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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Angelo Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matthews comes into a darkened arena with his song building. T.I. ft Kanye, Lil Wayne, Jay Z, M.I.A - Swagger Like Us kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Angelo Matthews has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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170 lbs
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167 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Diego Lopez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Angelo Matthews!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matthews manages to avoid it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Lopez!
It looks like Angelo Matthews has been cut.
Lopez throws an overhand right that lands on Matthews's shoulder, as Matthews tries to avoid the shot.
Lopez goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lopez wants to clinch up but Matthews keeps it at a distance.
Lopez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matthews takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Diego Lopez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matthews showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lopez.
Lopez lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lopez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Lopez moves in looking to clinch but Matthews pushes him off.
Lopez bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Lopez looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Matthews fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Lopez sprawls well initially but Matthews persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews working over Lopez with some ground and pound. Lopez looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Matthews is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Lopez defends it well.
Lopez punching from the bottom.
Lopez tries to roll over but Matthews keeps him under control.
Lopez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Matthews.
Lopez wants to get back to his feet.
Lopez keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lopez controlling the position for now.
Matthews has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lopez is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lopez fails to land with a series of punches.
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.
Lopez throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Lopez wants to clinch.
Matthews keeps the fight on the outside.
Matthews tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Lopez swivels and escapes.
Lopez swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Matthews tries for a takedown but Lopez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Matthews avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matthews fails with a takedown attempt.
Diego Lopez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Angelo Matthews.
Matthews avoids the body shot from Lopez.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Matthews moves out of range.
Matthews walks into a straight right hand from Lopez.
Matthews avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lopez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lopez misses with a double jab.
Matthews avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matthews avoids a punch combination nicely.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Matthews moves out of range.
Lopez throws a nice looking combination but Matthews bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Lopez misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Lopez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lopez misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Lopez misses.
The fighters circling - Lopez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Lopez throws a series of punches but Matthews moves out of range.
Lopez fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Lopez is breathing heavily.
Lopez misses with the combination.
Lopez will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matthews shoots for a double leg takedown but Lopez sprawls well. He's pushed Matthews's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Lopez looks to land a combination but Matthews avoids it well.
Lopez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Lopez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Angelo Matthews's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Matthews fails with a takedown attempt.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Matthews paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lopez gets caught flat footed, as Matthews shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Matthews lands a couple of digs.
Matthews drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Matthews jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Lopez on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Lopez tries to get out of the position.
Matthews preventing the sweep.
Matthews working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Lopez has momentary wrist control but Matthews slips an elbow through the middle.
Matthews working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lopez's head.
Matthews stands and throws Lopez's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Lopez sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Matthews works his way into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Matthews asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Matthews thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Matthews is breathing heavily.
Matthews tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Matthews has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Matthews throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Matthews working away.
Lopez taking a bit of punishment here - Matthews scoring with strikes.
Matthews lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lopez is trying to get back to half guard.
Lopez wants to get back to his feet but Matthews drags him back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews tries to move into full mount but can't pass Lopez's legs.
Lopez taking a bit of punishment here - Matthews scoring with strikes.
Lopez explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Lopez misses with a looping right.
Lopez swinging wildly here.
Lopez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Matthews closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Lopez did well to prevent Matthews getting side control.
Lopez wants to control but Matthews is keeping busy.
Lopez is trying to get back to full guard.
Matthews is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Lopez is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Angelo Matthews! Angelo Matthews retains his welterweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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