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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Mattews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wax Philosophical (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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274 lbs
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Mattews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Wax Philosophical!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mattews gets a takedown into half guard.
Mattews working the head and body with strikes.
Mattews sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Philosophical defending well though.
Mattews is stalling here. Philosophical is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mattews seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Philosophical has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Mattews gets back to half guard.
Mattews is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at BigMouth Cabrons, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Philosophical throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Philosophical missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Philosophical moves nicely into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Philosophical lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mattews down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Philosophical working the ground and pound.
It looks like Matt Mattews has been cut.
Philosophical has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Philosophical creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Mattews sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Philosophical working the strikes but Mattews uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Mattews wants to get back to his feet.
Philosophical throws a strike but Mattews avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Mattews working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Philosophical.
Philosophical throws an elbow that misses. Mattews uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Philosophical's guard. Nice move by Mattews!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mattews wants to stand and escape but instead Philosophical has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Mattews 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.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Philosophical accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mattews has his foot on Philosophical's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Philosophical works his way back into a safe position though.
Philosophical makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Philosophical accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Philosophical stopping the sweep attempt from Mattews.
Philosophical lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Philosophical with a flurry of punches that miss.
Philosophical landing some decent shots from guard.
Philosophical passes into half guard.
Mattews looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philosophical seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Matt Mattews's cut is getting worse.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Philosophical not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Philosophical thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Philosophical missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Mattews moves into full guard.
Mattews looking to control.
Mattews preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Philosophical missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Philosophical postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mattews working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Philosophical.
Philosophical landing with the ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philosophical with a nice head shot there.
Philosophical chips away with some ground and pound.
Philosophical with a flurry of punches that miss.
Philosophical looking to pass the guard.
Mattews manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Philosophical manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Philosophical 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wax Philosophical dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matt Mattews's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Mattews uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Philosophical.
Mattews lands a left and a right that send Philosophical crashing to the mat, dazed. Mattews thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
It looks like Wax Philosophical has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mattews throws a right and a left that both miss.
Mattews fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Philosophical avoids it really well and circles away.
Mattews blocks a leg kick.
Mattews keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Philosophical misses with a leg kick.
Wax Philosophical seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Philosophical motions for Mattews to come forward. Philosophical throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Philosophical.
Philosophical connects with an inside leg kick.
Mattews misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mattews looks up at the clock. Bad move! Philosophical lands a right hand from hell, dropping Mattews. Philosophical pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Wax Philosophical!
A very excited looking Wax Philosophical made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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