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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Iwan Matwijenko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Og Kush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matwijenko comes to the cage accompanied by RANDORI!. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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218 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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215 lbs
28 - 15 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible |
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Iwan Matwijenko!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Og Kush!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Patrick Alders and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kush tries to close the distance and clinch but Matwijenko swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kush darts in and clinches Matwijenko up against the cage.
Kush misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matwijenko tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matwijenko pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kush is looking to clinch.
Matwijenko misses with a kick to the body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kush.
Kush tries to clinch up
and Matwijenko counters by clinching up.
Matwijenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Matwijenko is trying to break the clinch but Kush has him pressed against the cage.
Kush misses with a punch to the body.
Kush trying to stall but Matwijenko improves his position.
Kush blocks the elbow strike.
Kush lands a shoulder strike.
Matwijenko has had enough of the clinch but Kush keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Matwijenko.
Matwijenko breaks from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matwijenko misses with an uppercut. Kush saw that one coming.
Kush tries to clinch up.
Matwijenko moves into the clinch successfully.
Matwijenko lands with a left to the head.
Kush lands with a short shot to the head.
Kush throws a punch but it's blocked by Matwijenko.
Kush gets through Matwijenko's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Kush working aggressively here.
Kush is trying to break the clinch but Matwijenko has him pressed against the cage.
Matwijenko lands with a short shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matwijenko blocks a body shot from Kush.
Kush swings wildly with an uppercut but Matwijenko uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matwijenko misses with an elbow strike.
Kush tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matwijenko's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some wild striking there from Matwijenko.
Matwijenko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matwijenko knocks Kush to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Matwijenko wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kush keeps working.
Kush stops Matwijenko from passing to mount.
Matwijenko throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Kush works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kush can do anything to dispel that myth.
Matwijenko 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matwijenko throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Kush to regain full guard.
Matwijenko throws a big elbow that misses.
Matwijenko slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Matwijenko looks up at the clock and then as Kush takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Matwijenko smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Matwijenko fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kush parries the strikes from Matwijenko easily there. Matwijenko is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Kush to escape.
Matwijenko thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kush gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matwijenko looking to ground and pound but Kush is blocking nicely.
Matwijenko punching from mount but Kush doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Kush holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Matwijenko tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kush is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Matwijenko 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.
Matwijenko thowing shots but they're missing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Kush blocking the ground and pound.
Matwijenko looking to finish with strikes here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Iwan Matwijenko dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Kush tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matwijenko swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kush tries to clinch up but Matwijenko circles away and keeps his distance.
Kush closes the distance but Matwijenko moves to the side
and Matwijenko counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Iwan Matwijenko is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kush misses with a body shot.
Matwijenko lands with a kick to the ribs.
Matwijenko feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kush's calf.
Kush takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matwijenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Kush throws a looping overhand right but Matwijenko ducks down to avoid it.
Matwijenko scores with a one two! Kush had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Kush tries to keep at a distance but Matwijenko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Kush misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kush lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matwijenko backwards.
Matwijenko makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Matwijenko manages to break the clinch.
Kush blocks a leg kick.
Kush doesn't manage to clinch there - Matwijenko circles away.
Matwijenko misses with a series of wild punches.
Kush with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Matwijenko to score with a decent uppercut.
A chopping leg kick lands by Matwijenko.
Matwijenko with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Kush fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kush walks into a left hand.
Kush is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kush has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kush throws a punch but it's blocked by Matwijenko.
Matwijenko misses with an elbow strike.
Matwijenko tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kush avoids it.
Kush stalling in the clinch but Matwijenko improves position.
Kush blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kush breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Matwijenko bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops Kush! He dives into his guard looking to finish!
Kush is still in real trouble! Can Matwijenko finish him?
Kush working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Matwijenko.
Matwijenko in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Matwijenko scoring with some ground and pound.
Matwijenko trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Matwijenko gets to his feet and stands over Kush, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! Kush felt that one! Matwijenko unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save Kush from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Iwan Matwijenko!
Iwan Matwijenko thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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