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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Michael The Count (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack McMatthew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Count comes to the ring accompanied by The streets don't love you no more!!!. Michael The Count has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael The Count!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jack McMatthew!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Count lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Michael The Count seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McMatthew will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The Count is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McMatthew tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Count throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McMatthew sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Count lands a jab to the nose.
McMatthew moves out of range of the strikes.
The Count connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
McMatthew digs a good body shot into The Count's ribs.
The Count waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McMatthew.
McMatthew uses good head movement to avoid the hook from The Count.
The Count scores with a hook to the body. McMatthew takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
The Count throws a head kick but McMatthew moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Count with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A shot to de liver by The Count. Beautiful body shot.
A shot to the body from The Count misses
and McMatthew counters with a straight right hand.
The Count is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The Count misses with an uppercut.
The Count loads up on a big right hand but McMatthew slips the punch.
The Count ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McMatthew moves away.
The Count throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Count throws a head kick that McMatthew semi-blocks.
The Count with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The Count lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The Count with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The Count misses with a shot to the body
enabling McMatthew to counter with a crisp jab.
The Count scores with a hook to the body. McMatthew takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Count misses with a straight left.
The Count goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
The Count lands a jab to McMatthew's midsection.
The Count throws out a loose jab but McMatthew uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Count throws a hook but McMatthew blocks it.
The Count misses with a body shot.
McMatthew displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Count throws out the jab.
The Count missing with a left hand there. McMatthew was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McMatthew moves out of range of the strikes.
McMatthew clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The Count wants to get back to striking at distance but McMatthew won't allow it.
The Count lands with a right to the head.
McMatthew tries a body shot but The Count blocks it.
McMatthew throws a head punch that misses.
McMatthew doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Count is trying to break the clinch but McMatthew is controlling him.
McMatthew misses with some punches.
The Count breaks from the clinch.
The Count jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
McMatthew swinging wildly here.
McMatthew doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The Count misses with a shot to the body
and The Count takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
The Count is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McMatthew.
McMatthew bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Count throws an overhand right that lands on McMatthew's shoulder, as McMatthew tries to avoid the shot.
McMatthew misses with a series of wild punches.
The Count just misses with a punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Count misses with a wild combination.
The Count throws a looping overhand right but McMatthew ducks down to avoid it.
McMatthew misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McMatthew ducks under a wild hook from The Count.
The Count lands with an overhand left.
McMatthew forces The Count back against the ropes and clinches.
The Count breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Count throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McMatthew.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Count. McMatthew does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McMatthew takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The Count throws a left and a right that both miss
and McMatthew moves into the clinch.
The Count is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael The Count dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A nice inside leg kick there by The Count. That's going to slow McMatthew down.
The Count throws a nice head kick!
McMatthew bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Count waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McMatthew.
The Count 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.
The Count scores with the left hand. McMatthew knows he should have avoided that one.
The Count misses the body punch
and McMatthew counters with a two punch combo.
No joy there for McMatthew, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Count lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The Count looks to score with a jab to the body but McMatthew is just out of range.
The Count dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McMatthew takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMatthew slips under a jab from The Count.
The Count pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The Count just misses with a punch to the body.
McMatthew tries to close the distance and clinch but The Count swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
McMatthew avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
McMatthew takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The Count lands with a good body shot.
McMatthew ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
McMatthew misses with a combination
and The Count counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Count scores with a punch to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Count throws a head kick that misses.
McMatthew slips under a jab.
The Count works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
A combination from The Count does no damage.
McMatthew ducks right into an uppercut from The Count.
A jab from The Count finds it's way through McMatthew's defenses.
The Count misses with a looping left.
A swing and a miss from The Count.
The Count misses with a looping right.
The Count lands a high kick!
McMatthew blocks a jab.
McMatthew slips under a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from McMatthew misses.
The Count misses with a jab to the body
and McMatthew counters with a two punch combo.
