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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Moacyr Domingos De Matos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Steele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Matos kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Kick Ass. Steele has chosen Freak On A Leash as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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213 lbs
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211 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
19 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Moacyr Domingos De Matos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, George Steele!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Matos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Steele doesn't seem bothered though.
Steele throws a leg kick but De Matos sees it coming and checks it nicely.
De Matos scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Matos.
Steele connects with a high kick.
Steele is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by De Matos.
De Matos misses with a kick to the body.
Steele misses with a two punch combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Steele throws a leg kick that misses.
De Matos throws a body punch but Steele moves out of range.
De Matos blocks a leg kick.
Steele throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Steele needs to keep his hands up - De Matos had a free shot at his head there.
De Matos throws a nice head kick!
It looks like George Steele has been cut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Steele darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Matos looks to land a left hand but Steele moved out of range nicely.
Steele punishes De Matos's body with a nice straight punch.
A head kick misses from De Matos.
Steele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Steele lands a big head kick that sends De Matos tumbling to the mat! Steele takes a step backwards and waves De Matos back to his feet - he wants the finish!
De Matos is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Steele has taken the fight to the clinch.
Oh De Matos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Matos has a couple of punches blocked by Steele.
De Matos seems to have got his legs back now.
Steele digs a right hand into De Matos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on De Matos's gas tank.
Steele tries to work over De Matos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Steele lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A right hook to the body lands for De Matos.
De Matos wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steele lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Steele.
Steele misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De Matos.
De Matos misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele misses with a knee to the head.
Steele scores with a shot to the side of De Matos's head.
Steele lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Steele looking to throw knees to the head but De Matos is blocking nicely.
Steele has a couple of punches blocked by De Matos.
De Matos lands a nice uppercut.
A shot in the inside from De Matos.
Steele tries to land a knee to the head but De Matos blocks with his arms.
Steele lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of De Matos backwards.
Steele lands an elbow that stopped De Matos in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Moacyr Domingos De Matos has been cut.
Steele pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
De Matos lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Matos ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
De Matos throws a chopping leg kick but Steele manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
De Matos swings for the body but Steele moves out of range.
De Matos avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steele closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Steele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Matos.
De Matos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Steele throws a front kick aimed at De Matos's knee but De Matos avoids it well.
Steele moves out of range of the body kick.
Steele keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Steele tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. De Matos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice defenses there by Steele.
Steele slips a straight right by De Matos.
De Matos sizes up Steele with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
De Matos circles away from the clinch attempt.
De Matos throws a leg kick but Steele sees it coming and moves out of range.
De Matos gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Steele. De Matos does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Matos thows a body shot but no joy.
De Matos ducks under a wild hook from Steele.
De Matos tries a low kick but Steele avoids it.
Steele throws a sloppy body shot
and De Matos counters with a solid body kick.
Steele throws a looping overhand right but De Matos ducks down to avoid it.
De Matos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De Matos swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Steele throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
De Matos is looking to wear down Steele with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
De Matos tries a head kick but it misses.
De Matos punishes Steele's body with a nice straight punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but George Steele will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Steele throws a shot from downtown. De Matos moves away and avoids it.
De Matos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
De Matos scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Steele doesn't seem bothered though.
Steele throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Matos counters with a thumping low kick.
De Matos chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Steele.
De Matos fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Steele misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De Matos.
De Matos tries a head kick but it misses.
De Matos moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
De Matos slips a straight right by Steele.
De Matos avoids the head kick by Steele.
Steele swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Matos misses with a hook to the body
and Steele counters with a leg kick.
A jab from De Matos finds it's way through Steele's defenses.
Steele walks forward, straight into a front kick from De Matos.
Steele is breathing heavily.
Steele walks into a stiff left hand from De Matos.
De Matos is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
De Matos misses with a head kick.
Steele throws a combination but it was largely blocked by De Matos.
Steele walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steele takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Matos scores with a nice right hand.
De Matos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Steele is able to avoid easily.
De Matos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
That has opened up George Steele's cut even more.
A telegraphed right hand from De Matos misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Steele scores with a punch to the head.
De Matos scoring well with a low kick there.
Moacyr Domingos De Matos is winning the standup battle so far.
De Matos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from De Matos.
De Matos avoids a punch combination nicely.
De Matos scores with a sloppy right hand. Steele should have avoided that one.
Steele uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by De Matos.
De Matos paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Steele tries to clinch up but De Matos circles away and keeps his distance.
De Matos is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
De Matos misses with an uppercut. Steele saw that one coming.
De Matos misses with a lunging right hand
and Steele counters with a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Matos cracks a nice hook into Steele's ribs.
The fight stays on the outside here - Steele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
De Matos has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Steele throws a right and a left that De Matos avoids nicely.
De Matos takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
De Matos lands with a straight right. Steele didn't see that one coming.
A nice inside leg kick there by De Matos. That's going to slow Steele down.
De Matos misses with a leg kick.
Steele chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Matos can pounce on him.
The crowd cheers as Steele lands an impressive looking overhand right. De Matos doesn't seem phased though.
De Matos throws a hook to the side of Steele's head but Steele sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Steele's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
De Matos throws an off balance right hand
and Steele counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Steele thows a body shot but no joy.
De Matos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Steele.
Steele lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Matos at a distance.
Steele takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The cut above George Steele's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Steele avoids the head kick by De Matos.
De Matos looks to land a right hand but Steele moved out of range.
De Matos just misses with a punch to the body.
De Matos throws a head kick but Steele moves out of range.
De Matos slips a jab and a cross from Steele.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De Matos throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Steele sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Steele avoids the body shot from De Matos.
Steele moves out of range as De Matos throws a body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Moacyr Domingos De Matos dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
De Matos lands a head kick!
De Matos tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Steele was well out of range. Poor timing from De Matos.
De Matos tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Steele looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Steele walks into a left hand.
Steele lands a jab.
Steele fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but De Matos is out of range.
De Matos thows a left - swing and a miss!
Steele shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
De Matos throws a lazy uppercut
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steele chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before De Matos can pounce on him.
Steele throws a half hearted mid kick.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Matos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by De Matos.
De Matos scores with a nice right hand.
Moacyr Domingos De Matos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steele takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Steele tries to close the distance and clinch but De Matos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Steele looks to land a left hand but De Matos moved out of range nicely.
Steele throws a leg kick that is checked
and De Matos counters with an inside leg kick.
Steele takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Steele misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
De Matos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Steele missing with a left hand there. De Matos was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from De Matos.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Whack! De Matos lands a heavy head kick that drops Steele. The ref tackles De Matos to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Steele was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Moacyr Domingos De Matos!
A relieved looking Moacyr Domingos De Matos thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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