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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tyson Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conrado Mattos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brown comes to the ring accompanied by Pink Floyd: Have a Cigar. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm
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180 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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181 cm
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178 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson Brown! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Conrado Mattos! The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Daniel Bishop and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Brown slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Mattos shoots in for a double leg but Brown sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Brown getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Brown moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Mattos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Mattos is rocked! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Brown looks to land a combination but Mattos avoids it well. Mattos is still on wobbly legs! Can Brown finish him? Brown lands a nice hook to Mattos's body. Mattos takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Mattos seems to have recovered his senses. Brown wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Mattos looks gassed! Mattos shoots in and drives through. Brown sprawls well. Mattos on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown throws a series of punches but Mattos avoids them all with ease. Brown scores with a body shot.
Mattos fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mattos showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.
Brown slips a jab and a cross from Mattos.
Mattos tries to move into range but Brown moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Brown keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Tyson Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conrado Mattos. Mattos tries to clinch but Brown is having none of it. Brown lands a body shot.
Mattos feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
That's one minute gone in the round. Brown is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. Mattos throws and elbow that misses. Brown uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mattos's guard. Nice move by Brown! Brown controls from within his opponent's guard. Brown tries to free his leg and advance position but Mattos is retaining full guard. Mattos is looking for a triangle but Brown pushes his legs off easily.
Brown is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. Mattos looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Mattos has a closed guard, preventing Brown from standing up. Mattos trying to control the position.
That's two 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. Mattos is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brown is controlling him. The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mattos moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Tyson Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Mattos fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. No luck for Mattos with that takedown attempt. Brown slips under a jab. Mattos pushes Brown up against the ropes in a clinch. Brown is trying to break free. Brown wants to break free but Mattos has control.
Mattos keeps control of Brown as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Mattos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown is looking to wear down Mattos with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Mattos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Brown can't do much from the bottom here. Brown avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Mattos. Brown managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Mattos.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Mattos tries for a kimura but Brown is defending well. Brown dodges the ground and pound from Mattos. Brown is trying to improve his position. Brown regains half guard. Brown gets full guard. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Brown holds on and takes a little breather. Mattosis looking to pass into half guard but Brown pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Brown is in guard. Brown is stalling in the full guard. Brown postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Mattos is working an open guard so Brown takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. Mattos takes a shot right to the bread basket. Brown misses with a wild combination.
Mattos throws a jab when Brown was well out of range. Brown stalks Mattos and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Mattos's face. Mattos staggers backwards, shaken. Mattos closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Mattos lands in his opponent's guard. Mattos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Mattos postures up and lands a big shot to Brown's brow. Mattos with a flurry of punches that miss. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Mattos accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Brown utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Mattos prevents Brown from getting back to his feet. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Mattos trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. Mattos wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving. Brown trying to control the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Brown dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Mattos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily. Brown bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Mattos's head. Mattos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away. Brown gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Mattos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Brown is trying to control the position but Mattos postures up. Mattos in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. Mattos chips away with some ground and pound. Brown pulls Mattos in to control the position. Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Mattos stops Brown from standing up. Mattos thows a big elbow that misses.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground. Jab from Brown. Mattos takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Brown throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mattos. Nice sprawl there from Brown as Mattos shoots in. Mattos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brown's waist but Brown gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mattos off to one side. Tyson Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conrado Mattos. Mattos is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mattos is looking to take this fight into the clinch. A punch combination from Brown misses. Mattos looks for a takedown but Brown sprawls well. Mattos misses with a double jab
and Brown connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Brown cracks a nice hook into Mattos's ribs. Some wild striking there from Brown.
Brown looks to land a combination but Mattos avoids it well. Mattos throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brown counters with a right hand to the body. Mattos closes the distance and clinches up with Brown, looking for a takedown. Mattos pushes Brown against the ropes but Brown circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Brown misses with a few strikes there.
Tyson Brown is winning the standup battle so far. Brown scores with a jab to the body. Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mattos gets a takedown into half guard. Mattos thows a huge punch but Brown dodges it nicely.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brown manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Brown manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Brown takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though. Brown thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Mattos flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mattos can do anything to dispel that myth. Brown punching from mount but Mattos doing a good job of avoiding damage. Brown blocks Mattos's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom. Brown misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Brown sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Brown has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent. Mattos is trying desperately to improve position. Conrado Mattos has got the better of the ground game so far. Brown looking to control and managing it successfully. Brown looking to secure an arm triangle but Mattos defends it well. Brown punching from mount but Mattos doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Brown can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Mattos is looking to escape. Mattos tries to reverse the position but Brown maintains control. Brown content just to control the position here. Mattos is trying to escape the mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Brown controlling from mount.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Tyson Brown just wasn't active enough from the dominant position. Mattos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Mattos showed some decent athleticism there. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Brown dominated that second round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A choreographed right hand from Brown misses the target. Brown throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Mattos takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brown will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brown jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mattos throws a push kick but Brown slaps the foot to one side. Mattos fails to land with a series of punches.
Mattos slips a jab and a cross from Brown.
Brown throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mattos. Brown tries for a takedown but Mattos sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. Mattos shoots in but no luck this time. Brown connects with a looping right hand.
Mattos fails to land the takedown. Mattos gets the takedown into side control. Mattos throwing shots but missing, from side control. Brown wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done! Brown is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Mattos wants to stand but Brown has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now. Brown trying to hold on to Mattos's head to control him but Mattos postures up.
Mattos wants to pass the guard but Brown is defending well. Mattos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Brown keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound. Brown is looking to escape.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Brown jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Brown scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Mattos shoots in looking for a takedown. Brown tries to sprawl out of it but Mattos keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Brown manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Tyson Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Conrado Mattos. Mattos doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Brown scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Brown goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Brown swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Mattos counters with a left and a right that stings Brown. Mattos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brown's waist but Brown gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Mattos off to one side. Mattos shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Mattos was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Mattos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Brown really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Brown tries to hold on but Mattos pushes him away. Conrado Mattos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Mattos unloads with some shots from mount but Brown bucks and avoids them well.
Brown working to try and regain half guard.
Brown manages to control the position for a moment. Mattos working the ground and pound effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Brown wants to control but Mattos is having none of it. Mattos looking to finish with strikes here!
Brown wants to hold on but Mattos pushes him away. Mattos throws some wild stikes that Brown manages to avoid easily.
Mattos thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage. Brown is looking to get to half guard. Brown wants to control but Mattos is having none of it. Mattos punching from mount but Brown doing a good job of avoiding damage. Brown is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Brown wants to control but Mattos is having none of it.
That's four 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. Mattos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Brown wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Mattos.
Mattos landing punches.
Brown is rocked! Mattos thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Oh Brown is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Brown wants to hold on but Mattos pushes him away. Brown seems to have got his legs back now. Brown is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Mattos working the ground and pound effectively.
Brown tries to hold on but Mattos postures up. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Mattos lands a heavy elbow. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Mattos scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Mattos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Mattos lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that's the end of the fight! Conrado Mattos comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I think Brown 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 Andrew Berry scores the fight for Tyson Brown! Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Tyson Brown! Judge William Gold scores the fight for Tyson Brown!
Tyson Brown wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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