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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raz Matazz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Usain Watts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matazz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Tool - Eulogy. Watts has chosen 9000 Watts as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Raz Matazz is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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35 - 7 - 1 |
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194 lbs
28 - 10 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
35 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Raz Matazz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Usain Watts!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Matazz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Matazz.
Matazz throws a hook but Watts avoids it easily.
Matazz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watts manages to avoid it.
Watts takes a swing at Matazz's ribcage but misses.
Matazz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Matazz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Usain Watts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matazz throws a leg kick but Watts moved away.
Watts will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Watts takes a swing at Matazz's ribcage but misses.
Watts throws a leg kick but Matazz moved away.
Matazz bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Matazz misses the shot to the body.
Watts takes one to the side of the head.
A jab from Matazz misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matazz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Matazz tries a head kick but it misses.
Matazz scores with a kick to the midsection.
Matazz punishes Watts's body with a nice straight punch.
Matazz moves out of range of the body kick from Watts.
Watts closes this distance looking for a takedown but Matazz circles away.
Matazz with a nice cross.
Matazz pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Matazz thumps Watts with a low kick.
Watts goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Watts.
Matazz slips a jab from Watts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Matazz throws out the jab.
Matazz blocks a low kick nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts lands a leg kick that knocks Matazz off balance momentarily.
Matazz moves in looking to clinch but Watts pushes him off.
Matazz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watts swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A nice inside leg kick there by Matazz. That's going to slow Watts down.
Matazz misses with a low kick.
Watts doesn't manage to clinch there - Matazz circles away.
Watts misses with a kick to the body.
Watts fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Matazz is out of range.
Watts goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Raz Matazz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Matazz scores with a hook.
Matazz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz works the jab nicely.
Watts tried to score with a low kick but Matazz checks it.
Matazz throws a sloppy head kick and Watts moves out of range easily.
Watts moves out of range of the strikes.
Matazz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Matazz thuds a left hand into Watts's body.
Matazz throws a leg kick which misses Watts's front leg but catches the back leg as Watts tries to avoid it.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watts loads up on a big right hand but Matazz slips the punch.
Watts misses with a left hand
and Watts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Matazz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watts.
A telegraphed right hand from Matazz misses the target.
Matazz stuffs the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matazz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Watts feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matazz wants to control the position but Watts says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Matazz wants to get back to full guard.
Matazz keeping hold of Watts's head, controlling as best he can.
Matazz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Matazz is pulling down on Watts's head. It's preventing any offense from Watts, at least for the moment.
Watts stopping the sweep attempt from Matazz.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matazz keeping full guard, as Watts tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raz Matazz dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Watts has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Matazz.
Matazz moves out of range of the body kick.
Watts looks to throw the jab but Matazz is out of range.
Matazz fails with an attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Watts.
Matazz cracks Watts with a right hand to the side of the head.
Watts tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Watts on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Watts takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Watts throws a head kick that misses.
Watts avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Watts gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Watts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matazz was well out of range. Poor timing from Watts.
Watts throws a sloppy head kick and Matazz moves out of range easily.
Watts blocks the body kick.
Watts looks to land a left hand but Matazz moved out of range nicely.
Watts throws a body kick that misses.
Nice jab there from Matazz.
It looks like Usain Watts has been cut.
Matazz lands a glancing blow to the side of Watts's head.
Watts misses with a head kick.
Watts lands a nice leg kick that just misses Matazz's sensitive parts.
Watts chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Matazz rushes Watts and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Watts dodges an elbow strike from Matazz.
Matazz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watts is defending well for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matazz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Matazz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Watts is defending well for now.
Watts avoiding damage as Matazz throws knees to the body.
Matazz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Matazz is trying to maintain a safe position but Watts gets an underhook and turns Matazz into the cage.
Watts lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Watts tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Watts lands a nice uppercut.
Matazz lands a damaging elbow.
Matazz pressing his opponent against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Matazz.
Watts throws a punch but it's blocked by Matazz.
Matazz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Watts on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Watts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts tries to work over Matazz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matazz landing knees to the body.
Watts is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Matazz lands with a short shot to the head.
Matazz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short body shot lands from Watts as the two fighters clinch.
Watts tries to throw a body punch but Matazz avoids it by throwing Watts back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Matazz throws an elbow but misses.
Watts gets through Matazz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Watts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Matazz prevents a body shot from Watts.
Matazz lands a left hand.
Watts goes for a takedown in the clinch but Matazz prevents it.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Matazz's elbow.
Watts struggles to land a body shot inside as Matazz controls his hands.
Watts blocks an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matazz lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matazz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Matazz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wattss head.
Matazz misses with the head strike.
Watts wants to take the fight to the mat but Matazz manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Raz Matazz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Usain Watts.
Matazz utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Watts is breathing heavily.
Watts tries to break free but Matazz pushes him back against the cage.
Matazz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Watts backwards.
Watts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Raz Matazz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Watts blocks a body shot from Matazz.
Matazz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watts misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matazz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Watts goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Matazz lands a hook to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Matazz throws an elbow but misses.
Matazz prevents a body shot from Watts.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raz Matazz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Usain Watts's cut.
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.
Matazz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A nice leg kick lands there from Watts.
Matazz lands a nice looking body shot.
Watts comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A big left from Matazz misses.
Matazz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Watts misses with the combination.
Watts feints and then cracks Matazz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Matazz down.
