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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Yason Tupaz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mattew Justice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tupaz comes to the cage accompanied by Step Up. Yason Tupaz had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 157.7lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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172 lbs
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159 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Great low kicks
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Yason Tupaz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mattew Justice!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Justice stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tupaz.
Justice shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tupaz pinned against the cage. Tupaz gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Justice.
Justice misses with a takedown attempt - Tupaz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Yason Tupaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mattew Justice.
No luck for Justice with that takedown attempt.
Tupaz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tupaz looks to land a combination. Justice sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Tupaz slaps away a takedown attempt from Justice, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Justice is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tupaz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tupaz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Justice has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Tupaz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupaz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Tupaz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tupaz.
Justice tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tupaz sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Justice somewhat.
Justice looks gassed!
Tupaz digs a good hook to Justice's body.
Tupaz lands with an uppercut that bounces Justice off the cage and back into rage.
Tupaz throws a series of strikes that have Justice backpedaling.
Justice shoots in looking for a takedown. Tupaz tries to sprawl out of it but Justice keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tupaz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Justice looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tupaz is fending him off so far but Justice persists. Nope, Tupaz circles away and we're back to standing.
Tupaz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Justice takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Donk. Tupaz catches Justice right on the button with a cross.
Justice shoots in and drives through. Tupaz sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tupaz connects with a high kick.
Justice shoots in looking for a takedown. Tupaz tries to sprawl out of it but Justice keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tupaz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Justice shoots for a takedown but Tupaz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Justice takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Justice is trying desperately to land a takedown but Tupaz is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Justice.
Tupaz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Tupaz delivers a nice body kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tupaz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tupaz lands a head kick. Justice smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Tupaz connects with a body shot.
Justice takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Justice takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tupaz is looking to slow Justice down with leg kicks.
Tupaz lands a head kick. Justice smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Justice shoots in looking for a takedown. Tupaz tries to sprawl out of it but Justice keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tupaz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tupaz!
Justice takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Justice shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tupaz as he jumps to the side.
Both fighters circling a little - Tupaz finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Tupaz lands the left hand.
Justice fails with the takedown.
Tupaz lands with a good body shot.
Justice takes a kick to the side of the head.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Tupaz, right into the meat.
Nice body kick from Tupaz.
Justice takes a kick to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tupaz but Tupaz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Justice walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tupaz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Justice's sensitive parts.
Justice takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Tupaz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Tupaz's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tupaz duly obliges.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tupaz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tupaz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Justice backs up against the cage.
Tupaz lands a jab-cross combination.
Justice takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice sprawl there from Tupaz as Justice shoots in.
Tupaz lands a nice hook to Justice's body. Justice takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Tupaz lands a head kick. Justice smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yason Tupaz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Tupaz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Tupaz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Tupaz explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Justice is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tupaz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tupaz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tupaz.
Tupaz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tupaz feints and then cracks Justice's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Justice down.
Justice misses with a takedown attempt - Tupaz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Yason Tupaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mattew Justice.
Justice will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Justice is breathing heavily.
Tupaz scores with a sloppy right hand. Justice should have avoided that one.
Tupaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tupaz scores with a jab. Justice acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tupaz lands with a shot to the body.
Yason Tupaz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tupaz throws a series of strikes that have Justice backpedaling.
Yason Tupaz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tupaz scores with a leg kick.
Justice has a takedown stuffed.
Tupaz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Tupaz lands a jab-cross combination.
Tupaz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Tupaz lands with a straight right. Justice didn't see that one coming.
Yason Tupaz is winning the standup battle so far.
Tupaz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tupaz lands a head shot.
Tupaz connects with a high kick.
Tupaz leaves Justice with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Tupaz leaves Justice with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right-left combo lands from Tupaz.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Justice might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Tupaz has got the better of the exchanges.
Tupaz tests Justice's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Tupaz connects with a body shot.
Tupaz throws a nice head kick!
Justice is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tupaz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tupaz cracks the inside of Justice's front leg.
Tupaz scores with a jab.
Mattew Justice seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Justice closes the distance and clinches up with Tupaz, looking for a takedown. Justice pushes Tupaz against the cage but Tupaz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tupaz punishes Justice's body with a nice straight punch.
Tupaz is working the combinations to good effect here.
A chopping leg kick lands by Tupaz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tupaz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A cross from Tupaz lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice looks for a takedown but Tupaz sprawls well.
A good leg kick by Tupaz.
Tupaz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Justice closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tupaz circles away.
Tupaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Justice can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheers as Tupaz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Justice doesn't seem phased though.
A left lands for Tupaz.
Tupaz lands a body shot.
Tupaz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tupaz lands a jab to the head.
Tupaz uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Justice has time to react.
Tupaz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Tupaz enables Justice to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Tupaz manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Tupaz 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.
Tupaz wants to stand and escape but Justice is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tupaz has Justice pulled in close to control his posture.
Tupaz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Justice on the ground.
Justice slips nicely into half guard.
Justice is working for a submission of some sort.
Tupaz is looking for a sweep. Justice is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Justice passes to side control.
Justice working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yason Tupaz dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Justice shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tupaz but Tupaz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Justice tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tupaz sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Justice somewhat.
Tupaz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Justice on the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Tupaz.
Justice fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Yason Tupaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mattew Justice.
Tupaz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tupaz stuffs the takedown.
A left lands for Tupaz.
The crowd cheers as Tupaz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Justice doesn't seem phased though.
Tupaz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tupaz scores with a nice head shot.
Tupaz clobbers Justice with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Justice closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Tupaz's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tupaz duly obliges.
Nice takedown defense from Tupaz. No joy for Justice on that attempt.
Nice body kick from Tupaz.
Tupaz scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Tupaz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Justice.
Tupaz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Tupaz scores with a nice head shot.
Tupaz scores with a body shot.
Justice is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tupaz.
Justice dives in and grabs Tupaz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tupaz pushes down on Justice's head and hops out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tupaz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Justice with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Tupaz to score with a decent uppercut.
Justice misses with a takedown attempt - Tupaz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Justice's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tupaz lands with a slapping head kick.
Tupaz throws a combination. Justice tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tupaz connects with a high kick.
Justice shoots for a takedown but Tupaz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Tupaz lands a head kick. Justice smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Justice has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Tupaz.
Danga de danga de dang - Tupaz scores with a four punch combination!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Justice is defended easily by Tupaz.
Tupaz lands a lovely overhand right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice shoots in for a takedown but Tupaz shows good takedown defense.
Justice takes a kick to the side of the head.
Justice shoots in for a takedown but Tupaz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tupaz lands with a nice body punch.
Justice shoots in for a takedown but Tupaz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tupaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tupaz digs a good body shot into Justice's ribs.
Nice shot by Tupaz.
Tupaz thumps Justice with a low kick.
Justice shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tupaz but Tupaz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tupaz lands with a kick to the ribs.
Tupaz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Justice backs up against the cage.
Tupaz scores with a three punch combo!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tupaz lands a head shot.
Justice is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tupaz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tupaz lands a nice shot that snaps Justice's head back.
A nice leg kick lands there from Tupaz.
Tupaz lands a high kick!
Yason Tupaz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tupaz dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Tupaz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Justice. That did some damage!
Tupaz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Justice shoots in for a double leg but Tupaz sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tupaz.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tupaz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tupaz!
Justice shoots in but no luck this time.
Mattew Justice has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Justice is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Tupaz.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yason Tupaz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tupaz, 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:25
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:25
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Yason Tupaz!
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RATING
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