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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Kalawakan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matheus Machida (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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178 cm
19
157 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
25
155 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Paulo Kalawakan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matheus Machida! The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Machida throws a series of strikes that have Kalawakan backpedaling.
It looks like Paulo Kalawakan has been cut. Machida throws a series of punches but Kalawakan avoids them all with ease. Kalawakan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Kalawakan throws a head kick that half lands.
Kalawakan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kalawakan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. Machida clinches. This has been an exciting period of action! Kalawakan keeps control of Machida as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Kalawakan prevents Machida from breaking the clinch. Machida has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate. Kalawakan is trying to force a seperation but Machida has the dominant position. Kalawakan is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Machida wants to break the clinch but can't.
Machida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Kalawakan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Machida looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. A frustrated look appears on Kalawakan's face as he tries to break the clinch. Kalawakan is trying to break the clinch but Machida is controlling him. Kalawakan tries to break free but Machida pushes him back against the cage. Machida is trying to force a seperation but Kalawakan has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Kalawakan working hard to break the clinch. Kalawakan has Machida pressed against the cage, preventing Machida from circling away and getting back to striking at range. Machida is looking to break free of the clinch but Kalawakan has double underhooks. Machida wants to break the clinch but can't.
A frustrated look appears on Kalawakan's face as he tries to break the clinch. Machida tries to break free but Kalawakan pushes him back against the cage. Machida keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kalawakan's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Kalawakan looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Kalawakan is trying to break the clinch but Machida has him pressed against the cage. A frustrated look appears on Kalawakan's face as he tries to break the clinch. A frustrated look appears on Kalawakan's face as he tries to break the clinch. Kalawakan is trying to push Machida away but Machida has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Kalawakan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Kalawakan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Machida gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here. Machida wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Machida keeps control of Kalawakan as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. Kalawakan wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Machida breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A combination from Machida does no damage. The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Machida misses with a jab, cross combination.
Machida comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Kalawakan is breathing heavily. Machida misses with a two punch combination.
Machida tries to bum rush Kalawakan with a series of wild strikes but Kalawakan uses good footwork to avoid the assault. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matheus Machida dominated that round. The cut man is working on Paulo Kalawakan's cut. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Machida lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Machida lands a jab to the nose. Kalawakan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Machida. Machida fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Kalawakan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Kalawakan lands with a slapping head kick. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Machida misses with a wild combination.
Paulo Kalawakan is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Machida scores with a decent looking hook. Machida scores with a one two! Kalawakan had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kalawakan is rocked! Machida steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Kalawakan is out on his feet! Machida sets himself and nearly takes Kalawakan's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Matheus Machida!
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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
100% |
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