Watts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matazz was well out of range. Poor timing from Watts.
Matazz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watts connects with a crisp jab.
Watts wants to land a leg kick but Matazz is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matazz was well out of range. Poor timing from Watts.
Watts cracks Matazz with an open hand slap.
Watts lands with a good body shot.
Matazz blocks a low kick nicely.
Watts smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Watts throws the left hand but Matazz avoids the punch easily.
Matazz misses with a hook. Watts ducked under it nicely.
Matazz lands a head kick. Watts smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Watts throws a hook to the side of Matazz's head but Matazz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A slapping body kick lands there for Watts.
Matazz moves forwards but Watts connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Matazz connects with the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matazz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Matazz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watts.
Watts thows a body shot but no joy.
Matazz looks to land a body kick but Watts moved away.
Matazz misses with a body shot.
Matazz throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Watts swings widly with a right hand
and Matazz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watts's knee momentarily.
Watts lands with a shot to the body.
Watts defending well as Matazz loads up on a big left hand.
Jab from Matazz.
Matazz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watts.
Matazz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts cracks Matazz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Watts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matazz throws a big shot that misses.
Watts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Matazz checks it well.
Watts scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A head kick misses from Matazz.
Matazz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watts misses with an uppercut.
Watts tries a head kick but it misses.
A head kick misses from Watts.
Watts tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Matazz counters with an outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matazz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Matazz misses with a straight right.
Watts instigates a clinch.
Watts lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matazz backwards.
Watts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watts avoids a wild elbow strike from Matazz.
Matazz scores with a shot to the side of Watts's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watts.
Watts misses with the head strike.
A short left from Matazz.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watts working aggressively here.
Watts tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matazz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watts's elbow.
Matazz is stalling here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Usain Watts just about did enough to take it.
The cut man is working on Usain Watts's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Watts lands with a hook. Matazz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Watts rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Matazz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Watts slips under a jab from Matazz.
Matazz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watts's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Matazz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Watts swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Watts throws a body punch but Matazz moves out of range.
Matazz misses with a body shot.
Watts misses with a low kick.
Matazz missing with a left hand there. Watts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matazz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Watts misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz moves forwards but Watts connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Watts takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Matazz tests Watts's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Matazz walks into a straight right hand from Watts.
Watts throws the kick towards the body but Matazz avoids it.
Watts wants to land a leg kick but Matazz is out of range.
Matazz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Watts on the side of the head.
Watts looks to land a left hand but Matazz moved out of range nicely.
Matazz throws a series of punches but Watts moves out of range.
Matazz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Watts misses with a double jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matazz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Matazz tries to clinch up.
Watts lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watts thows a body shot but no joy.
Matazz misses with a body kick.
A head kick misses from Matazz.
Matazz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Raz Matazz is winning the standup battle so far.
Matazz defending well as Watts loads up on a big left hand.
Matazz connects with a leg kick. Watts looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Matazz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Watts goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matazz punishes Watts's body with a nice straight punch.
Matazz feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Watts's calf.
Matazz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matazz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Matazz there as he acknowledges the shot.
Watts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Watts throws a leg kick but Matazz moved away.
Matazz lands a glancing blow to the side of Watts's head.
Watts darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A jab from Matazz misses.
Matazz comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
A jab from Watts misses.
Watts on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Watts fails with the takedown.
Watts defending well as Matazz loads up on a big left hand.
A shot to the liver by Watts. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Watts.
Matazz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watts misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Usain Watts will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Usain Watts's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Watts walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Watts lands a lovely overhand right.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matazz moves away.
Watts throws a head kick that misses.
Watts waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Matazz.
Watts thumps Matazz with a low kick.
Matazz blocks the body kick.
Matazz lands a nice shot that snaps Watts's head back.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matazz digs a good hook to Watts's body.
Matazz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Watts chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Matazz can pounce on him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matazz connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Watts's hands.
Watts gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Matazz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Watts is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Watts lands a head kick. Matazz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Watts throws a sloppy head kick and Matazz moves out of range easily.
A jab from Matazz does it's job there.
Watts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matazz slips a jab from Watts.
Matazz tries to clinch but Watts moves out of range.
Watts pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matazz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Matazz connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Matazz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The fight stays on the outside here - Watts looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Matazz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Matazz misses with a wild body shot.
Matazz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matazz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Matazz.
Watts lands with a nice body punch.
Matazz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Danga de danga de dang - Watts scores with a four punch combination!
Watts scores with a shot to the body.
Watts scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts looks to land a left hand but Matazz moved out of range nicely.
Watts misses with a straight right.
A low kick from Watts misses
letting Matazz counter with a right hand.
Watts tries a head kick but it misses.
Watts throws a body kick that misses
and Matazz counters with an outside leg kick.
Watts connects with a nice looking jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matazz.
Watts on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Watts takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Matazz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watts avoids the head kick by Matazz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts instigates a clinch.
Watts misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Watts.
Matazz crunches a lovely knee into Watts's ribcage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Matazz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Watts tries to work over Matazz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matazz lands a right hand.
Watts drops down looking for an ankle pick but Matazz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Watts throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matazz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matazz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
And that's the end of the fight!
Raz Matazz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Matazz 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 48:47
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 50:47
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Raz Matazz!
Raz Matazz retains his middleweight title!
Our winner, Raz Matazz, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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