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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Youngblood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joey Rodinerio Bravo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Youngblood kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Linkin Park - Numb. Bravo is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Damian Marley - Confrontation. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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183 cm
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218 lbs
20 - 9 - 0 |
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189 cm
39
221 lbs
24 - 15 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matt Youngblood! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
24 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joey Rodinerio Bravo ! The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bravo has managed to clinch.
Youngblood tries to break free but Bravo pushes him back against the cage. Bravo is trying to drag Youngblood to the mat but Youngblood just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. Bravo wants a takedown.
Bravo tries to pull guard but Youngblood holds him up against the cage and eventually Bravo drops back down to his feet.
Matt Youngblood has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joey Rodinerio Bravo . Youngblood pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Matt Youngblood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. The fight stays on the outside here - Bravo looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Bravo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Youngblood pinned against the cage. Youngblood gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Youngblood lands a nice shot that snaps Bravo 's head back.
It looks like Joey Rodinerio Bravo has been cut. Youngblood throws a hook but Bravo blocks it. Bravo blocks a leg kick. Youngblood jabs at Bravo 's body. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Youngblood throws a body kick that misses. Youngblood throws a lazy right hand but Bravo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bravo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Bravo avoids the head kick by Youngblood.
Bravo closes the distance and clinches up with Youngblood, looking for a takedown. Bravo pushes Youngblood against the cage but Youngblood circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Matt Youngblood is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Youngblood connects with a leg kick. Bravo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Wow, both these guys are really going for it! Bravo looks for a takedown but Youngblood sprawls well. Youngblood gets tackled into the cage by Bravo . Bravo maintains the clinch. Bravo keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Youngblood's efforts to push away. Bravo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Youngblood smiles and moves away.
Youngblood throws a leg kick that misses. Bravo forces Youngblood back against the cage and clinches. Youngblood manages to break the clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Youngblood. No joy for Bravo on that attempt. Youngblood dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Bravo is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Youngblood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bravo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Bravo shoots in but Youngblood avoids the takedown attempt easily. Youngblood scores with a spinning back kick! Bravo looks winded! Youngblood scores with the left hand. Bravo knows he should have avoided that one. Youngblood throws a monster overhand right that drops Bravo ! Youngblood follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Youngblood! A victorious Matt Youngblood thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. In defeat, Joey Rodinerio Bravo stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm sure he applied WD-40 to his body, so i couldn't get a hold of him!'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
69% |
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