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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Harry Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Macdonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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175 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin |
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Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Harry Mathers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andrew Macdonald!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macdonald tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mathers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mathers rushes Macdonald and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Macdonald looking to throw knees to the head but Mathers is blocking nicely.
Macdonald is trying to break free.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Macdonald.
Macdonald is trying to maintain a safe position but Mathers gets an underhook and turns Macdonald into the ropes.
Mathers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mathers comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Macdonald tries to break the clinch but Mathers is controlling the position.
Mathers trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mathers throws an elbow but misses.
Mathers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Andrew Macdonald has been cut.
Nice elbow from Mathers.
Macdonald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Macdonald throws a sloppy head kick and Mathers moves out of range easily.
A head kick misses from Macdonald.
Mathers tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Macdonald counters with a low kick, right behind Mathers 's knee.
Macdonald moves into the clinch.
Macdonald breaks from the clinch.
Macdonald wants to clinch but Mathers slips to the side
and Mathers counters by clinching up.
Mathers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Macdonald breaks from the clinch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Macdonald lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Mathers has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Mathers and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Macdonald forces Mathers back against the ropes and clinches.
Mathers slows down the pace here.
Macdonald looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Macdonald tries for a takedown but Mathers manages to get underhooks.
Mathers looking to throw knees to the head but Macdonald is blocking nicely.
Mathers tries to land a knee to the head but Macdonald blocks with his arms.
Mathers looking to throw knees to the head but Macdonald is blocking nicely.
Macdonald is trying to break free.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Mathers throws an elbow but misses.
Mathers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Macdonald blocks it with crossed arms.
Macdonald avoiding damage as Mathers throws knees to the body.
Macdonald is trying to break free.
Mathers tries a knee to the head but Macdonald blocks it.
Mathers tries to land knees in the clinch but Macdonald avoids the damage to the body.
Mathers trying to stall but Macdonald improves his position.
Nice elbow from Mathers.
Macdonald takes an elbow to the temple.
Mathers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Macdonald blocks it with crossed arms.
Mathers is breathing heavily.
Mathers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Macdonald.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mathers lands an elbow inside.
Macdonald breaks from the clinch.
Mathers tries to keep at a distance but Macdonald has taken the fight into the clinch.
Mathers looking to throw knees to the head but Macdonald is blocking nicely.
Mathers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Macdonald blocks it with crossed arms.
Macdonald breaks from the clinch.
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.
Macdonald swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Macdonald gets a clinch.
Mathers controlling the action here for a moment.
Knees to the body from Macdonald.
Mathers lands a knee to the head.
Macdonald lands a nice knee to the body.
Mathers misses with an elbow over the top.
Macdonald breaks the clinch.
Macdonald clinches up against the ropes.
Mathers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Macdonald blocks it with crossed arms.
Macdonald wants to get back to striking at distance but Mathers won't allow it.
Mathers is looking to control Macdonald's arms but Macdonald gets an underhook and turns him. Now Mathers has his back to the ropes.
Mathers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mathers tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Macdonald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mathers landing knees to the head.
Mathers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mathers lands a damaging elbow.
Macdonald can't break the clinch.
Mathers lands a knee to the head.
Mathers connects with a knee to the head.
Mathers missing with knees to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers lands an elbow just above Macdonald 's eye.
Macdonald wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Mathers throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mathers lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mathers crunches a lovely knee into Macdonald's ribcage.
Mathers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mathers with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mathers has Macdonald pressed against the ropes.
Mathers lands a nice knee to the body.
Macdonald is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Mathers gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Macdonald breaks the clinch.
Mathers darts in trying to clinch
and Macdonald counters by moving into the clinch.
Macdonald escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Macdonald doesn't manage to clinch there - Mathers circles away.
Macdonald tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Macdonald throws a body kick the misses
and Mathers counters by moving into the clinch.
Mathers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Macdonald blocks an elbow strike from Mathers.
Macdonald trying to stall but Mathers improves his position.
Macdonald tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Mathers just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Harry Mathers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Macdonald.
Macdonald breaks from the clinch.
Macdonald fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mathers, pushing him back against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macdonald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Mathers pushes off an throws an elbow but Macdonald leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Macdonald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mathers has him pressed against the ropes.
Macdonald tries to break the clinch but Mathers is controlling the position.
Macdonald on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Macdonald fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Macdonald misses with a knee strike.
Macdonald looking to stall.
Mathers creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Macdonald unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mathers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mathers misses with an elbow over the top.
Mathers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Macdonald trying to stall but Mathers improves his position.
Macdonald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mathers has him pressed against the ropes.
Mathers prevents Macdonald from breaking the clinch.
Macdonald landing knees to the body.
Macdonald breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mathers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Macdonald fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Macdonald lands a front kick.
A head kick from Macdonald lands but Mathers takes it in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Andrew Macdonald will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Andrew Macdonald's cut.
That's time! Mathers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Mathers lands a high kick to the side of Macdonald's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Mathers dives into guard, looking to finish.
Macdonald is rocked!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Mathers drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mathers jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Macdonald is still in real trouble! Can Mathers finish him?
Mathers postures up in Macdonald's guard and throws a big left but Macdonald blocks it.
Mathers trying to move into half guard but instead Macdonald has managed to sweep!
Macdonald seems to have recovered his senses.
Mathers working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Macdonald has passed into half guard!
Mathers tries to roll over but Macdonald keeps him under control.
Mathers looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mathers wants to improve his position but Macdonald is controlling well.
