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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Spartan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Bombada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 cm
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178 lbs
18 - 11 - 0 |
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180 cm
30
175 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
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
18 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Spartan! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Bombada! The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jorge Garcia and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bombada lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Spartan circles away quickly and effectively. Sloppy strikes from Bombada. Those never looked like landing. Spartan wants to clinch. Bombada lands a nice looking body shot.
Bombada circles away from the clinch attempt.
Spartan misses with a hook. Bombada ducked under it nicely. Spartan looks to land a combination but Bombada avoids it well. Spartan throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bombada sees it coming and avoids it easily. Spartan on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Spartan has taken the fight to the clinch.
Spartan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bombada's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. A jab from Bombada misses. Spartan shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. Bombada throws a series of punches but Spartan avoids them all with ease. Bombada throws a right hand that Spartan ducks under and follows up with a left that Spartan also avoids with ease. A combination from Bombada does no damage. Spartan darts in and clinches Bombada up against the cage. Spartan tries to land knees in the clinch but Bombada avoids the damage to the body. Spartan looks to throw an elbow but misses. Bombada lands a hook that snaps the head of Spartan backwards. Spartan tries to land a knee to the head but Bombada blocks with his arms.
Bombada working aggressively here.
Bombada digs a right hand underneath Spartan's ribcage. Spartan let out a lung full of air as it connected. Bombada misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bombada fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Spartan tries for a takedown. No joy.
Spartan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bombada misses with a body punch.
Bombada blocks an elbow strike. Spartan tries to circle away but Bombada has him pinned against the cage. Spartan stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Spartan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Bombada gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Spartan. That's going to take a lot out of him. A nice left hand lands by Bombada.
Spartan with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Bombada blocks an elbow strike from Spartan.
Bombada working aggressively here.
Bombada being controlled against the cage. Spartan blocks a body shot from Bombada.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Spartan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Bombada avoids the elbow strike from Spartan, against the cage.
Bombada avoids a wild elbow strike from Spartan. Spartan effectively controlling the action here. Spartan trying to land knees to the body.
Bombada breaks the clinch.
Bombada keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Spartan thows a left - swing and a miss! Spartan staying out of range there. Bombada slips under a jab. Bombada will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A jab from Bombada misses. Bombada misses with a series of wild punches.
Bombada lands with an uppercut that bounces Spartan off the cage and back into range. Bombada tries to bum rush Spartan with a series of wild strikes but Spartan uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Bombada throws a shot from downtown. Spartan moves away and avoids it. Bombada misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Spartan.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Bombada scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bombada throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Spartan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button. Brad Bombada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Bombada swinging wildly here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Bombada dominated that round. The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Bombada lands a jab to the nose. Bombada ducks down and throws a hook to the body. A swing and a miss from Bombada. Bombada throws a nice looking combination but Spartan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Bombada misses with a double jab
and Spartan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Bombada misses the jab. Bombada throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Spartan ducks right into an uppercut from Bombada. Spartan misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bombada looks to throw the jab but Spartan is out of range. Spartan lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Spartan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Bombada thuds his right hand into Spartan's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Spartan misses the shot to the body. Bombada scores with a hook to the body. Spartan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Bombada throws a combination that misses and Spartan counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bombada's knee momentarily. Spartan is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Bombada. Spartan misses with a few strikes there.
Spartan throws a series of punches but Bombada avoids them all with ease.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Spartan shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Spartan was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Spartan lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning. Spartan lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Spartan looking to control but Bombada is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Spartan controlling the pace for now. Spartan lands a big shot there that rocks Bombada but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Spartan landing punches. Bombada is bucking up trying to escape but Spartan cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Spartan throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Bombada because Spartan loaded up on that one. Bombada blocking the ground and pound. Bombada blocking the ground and pound. You get the feeling that Bombada really doesn't like being in this position too much.
A nice elbow there by Spartan. Bombada takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Spartan's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Spartan! A very excited looking Matt Spartan rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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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
34% |
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