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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Vincent Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and hearld dam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Vincent Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, hearld dam!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matthews gets caught flat footed, as dam shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
dam makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Matthews keeping full guard, as dam tries to pass.
Matthews has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but dam can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
dam avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Matthews working a defensive guard here.
dam sitting in guard, not really doing much.
dam with a nice head shot there.
dam stands and throws Matthews's legs to the side, diving into side control.
dam takes a little break here. Matthews wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Matthews regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
dam wants to pass to mount but Matthews is defending the position.
dam takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Matthews wants to control but dam is keeping busy.
Matthews keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
dam sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Matthews looking for submissions off his back.
dam is thwarting Matthews's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
dam is nestled in close to Matthews, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Matthews regains full guard. Nicely done.
Matthews keeping full guard, as dam tries to pass.
dam looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Matthews looking for a guillotine here but dam defends easily.
Matthews is breathing heavily.
dam looking to pass the guard.
dam must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Matthews working for a triangle but dam defends it easily.
dam sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Matthews's guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews is looking to improve his position.
Matthews manages to get to full guard.
dam makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Matthews might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Matthews is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. dam is aware though and is defending well.
dam tries to free his leg and advance position but Matthews is retaining full guard.
dam distracts Matthews with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
dam content to stall in guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
dam chips away with some ground and pound.
dam advances to half guard.
dam lands with a punch from half guard.
dam scoring with strikes to the body and head.
dam is trying to control the action in half guard but Matthews is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
dam looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matthews tries to roll over but dam keeps him under control.
dam is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
dam working Matthews over with strikes.
Still in half guard, dam seems content to control.
Matthews regains full guard. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
hearld dam dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
dam shoots in for a takedown but Matthews shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Matthews cracks the inside of dam's front leg.
Matthews throws a sloppy head kick and dam moves out of range easily.
dam moves forwards but Matthews connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Matthews throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
dam lands with a nice combination. Matthews backs away looking to recover.
Some wild striking there from dam.
Matthews tries to close the distance and clinch but dam swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
dam takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Matthews connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Matthews defends well against a solid takedown attempt from dam.
Matthews tries to close the distance and clinch up but dam swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Matthews misses with a wild combination.
Matthews throws a head kick that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
dam gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
dam wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews misses with a knee strike.
Matthews connects with a nasty looking knee right to dam's face.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Matthews obliges.
dam avoiding damage as Matthews throws knees to the body.
dam wants the takedown. Matthews is fighting it off but dam persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Matthews's guard against the cage.
dam pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Matthews is keeping the position for now.
Matthews is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. dam is aware though and is defending well.
Matthews is trying to control the position from the bottom.
dam lands a couple of decent looking shots.
dam pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Matthews is keeping the position for now.
Matthews is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! dam has his hands clasped together but Matthews extends an breaks dam's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Matthews.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Vincent Matthews!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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