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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Morton Marshall Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Lo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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142 lbs
22 - 21 - 1 |
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170 cm
21
140 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 21 - 1, fighting out of London, Morton Marshall Matthews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, John Lo!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, William Gold and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshall Matthews gets tackled into the cage by Lo. Lo maintains the clinch.
Marshall Matthews lands a knee to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Marshall Matthews takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marshall Matthews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lo moves into the clinch.
Marshall Matthews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marshall Matthews is struggling to control the position.
Marshall Matthews blocking some punches.
Lo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marshall Matthews is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lo swings wildly with an uppercut but Marshall Matthews uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lo takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marshall Matthews lands a knee to the head.
Marshall Matthews blocking some punches.
Marshall Matthews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall Matthews gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marshall Matthews obliges.
Marshall Matthews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marshall Matthews moves into the clinch.
Marshall Matthews utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marshall Matthews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marshall Matthews closes the distance and pushes Lo back into the cage.
Lo throws a punch but it's blocked by Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marshall Matthews lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lo throws a punch but it's blocked by Marshall Matthews.
Lo takes a shot to the head.
Marshall Matthews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
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!
Lo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marshall Matthews, pushing him back against the cage.
Lo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Lo misses with a punch on the inside.
Marshall Matthews with a knee to the head.
Marshall Matthews lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marshall Matthews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lo instigates a clinch.
Lo takes a knee right on the jaw!
Lo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marshall Matthews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marshall Matthews clinches up with Lo and pushes him back against the cage.
Marshall Matthews lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marshall Matthews breaks the clinch.
Good leg kick by Marshall Matthews there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marshall Matthews manages to break the clinch.
John Lo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marshall Matthews moves into the clinch.
Marshall Matthews working Lo over with knees to the body.
Marshall Matthews is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Marshall Matthews breaks the clinch.
Marshall Matthews clinches with his opponent.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lo.
Marshall Matthews scores a nice knee to the body.
Lo looks winded!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall Matthews manages to break the clinch.
Lo drives through and clinches with Marshall Matthews against the cage.
Lo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marshall Matthews breaks from the clinch.
Lo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Marshall Matthews finds it's way round the side to connect with Lo's head.
Lo clinches with his opponent.
Marshall Matthews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Lo pushes Marshall Matthews up against the cage in a clinch.
Lo misses with a punch on the inside.
Marshall Matthews taking a breather.
Marshall Matthews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Lo moves into the clinch.
Marshall Matthews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Marshall Matthews, pushing him back against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lo has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall Matthews.
Nice elbow from Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews blocks an uppercut.
Marshall Matthews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lo moves into range and clinches up with Marshall Matthews.
Lo throws a punch but it's blocked by Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews landing knees to the head.
Marshall Matthews with a knee to the head.
Marshall Matthews utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Lo has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews scores with a nice hook to the head.
Lo has a couple of punches blocked by Marshall Matthews.
Lo throws a head punch that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marshall Matthews obliges.
Marshall Matthews crunches a lovely knee into Lo's ribcage.
Knees to the body from Marshall Matthews.
Marshall Matthews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Whack! Marshall Matthews lands a heavy head kick that drops Lo. The ref tackles Marshall Matthews to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Lo was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Morton Marshall Matthews!
Morton Marshall Matthews decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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