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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between George Gongadze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matthews has chosen The Beast by Tech N9ne as his entrance music. Anthony Matthews has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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240 lbs
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284 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Gongadze!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Anthony Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Reed Andrews and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gongadze shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Matthews as he jumps to the side.
Gongadze gets the takedown into side control.
Gongadze is breathing heavily.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
You can see the frustration on Matthews's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Matthews is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Matthews tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Matthews is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gongadze avoids the attempt from Matthews to control.
Matthews's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Gongadze controlling his opponent.
Matthews wants to hold on but Gongadze pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews wants to get back to his feet.
Gongadze throwing strikes here but Matthews is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gongadze stands up from mount. Strange move.
Matthews tries to bum rush Gongadze with a series of wild strikes but Gongadze uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Sloppy strikes from Matthews. Those never looked like landing.
Matthews throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gongadze swats away the attempt to clinch by Matthews.
Gongadze shoots in looking for a takedown. Matthews tries to sprawl out of it but Gongadze keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Matthews manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Anthony Matthews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matthews lands a leg kick that knocks Gongadze off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews throws a right and a left that Gongadze avoids nicely.
Matthews misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Gongadze counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Matthews lands with an uppercut that bounces Gongadze off the cage and back into range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matthews throws a series of punches but Gongadze avoids them all with ease.
Matthews misses with a few strikes there.
Matthews misses with a few strikes there.
Matthews should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Matthews lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Gongadze dodges the punch combination from Matthews.
Matthews misses with a double jab
and Gongadze counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Gongadze.
Gongadze tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for George Gongadze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matthews wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gongadze has him pressed against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gongadze tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Matthews tries to break free but Gongadze pushes him back against the cage.
Matthews has had enough of the clinch but Gongadze keeps him there for the moment.
Gongadze stalling against the cage.
Matthews wants to break the clinch but can't.
Matthews is trying to break the clinch but Gongadze is controlling him.
Gongadze blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gongadze breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matthews feints a jab promting Gongadze to slip. Matthews then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Gongadze slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Matthews tries to clinch there but Gongadze circles away.
Matthews avoids the head kick by Gongadze.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Gongadze got wobbled bad by a big combination! Matthews presses forward with punches and knees until Gongadze stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Gongadze closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Matthews!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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