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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stan Engrle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matthews has chosen Disturbed-Conflict as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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215 lbs
22 - 13 - 0 |
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185 cm
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210 lbs
12 - 10 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stan Engrle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 10 - 1, fighting out of New York, Kevin Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jorge Garcia and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Engrle throws a push kick but Matthews slaps the foot to one side.
Matthews circles away from the clinch attempt.
Matthews throws out a powerful jab.
It looks like Stan Engrle has been cut.
Engrle scores with a three punch combo!
Matthews misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matthews shoots in but Engrle avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Matthews takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Matthews is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Engrle.
Matthews gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Matthews avoids the head kick by Engrle.
Engrle is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Engrle misses with an attempted mid kick.
Matthews misses with a two punch combination.
Engrle fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matthews manages to avoid it.
Matthews avoids the head kick by Engrle.
Engrle throws a nice looking combination but Matthews bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Matthews misses with a series of wild punches.
Engrle rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Matthews moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Stan Engrle is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Engrle throws a poor cross that misses
and Matthews counters with a straight right hand.
Matthews connects with a good right hand that stumbles Engrle. Engrle circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Matthews changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Engrle takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Engrle is breathing heavily.
Matthews works Engrle's body with a nice hook.
Matthews lands an overhand right.
Matthews steps into range and cracks Engrle with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Engrle flops backwards and Matthews dives into his guard looking to finish!
Engrle is rocked!
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Matthews loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Matthews trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Matthews accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Matthews throwing strikes from guard but Engrle blocks nicely.
Matthews postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Engrle utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Matthews missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Engrle keeping moving, preventing Matthews from controlling successfully.
Matthews throws a big right hand that misses.
Engrle preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matthews makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Matthews trying to control the position from guard on top but Engrle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Matthews working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Engrle knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Matthews on the ground.
Engrle can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Matthews controls the pace.
Engrle keeping moving, preventing Matthews from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Engrle is working an open guard so Matthews takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Matthews swings widly with a right hand
and Engrle counters with a nice leg kick.
Matthews lands a really nice looking cross but Engrle seems unphased.
Stan Engrle's cut is getting worse.
Matthews shoots in for a double leg but Engrle sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Engrle tries to clinch but Matthews is having none of it.
Matthews swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Engrle.
Stan Engrle seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice cross by Matthews.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Engrle pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Engrle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Engrle misses with a few strikes there.
Matthews looking to score a takedown here. Engrle is defending well but Matthews drives through and ends up in Engrle's guard.
Engrle on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Engrle tries to get out of the position.
Matthews gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews looks to throw the jab but Engrle is out of range.
Matthews lands a nice shot that snaps Engrle's head back.
Matthews scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Engrle uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matthews.
Matthews connects with a single shot there.
Matthews lands with a nice body punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Engrle looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matthews misses with a double jab.
Engrle tries to clinch but Matthews moves out of range.
Nice combo by Matthews! Oh, that's hurt him - Engrle falls to the canvas and Matthews follows him into side control.
Oh Engrle is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stan Engrle's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Matthews scores with a couple of short elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Engrle is not content to let Matthews control the position.
Engrle seems to have got his legs back now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Matthews dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stan Engrle's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Engrle jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matthews shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Engrle napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Matthews misses with the ground and pound.
Matthews is trying to ground and pound but Engrle uses the momentary lack of control by Matthews to regain half guard.
Matthews thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Matthews thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Matthews throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Matthews missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Matthews takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Matthews is nestled in close to Engrle, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Jeez, Stan Engrle's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Stan Engrle's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kevin 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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