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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Mora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mat Matmat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mora's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Seven Nation Army. Matmat comes into a darkened arena with his song building. pass tha axe kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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164 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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176 cm
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167 lbs
18 - 9 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Alejandro Mora!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mat Matmat!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Yves DeLean and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matmat moves into the clinch successfully.
Matmat digs a right hand into Mora's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mora's gas tank.
Matmat keeps control of Mora as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Matmat is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Matmat misses with a punch to the body.
A short right from Matmat on the inside.
Matmat scores with a shot to the side of Mora's head.
Mora goes for a takedown in the clinch but Matmat prevents it.
Matmat is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Mora lands a right hand that snaps the head of Matmat backwards.
Mora blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mora tries to break the clinch but Matmat is controlling the position.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Matmat.
A short uppercut from Matmat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mora tries to break free but Matmat pushes him back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mora.
Matmat content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Matmat misses with a knee strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Matmat.
Mora is trying to stall.
Matmat works on Mora's body with a couple of short punches.
Mora manages to break the clinch.
Mora gets the takedown into side control.
Mora throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Matmat works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Mora missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mora is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Matmat wants to improve his position but Mora is controlling well.
Mora has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mora not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matmat avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mora.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Matmat controlling the position well.
Matmat trying to control here.
Mora thows a huge punch but Matmat dodges it nicely.
Mora not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Matmat works his way to full guard. Good work.
Mora scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Mora looking to sit in guard and control but Matmat gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Mora is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matmat working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Mora is trying to control the position but Matmat postures up.
Mora tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mora looking for subs off his back but Matmat has passed one foot through into half guard.
Matmat drops an elbow to the side of Mora's head.
Mora on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Matmat lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Mora is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Matmat is trying to work for a kimura but Mora is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mora wants to improve his position but Matmat is controlling well.
Matmat not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mora regains full guard. Nicely done.
Mora preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mora utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Matmat advances to half guard.
Mora wants to improve his position but Matmat is controlling well.
Mora wants to control but Matmat is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matmat trying to control the pace.
Matmat working over Mora with some ground and pound. Mora looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mat Matmat dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Matmat misses with a looping right.
Mora ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mora moves into range and clinches up with Matmat.
Mora wants a takedown.
Mora wants to take the fight to the mat but Matmat manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Matmat swings wildly with an uppercut but Mora uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matmat lands a good knee to the midsection. Mora won't want to take too many of those.
Mora blocking some punches.
Matmat throws a punch but it's blocked by Mora.
Mora wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alejandro Mora. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matmat makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Mora blocks a body shot from Matmat.
Mora doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Matmat gets underhooks to prevent Mora's takedown attempt.
Matmat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mat Matmat seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mora breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matmat tries to clinch up.
Matmat looks to land a combination but Mora avoids it well.
Matmat avoids a punch combination nicely.
Mora has closed the distance and engaged Matmat in a clinch.
Matmat lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mora or not.
Mora working hard to break the clinch.
Mora lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Matmat lands a hook that snaps the head of Mora backwards.
A right hand to the body from Matmat.
Mora misses with a hook from the clinch.
Matmat can't find room to land a body shot as Mora controls the action.
Matmat lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Matmat can't find room to land a body shot as Mora controls the action.
Good body shot from Matmat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Matmat scores with a shot to the side of Mora's head.
Matmat gets through Mora's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Mora lands a left hand that snaps the head of Matmat backwards.
Matmat misses with some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Matmat lands a hook to the side of the head.
Mora is rocked!
Matmat is trying to stall.
Oh Mora is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Mora drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Matmat is stalling here.
Mora seems to have got his legs back now.
Matmat tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mora fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mora misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Mora.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Matmat.
Matmat lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Mora manages to break the clinch.
Mora throws a right and a left that Matmat avoids nicely.
Mora moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mora lands a body shot.
Matmat lands with a good body shot.
Mora ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matmat moves away.
Mora moves into the clinch.
Matmat stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matmat misses with some punches.
Matmat is leaning against Mora and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Matmat cracks Mora with a nice body shot.
Matmat lands with a light punch inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mora can't break the clinch.
Matmat prevents a takedown attempt there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Matmat trying to control the position but instead, Mora has worked for underhooks and has pushed Matmat into the cage.
Matmat pushes Mora back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Matmat lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Alejandro Mora has been cut.
Mora wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Matmat blocks a body shot from Mora.
A right handed body shot lands from Matmat.
Matmat effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matmat lands a body shot.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Matmat takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mat Matmat showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Alejandro Mora's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Matmat scores with a leg kick.
Mora darts in and clinches Matmat up against the cage.
Matmat lands with a light punch inside.
Mora is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mora escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mora gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Matmat lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mora manages to break the clinch.
Mora closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Matmat's guard.
Matmat wants to sweep but no luck.
Matmat manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matmat tries to control but Mora wriggling away.
Matmat raining down shots from the mount!
Mat Matmat has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matmat loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Mora scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Matmat land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Matmat stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mat Matmat!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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