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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Moses Rington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Hughes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rington comes to the cage accompanied by Ring The Alarm by Tenor Saw. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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167 lbs
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180 cm
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165 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Moses Rington !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Hughes!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hughes throws a series of punches but Rington avoids them all with ease.
Rington paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A big right from Rington misses.
Rington lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hughes's sensitive parts.
Rington turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hughes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rington sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rington with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rington scores with a nice head shot.
Rington 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hughes under the eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hughes throws a jab when Rington was well out of range.
Rington closes the distance and clinches up with Hughes, looking for a takedown. Rington pushes Hughes against the cage but Hughes circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Rington blocks a head kick by Hughes.
Hughes throws a shot from downtown. Rington moves away and avoids it.
Rington misses with a hook.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rington .
Matt Hughes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rington checks a leg kick.
Hughes misses the body punch
and Rington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Hughes lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Rington at a distance.
We've been informed that Hughes has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hughes with a nice cross.
It looks like Moses Rington has been cut.
Rington avoids the body shot from Hughes.
Rington keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hughes misses with a body shot.
Hughes misses with a few strikes there.
Hughes throws a shot to the body.
Rington defending well as Hughes loads up on a big left hand.
Hughes throws a head kick that misses.
Hughes takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Rington just misses with a punch to the body.
Hughes throws a one two combo.
We've been hearing reports that Rington has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rington is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Hughes's half guard.
Hughes is rocked!
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Rington in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Hughes tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Rington !
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Moses Rington !
Moses Rington thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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