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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Petr Matas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cpt Spaulding (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Petr Matas has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Petr Matas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Cpt Spaulding!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spaulding rushes Matas and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Matas is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Spaulding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matas drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Spaulding taking a breather.
Spaulding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matas blocks it with crossed arms.
Spaulding misses with a knee strike.
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Matas landing knees to the head.
It looks like Cpt Spaulding has been cut.
Spaulding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Matas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spaulding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Matas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spaulding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matas blocks it with crossed arms.
Matas is trying to stall.
Spaulding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Matas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spaulding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Matas using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Matas successfully pulls guard.
Matas is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Spaulding dives into side control.
Matas tries to improve position but can't.
Spaulding looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matas is looking to get back to his feet here but Spaulding is keeping cool and he's managed to take Matas's back.
Matas trying to control the hands but Spaulding won't let him.
Matas tries to escape the position.
Matas trying to control the position but Spaulding manages to sink in the hooks.
I really don't envy Matas right now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Matas trying to control the action but Spaulding just sinks the hooks in.
Matas tries to roll but Spaulding sticks to his back.
Spaulding biding his time, controlling Matas.
Spaulding is hanging on to Matas's back as he tries to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matas is working hard here to advance position.
Matas controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Spaulding biding his time, looking for the opening.
Spaulding's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matas trying to control the position but Spaulding manages to sink in the hooks.
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.
Matas is in bad spot here.
Spaulding gets his hands free as Matas looks to control.
Matas is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Matas has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Matas trying to control but not successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Matas controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Petr Matas will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cpt Spaulding's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Spaulding blocks the body kick.
Matas will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Matas clinches up against the cage.
Matas lands an elbow inside.
Matas pulls guard.
Matas pulls Spaulding in close to prevent any damage.
Spaulding stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Spaulding circles away from the clinch attempt
and Spaulding counters by moving into the clinch.
Matas breaks from the clinch.
Matas wants to clinch but Spaulding slips to the side
and Spaulding holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Spaulding is breathing heavily.
Matas jumps guard but Spaulding stands there with Matas around his waist. Matas gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Matas connects with a knee to the head.
Matas drags the fight down to the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matas is looking for a triangle but Spaulding pushes his legs off easily.
Spaulding prevents Matas from getting back to his feet.
Spaulding decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Matas tries to clinch up
and Spaulding counters by clinching up.
Matas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Spaulding looking to throw knees to the head but Matas is blocking nicely.
Matas lands with a left to the head.
Spaulding on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Spaulding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Spaulding wants to stall.
Matas is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Spaulding gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petr Matas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matas is trying to break the clinch but Spaulding has him pressed against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Matas.
Matas manages to break the clinch.
Matas misses with a takedown attempt
and Spaulding counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spaulding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spaulding misses with a knee to the head.
Matas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spaulding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spaulding misses with a knee to the head.
Matas jumps guard.
Matas is working an open guard so Spaulding takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Spaulding tries to clinch but Matas moves out of range.
Matas looks to clinch
and Spaulding counters by clinching up.
Matas tries for a takedown. No joy.
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but Matas blocks with his arms.
Matas is looking to break free of the clinch but Spaulding has double underhooks.
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spaulding manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Spaulding trying to stall but Matas improves his position.
Spaulding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Matas lands with a right to the head.
Matas breaks the clinch.
Matas looks to clinch
and Spaulding counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Matas avoids the elbow strike from Spaulding, against the cage.
Spaulding looking to throw knees to the head but Matas is blocking nicely.
Matas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Spaulding keeps control of Matas as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Spaulding with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but Matas blocks with his arms.
Matas can't break the clinch.
Spaulding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matas lands a nice knee to the body.
Spaulding tries a knee to the head but Matas blocks it.
A short right from Matas.
Matas working aggressively here.
Matas takes a knee right on the jaw!
Matas ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Matas no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Matas is working an open guard so Spaulding takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Matas misses with a two punch combination.
Matas tries to clinch but Spaulding moves away
and Spaulding counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Spaulding misses with a knee strike.
Spaulding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Spaulding lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but Matas blocks with his arms.
Spaulding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Matas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Matas breaks from the clinch.
