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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Will Matsuda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Babe Ruth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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211 lbs
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217 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 Rio de Janeiro, Will Matsuda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Babe Ruth!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ruth gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Matsuda has had enough of the clinch but Ruth keeps him there for the moment.
Matsuda letting Ruth take a breather here.
Matsuda fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ruth blocks an uppercut.
Matsuda wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Ruth lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matsuda backwards.
Matsuda can't find room to land a body shot as Ruth controls the action.
Ruth lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Matsuda or not.
Matsuda taking a breather.
Ruth lands a shot to the body.
Ruth cracks Matsuda with a nice body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ruth scores with a shot to the side of Matsuda's head.
Matsuda stalling in the clinch but Ruth improves position.
Ruth lands a shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Ruth.
Ruth slows down the pace here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matsuda wants to stall.
A short left from Ruth.
Ruth has Matsuda pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Ruth scores with a nice short uppercut.
Matsuda is trying to break the clinch but Ruth is controlling him.
Matsuda is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Matsuda working aggressively here.
Matsuda goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ruth lands a body punch in the clinch.
Ruth works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ruth blocks an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Ruth lands an uppercut.
Ruth will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Matsuda up against the cage.
Ruth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matsuda backwards.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Matsuda is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Ruth scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ruth lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Matsuda being controlled against the cage.
Ruth pushes Matsuda back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ruth lands a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ruth lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ruth lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Ruth.
Ruth lands with a right to the head.
Ruth blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ruth blocking some punches.
A right hand to the body from Ruth.
Matsuda takes a shot to the head.
Matsuda misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Matsuda stalls.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Ruth as Matsuda tries to tie him up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ruth creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Ruth taking a breather.
Ruth lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ruth lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matsuda backwards.
Ruth slows down the pace here.
Ruth receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Ruth.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ruth escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ruth throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Matsuda stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Ruth and Matsuda goes tumbling to the canvas! Ruth follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Babe Ruth dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Matsuda takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Matsuda is rocked!
Matsuda throws a head kick but Ruth moves out of range.
Oh Matsuda is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ruth cracks Matsuda with a hook to the temple - Matsuda is on wobbly legs here! Ruth swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Matsuda falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Ruth wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:13 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Babe Ruth!
Babe Ruth gave a mention to RMC - Rio Mma Clothing in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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