Mathers gets back to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Macdonald wants to stand but Mathers has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers looking for a sweep. Not yet Mathers, not yet.
Mathers working for a triangle but Macdonald defends it easily.
Macdonald decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Mathers takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mathers avoids the head kick by Macdonald.
A head kick by Mathers misses
and Macdonald moves into the clinch.
Macdonald escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mathers clinches but Macdonald breaks the clinch
and Macdonald finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers darts in trying to clinch
and Macdonald counters by moving into the clinch.
Mathers misses with an elbow strike.
Macdonald crunches a lovely knee into Mathers's ribcage.
Macdonald manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Macdonald breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Mathers tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Macdonald counters with a slapping leg kick.
Mathers will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Macdonald throws a nice head kick!
Mathers drops Macdonald with a nice combination! Mathers dives into Macdonald's guard, looking to finish!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mathers pushes down on Macdonald's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Mathers moves into full mount! Macdonald won't be happy about that!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macdonald really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Macdonald gets back to half guard.
Macdonald trying to control from the bottom.
Macdonald won't allow Mathers to pass to mount.
Mathers is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Macdonald has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mathers wants to stand up but Macdonald manages to regain full guard.
Mathers has gone for a leg lock! Macdonald slips out almost immediately though and dives into Mathers's guard.
Macdonald controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Macdonald wants to control from the top but Mathers keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Macdonald landing some decent shots from guard.
Mathers has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Macdonald can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Macdonald has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Mathers is proving hard to escape from.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Macdonald stays in close to Mathers's body and controls the position.
Mathers escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Macdonald gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Harry Mathers will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Andrew Macdonald's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Macdonald connects with a high kick.
Mathers looks to clinch
and Macdonald makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mathers really felt that one!
Mathers gets a clinch.
Mathers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Macdonald lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Macdonald is trying to break free.
Macdonald with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Macdonald wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Macdonald tries to land knees in the clinch but Mathers avoids the damage to the body.
Macdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
That has opened up Andrew Macdonald's cut even more.
Macdonald is trying to maintain a safe position but Mathers gets an underhook and turns Macdonald into the ropes.
Mathers using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Macdonald has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Macdonald on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Macdonald escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Harry Mathers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mathers darts in trying to clinch
and Macdonald finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Macdonald throws a head kick that misses.
Macdonald takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Macdonald tries to clinch up but Mathers circles away and keeps his distance.
Mathers tries to clinch but Macdonald is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers darts in trying to clinch
and Macdonald counters with a nice uppercut.
Mathers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mathers lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Mathers fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mathers tries to clinch
and Macdonald counters with a body kick that stops Mathers in his tracks momentarily.
Macdonald wants to clinch
and Mathers counters with a left and a right that stings Macdonald.
Macdonald misses with a takedown attempt
and Mathers holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Macdonald takes an elbow to the forehead.
Macdonald drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mathers tries a knee to the head but Macdonald blocks it.
Macdonald is trying to stall.
Macdonald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Macdonald throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Macdonald paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Macdonald rushes Mathers and presses him up against the ropes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Macdonald breaks the clinch.
Mathers misses with the body kick
and Macdonald counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Macdonald throws a sloppy head kick
and Mathers counters with a solid body kick.
Macdonald gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mathers throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Macdonald avoiding damage as Mathers throws knees to the body.
Mathers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mathers wants a takedown but no success here.
Macdonald breaks from the clinch.
Macdonald scores with a leg kick.
Macdonald circles away from the clinch attempt
and Macdonald counters with a head kick.
Macdonald tries for a takedown but Mathers sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Harry Mathers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrew Macdonald.
Nice takedown defense from Macdonald. No joy for Mathers on that attempt.
Mathers tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Macdonald paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mathers darts in trying to clinch
and Macdonald makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Mathers really felt that one!
Mathers will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Macdonald, right into the meat.
A punch combination from Macdonald misses.
Macdonald plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A slapping body kick lands there for Macdonald.
Macdonald circles away from the clinch attempt
and Macdonald counters by moving into the clinch.
Macdonald wants to get back to striking at distance but Mathers won't allow it.
Macdonald lands with a light punch inside.
Mathers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Mathers.
Mathers tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Macdonald is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mathers is keeping busy.
Macdonald has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Mathers is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Mathers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Macdonald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mathers has him pressed against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Macdonald breaks the clinch.
Macdonald has taken the fight to the clinch.
Macdonald escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Macdonald throws a front kick that sends Mathers stumbling back into the ropes.
Macdonald rushes Mathers and presses him up against the ropes.
Macdonald wants to get back to striking at distance but Mathers won't allow it.
Macdonald stalling in the clinch but Mathers improves position.
Macdonald takes a knee right on the jaw!
Macdonald on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mathers with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mathers looking to throw knees to the head but Macdonald is blocking nicely.
Macdonald tries to break the clinch but Mathers is controlling the position.
Mathers throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Macdonald blocks it with crossed arms.
Mathers tries to land knees in the clinch but Macdonald avoids the damage to the body.
Macdonald is looking to control Mathers's arms but Mathers gets an underhook and turns him. Now Macdonald has his back to the ropes.
Mathers landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Mathers.
Mathers prevents Macdonald from breaking the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Macdonald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Macdonald moves into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mathers stalling against the ropes.
Mathers misses with an elbow strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andrew Macdonald comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Macdonald has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Macdonald!
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