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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gino Matic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Perez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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190 cm
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205 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 Los Angeles, Gino Matic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Josh Perez!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matic gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Perez counters with a nice double leg into side control. Matic won't be happy with that.
Sloppy strikes there by Perez.
Perez is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Matic will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Perez decides to stand back up.
Matic gets a clinch.
Perez is trying to break the clinch but Matic is controlling him.
Matic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Perez prevents it.
Perez successfully pulls guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matic trying to stand up but can't free himself from Perez's guard.
Matic stopping the sweep attempt from Perez.
Perez keeping moving, preventing Matic from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matic has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Perez is proving hard to escape from.
Matic pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Perez is keeping the position for now.
Perez is adopting a defensive guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Perez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Matic wants to hit a switch here but Perez passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Matic there!
Matic might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matic is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Matic is working to get back to half guard.
Matic is trying to reverse the position but instead Perez has taken his back - oops!
Matic covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Perez missing with strikes from the back.
Matic prevents Perez from getting a body triangle.
Matic is having to fend off submission attempts from Perez, who is looking to sink in the choke. Perez doesn't have the hooks in though and Matic manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matic wants to control from the top but Perez keeps moving.
Matic looking to pass the guard.
Matic has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Matic thows a big elbow that misses.
Matic is looking to advance position but Perez has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Matic wants to control but Perez is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Perez blocks Matic's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Perez controlling the pace for now.
Perez trying to control but Matic is having none of it.
Matic tries to lock up and control but Perez gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Matic keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Perez can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Matic is looking to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Josh Perez dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Perez shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Matic counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Matic is trying to control. Perez wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Matic passes to full mount!
Matic controlling the pace for now.
Matic trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Matic in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Matic is looking to work his way around to Perez's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Perez is wriggling around trying to escape.
Perez tries to hold on but Matic pushes him away.
Matic trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Matic lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Perez is breathing heavily.
Matic seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Perez is holding on tight.
Perez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Matic putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Perez is rocked!
It looks like Josh Perez has been cut.
Matic scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Perez?
Perez is still in real trouble! Can Matic finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matic controlling from the full mount.
Matic unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Perez wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Matic celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gino Matic!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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