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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Rosenthal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thiago Infamous (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Infamous has chosen Jadakiss - Pain And Torture as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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197 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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180 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Decent boxing
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Rosenthal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thiago Infamous!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Rosenthal as Infamous shoots in.
Rosenthal throws a right hand that Infamous ducks under and follows up with a left that Infamous also avoids with ease.
Infamous misses with a combination
enabling Rosenthal to counter with a crisp jab.
Rosenthal misses with an uppercut.
Rosenthal lands a left and a right that send Infamous crashing to the mat, dazed. Rosenthal thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Thiago Infamous has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Infamous ducks under a wild hook from Rosenthal.
Rosenthal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Infamous avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Rosenthal does it's job there.
Infamous is rocked!
Infamous uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rosenthal.
Infamous fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rosenthal manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Rosenthal.
Infamous looks to land a left hand but Rosenthal moved out of range nicely.
Infamous throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rosenthal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Infamous circles away quickly and effectively.
Rosenthal lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Infamous is still on wobbly legs! Can Rosenthal finish him?
Rosenthal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Infamous seems to have recovered his senses.
Infamous wants to clinch.
Infamous throws a hook to the side of Rosenthal's head but Rosenthal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Infamous lands with a nice combination. Rosenthal backs away looking to recover.
Rosenthal jabs at Infamous's body.
Rosenthal scores with a jab.
A slow jab from Infamous misses its intended target.
Rosenthal misses with a looping left.
Rosenthal looks to score with a jab to the body but Infamous is just out of range.
Rosenthal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Infamous lands a jab to the nose.
Infamous throws a hook to the side of Rosenthal's head but Rosenthal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rosenthal misses with a straight right.
Rosenthal misses with a hook. Infamous ducked under it nicely.
Rosenthal works Infamous's body with a nice hook.
Infamous misses with a jab to the body
and Rosenthal counters with a one-two to the body.
Infamous tries a head kick but it misses.
Rosenthal swings for the body but Infamous moves out of range.
Infamous will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A telegraphed right hand from Rosenthal misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal falls off balance throwing a combination
and Infamous cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rosenthal lands with an uppercut that bounces Infamous off the cage and back into rage.
Rosenthal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Infamous sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rosenthal throws a looping overhand right but Infamous ducks down to avoid it.
Rosenthal lands a jab to the nose.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rosenthal misses with a few strikes there.
The fighters circling - Rosenthal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Infamous throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Rosenthal's waist but Rosenthal gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Infamous off to one side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Rosenthal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Infamous's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Infamous throws the left hand but Rosenthal avoids the punch easily.
Rosenthal misses with a two punch combination.
Rosenthal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rosenthal throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Infamous counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Infamous displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rosenthal throws out the jab.
Rosenthal swats away the attempt to clinch by Infamous.
Matt Rosenthal is winning the standup battle so far.
Rosenthal misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosenthal swinging wildly here.
Rosenthal has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Rosenthal there as he acknowledges the shot.
Infamous might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Infamous lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Rosenthal backs up against the cage.
Infamous fails with the takedown.
Infamous swings for the body but Rosenthal moves out of range.
Rosenthal misses with a wild combination.
Rosenthal throws a combination. Infamous tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Infamous slips a straight right by Rosenthal.
Infamous throws a hook but Rosenthal avoids it easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Infamous might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Rosenthal has got the better of the exchanges.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Infamous throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rosenthal counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rosenthal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Infamous lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Infamous misses with a wild body shot.
Rosenthal takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rosenthal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rosenthal fails to land with a series of punches.
Infamous bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Infamous looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal throws a combination that misses
and Rosenthal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice defenses there by Rosenthal.
Rosenthal looks to land a combination but Infamous avoids it well.
Infamous lands a with a good body shot.
Rosenthal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Infamous sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rosenthal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Infamous.
Rosenthal swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Infamous counters with a one-two to the body.
Rosenthal scores with a nice strike.
Rosenthal scores with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Rosenthal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Rosenthal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Infamous.
Rosenthal throws an overhand right that lands on Infamous's shoulder, as Infamous tries to avoid the shot.
Infamous swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Matt Rosenthal is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rosenthal scores with a jab.
Rosenthal dips to his left and cracks Infamous with an uppercut!
Infamous throws an overhand right that lands on Rosenthal's shoulder, as Rosenthal tries to avoid the shot.
Infamous ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rosenthal tries to land a leg kick but Infamous saw it coming and moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Rosenthal dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Thiago Infamous's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Rosenthal slips under a jab from Infamous.
Infamous slips under a jab from Rosenthal.
Infamous ducks under a wild hook from Rosenthal.
Infamous lands with an uppercut that bounces Rosenthal off the cage and back into rage.
Infamous moves away from the strike by Rosenthal.
Rosenthal throws a hook to the side of Infamous's head but Infamous sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rosenthal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rosenthal swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Infamous to counter with a crisp jab.
Rosenthal walks into a jab.
Rosenthal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Infamous.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosenthal scores with a nice head shot.
Infamous scores with a jab to the body.
Infamous has a takedown stuffed.
Infamous moves into the clinch.
Infamous tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Infamous working aggressively here.
Infamous leaning his opponent against the cage.
Rosenthal escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosenthal tests Infamous's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Infamous misses with a series of wild punches.
A big left from Rosenthal misses.
Infamous throws a combination that misses
and Rosenthal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Rosenthal misses with a body punch
and Infamous makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Rosenthal throws a right hand that Infamous ducks under and follows up with a left that Infamous also avoids with ease.
A big right from Rosenthal misses.
Rosenthal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Infamous ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rosenthal throws a body kick that misses.
Rosenthal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Rosenthal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Infamous takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Matt Rosenthal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rosenthal misses with a wild body shot.
Rosenthal missing with a left hand there. Infamous was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Infamous misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Infamous takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Infamous misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Infamous misses the target.
Infamous walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Rosenthal throws a right hand that Infamous ducks under and follows up with a left that Infamous also avoids with ease.
Infamous throws a lazy right hand but Rosenthal sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Thiago Infamous has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Infamous lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rosenthal circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Infamous misses.
Infamous throws a hook but Rosenthal blocks it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Rosenthal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rosenthal, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Rosenthal!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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