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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Randal Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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185 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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176 cm
26
184 lbs
16 - 4 - 1 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed |
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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
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Randal Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Chris Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shirou Masuda and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens looks to score with a jab to the body but Matthews is just out of range.
Stevens throws a body punch but Matthews moves out of range.
Matthews with a poor takedown
and Stevens counters with a takedown into side control.
Stevens throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
A lull in the action here.
Stevens looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Matthews is avoiding damage well.
Matthews defending against the ground and pound.
Stevens lands a decent elbow from side control.
Matthews defending against the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Stevens.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stevens working the ground and pound but Matthews is defending the strikes.
Matthews is looking to regain half guard here but Stevens keeps moving and retains side control.
Stevens wants to lay and pray for a moment but Matthews keeps working.
Stevens working the ground and pound.
Matthews struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens landing strikes.
Stevens lands a decent elbow from side control.
Matthews taking punishment in the form of punches.
Matthews takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens taking a break here but Matthews is having none of it and regains half guard.
Stevens throws a strike but Matthews avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthews is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Matthews looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stevens is one step ahead there.
Stevens looking to sit in guard and control but Matthews gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Matthews postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Stevens is on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is pushing down on Matthews's leg trying to pass to half guard. Matthews is fighting to maintain full guard but Stevens has managed to sneak the leg through.
Stevens missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Matthews keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stevens prevents Matthews from improving his position.
Stevens works his foot free and advances to mount.
Stevens working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stevens punching from mount but Matthews doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Stevens unloading with bombs!
Stevens trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Stevens punching from mount but Matthews doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Matthews working to try and regain half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stevens with the ground and pound from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Stevens cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stevens misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Stevens takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Matthews is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevens controlling the position easily from mount.
Matthews can't escape the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is landing with some decent strikes but Matthews is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Stevens working Matthews over with strikes here.
BOOM! Stevens connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Matthews is bucking up trying to escape but Stevens cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
BOOM! Stevens connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stevens looking to control but Matthews is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Stevens landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Stevens wants to control the pace but Matthews is squirming around nicely.
Stevens working the ground and pound effectively.
Stevens throws some wild stikes that Matthews manages to avoid easily.
Stevens dominating with strikes here.
Stevens raining down shots from the mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Stevens lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randal Stevens dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Matthews doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Stevens cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Stevens scores with a hook.
Matthews avoids the body shot from Stevens.
Stevens takes a swing at Matthews's ribcage but misses.
Stevens lands with a nice body punch.
A shot to the liver by Stevens. Beautiful body shot.
Matthews takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Stevens misses with a body shot.
Stevens is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Matthews can do to turn this around?
Matthews looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Stevens throws a predictable looking body shot
and Matthews counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Stevens's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevens manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Matthews manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens trying to control but Matthews is working from the bottom.
Stevens throws an elbow that misses. Matthews uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Stevens's guard. Nice move by Matthews!
Stevens is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stevens lands a nice short elbow.
Stevens throwing shots but Matthews is blocking nicely.
Stevens throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Matthews to regain full guard.
Randal Stevens overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Matthews had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stevens defends it easily.
Stevens postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Matthews is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Matthews's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Matthews's back!
Stevens throws strikes from the back but Matthews rolls nicely and manages to end up in full guard. Nice work by Matthews.
Stevens slips nicely into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Stevens lands a nice short elbow.
Stevens not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stevens seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Matthews does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Matthews trying to get back to full guard but Stevens takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Matthews is trying desperately to improve position.
Stevens has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Matthews's face.
Stevens scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Matthews?
That's five minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Stevens connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The referee warns Matthews that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Stevens trying to control but Matthews is having none of it.
Matthews defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Stevens.
The referee warns Matthews that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stevens putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Stevens landing strikes from the mount and Matthews is in trouble!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stevens looking to finish Matthews with some ground and pound. This is bad for Matthews!
Stevens looking to control but Matthews is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Matthews is trying desperately to improve position.
Stevens looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Stevens connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Stevens landing shots from mount.
Matthews slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Stevens landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Matthews is staying active underneath Stevens, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Stevens is nestled in close to Matthews, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Stevens working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Matthews's thigh. Matthews counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Matthews is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stevens is aware though and is defending well.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Matthews keeping moving, preventing Stevens from controlling successfully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stevens keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Matthews's head.
Stevens throws a big right hand that misses.
Stevens throwing strikes from guard but Matthews blocks nicely.
Stevens postures up in Matthews's guard and throws a big left but Matthews blocks it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Stevens wants to control from the top but Matthews keeps moving.
Stevens pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Matthews is keeping the position for now.
Stevens trying to control the position from guard on top but Matthews is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Randal Stevens.
Matthews blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randal Stevens dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Stevens darts in and clinches Matthews up against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Stevens.
Stevens lands a nice uppercut.
Stevens softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Matthews doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Stevens tries to work over Matthews's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stevens keeps control of Matthews as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stevens lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Matthews prevents the takedown attempt.
Stevens has Matthews pressed against the cage, preventing Matthews from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Stevens throws a head punch that misses.
Stevens lands a left hand that snaps the head of Matthews backwards.
Stevens tries to work over Matthews's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matthews tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Stevens lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Matthews or not.
Matthews working aggressively here.
Matthews can't find room to land a body shot as Stevens controls the action.
Stevens misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens swings wildly with an uppercut but Matthews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matthews tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stevens's elbow.
Matthews digs a right hand into Stevens's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Stevens's gas tank.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stevens.
Stevens working aggressively here.
Stevens misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Matthews.
Matthews prevents a body shot from Stevens.
Matthews tries a body shot but Stevens blocks it.
Stevens blocks a body shot from Matthews.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stevens.
Stevens lands a left hand that snaps the head of Matthews backwards.
Stevens tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matthews's elbow.
Matthews is looking to break free of the clinch but Stevens has double underhooks.
Matthews looking to slow down the pace here.
Matthews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews with a lazy takedown attempt
and Stevens counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Matthews's guard now.
Matthews takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stevens trying to control but Matthews is working from the bottom.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Stevens with a nice head shot there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens throwing strikes from guard but Matthews blocks nicely.
Matthews keeping moving, preventing Stevens from controlling successfully.
We're going to have a standup here because Randal Stevens wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Stevens closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Matthews's guard.
Stevens controlling from the top position.
Stevens scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthews had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Stevens defends it easily.
Stevens trying to control but Matthews is working from the bottom.
Matthews avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Stevens is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Stevens passes into half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Stevens moves into full mount! Matthews won't be happy about that!
Stevens with a couple of short strikes.
Stevens can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Matthews is looking to escape.
Stevens in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Stevens scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Matthews?
Stevens connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Matthews is trying desperately to improve position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevens dominating with strikes here.
Stevens with a couple of short strikes.
Matthews is looking to get to half guard.
Stevens scoring with strikes but Matthews is staying in there.
Chris Matthews has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Matthews is rocked!
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Stevens punishing his opponent with strikes.
Matthews is still in real trouble! Can Stevens finish him?
Stevens controlling his opponent.
Stevens lands a big elbow - Matthews is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Matthews is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Randal Stevens!
A victorious Randal Stevens thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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