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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Mara (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ian Landry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mara comes into the arena with Rickety Cricket blaring out of the sound system. Landry has chosen Friday as his entrance music. Ian Landry told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matthew Mara!
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, Ian Landry!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Matheus Silva and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mara waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Landry.
Mara misses the shot to the body.
Mara slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Mara swings for the body but Landry moves out of range.
Mara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Landry.
Landry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mara.
The fighters circling - Mara throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mara blocks a head kick by Landry.
Landry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mara.
Landry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mara throws a lazy right hand but Landry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mara moves out of range of the leg kick from Landry.
Mara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Landry.
Mara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Landry throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry throws a low kick but Mara moves out of range easily.
Mara takes a swing at Landry's ribcage but misses.
Landry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Mara.
Mara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Landry takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Landry ducks under a wild hook from Mara.
Landry plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mara misses with a wild body shot.
Landry fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mara checks it well.
Mara misses the shot to the body.
Landry moves in looking to clinch but Mara pushes him off.
Mara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Landry.
Crunch! Landry slams his shin into Mara's torso.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry is looking to land body kicks.
Mara moves out of range of the body kick from Landry.
Mara lands a jab to Landry's midsection.
Landry tries to score with a low kick but Mara moves his leg out of the way.
Landry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mara takes a swing at Landry's ribcage but misses.
Mara misses with an uppercut. Landry saw that one coming.
Mara just misses with a punch to the body.
Landry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mara.
Mara darts in trying to clinch
and Landry makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Landry will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Landry looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Landry throws a head kick but Mara moves out of range.
Matthew Mara seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mara misses with a straight right.
Mara blocks the body kick.
Mara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Landry.
Mara punishes Landry's body with a nice straight punch.
Mara misses the shot to the body.
Mara misses with a body punch
and Landry counters with a body kick.
Mara throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Landry defending well as Mara loads up on a big left hand.
Landry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Landry gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Mara connects with a looping right hand.
Mara is looking to wear down Landry with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Landry.
A head kick misses from Landry.
Landry throws a leg kick which misses Mara's front leg but catches the back leg as Mara tries to avoid it.
Mara misses with a shot to the body
and Landry counters with an outside leg kick.
Landry fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Mara checks it well.
Landry lands a nice looking body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mara blocks the body kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Landry, right into the meat.
Landry closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mara misses the jab.
Mara stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Landry.
Landry avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Landry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Mara dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
No joy there for Mara, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Landry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Landry.
Mara misses the body punch
and Landry counters with a leg kick.
Mara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Landry counters with a good, hard body kick but Mara shrugs it off.
A punch lands to the side of Landry 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mara works over Landry's head and body with a nice combination.
Mara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Landry lands with a slapping head kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Landry.
Landry misses with a low kick.
Mara thows a body shot but no joy.
Mara misses the body punch
and Landry counters with a good low kick that Mara was not able to check.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Landry moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Mara falls off balance throwing a combination
and Landry counters with a nice kick to the body.
Mara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mara misses with the combination.
Landry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Mara looks to score with a jab to the body but Landry is just out of range.
Landry throws a leg kick but Mara checks it.
Mara is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Landry misses with a head kick.
Landry takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Mara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Landry manages to avoid it.
Mara clinches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for Mara to work.
Landry looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Mara managing to block the knees to the body from Landry.
Mara digs a right hand underneath Landry's ribcage. Landry let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Mara lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Landry comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Mara avoiding damage as Landry throws knees to the body.
The referee calls for Mara to work.
Mara wants to stall.
Knees to the body from Landry.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Landry as Mara tries to tie him up.
Landry missing with knees to the body.
Mara avoids a wild elbow strike from Landry.
Mara stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Landry putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mara in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Mara throws a punch but it's blocked by Landry.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mara blocks an elbow strike from Landry.
Mara dodges an elbow strike from Landry.
Landry throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A right handed body shot lands from Mara.
Landry lands an elbow inside that Mara shrugs off.
Landry tries to land knees in the clinch but Mara avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Landry throws an elbow but misses.
Mara is leaning against Landry and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Landry throws an elbow but it misses.
Landry lands a nice shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Mara - that landed with a thud.
Mara will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Mara can't find room to land a body shot as Landry controls the action.
Landry is looking to control Mara's arms but Mara gets an underhook and turns him. Now Landry has his back to the cage.
Mara lands a nice uppercut.
Landry pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Mara tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Landry's elbow.
Landry pushes off an throws an elbow but Mara leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Mara dodges an elbow strike from Landry.
Mara lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Landry backwards.
Landry prevents a body shot from Mara.
Landry blocks a body shot from Mara.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mara blocks an uppercut.
Landry tries to stall but Mara uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Mara stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Mara lands a shoulder strike.
Mara misses with a punch to the body.
Mara digs a right hand into Landry's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Landry's gas tank.
Mara digs a right hand underneath Landry's ribcage. Landry let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Landry is breathing heavily.
Mara avoids a wild elbow strike from Landry.
Mara cracks Landry with a nice body shot.
Mara has Landry pressed against the cage.
Landry throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Mara just leaning against Landry, taking a breather.
Mara lands a nice shot to the body.
Mara on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Mara.
Landry throws an elbow but it misses.
A right hand to the body from Mara.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Mara 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!
Landry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mara swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Landry counters with a nice leg kick.
Mara throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mara swings for the body but Landry moves out of range.
No joy there for Mara, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Mara tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Landry was well out of range. Poor timing from Mara.
Mara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mara misses the shot to the body.
Landry pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mara throws a lazy right hand but Landry sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Landry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Landry.
Mara misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Landry makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Landry.
Mara throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mara misses with a looping left.
Mara throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Mara looks to score with a jab to the body but Landry is just out of range.
Mara takes a swing at Landry's ribcage but misses.
Landry scores with a leg kick.
Landry motions for Mara to come forward. Landry throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mara checks the leg kick nicely there.
Landry throws a chopping leg kick but Mara manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Landry slips under a jab.
Mara on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Landry. Landry obviously looking to wear him down.
Matthew Mara is winning the standup battle so far.
Mara takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Landry will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mara swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mara pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Mara throws a looping overhand right but Landry ducks down to avoid it.
Landry misses with a double jab.
Mara dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Landry lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mara lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A shot to the body from Mara misses
and Landry counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Landry tries to clinch but Mara is having none of it.
Landry throws a leg kick but Mara sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Landry tries to work over Mara's front leg with a kick but Mara checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Landry swats away the attempt to clinch by Mara.
Landry throws a low kick, looking for Mara's leg but Mara calmly moves out of range.
Landry walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Mara checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Mara throws a hook to the side of Landry's head but Landry sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mara misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Landry.
Mara throws out a powerful jab.
Ian Landry has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Landry uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mara.
Mara fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Landry manages to avoid it.
Landry will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Mara lands with a shot to the body.
Mara listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Landry does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Matthew Mara is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Landry is looking to clinch but Mara is avoiding it.
Mara just misses with a punch to the body.
Landry lands with a thumping leg kick.
Landry with a jab.
Landry circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mara uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mara blocks a leg kick.
Landry uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mara.
Landry throws a push kick but Mara slaps the foot to one side.
Mara thows a body shot but no joy.
Landry scores with a jab.
Landry dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Mara. That did some damage!
Landry takes a shot right to the bread basket.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matthew Mara.
Well Mara has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matthew Mara!
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pop
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