The Count misses with a shot to the body
letting McMatthew counter with a right hand.
The Count throws an overhand right that lands on McMatthew's shoulder, as McMatthew tries to avoid the shot.
Nice defenses there by McMatthew.
The Count misses with an uppercut.
The Count throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McMatthew sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The Count looks to land a combination but McMatthew avoids it well.
The Count looks to land a left hand but McMatthew moved out of range nicely.
The Count scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
McMatthew keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Count.
McMatthew moves in looking to clinch but The Count pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Count throws the left hand but McMatthew avoids the punch easily.
The Count misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McMatthew.
No joy there for The Count, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A swing and a miss from The Count.
McMatthew steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Count.
The Count misses the jab.
The Count takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The Count throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McMatthew sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Michael The Count is winning the standup battle so far.
The Count throws a jab but it's blocked by McMatthew.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The Count throws a combination that misses
and McMatthew counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The Count throws a big shot that misses.
The Count uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before McMatthew has time to react.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael The Count dominated that second round.
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.
The Count throws out a loose jab but McMatthew uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head kick misses from The Count.
The Count throws a half hearted mid kick.
McMatthew falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Count counters with a right hand to the body.
Some wild striking there from McMatthew.
The Count throws a big shot that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Count pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Count throws out a powerful jab.
The Count misses with an uppercut.
The Count misses with a body punch
enabling McMatthew to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Count misses with a shot to the body
and McMatthew counters by moving into the clinch.
The Count missing with knees to the body.
The Count blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right from McMatthew.
McMatthew scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McMatthew throws a punch but it's blocked by The Count.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McMatthew.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McMatthew as The Count tries to tie him up.
The Count scores with an uppercut up the middle.
The Count manages to break the clinch.
McMatthew misses with a double jab
and The Count counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McMatthew ducks under a wild hook from The Count.
The Count throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Count lands a jab to McMatthew's midsection.
McMatthew misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The Count scores with a hook to the body. McMatthew takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Count throws a left and a right that both miss
and McMatthew counters with a series of strikes. The Count will be more careful next time no doubt.
Jack McMatthew is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A jab from The Count does it's job there.
The Count throws a hook but McMatthew avoids it easily.
McMatthew lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
McMatthew has taken the fight to the clinch.
The Count breaks the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
McMatthew keeps control of The Count as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Count's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McMatthew takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Count connects with a good right hand that stumbles McMatthew. McMatthew circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A nice leg kick lands there from The Count.
The Count throws a hook to the side of McMatthew's head but McMatthew sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Count fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McMatthew looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The Count cracks McMatthew with an open hand slap.
No joy there for McMatthew, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The Count thuds his right hand into McMatthew's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A big right from The Count misses.
The Count dodges the punch combination from McMatthew.
The Count throws a shot from downtown. McMatthew moves away and avoids it.
McMatthew is looking to clinch but The Count is avoiding it.
The Count throws a shot from downtown. McMatthew moves away and avoids it.
The Count swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McMatthew makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
McMatthew defending well as The Count loads up on a big left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMatthew bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The Count fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
The Count jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
The Count lands with a right hand.
The Count stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The Count misses with a hook.
McMatthew ducks under a wild hook from The Count.
McMatthew swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McMatthew walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
The Count throws a quick head kick that skims the top of McMatthew's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Count waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McMatthew.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael The Count clearly takes that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McMatthew throws a right and a left that The Count avoids nicely.
McMatthew works the jab nicely.
The Count thows a left - swing and a miss!
The Count swings away with a body shot that misses
and McMatthew counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McMatthew.
Nice body punch from The Count.
McMatthew has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A head punch on the inside from McMatthew fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for McMatthew.
McMatthew lands a shoulder strike.
The Count lands a shot to the body.
McMatthew fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McMatthew lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Count manages to break the clinch.
McMatthew looks to land a combination but The Count avoids it well.
The Count lands a body shot.
The Count attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The Count throws a jab when McMatthew was well out of range.
