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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matrim Cauthon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald Rousey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Rousey's choice of entrance music: Creepy Jackalope Eye by Supersuckers. Matrim Cauthon has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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174 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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174 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Granite 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
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matrim Cauthon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ronald Rousey!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cauthon throws a low kick, looking for Rousey's leg but Rousey calmly moves out of range.
Cauthon gets a double leg takedown into Rousey's guard.
Cauthon looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Rousey utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Rousey is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Rousey is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cauthon trying to control but Rousey is working from the bottom.
Cauthon pushing down on Rousey's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Rousey has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Cauthon is working away from the top position though.
Cauthon prevents Rousey from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cauthon is working for a kimura but Rousey is defending it quite comfortably.
Cauthon is trying to control. Rousey wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rousey is trying to get back to full guard.
Cauthon is trying to work for a kimura but Rousey is defending well.
Cauthon is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Rousey trying to control from the bottom.
Cauthon is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Rousey has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cauthon is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Rousey doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cauthon.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cauthon controlling the action here.
Rousey is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cauthon pulls his head out easily.
Cauthon is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Rousey!
Cauthon tries to control but Rousey wriggling away.
Rousey prevents Cauthon from taking his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cauthon can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Rousey is looking to escape.
Cauthon wants to take Rousey's back but he can't do it this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rousey bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Cauthon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rousey preventing the sweep.
Cauthon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Rousey pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cauthon is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cauthon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Rousey trying to control the position from guard on top but Cauthon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rousey trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cauthon looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rousey is one step ahead there.
Rousey drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Rousey seems to have locked his on tight now - Cauthon screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Rousey, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Ronald Rousey!
Ronald Rousey really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that MaFiA FightWear logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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