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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy James (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Theo Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James comes to the cage accompanied by NWO Wolfpack. Theo Matthews acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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275 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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300 lbs
7 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jimmy James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Theo Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matthews looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Matthews smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Matthews!
Matthews throws a wild body kick that James sees coming a mile off.
James lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Matthews misses with a double jab.
An inside leg kick lands from James.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matthews is looking to clinch but James is avoiding it.
Matthews missing with a left hand there. James was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matthews throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matthews lands a jab to the head.
Matthews throws a series of punches but James moves out of range.
Matthews checks a leg kick.
Matthews throws a hook to the side of James's head but James sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An inside leg kick from Matthews misses.
Matthews moves in looking to clinch but James pushes him off.
James just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews jabs at James's body.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Matthews.
James lands with a thumping leg kick.
James tries to clinch up but Matthews circles away and keeps his distance.
Matthews moves into the clinch.
Matthews tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and James avoids it.
James is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Matthews avoids the damage to the body.
Nice elbow from James.
It looks like Theo Matthews has been cut.
Matthews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Matthews avoids the damage to the body.
Matthews struggles to land a body shot inside as James controls his hands.
Matthews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
James landing knees to the body.
Matthews looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Matthews.
James trying to land knees to the body.
Matthews on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthews breaks the clinch.
Matthews misses with a body shot.
Matthews scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
James throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Matthews is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Matthews comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Matthews tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. James manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Matthews checks a leg kick.
James fails in his attempt to clinch.
James moves in looking to clinch but Matthews pushes him off.
Matthews changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Matthews misses with a kick to the body
and James counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
James crunches a lovely knee into Matthews's ribcage.
James is pushing Matthews up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
James landing knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for James.
James trying to land knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for James.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Matthews.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Matthews avoiding damage as James throws knees to the body.
James lands an elbow that stopped Matthews in his tracks for a moment.
James tries to land a knee to the head but Matthews blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Matthews.
James scores a nice knee to the body.
James dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
James putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Matthews in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
James is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section.
James missing with knees to the body.
Matthews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Matthews throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
James avoids a kick to the body.
Matthews goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for James.
James fails in his attempt to clinch.
James connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Matthews has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from James.
A slapping leg kick lands for James.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Matthews thows a body shot but no joy.
James fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Matthews.
James chopping away at his opponent's legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy James dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Theo Matthews's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
James drives through and clinches with Matthews against the cage.
Matthews letting James take a breather here.
Matthews is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. James is defending well for now.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Matthews avoids the damage to the body.
Jimmy James has scored more points in the clinch so far.
James crunches a lovely knee into Matthews's ribcage.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
James using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Matthews avoids the damage to the body.
James looking to slow down the pace here.
James stalling in the clinch.
Matthews breaks from the clinch.
James tries to work over Matthews's front leg with a kick but Matthews checks it.
James tries to work over Matthews's front leg with a kick but Matthews checks it.
James rushes Matthews and presses him up against the cage.
James tries to land knees in the clinch but Matthews avoids the damage to the body.
Matthews is breathing heavily.
James blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matthews is trying to pull guard but James has him pressed against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
James landing some nice looking knees to the body.
James trying to land knees to the body.
Matthews on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
James tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matthews avoids it.
James landing some nice looking knees to the body.
James trying to land knees to the body.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section. Matthews lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
James will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Matthews up against the cage.
James putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Matthews in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
James landing knees to the body.
Matthews's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
James missing with knees to the body.
James unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for James.
James lands a good knee to the midsection. Matthews won't want to take too many of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
James tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matthews avoids it.
Matthews wants to break the clinch but can't.
James is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Matthews is defending well for now.
Matthews on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Matthews doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
James prevents a body shot from Matthews.
Matthews tries a knee to the head but James blocks it.
James is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Matthews is defending well for now.
Matthews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
James tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Matthews avoids it.
James blocks a body shot from Matthews.
Matthews gets control of James's arms and successfully pulls guard. Matthews will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
James content to stall in guard here.
James passes Matthews's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
James is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Matthews can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
James seems to be looking for submissions.
Matthews looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Matthews looking for submissions off his back.
James looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Matthews is staying active underneath James, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
James is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Matthews is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Matthews manages to get to full guard.
James pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Matthews is keeping the position for now.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
James looking to sit in guard and control but Matthews gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy James dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Theo Matthews's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
James avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Matthews throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
Matthews has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Matthews there as he acknowledges the shot.
Matthews tries to clinch up but James circles away and keeps his distance.
James tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
James explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Matthews throws a jab when James was well out of range.
A good leg kick by James.
James moves in looking to clinch but Matthews pushes him off.
James lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
James walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Matthews checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Matthews misses with a wild body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
James throws a half hearted mid kick.
James walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Matthews checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Matthews takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
James thumps Matthews with a low kick.
Matthews keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed right hand from James misses the target.
Matthews swings for the body but James moves out of range.
James scores with a nice body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Matthews. Those never looked like landing.
James throws a low kick but Matthews moves out of range easily.
A chopping leg kick lands by James.
James tries to clinch up but Matthews circles away and keeps his distance.
Theo Matthews seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matthews stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from James.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
James lands a big head kick that sends Matthews tumbling to the mat! James takes a step backwards and waves Matthews back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Matthews is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
James knocks out Matthews with a massive right hand! The ref tackles James before he can follow up with any more strikes and that's it everyone. James picks up the big W with a huge KO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jimmy James!
Jimmy James decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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hype
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