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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Makao Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adrian Lima (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matsumoto comes to the ring accompanied by Sepultura - Territory . Adrian Lima has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Makao Matsumoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Adrian Lima!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsumoto closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lima quickly recovers to half guard.
Lima wants to get back to full guard.
Matsumoto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Matsumoto missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Matsumoto passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Lima!
Lima is trying desperately to improve position.
Matsumoto landing shots from mount.
Lima regains half guard.
Lima trying to control here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsumoto looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Matsumoto is taking a breather. Lima says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Lima moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lima throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Matsumoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Lima is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Matsumoto is in close to Lima's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto trying to control but Lima is working from the bottom.
Matsumoto lands a couple of digs.
Lima looking to control.
Matsumoto distracts Lima with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lima working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Matsumoto.
Lima is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Matsumoto defends well.
Matsumoto 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.
Matsumoto lands a couple of elbows.
Matsumoto trying to control the position from guard on top but Lima is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Matsumoto connects with a couple of short punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto throws a big right hand that misses.
Matsumoto postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lima escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Matsumoto gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lima looks gassed!
Matsumoto advances position into side control!
Matsumoto working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Matsumoto tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Matsumoto has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lima takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto is putting a hurting on Lima here, landing some big shots from side control.
Matsumoto wants to lay and pray for a moment but Lima keeps working.
Lima on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto is looking to take a break and control but Lima is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Matsumoto in side control lands a decent elbow.
Matsumoto misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Matsumoto tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Matsumoto working the body and head with strikes.
Check out the look on Matsumoto's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Matsumoto is looking to take a break and control but Lima is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto lands a few punches from side control.
Lima dodges the ground and pound from Matsumoto.
Lima defending against the ground and pound.
Lima gets back to half guard.
Matsumoto looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Lima keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Matsumoto not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Lima wants to improve his position but Matsumoto is controlling well.
Matsumoto thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Lima looking for submissions off his back.
Matsumoto passes to full mount!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Matsumoto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Matsumoto putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Matsumoto connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Matsumoto landing strikes from the mount and Lima is in trouble!
Lima is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matsumoto cracks Lima with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Makao Matsumoto!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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