Matas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spaulding counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A bit of stalling here from Matas.
Spaulding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Matas manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Spaulding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Matas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matas connects with a knee to the head.
Spaulding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matas blocks it with crossed arms.
Spaulding misses with a knee strike.
Matas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matas tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Spaulding counters by moving into the clinch.
Matas taking a breather.
Spaulding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matas tries for a takedown. No joy.
Spaulding throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Matas is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Spaulding is keeping busy.
Matas fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Matas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matas closes the distance but Spaulding moves to the side
and Spaulding holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Spaulding with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matas breaks from the clinch.
Cpt Spaulding is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matas has his takedown stuffed
and Spaulding counters by clinching up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spaulding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Matas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Spaulding misses with a knee strike.
Matas tries to pull guard but Spaulding won't allow it.
Matas is trying to break free.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cpt Spaulding showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cpt Spaulding'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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Matas swats away the attempt to clinch by Spaulding.
Matas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spaulding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Matas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cpt Spaulding seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Spaulding with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Petr Matas has been cut.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Spaulding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matas blocks it with crossed arms.
Spaulding using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Matas has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Matas is trying to maintain a safe position but Spaulding gets an underhook and turns Matas into the cage.
Matas tries to pull guard but Spaulding holds him up against the cage and eventually Matas drops back down to his feet.
A head punch on the inside from Matas fails to land.
Spaulding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A head punch on the inside from Matas fails to land.
Spaulding misses with a knee strike.
Spaulding with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Matas.
Spaulding dodges an elbow strike from Matas.
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Matas lands an elbow that stopped Spaulding in his tracks for a moment.
Spaulding takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Matas lands an elbow just above Spaulding 's eye.
Matas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matas tries to clinch
and Spaulding moves into the clinch.
Matas can't break the clinch.
Spaulding trying to stall but Matas improves his position.
Matas scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matas lands a damaging elbow.
Matas turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Matas manages to end up in side control.
Spaulding avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Matas.
Matas slows the pace down.
Spaulding sneaks out the side door and pushes Matas away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Matas misses with a leg kick.
Matas doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Spaulding counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Spaulding.
Spaulding looking to throw knees to the head but Matas is blocking nicely.
Matas misses with some punches.
Spaulding tries a knee to the head but Matas blocks it.
Spaulding tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Spaulding tries to land a knee to the head but Matas blocks with his arms.
Spaulding leaning his opponent against the cage.
Spaulding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matas blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matas has Spaulding pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Spaulding manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Petr Matas. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spaulding looking to throw knees to the head but Matas is blocking nicely.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Spaulding in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Matas tries for a takedown. No joy.
Spaulding gets underhooks to prevent Matas's takedown attempt.
Spaulding throws a knee to the head but misses.
Matas breaks the clinch.
Spaulding tries to clinch
and Matas counters with a nice double leg into side control. Spaulding won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matas in side control, throwing shots but Spaulding defends.
Spaulding is trying to get back to his feet.
Matas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Spaulding keeps working.
Matas swings around for an armbar but Spaulding sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Matas's guard.
Spaulding gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Matas tries to clinch up
and Spaulding holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matas pulls guard successfully.
Spaulding gets to his feet. Matas looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Petr Matas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matas misses with a takedown attempt
and Spaulding moves into the clinch.
Matas wants to get back to striking at distance but Spaulding won't allow it.
Spaulding landing knees to the head.
Spaulding misses with a knee to the head.
Spaulding looking to throw knees to the head but Matas is blocking nicely.
Matas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Spaulding tries to clinch there but Matas circles away.
Matas fails with the takedown
and Spaulding counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Spaulding.
Spaulding throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Matas blocks it with crossed arms.
Matas lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Matas wants to control but Spaulding is keeping him busy.
Matas is looking to advance position but Spaulding won't allow it.
Matas lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matas is tying to control. Spaulding wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Matas lands strikes from half guard.
Matas winds up and cracks Spaulding with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Matas sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Spaulding defending well though.
Spaulding is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Matas scores with a couple of nice shots.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Spaulding is trying to stand.
Matas trying to control from half guard but Spaulding is working away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Petr Matas showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Matas 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 29:28
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Petr Matas!
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