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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matoi Tsunetski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Locke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Matoi Tsunetski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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270 lbs
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220 lbs
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Dangerous GnP
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Matoi Tsunetski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyle Locke!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tsunetski closes the distance and clinches up with Locke, looking for a takedown. Tsunetski pushes Locke against the ropes but Locke circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Locke gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Tsunetski takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Matoi Tsunetski has been cut.
Tsunetski goes for a takedown in the clinch but Locke prevents it.
Locke turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Locke manages to end up in side control.
Locke tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Locke has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Locke tries to move to mount but Tsunetski blocks the move with his legs.
Locke is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Tsunetski will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Tsunetski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Tsunetski is working to avoid the ground and pound but Locke connects with a decent elbow.
Locke looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tsunetski is avoiding damage well.
Locke throws a strike aimed at the side of Tsunetski's head but Tsunetski avoids it well.
Tsunetski is trying to improve his position.
Tsunetski is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tsunetski parries the strikes from Locke easily there. Locke is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tsunetski to escape.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Locke looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Tsunetski tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Locke throws an elbow but Tsunetski slips to the side and avoids it well.
Locke scores with punches from side control.
Locke wants to control but Tsunetski is keeping him busy.
Locke working the ground and pound but Tsunetski is defending the strikes.
Tsunetski really is a fat lump.
Tsunetski manages to get back to half guard.
Locke moves into full mount! Tsunetski won't be happy about that!
Locke lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Locke with the ground and pound from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke landing strikes from the mount.
Locke with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Locke looking to secure an arm triangle but Tsunetski defends it well.
Tsunetski is trying to escape the mount.
Locke lands a nice shot to the head.
Locke dominating with strikes here.
Tsunetski sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tsunetski looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Locke passes into side control, despite Tsunetski's attempt to control the position.
Locke advances to full mount.
Tsunetski is looking to get to half guard.
Locke landing strikes, looking to finish!
Locke wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Tsunetski working to try and regain half guard.
Locke looking to finish with strikes here!
Tsunetski keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Locke cracks Tsunetski with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Tsunetski tries to lock up and control but Locke gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Tsunetski keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Locke working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
The referee warns Tsunetski that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Tsunetski is desperately trying to improve his position but Locke has a good base and remains in mount.
Locke wants to finish this one by submission but Tsunetski is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Locke.
Locke with a couple of short strikes.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Locke thowing shots but they're missing.
Locke wants to take his opponent's back but Tsunetski doesn't allow it.
Tsunetski is working to get back to half guard.
Locke with shots to the head and body - Tsunetski looks very uncomfortable down there.
Locke lands a big shot there that rocks Tsunetski but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Locke throws some wild stikes that Tsunetski manages to avoid easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tsunetski tries to reverse the position but Locke maintains control.
Locke is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Tsunetski can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Tsunetski avoids a series of strikes thrown by Locke.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tsunetski is trying desperately to improve position.
Locke tries to control but Tsunetski wriggling away.
Locke is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Tsunetski can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Tsunetski manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Tsunetski manages to get to full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Locke works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Locke trying to control from half guard but Tsunetski is working away.
Locke is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tsunetski slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Locke trying to control the position from guard on top but Tsunetski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Locke must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Locke throws a big right hand that misses.
Tsunetski utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tsunetski keeping full guard, as Locke tries to pass.
Locke thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Locke looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Tsunetski keeping moving, preventing Locke from controlling successfully.
Locke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Locke stopping the sweep attempt from Tsunetski.
Tsunetski working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Locke.
Tsunetski working a defensive guard here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Locke slips nicely into half guard.
Tsunetski trying to control from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Locke connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tsunetski momentarily.
Locke moves into the clinch.
Locke escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Locke scores with a takedown into Tsunetski's guard.
Tsunetski keeping full guard, as Locke tries to pass.
Tsunetski bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Locke's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Locke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Matoi Tsunetski's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Locke shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Locke wants to control from the top but Tsunetski keeps moving.
Tsunetski throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Locke throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Locke trying to control but Tsunetski is working from the bottom.
Locke stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Tsunetski swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Locke preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Locke swinging wilding here.
Locke scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Locke seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Tsunetski does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Tsunetski is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Locke's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Locke's back!
Locke fending off the submission attempt from Tsunetski.
Locke fending off the submission attempt from Tsunetski.
Tsunetski is trying to stick to Locke's back but Locke is turning into Tsunetski. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Tsunetski's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Locke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Locke thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Locke thows a big elbow that misses.
Locke postures up in Tsunetski's guard and throws a big left but Tsunetski blocks it.
Locke drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Tsunetski dives on top into guard.
Tsunetski wants to control from the top but Locke keeps moving.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Locke. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Tsunetski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Locke is on top in guard.
Tsunetski keeping moving, preventing Locke from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tsunetski had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Locke is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Tsunetski Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Locke's back instead.
Kyle Locke has got the better of the ground game so far.
Tsunetski is looking to control Locke but Locke is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Locke trying to control but not successfully.
Tsunetski lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Tsunetski trying to control.
Tsunetski doesn't have the hooks in and Locke manages to turn into his guard.
Tsunetski is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Tsunetski escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Locke gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Locke trying to control but Tsunetski is working from the bottom.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Jab from Locke.
Locke scores a takedown into full mount!
Locke jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Tsunetski manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Tsunetski is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Locke's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Tsunetski wants to get back to full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Locke wants to work for an arm triangle but Tsunetski is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Tsunetski manages to get to full guard.
Tsunetski manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Locke manages to get himself to full guard.
Tsunetski wants to control from the top but Locke keeps moving.
Tsunetski stopping the sweep attempt from Locke.
Tsunetski avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Tsunetski passes into half guard.
Tsunetski uses his free foot to push down on Locke's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Locke.
Locke slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Locke missing with punches from the bottom.
Locke wants to get back to full guard.
Locke is in trouble now - Tsunetski has advanced to mount!
Locke wants to hold on but Tsunetski pushes him away.
Locke is trying desperately to improve position.
Tsunetski trying to control but Locke is having none of it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Locke is trying desperately to improve position.
Tsunetski has isolated one of Locke's arms. Locke looking to fight him off but Tsunetski twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Matoi Tsunetski!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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