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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Harry Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Matthews might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cult of Personality. The key to victory for Dominick Matthews has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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190 cm
24
250 lbs
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185 cm
22
245 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Dominick Matthews! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harry Brown! The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Matthews looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Brown looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight! We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup. Brown keeping moving, preventing Matthews from controlling successfully. Matthews trying to stand up but can't free himself from Brown's guard. Matthews's corner is telling him to maintain position. Matthews stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brown swivels though and keeps the full guard. Matthews wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
We're going to have a standup here because Dominick Matthews wasn't active enough for the referee's liking. Matthews shoots in but Brown avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Matthews shoots in for a double leg but Brown sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Matthews gets a takedown into half guard. Brown has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Matthews is working away from the top position though. Brown blocking the ground and pound attempt from Matthews. Matthews is trying to control the action in half guard but Brown is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Matthews is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Brown is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him. Matthews knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Brown on the ground. The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Dominick Matthews. Brown tries to close the distance and clinch but Matthews swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Matthews lands a left and a right that send Brown crashing to the mat, dazed. Matthews thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Harry Brown has been cut. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Matthews lands a leg kick that knocks Brown off balance momentarily. Brown takes one to the chin there.
Brown is rocked! Matthews shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away. Brown is still in real trouble! Can Matthews finish him? Matthews postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Brown bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Matthews and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominick Matthews! Dominick Matthews is the new heavyweight champion!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
44% |
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