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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ron Damon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Matson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damon comes into the arena with Dies Irae blaring out of the sound system. This should be fireworks!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Excellent boxer
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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
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ron Damon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Josh Matson!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Felipe Paraventi and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Damon.
Damon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matson manages to avoid it.
Matson misses with a looping right.
Nice defenses there by Damon.
Nice defenses there by Damon.
Some wild striking there from Damon.
Damon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Matson.
Damon scores with a nice right hand.
Damon misses with a few strikes there.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Matson!
Damon throws a hook to the side of Matson's head but Matson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Damon thuds his right hand into Matson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Matson misses with the combination.
Damon misses with a double jab
and Matson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Damon just misses with a punch to the body.
Matson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Damon swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Matson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Damon throws a right and a left that Matson avoids nicely.
Damon throws a looping overhand right but Matson ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Damon misses the body punch
and Matson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Damon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Matson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Matson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Matson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Damon.
Damon takes a swing at Matson's ribcage but misses.
Matson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Damon throws a looping overhand right but Matson ducks down to avoid it.
Damon looks to score with a jab to the body but Matson is just out of range.
Matson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Damon as he jumps to the side.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damon throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Matson to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab from Damon.
Damon connects with a nice looking jab.
Damon throws a jab when Matson was well out of range.
Damon lands a head shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Damon blocks the leg kick.
Damon misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matson goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Matson slips under a jab.
Matson connects with a nice looking jab.
Matson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Damon scores with a hook to the body. Matson takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Matson misses with an uppercut.
Damon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Damon misses the body punch
and Matson counters with a straight right hand.
Damon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Damon stuns Matson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Damon looks to throw the jab but Matson is out of range.
Damon takes a swing at Matson's ribcage but misses.
Damon looks to land a right hand but Matson moved out of range.
Damon moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Damon misses with a double jab.
Matson looks to score with a jab to the body but Damon is just out of range.
Damon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Damon tests Matson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matson throws a combination that misses
and Damon counters with a left to the body.
Damon scores with a body shot.
Ron Damon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Matson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Damon moves away.
Matson swings for the body but Damon moves out of range.
Ron Damon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Matson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Matson misses with a straight left.
Matson dodges the punch combination from Damon.
Matson misses with the combination.
Damon connects with a body shot.
Matson shoots in for a takedown but Damon shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Matson looks gassed!
Damon lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Matson tries to bum rush Damon with a series of wild strikes but Damon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Matson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Damon moves away.
Damon fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Damon lands a nice hook to Matson's body. Matson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matson looks to score with a jab to the body but Damon is just out of range.
Damon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matson.
Damon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Matson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Damon throws a shot to the body.
Damon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Matson counters with a three punch combo that has Damon backing up. Damon nods at Matson to acknowledge the strikes.
Matson dodges the punch combination from Damon.
Damon cracks Matson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Damon lands a really nice looking cross but Matson seems unphased.
Damon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Damon lands a jab to Matson's midsection.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matson misses with a low kick.
Damon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Damon slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Damon scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Damon misses with the combination.
Damon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ron Damon will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Damon works Matson's body with a nice hook.
Matson throws a hook but Damon blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Matson.
Good standup being displayed there by Damon as he connects with a hook.
Matson misses with a head kick.
Damon throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Damon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Matson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Damon closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Matson tries to move into range but Damon moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ron Damon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Damon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Matson slips a jab and a cross from Damon.
Some wild striking there from Matson.
Matson is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Damon.
Some wild striking there from Damon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon throws a right hand that Matson ducks under and follows up with a left that Matson also avoids with ease.
Damon blocks a head kick by Matson.
Matson slips a jab and a cross from Damon.
Damon misses with a hook.
Matson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Damon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Damon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Matson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Matson slips under a jab.
Matson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Damon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Matson misses with a few strikes there.
Matson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Damon at a distance.
Matson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Damon.
Damon misses with a jab to the body
and Matson counters with a straight right hand.
Damon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Matson.
Matson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Damon throws a hook but Matson blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Damon misses.
Matson misses with a wild combination.
Damon throws a looping overhand right but Matson ducks down to avoid it.
Matson throws a looping overhand right but Damon ducks down to avoid it.
Damon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Matson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Matson is looking to clinch.
Matson missing with a left hand there. Damon was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Damon.
Damon lands a jab to Matson's midsection.
Damon lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A big right from Damon misses.
Damon stuns Matson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Damon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Damon throws a predictable looking body shot
and Matson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damon's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Damon duly obliges.
A looping hook to the body misses from Matson. Damon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Damon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Matson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Matson shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Damon but Damon pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Matson has managed to clinch.
The referee calls for Damon to work.
Matson tries to circle away but Damon has him pinned against the cage.
Matson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Stalling in the clinch from Damon.
Matson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Damon keeps control of Matson as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Matson tries to circle away but Damon has him pinned against the cage.
Matson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Damon lands a left hand.
Damon manages to break the clinch.
Damon throws a big shot that misses.
Matson connects with a looping right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matson.
Damon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Damon throws a big shot that misses.
Damon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Matson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Damon was well out of range. Poor timing from Matson.
Damon misses with a combination
and Matson counters by moving into the clinch.
Matson throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Damon.
Damon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Damon lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Matson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Damon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matson walks into a left hand.
Matson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Damon scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ron Damon is winning the standup battle so far.
Damon connects with the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Damon dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Damon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Matson.
Damon throws a right and a left that Matson avoids nicely.
A big left from Damon misses.
Damon defending well as Matson loads up on a big left hand.
Matson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Damon throws out the jab.
Damon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Damon defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Matson.
Damon scores with a three punch combo!
Matson throws a chopping leg kick but Damon manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
No joy there for Matson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Damon throws a hook but Matson blocks it.
Damon lands with a cross.
Damon missing with a left hand there. Matson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Damon throws a combination that misses
and Matson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Matson shoots in and bounces Damon off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Damon trying to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damon throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Matson not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Matson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Damon has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Matson has managed to get both his arms back between Damon's legs - danger averted.
Damon thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Matson trying to control the position from guard on top but Damon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Damon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Damon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matson moves away.
Matson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Damon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Damon throws a body punch but Matson moves out of range.
Matson fails with a takedown attempt.
Damon cracks Matson with a good jab.
Matson tries to bum rush Damon with a series of wild strikes but Damon uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Damon throws a series of punches but Matson moves out of range.
Matson dodges the punch combination from Damon.
Damon keeps the fight on the outside.
Matson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Matson loads up on a big right hand but Damon slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Matson is defended easily by Damon.
Ron Damon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Josh Matson.
Damon misses with a combination
and Matson counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Matson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Matson gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Damon cracks Matson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Damon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Damon scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Damon bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Matson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Matson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Matson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Damon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matson slips under a jab from Damon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Matson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Damon.
Matson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Damon has time to react.
Matson gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Josh Matson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Some wild striking there from Damon.
Matson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Matson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matson misses with a head kick.
Damon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Damon connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Damon.
Matson misses with a straight right.
Matson takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Josh Matson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Damon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Damon!
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