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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maek Houzo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Hawk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matt Hawk has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Maek Houzo's chin.
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192 lbs
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192 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maek Houzo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Hawk!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shigeki Sano and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Houzo scores with a takedown into Hawk's guard.
Houzo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Houzo thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hawk utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Houzo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hawk swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Houzo throws a big right hand that misses.
Houzo tries to free his leg and advance position but Hawk is retaining full guard.
Hawk wants to stand up but Houzo is controlling him.
Houzo distracts Hawk with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Houzo forces his way into half guard.
Houzo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Houzo prevents Hawk from standing back up.
Houzo trying to pass the guard but Hawk defending well.
Houzo is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Houzo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hawk wants to stand and escape but Houzo is having none of it.
Houzo wants to pass the guard but Hawk is keeping the position.
Hawk wants to stand up but Houzo is controlling him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hawk keeping full guard, as Houzo tries to pass.
Hawk wants to stand but Houzo is controlling the position.
Houzo passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Houzo working the body and head with strikes.
Hawk is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Houzo asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Houzo 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.
Houzo advances to full mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hawk wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Houzo.
Houzo is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Hawk is surviving well by controlling Houzo's body position as best he can.
Houzo goes for an armbar but Hawk turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Hawk.
Hawk is looking to stand up but Houzo won't let him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Houzo wants to improve his position but instead Hawk has moved into half guard.
Houzo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Hawk must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hawk would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Houzo striking off his back.
Houzo manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Houzo is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hawk can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Houzo with shots to the head and body - Hawk looks very uncomfortable down there.
Houzo thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Houzo landing shots from mount.
Hawk looks gassed!
Houzo dominating with strikes here.
Houzo with a couple of short strikes.
Houzo breaks from Hawk's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Hawk is rocked!
Houzo scoring with strikes but Hawk is staying in there.
Hawk is still in real trouble! Can Houzo finish him?
This has been an exciting period of action!
Houzo lands a heavy elbow.
Houzo working Hawk over with strikes here.
Houzo with a couple of short strikes.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Houzo breaks from Hawk's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Houzo with good strikes from the mount here!
Houzo unloading with bombs!
Hawk in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Houzo with the ground and pound from mount.
Houzo with good strikes from the mount here!
Houzo dominating with strikes here.
Hawk seems to have recovered his senses.
Houzo working Hawk over with strikes here.
Houzo looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Houzo dominating with strikes here.
Houzo scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hawk?
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Houzo.
Houzo is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Hawk can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Houzo cracks Hawk with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Hawk takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Houzo landing punches.
Hawk is trying to get to the ropes to help him get back to his feet.
Hawk is in a horrible position here. Houzo smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Houzo with good strikes from the mount here!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Houzo landing punches.
Houzo connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Houzo scoring with strikes but Hawk is staying in there.
Houzo raining down shots from the mount!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Houzo has his opponent pinned against the ropes, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Hawk's face.
Houzo throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Hawk is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Hawk is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Houzo lands a big elbow.
Houzo landing shots from mount.
Houzo goes for an armbar but Hawk turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Hawk.
Hawk tries to stand but Houzo is controlling from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Houzo is on top in guard.
Houzo scoring with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maek Houzo dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Houzo misses with a wild combination.
Houzo slips under a jab.
Houzo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Hawk as he avoids it easily.
Houzo defending well as Hawk loads up on a big left hand.
Hawk throws a left and a right that both miss
and Houzo decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Hawk's guard.
Houzo cracks Hawk with a solid left hand.
Hawk wants to get back to his feet but Houzo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Houzo slips nicely into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hawk avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Houzo.
Houzo throws a strike but Hawk avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Houzo works over Hawk with some ground and pound from guard.
Houzo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Houzo wants to pass the guard but Hawk is keeping the position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Houzo accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hawk working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Houzo.
Hawk is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Houzo wants to pass the guard but Hawk is keeping the position.
Houzo with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Houzo throwing strikes from guard but Hawk blocks nicely.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Houzo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Houzo shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Ground and pound from Houzo.
Houzo winds up and cracks Hawk with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Houzo stands up out of the half guard.
Hawk misses with a double jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Houzo bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Houzo throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Hawk pushes Houzo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Houzo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Houzo tries for a kimura but Hawk is defending well.
Hawk is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Houzo misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Houzo working the ground and pound.
Houzo misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Houzo tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Houzo has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Houzo stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Houzo fails with a takedown attempt.
Houzo is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hawk.
Maek Houzo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hawk waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Houzo.
Houzo throws a right hand that Hawk ducks under and follows up with a left that Hawk also avoids with ease.
Hawk throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Houzo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Houzo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Houzo raining down shots from the mount!
Houzo landing strikes from the mount.
Hawk really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Houzo. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Houzo goes for an armbar but Hawk turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Hawk.
Houzo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hawk wants to get up but he can't break Houzo's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Houzo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Houzo working for a triangle but Hawk defends it easily.
Houzo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hawk is one step ahead there.
Houzo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hawk gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Houzo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hawk wants to stand but Houzo has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Hawk won't allow Houzo to sweep him here.
Houzo is working hard here to advance position.
Houzo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hawk can do to turn this around?
Maek Houzo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Houzo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hawk manages to get himself to full guard.
Houzo missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Houzo pushes down on Hawk's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Houzo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Houzo is trying to work for a kimura but Hawk is defending well.
Houzo thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Houzo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Hawk is just riding it out for now. Houzo eventually gives up the hold.
Houzo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Hawk defends it well.
Matt Hawk has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Houzo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Houzo working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
And that's the end of the fight!
Maek Houzo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Houzo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight for Maek Houzo!
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight for Maek Houzo!
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight for Maek Houzo!
Maek Houzo wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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