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Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Rogelio Nunez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kenji Matsuda!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Ren Mimura and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nunez dips to his left and cracks Matsuda with an uppercut!
Matsuda takes one to the side of the head.
Nunez is looking to clinch but Matsuda is avoiding it.
Matsuda now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nunez lands with an uppercut that bounces Matsuda off the cage and back into range.
Matsuda misses with a hook to the body
and Nunez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nunez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matsuda moves away.
A slow jab from Nunez misses its intended target.
Nunez forces Matsuda back against the cage and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A head punch on the inside from Nunez fails to land.
Nunez keeps control of Matsuda as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nunez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Matsuda or not.
Nunez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nunez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Matsuda's face as he tries to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunez pushes Matsuda back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matsuda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Matsuda tries to keep at a distance but Nunez has taken the fight into the clinch.
Matsuda breaks the clinch.
Matsuda avoids the body shot from Nunez.
Matsuda swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Matsuda misses with a right hand
and Nunez counters with a straight right hand.
Matsuda looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nunez misses with a two punch combination.
Matsuda looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rogelio Nunez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nunez moves away from the strike by Matsuda.
A telegraphed right hand from Nunez misses the target.
Nunez connects with a jab.
Nunez forces Matsuda back against the cage and clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Nunez.
Matsuda fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Matsuda tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nunez swings wildly with an uppercut but Matsuda uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nunez is looking to control Matsuda's arms but Matsuda gets an underhook and turns him. Now Nunez has his back to the cage.
Nunez lands an uppercut.
Matsuda is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Nunez to keep the fight standing.
Rogelio Nunez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kenji Matsuda.
Matsuda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nunez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nunez is looking to clinch.
Matsuda on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Nunez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matsuda moves away.
Matsuda appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nunez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Matsuda circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Nunez tries to clinch there but Matsuda circles away.
Matsuda looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nunez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matsuda circles away quickly and effectively.
Matsuda circles away from the clinch attempt
and Matsuda cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Matsuda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nunez.
Matsuda looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nunez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A jab lands there for Nunez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Nunez clinches with his opponent.
Nunez tries to work over Matsuda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matsuda tries to break the clinch but Nunez is controlling the position.
Nunez working aggressively here.
Nunez misses with some punches.
Matsuda wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nunez tries to work over Matsuda's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matsuda tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Nunez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Matsuda tries to pull guard but Nunez holds him up against the cage and eventually Matsuda drops back down to his feet.
Matsuda fails to pull guard.
Matsuda's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
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!
Matsuda wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Matsuda breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nunez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nunez moves into the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rogelio Nunez dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nunez pushes Matsuda up against the cage in a clinch.
Matsuda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nunez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nunez misses with a hook. Matsuda ducked under it nicely.
Nunez throws a jab when Matsuda was well out of range.
Rogelio Nunez is winning the standup battle so far.
Nunez fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nunez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matsuda swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nunez throws a jab when Matsuda was well out of range.
Matsuda takes one to the chin there.
Nunez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Matsuda can do to turn this around?
Nunez moves in looking to clinch but Matsuda pushes him off.
Matsuda throws out a counter right but Nunez avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunez swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
It seemed like Matsuda was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Matsuda on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Matsuda moves out of range as Nunez strikes.
Matsuda swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Matsuda misses with a looping left.
Matsuda gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Decent striking displayed by Nunez there.
Nunez throws a shot from downtown. Matsuda moves away and avoids it.
Matsuda appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nunez connects with a body shot that sends Matsuda's belly button to the back.
Nunez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nunez is looking to counter the offense by Matsuda and move into the clinch.
Matsuda throws a looping overhand right but Nunez ducks down to avoid it.
Nunez tries to clinch up.
A shot to the body from Nunez misses
and Matsuda counters with a stiff right hand.
Matsuda jabs Nunez right on the nose. Nunez blinks but takes it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nunez tries to clinch up.
Nunez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nunez connects with a body shot.
Nunez tries to clinch there but Matsuda circles away.
A countering left hand to the body from Matsuda misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunez closes the distance and pushes Matsuda back into the cage.
Nunez misses with the head strike.
Matsuda escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nunez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Matsuda swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nunez jabs at Matsuda's body.
Nunez tries to clinch but Matsuda is having none of it.
Matsuda looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Matsuda throws an off balance right hand
enabling Nunez to counter with a crisp jab.
Nunez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nunez scores with a jab.
Matsuda throws a big shot that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunez wants to clinch
letting Matsuda counter with a right hand.
Nunez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matsuda looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nunez misses with an uppercut.
Matsuda throws out a counter right but Nunez avoids it with no problem.
Nunez fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nunez swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Matsuda.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nunez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Matsuda takes one to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rogelio Nunez dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Nunez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Matsuda on the side of the head.
Nunez tries to clinch but Matsuda is having none of it.
A little jabbing left from Matsuda on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Nunez tries to clinch up but Matsuda circles away and keeps his distance.
Matsuda walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nunez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Matsuda has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsuda wants to break the clinch but can't.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Matsuda tries to pull guard but Nunez won't allow it.
Matsuda's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nunez darts in trying to clinch
letting Matsuda counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot by Nunez.
Matsuda circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nunez cracks Matsuda with a right hand to the side of the head.
Matsuda misses with a body shot.
Nunez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Matsuda's head.
Matsuda swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda keeps the fight on the outside.
Nunez lands a glancing blow to the side of Matsuda's head.
Nunez tries to clinch up
and Matsuda counters with a series of strikes. Nunez will be more careful next time no doubt.
Matsuda scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nunez cracks Matsuda with a good jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nunez clobbers Matsuda with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nunez has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nunez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nunez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nunez prevents Matsuda from breaking the clinch.
Nunez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nunez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Matsuda is trying to pull guard but Nunez turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Nunez goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nunez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nunez lands a hook to the side of the head.
Matsuda is rocked!
Matsuda breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matsuda is still on wobbly legs! Can Nunez finish him?
Nunez moves into the clinch successfully.
Matsuda seems to have recovered his senses.
Matsuda can't break the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Matsuda can't break the clinch.
Matsuda wants to break the clinch but can't.
Nunez lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nunez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A short right from Nunez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nunez keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Matsuda's efforts to push away.
Matsuda gets control of Nunez's arms and successfully pulls guard. Matsuda will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Matsuda can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsuda controlling Nunez's posture.
Matsuda wants to sweep here but Nunez controlling him for the moment.
Nunez looking to sit in guard and control but Matsuda gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Nunez looking for a sweep. Not yet Nunez, not yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rogelio Nunez showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Nunez, 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rogelio Nunez!
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