The Count turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McMatthew is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMatthew doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The Count's corner calls for a 1-2. The Count obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The Count closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The Count pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Count scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McMatthew staying out of range there.
The Count fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The Count punishes McMatthew's body with a nice straight punch.
The Count connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
The Count is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McMatthew can do to turn this around?
The Count darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An inside leg kick lands from The Count.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Count stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The Count scores with a hook.
The Count connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McMatthew momentarily.
McMatthew slips a straight right by The Count.
The Count misses with a two punch combination.
The Count wants to slow McMatthew down by chopping away at his legs.
McMatthew moves forwards but The Count connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The Count scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A big left from The Count misses.
The Count scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McMatthew doesn't seem bothered though.
A jab from The Count does it's job there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMatthew uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Count.
The Count connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between McMatthew's hands.
The Count throws a hook but McMatthew blocks it.
McMatthew is on the wrong end of a nice combination from The Count.
The Count throws a looping overhand right but McMatthew ducks down to avoid it.
The Count fails to land with a series of punches.
A shot to the body from The Count misses
and McMatthew cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The Count misses with an uppercut. McMatthew saw that one coming.
McMatthew looks to land a combination. The Count sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A jab lands there for The Count.
The Count misses with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Count pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McMatthew uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Count.
The Count misses with a looping right.
McMatthew takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Count with a jab.
The Count throws a wild body kick that McMatthew sees coming a mile off.
McMatthew tries to move into range but The Count moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
The Count ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McMatthew moves away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The Count slips a straight right by McMatthew.
McMatthew uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Count.
The Count thows a left - swing and a miss!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael The Count had his way with Jack McMatthew in that round.
That's time! The Count's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
The Count lands a body shot.
The Count lands with a right hand.
McMatthew steps to the side to avoid the strikes from The Count.
The Count fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McMatthew on the side of the head.
The Count shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The Count takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
McMatthew moves away from the strike by The Count.
A slow jab from The Count misses its intended target.
McMatthew displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Count throws out the jab.
The Count looks to land a right hand but McMatthew moved out of range.
The Count lands with a right hand.
A punch lands to the side of McMatthew 's head but he takes it in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMatthew slips a jab from The Count.
The Count misses with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by The Count there.
The Count looks to land a right hand but McMatthew moved out of range.
The Count throws a left and a right that both miss
and McMatthew counters by moving into the clinch.
McMatthew's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
McMatthew tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The Count blocks a punch to the side of the head.
McMatthew swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Count manages to break the clinch.
McMatthew uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from The Count.
Jab by The Count.
The Count misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McMatthew.
The Count scores with a shot to the body.
Jack McMatthew has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Count misses with a hook. McMatthew ducked under it nicely.
The Count throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The Count is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McMatthew.
The Count connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
McMatthew tries to clinch but The Count is having none of it.
McMatthew takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The Count throws the left hand but McMatthew avoids the punch easily.
The Count slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The Count digs a good hook to McMatthew's body.
McMatthew lands a lovely overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMatthew staying out of range there.
The Count scores with a nice right hand.
The Count lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The Count clobbers McMatthew with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The Count bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of McMatthew's head.
McMatthew tries to clinch but The Count is having none of it.
Michael The Count is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The Count scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The Count connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The Count thows a body shot but no joy.
A cross from The Count lands.
McMatthew moves away from the strike by The Count.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMatthew moves out of range of the leg kick from The Count.
A head kick misses from The Count.
The Count scores with a jab to the jaw.
The Count throws out a powerful jab.
McMatthew misses with a double jab
and The Count counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by The Count. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Count.
The Count misses with a two punch combination.
McMatthew takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McMatthew tries to clinch up but The Count circles away and keeps his distance.
The Count lands with a kick to the temple. McMatthew shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael The Count showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for The Count, 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 50:45
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 50:45
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael The Count!
Michael The Count retains his welterweight title!
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