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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Thomaz Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hitoshi Matsumoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Taylor comes into the arena with Taylor Gang blaring out of the sound system. Matsumoto has chosen Otep - Blood Pigs as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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159 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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170 cm
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150 lbs
9 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Thomaz Taylor!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hitoshi Matsumoto!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matsumoto shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Taylor counters with a straight right hand.
Matsumoto takes the fight into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Taylor as the two fighters clinch.
Matsumoto is trying to break the clinch but Taylor is controlling him.
Taylor lands a left hand that snaps the head of Matsumoto backwards.
Matsumoto is trying to break the clinch but Taylor has him pressed against the cage.
Taylor keeps control of Matsumoto as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Matsumoto wants to stall.
Matsumoto misses with a short punch on the inside.
Taylor dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Taylor lands a shot to the body.
Taylor stalling the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Taylor for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Good body shot from Taylor.
Matsumoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Taylor stops a takedown attempt from Matsumoto.
Taylor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Matsumoto's efforts to push away.
Taylor digs a right hand underneath Matsumoto's ribcage. Matsumoto let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Taylor scores with a hook to the body.
Taylor pushes Matsumoto back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Taylor.
Taylor cracks Matsumoto with a nice body shot.
A right hand to the body from Taylor.
Matsumoto looks gassed!
Matsumoto has had enough of the clinch but Taylor keeps him there for the moment.
Taylor digs a right hand into Matsumoto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Matsumoto's gas tank.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Taylor.
Matsumoto is looking to break free of the clinch but Taylor has double underhooks.
Matsumoto has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Taylor avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Thomaz Taylor has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Hitoshi Matsumoto.
Nice body punch from Taylor - that landed with a thud.
Taylor leaning his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Taylor - that landed with a thud.
Taylor taking a breather.
Taylor gets through Matsumoto's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Taylor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Matsumoto.
Taylor will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Matsumoto up against the cage.
Taylor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Taylor.
Matsumoto wants to break the clinch but can't.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Taylor.
Taylor lands a body punch in the clinch.
Taylor lands with a left to the head.
Taylor lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matsumoto backwards.
Taylor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Taylor lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Taylor.
Matsumoto takes a shot to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Taylor takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Taylor presses Matsumoto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a body shot.
Still in the clinch, Taylor scores with a nice short uppercut.
Taylor lands a nice shot to the body.
A short body shot lands from Taylor as the two fighters clinch.
Taylor works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Taylor lands a shoulder strike.
Taylor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A hook to the body from Taylor.
Taylor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Matsumotos head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Taylor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Taylor's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Taylor works on Matsumoto's body with a couple of short punches.
Taylor slows down the pace here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomaz Taylor dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Taylor has closed the distance and engaged Matsumoto in a clinch.
Taylor pressing his opponent against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Thomaz Taylor.
Taylor dips to his left and cracks Matsumoto with an uppercut!
Matsumoto has closed the distance and engaged Taylor in a clinch.
Matsumoto wants to get back to striking at distance but Taylor won't allow it.
Taylor lands with a short shot to the head.
Taylor lands a body shot in the clinch.
Matsumoto is breathing heavily.
Taylor presses Matsumoto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Matsumoto tries to work over Taylor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Taylor.
Matsumoto is looking to break free of the clinch but Taylor has double underhooks.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Taylor creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Matsumoto goes for a takedown attempt but Taylor pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Taylor throws a quick inside leg kick.
Taylor has Matsumoto up against the cage in a clinch.
Thomaz Taylor has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Taylor lands a body punch.
Taylor lands a nice uppercut.
Taylor cracks Matsumoto with a nice body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Taylor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Matsumotos head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taylor.
Taylor slowing the pace effectively.
Matsumoto wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Taylor has him pressed against the cage.
Taylor lands a body shot.
Come on Taylor - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Taylor cracks Matsumoto with a nice body shot.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Thomaz Taylor.
Taylor fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Taylor lands an overhand right.
Matsumoto gets a clinch.
Taylor effectively controlling the action here.
A right hand to the body from Taylor.
Taylor lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Taylor makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Taylor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor digs a right hand underneath Matsumoto's ribcage. Matsumoto let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Taylor lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short left from Taylor.
Matsumoto letting Taylor take a breather here.
Taylor lands a right hand.
Matsumoto is rocked!
Nice elbow from Taylor.
Matsumoto is still on wobbly legs! Can Taylor finish him?
A right hook to the body lands for Taylor.
Taylor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Matsumoto being controlled against the cage.
Matsumoto seems to have recovered his senses.
Taylor unloads a knee to the mid-section. Matsumoto lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A right hook to the body lands for Taylor.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomaz Taylor 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!
Taylor with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Taylor lands a right hook to the body.
Taylor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matsumoto throws a sloppy head kick
and Taylor counters with a nice low kick that buckles Matsumoto's knee momentarily.
Matsumoto takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Taylor throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Matsumoto stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Taylor is looking to wear down Matsumoto with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Matsumoto gets tackled into the cage by Taylor. Taylor maintains the clinch.
Taylor lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Matsumoto.
Taylor lands a body shot.
Taylor scores with a hook to the body.
A hook to the body from Taylor.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Taylor taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Taylor presses Matsumoto against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Taylor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Taylor throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Taylor scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Taylor displaying some good clinch control by pressing Matsumoto up against the cage.
Taylor digs a right hand into Matsumoto's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Matsumoto's gas tank.
A body shot lands from Taylor.
Taylor lands a body shot.
Taylor stalls.
A short body shot lands from Taylor as the two fighters clinch.
A body shot lands from Taylor.
Taylor's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Taylor lands a body punch.
Taylor avoiding damage.
A body shot lands from Taylor.
Taylor leaning against his opponent.
A hook to the body from Taylor.
Taylor has Matsumoto pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Thomaz Taylor.
Matsumoto stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Taylor.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Taylor.
Hitoshi Matsumoto seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Taylor connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Matsumoto is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Taylor lands a slapping body shot.
Nice body punch from Taylor.
Taylor comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Taylor throws a shot to the body.
Taylor lands a glancing blow to the side of Matsumoto's head.
Taylor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Matsumoto in his tracks.
Matsumoto walks into a straight right hand from Taylor.
Taylor instigates a clinch.
Thomaz Taylor is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Matsumoto being controlled against the cage.
Taylor lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Taylor cracks Matsumoto with a nice body shot.
Taylor scores with a hook to the body.
Taylor lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Matsumoto or not.
Taylor is stalling here.
Matsumoto wants a takedown but no success here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Taylor throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Matsumotos head.
Taylor blocking some punches.
Hitoshi Matsumoto has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Taylor.
A right hook to the body lands for Taylor.
And that's the end of the fight!
Thomaz Taylor showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Taylor 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 Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomaz Taylor!
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energy
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hype
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