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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mat Luna (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norman Jach (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luna comes into the arena with Them Bones blaring out of the sound system. Norman Jach has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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139 lbs
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170 cm
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144 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mat Luna!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Norman Jach!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Joseph Jones and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jach tries a head kick but it misses.
Luna scores a takedown into full mount!
Luna controlling the position easily from mount.
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
A nice elbow there by Luna.
Jach working to try and regain half guard.
Jach really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Luna. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Jach flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jach in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Luna controlling the position easily from mount.
Luna landing shots from mount.
Jach is rocked!
It looks like Norman Jach has been cut.
Jach throwing hammer fists to the chest of Luna. What's that going to do exactly?
Jach is still in real trouble! Can Luna finish him?
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luna tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jach flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Luna dominating with strikes here.
Jach is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Luna has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Luna looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Luna tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Jach is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Luna blocks Jach's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jach seems to have recovered his senses.
Jach flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jach working to try and regain half guard.
Luna scoring with strikes but Jach is staying in there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jach is working to get back to half guard.
Jach flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Luna looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jach swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Luna is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Luna lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Jach hang on?
Jach is trying desperately to improve position.
Jach throwing hammer fists to the chest of Luna. What's that going to do exactly?
Luna controlling from the full mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Luna is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jach is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jach is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Luna in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jach flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jach throwing hammer fists to the chest of Luna. What's that going to do exactly?
Jach working to try and regain half guard.
Luna raining down shots from the mount!
Jach is working to get back to half guard.
Luna with a couple of short strikes.
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.
Luna lands a nice shot to the head.
Luna blocks Jach's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jach tries to reverse the position but Luna maintains control.
Luna postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jach looks a forlorn figure.
Luna in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Jach tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jach throwing hammer fists to the chest of Luna. What's that going to do exactly?
Luna landing strikes, looking to finish!
Luna lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Jach is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jach throwing hammer fists to the chest of Luna. What's that going to do exactly?
Jach throwing hammer fists to the chest of Luna. What's that going to do exactly?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mat Luna dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Norman Jach's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Jach scores with a head kick.
Luna takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Luna scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Jach punching from the bottom.
Jach throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Luna is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Luna seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Luna is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Jach is working to get back to half guard.
Luna breaks from Jach's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Luna blocks Jach's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jach is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jach swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Luna throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jach because Luna loaded up on that one.
Jach swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Mat Luna overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Jach flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Luna is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Jach is surviving well by controlling Luna's body position as best he can.
Luna blocks Jach's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jach swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jach flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Luna throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Jach because Luna loaded up on that one.
That's two 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.
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Jach is trying to escape the mount.
Luna throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Jach is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jach swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jach swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jach flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jach is wriggling around trying to escape.
Jach flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Jach swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jach swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luna postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Jach looks a forlorn figure.
Luna controlling his opponent.
Jach tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Luna blocks Jach's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jach working to try and regain half guard.
Luna blocks Jach's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jach throwing hammer fists to the chest of Luna. What's that going to do exactly?
Jach swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Jach wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Luna.
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.
Jach is trying to escape the mount.
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Luna landing punches.
Luna blocks Jach's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Jach is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Jach is in all sorts of trouble here.
Luna thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jach throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Luna misses with a head shot.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jach is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jach throwing hammer fists to the chest of Luna. What's that going to do exactly?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mat Luna dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Norman Jach's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Jach wants to clinch up but Luna keeps it at a distance.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Luna.
Luna connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Jach some visible discomfort.
Jach throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Jach is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Luna off and has taken his back!
Jach throwing wild punches that miss their target.
Luna is trying to get back to his feet but Jach has full control of the position and if anything, Luna has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Even with his hooks in, Jach manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Jach struggling to land strikes to the head as Luna covers up.
Luna manages to scramble and ends up in full guard, under a barage of strikes . Great composure from Luna.
Jach working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Luna avoids the head kick by Jach.
Jach tries to close the distance and clinch up but Luna swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jach throws a head kick but Luna moves out of range.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Jach tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Luna shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Jach's guard.
Luna pushing down on Jach's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Luna takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Jach misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Jach punching from the bottom.
Jach is looking for a sweep. Luna is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Luna looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Jach is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Jach tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Jach tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Jach lands a high kick!
Norman Jach seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jach tries to clinch but Luna is having none of it.
Luna circles away from the clinch attempt.
Norman Jach is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Luna takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Jach misses with a head kick.
Jach tries a head kick but it misses.
Luna closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Luna lands in his opponent's guard.
Luna with a nice head shot there.
Jach throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Jach doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Jach tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Luna slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Jach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jach tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Luna is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jach is just riding it out for now. Luna eventually gives up the hold.
Luna working the head and body with strikes.
Jach misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Jach misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Jach wants to get back to full guard.
Jach is not content to let Luna control the position.
Jach throws a sloppy strike from the bottom. He's now off balance and Luna manages to pass to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Jach manages to get back to half guard.
Jach missing with punches from the bottom.
Luna trying to control the action but Jach is working from the bottom.
Luna throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Jach throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Jach misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Luna blocks the strikes from Jach.
Jach misses with some strikes from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jach throws a head kick that half lands.
No luck for Luna with that takedown attempt.
Norman Jach has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mat Luna is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Luna shoots for a takedown but Jach saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mat Luna showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Luna, 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 30:26
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mat Luna!
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energy
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RATING
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