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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Magnet The Punching Machine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tapda Mattus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Mattus's choice of entrance music: My heart. Tapda Mattus has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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145 lbs
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168 cm
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145 lbs
0 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Magnet The Punching Machine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tapda Mattus!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Josh West and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Punching Machine lands with an overhand left.
Mattus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mattus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Mattus is struggling to control the position.
Mattus jumps guard but The Punching Machine stands there with Mattus around his waist. Mattus gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
The Punching Machine throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mattus avoids a wild elbow strike from The Punching Machine.
Mattus tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. The Punching Machine smiles and moves away.
The Punching Machine misses with a head kick.
The Punching Machine scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
The Punching Machine tries to bum rush Mattus with a series of wild strikes but Mattus uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mattus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Mattus fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Magnet The Punching Machine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tapda Mattus.
The Punching Machine misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Punching Machine throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The Punching Machine slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
A momentary lapse in concentration from The Punching Machine enables Mattus to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. The Punching Machine manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The Punching Machine is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Mattus missing with punches from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Mattus looks winded!
The Punching Machine sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mattus defending well though.
Mattus is trying to defend against the ground and pound but The Punching Machine scores with a couple of nice shots.
The Punching Machine scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The Punching Machine wants to take a breather but Mattus is having none of it.
The Punching Machine 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.
Mattus on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Punching Machine winds up and cracks Mattus with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Mattus really doesn't want to stay on the ground with The Punching Machine. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mattus is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but The Punching Machine pulls his head out easily.
Mattus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Punching Machine working Mattus over with strikes.
The Punching Machine content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Ground and pound from The Punching Machine.
The Punching Machine slows the pace down in half guard.
The Punching Machine uses his free foot to push down on Mattus's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Mattus.
The Punching Machine working Mattus over with strikes here.
The Punching Machine looking to finish Mattus with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mattus!
Mattus is rocked!
The Punching Machine connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Mattus is still in real trouble! Can The Punching Machine finish him?
The Punching Machine raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Punching Machine trying to control but Mattus is having none of it.
The Punching Machine dominating with strikes here.
Mattus takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The Punching Machine landing punches.
Mattus is squirming around, avoiding The Punching Machine's attempts to control the action.
Mattus is wriggling around trying to escape.
The Punching Machine takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Mattus seems to have recovered his senses.
The Punching Machine connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The Punching Machine looking to finish Mattus with some ground and pound. This is bad for Mattus!
The Punching Machine controlling the pace for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Punching Machine lands a big elbow.
The Punching Machine landing strikes from the mount and Mattus is in trouble!
The Punching Machine looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The Punching Machine controlling his opponent.
The Punching Machine lands a heavy elbow.
The Punching Machine lands a big shot there that rocks Mattus but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Mattus really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice elbow there by The Punching Machine.
Mattus takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! The Punching Machine's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magnet The Punching Machine!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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