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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brundon Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murilo Rua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brundon Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Murilo Rua!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Matheus Silva and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Matthews.
Matthews misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Matthews is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rua dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rua swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rua just misses with a punch to the body.
Rua fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matthews manages to avoid it.
Rua throws a right hand that Matthews ducks under and follows up with a left that Matthews also avoids with ease.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rua looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rua misses with a looping left.
Rua misses the shot to the body.
Rua looks to land a combination but Matthews avoids it well.
Matthews looks to score with a jab to the body but Rua is just out of range.
Rua moves out of range as Matthews throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews moves away from the strike by Rua.
Rua throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Matthews tries to clinch but Rua moves out of range.
Rua scores with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rua. Matthews does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matthews swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rua counters with a nice uppercut.
Matthews shoots in for a takedown but Rua shows good takedown defense.
Matthews clinches up with Rua and pushes him back against the ropes.
Rua can't find room to land a body shot as Matthews controls the action.
Matthews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Matthews.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brundon Matthews. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rua has closed the distance and engaged Matthews in a clinch.
Matthews tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Rua.
A head punch on the inside from Rua fails to land.
Rua stops a takedown attempt from Matthews.
Matthews is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews can't break the clinch.
Rua swings wildly with an uppercut but Matthews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rua lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Matthews blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rua swings wildly with an uppercut but Matthews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matthews goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rua prevents it.
Matthews blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rua throws a punch but it's blocked by Matthews.
Rua lands a nice shot to the body.
Rua misses with a punch on the inside.
Rua throws a punch but it's blocked by Matthews.
Rua can't find room to land a body shot as Matthews controls the action.
Rua misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rua misses with some punches.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Matthews blocking some punches.
Rua has a couple of punches blocked by Matthews.
Rua can't find room to land a body shot as Matthews controls the action.
Rua misses with the head strike.
Rua is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A head punch on the inside from Rua fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews blocking some punches.
Rua misses with a body punch.
Matthews blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rua lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Matthews backwards.
Rua swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rua throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matthews.
Rua doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rua tries to throw a body punch but Matthews avoids it by throwing Rua back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Rua fails to land.
Matthews pulls guard.
Rua is fighting to break Matthews's control of his arms but Matthews is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Rua wants to stand but Matthews is controlling his posture from full guard.
Matthews throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's four 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.
Rua has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Matthews is proving hard to escape from.
Rua is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Rua looking to sit in guard and control but Matthews gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murilo Rua dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Matthews misses with a few strikes there.
Rua throws a body punch but Matthews moves out of range.
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rua slaps away a takedown attempt from Matthews, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Rua misses with a series of wild punches.
Matthews fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rua lands an overhand right.
A right-left combo lands from Rua.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rua throws a jab but it's blocked by Matthews.
Matthews is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rua throws a body punch but Matthews moves out of range.
Matthews slips a jab from Rua.
Rua fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rua misses with a body shot.
Rua misses with a body punch
and Matthews counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rua closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rua lunges at Matthews with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Matthews's hand.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Matthews keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rua.
Rua throws a series of punches but Matthews avoids them all with ease.
Rua scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Rua.
Rua lands with a nice body punch.
Rua throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice sprawl there from Rua as Matthews shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brundon Matthews. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matthews fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Rua slaps away a takedown attempt from Matthews, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Rua there.
Rua thuds a left hand into Matthews's body.
Brundon Matthews is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rua throws out a powerful jab.
Rua lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Rua connects with a nice looking jab.
Rua connects with the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rua bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rua punishes Matthews's body with a nice straight punch.
Rua fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Matthews looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rua lands with a right hand.
Rua digs a good hook to Matthews's body.
Matthews walks into a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matthews takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Rua scores with a nice strike.
Rua works the jab nicely.
Murilo Rua is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rua closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Matthews has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Matthews there as he acknowledges the shot.
Rua jabs at Matthews's body.
Rua lands with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Rua pinned against the cage. Rua gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Rua scores with a nice head shot.
Rua clobbers Matthews with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Murilo Rua seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Rua throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Matthews stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Matthews on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Rua lands a slapping body shot.
Rua scores with a jab.
Matthews looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rua fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rua throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Matthews stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Matthews gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rua.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murilo Rua showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Rua tests Matthews's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Matthews with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Rua to score with a decent uppercut.
Matthews dodges the punch combination from Rua.
Rua rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Matthews moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Matthews shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Rua is trying desperately to improve position.
Matthews trying to control but he's not successful this time.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Rua. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews punching from mount but Rua doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Matthews trying to control but he's not successful this time.
You get the feeling that Rua really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Matthews takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Rua wants to hold on but Matthews pushes him away.
Matthews looking to finish with strikes here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Rua is desperately trying to improve his position but Matthews has a good base and remains in mount.
Matthews content just to control the position here.
Rua really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Matthews. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Rua is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rua is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Matthews is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Rua to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Rua shrugs it off.
Rua is desperately trying to improve his position but Matthews has a good base and remains in mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Rua is wriggling around trying to escape.
Matthews looking to control but Rua is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Rua is trying to escape the mount.
Matthews can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rua is looking to escape.
That's four 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.
Rua is in all sorts of trouble here.
Matthews 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.
Rua keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Rua wants to control but Matthews is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rua keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Murilo Rua.
I've got Rua winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 27:30
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Murilo Rua!
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energy
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