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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cassius Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matias Alderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Payne comes to the cage accompanied by Paul Oakenfold - Ready Steady Go. Alderson comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dark moon High tide 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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140 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
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168 lbs
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Solid boxing
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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
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cassius Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matias Alderson!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Illya Tyunina and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alderson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Alderson scoring with punches and elbows.
Payne manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Payne wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Payne actively working from the bottom here.
Payne wants to get back to full guard.
Alderson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Payne regains full guard. Nicely done.
Alderson wants to pass the guard but Payne is keeping the position.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Payne throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Payne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alderson defends it easily.
Payne looking for a sweep. Not yet Payne, not yet.
Alderson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Alderson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Payne keeping full guard, as Alderson tries to pass.
Alderson must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Payne 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.
Payne keeping moving, preventing Alderson from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alderson stopping the sweep attempt from Payne.
Payne looking for subs off his back but Alderson has passed one foot through into half guard.
Alderson is keen to just control but Payne is a slippery customer.
Payne is pressing down on Alderson's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payne lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Alderson!
Payne lands a big shot there that rocks Alderson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Alderson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Alderson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Payne lands with some strikes.
Alderson wants to get back to his feet.
Payne fails to advance to Alderson's back.
Alderson wants to hold on but Payne pushes him away.
Alderson can't escape the position.
Payne landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Alderson is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Payne lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Alderson hang on?
Payne punishing his opponent with strikes.
Payne working for a guillotine from mount but Alderson is in no mood to give up.
Payne has control of Alderson's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Alderson regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Payne with good strikes from the mount here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Payne cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Payne looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Alderson is trying to stand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cassius Payne dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Payne closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Alderson's guard.
Alderson wants to stand but Payne is controlling the position.
Payne looking to pass the guard.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Payne here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Payne is working hard here to advance position.
Payne lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Payne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Alderson wants to stand up but Payne is controlling him.
Payne throwing strikes but missing.
Alderson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Payne pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alderson is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alderson wants to stand but Payne is controlling the position.
Alderson has momentary wrist control but Payne slips an elbow through the middle.
Cassius Payne overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Payne pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alderson is keeping the position for now.
Payne cracks Alderson with a solid left hand.
Alderson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Payne keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Alderson's head.
Alderson is trying to control the position but Payne postures up.
Alderson keeping moving, preventing Payne from controlling successfully.
Payne trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Payne tries to free his leg and advance position but Alderson is retaining full guard.
Alderson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payne advances to half guard.
Alderson avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Payne.
Alderson is looking to get back to is feet but Payne passes into side control.
Payne is trying to get an arm triangle but Alderson is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Alderson is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Payne has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Alderson gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
The referee warns Alderson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Payne landing shots from mount.
Payne looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Alderson wants to hold on but Payne pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alderson is looking to improve his position but Payne isn't that keen on the idea.
Payne cracks Alderson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Payne working the ground and pound effectively.
Alderson is working to get back to half guard.
Payne dominating with strikes here.
Alderson gets back to half guard.
Payne is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Alderson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Payne tries to free his leg and advance position but Alderson is retaining full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Payne trying to control the position from guard on top but Alderson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Alderson wants to sweep but no luck.
Payne working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Alderson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Payne is controlling him.
Alderson 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.
Payne prevents Alderson from getting back to his feet.
Payne throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Alderson works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Alderson can't keep his opponent in guard - Payne advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Payne is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Alderson is looking to control Payne's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Alderson avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cassius Payne dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Alderson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Payne avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Payne will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Alderson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Payne.
Payne jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Payne misses with a double jab.
Alderson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Alderson is pushing down on Payne's leg trying to pass to half guard. Payne is fighting to maintain full guard but Alderson has managed to sneak the leg through.
Payne looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Alderson is working for a kimura but Payne is defending it quite comfortably.
Payne is looking to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alderson working the head and body with strikes.
Payne looking for submissions off his back.
Payne 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.
Payne trying to control here.
Payne manages to get to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Payne is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Alderson is aware though and is defending well.
Alderson sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Payne's guard.
Payne wants to get back to full guard.
Alderson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Payne moves into full guard.
Alderson preventing the sweep.
Payne striking off his back but it's not causing Alderson any problems.
Payne looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Payne had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Alderson defends it easily.
Alderson loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alderson won't allow Payne to sweep him here.
Alderson postures up.
Alderson got a little sloppy there for a moment and Payne has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Alderson has managed to get both his arms back between Payne's legs - danger averted.
Payne utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alderson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Alderson trying to control but Payne is working from the bottom.
Cassius Payne is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alderson tries to free his leg and advance position but Payne is retaining full guard.
Alderson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Matias Alderson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Alderson stands and throws Payne's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Alderson trying to control the action but Payne is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Alderson working the ground and pound from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Matias Alderson.
Well Payne has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 29:28
Judge Aleksandr Martynov scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cassius Payne!
During a confident post fight interview, Cassius Payne thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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