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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Raymond Matice (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Van Dijk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Raymond Matice has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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151 lbs
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150 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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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
9 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Raymond Matice!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nick Van Dijk!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Luis Engracia and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matice scores with the left hand. Van Dijk knows he should have avoided that one.
It looks like Nick Van Dijk has been cut.
Matice shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Van Dijk manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Van Dijk is rocked!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Van Dijk not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Matice advances to half guard.
Matice is thwarting Van Dijk's attempts to control the position.
Matice moves into full mount! Van Dijk won't be happy about that!
Matice landing strikes from the mount and Van Dijk is in trouble!
Van Dijk is still in real trouble! Can Matice finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Matice working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Van Dijk can't escape the position.
Matice tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Van Dijk is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matice looking to control and managing it successfully.
Van Dijk seems to have recovered his senses.
Matice avoids the attempt from Van Dijk to control.
Matice is landing with some decent strikes but Van Dijk is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Matice landing strikes from the mount.
Matice controlling the pace for now.
Matice cracks Van Dijk with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Matice sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Matice 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Dijk tries to hold on but Matice postures up.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Matice connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Matice landing punches.
Matice takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matice scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Van Dijk?
That has opened up Nick Van Dijk's cut even more.
Matice controlling from the full mount.
Oooooh, big shot lands for Matice! Van Dijk is hurt baaadly! Matice is firing away with more strikes - Van Dijk is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raymond Matice!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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