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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Emanuel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Cartman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Emanuel kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is The Wizard by Black Sabbath. The crowd seem to be enjoying Cartman's choice of entrance music: Santana Ft Everlast - Put Your Lights On. The key to victory for Matthew Emanuel has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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185 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
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180 lbs
13 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matthew Emanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Eric Cartman!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Emanuel feints a jab promting Cartman to slip. Emanuel then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Cartman slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Emanuel leaves Cartman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A head kick misses from Cartman.
Emanuel tries to land a front kick but Cartman steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Emanuel connects with a single shot there.
Emanuel ducks under a wild hook from Cartman.
Cartman swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cartman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Emanuel has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Emanuel and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cartman doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cartman misses with a combination
and Emanuel counters with a stiff right hand.
Cartman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Emanuel can pounce on him.
Cartman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Cartman.
Emanuel throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cartman stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Cartman dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Emanuel. That did some damage!
Cartman throws a push kick but Emanuel slaps the foot to one side.
Emanuel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
No joy there for Cartman, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Emanuel tries to close the distance and clinch but Cartman swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A good leg kick by Emanuel.
Cartman throws a sloppy head kick
and Emanuel counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Emanuel throws a looping overhand right but Cartman ducks down to avoid it.
Cartman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Emanuel scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Cartman is looking to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Cartman is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Emanuel wants to work for an arm triangle but Cartman is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Cartman landing strikes from the bottom.
Emanuel prevents Cartman from improving his position.
Cartman is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Emanuel tries to pass the half guard into mount. Cartman knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Cartman wants to improve his position but Emanuel is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Emanuel prevents Cartman from improving his position.
Emanuel is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Emanuel stops Cartman from getting back to his feet.
Cartman is trying to get back to full guard.
Emanuel drops an elbow to the side of Cartman's head.
Cartman looks like he's trying to stand up.
Emanuel wants to free his trapped foot but Cartman is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cartman is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Emanuel wants to free his trapped foot but Cartman is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Emanuel is stalling here. Cartman is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Emanuel seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cartman has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Cartman lands a nice forearm strike.
Cartman working the ground and pound.
Cartman scoring with punches from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cartman scores with a couple of short elbows.
Cartman 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.
Emanuel is trying to control Cartman's posture but Cartman avoids it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cartman is looking to take a break and control but Emanuel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cartman working the body and head with strikes.
Emanuel struggling a bit here.
Emanuel is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Cartman tries to stand but Emanuel is controlling his head.
You can see the frustration on Emanuel's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cartman in side control, throwing shots but Emanuel defends.
Cartman wants to control but Emanuel is keeping him busy.
Emanuel is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Cartman off and has taken his back!
Cartman can't escape the position.
Emanuel trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Emanuel will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel gets his hands free as Cartman looks to control.
Cartman tries to break free.
Cartman trying to control the action but Emanuel just sinks the hooks in.
Emanuel doesn't have the hooks in and Cartman manages to turn into his guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cartman tries to stand but Emanuel is controlling from the bottom.
Cartman wants to control from the top but Emanuel keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Eric Cartman was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Emanuel fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Emanuel lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cartman throws a wild body kick that Emanuel sees coming a mile off.
Emanuel misses with a body kick.
Cartman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Emanuel.
Emanuel shoots in but Cartman avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cartman shoots in for a takedown but Emanuel shows good takedown defense.
Cartman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Emanuel tries to avoid it but Cartman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Emanuel to the ground. Emanuel escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Matthew Emanuel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Cartman.
Cartman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Emanuel is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cartman will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cartman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cartman swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cartman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cartman looks gassed!
Emanuel showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cartman.
Emanuel fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cartman throws a sloppy head kick
and Emanuel counters with a good low kick that Cartman was not able to check.
Emanuel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cartman gets tackled into the cage by Emanuel. Emanuel maintains the clinch.
Emanuel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cartman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Emanuel lands an overhand right.
Emanuel takes one on the button.
Cartman throws a leg kick
and Emanuel counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Matthew Emanuel will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Cartman shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Emanuel defends it nicely.
Emanuel lands a really nice looking cross but Cartman seems unphased.
Emanuel swings for the body but Cartman moves out of range.
Emanuel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cartman misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cartman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Emanuel lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cartman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Emanuel is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cartman.
Emanuel is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Cartman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Emanuel connects with a looping right hand.
Cartman is rocked!
Eric Cartman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cartman bobbing and weaving nicely... He's ducked under a jab and ducks again but ooooooh! Emanuel comes at him with an uppercut from hell! Cartman falls to the canvas, unconscious! This one is all over! Oh man, looking at the replay that was right on the button! Cartman was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Matthew Emanuel!
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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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