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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matt Walker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ice Cube (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cube has chosen Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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178 lbs
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171 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Excellent MT
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Matt Walker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ice Cube!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cube tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Walker counters with a straight right hand.
Cube scores with a crisp jab that stopped Walker in his tracks.
Walker misses the body punch
and Cube counters with a two punch combo.
Cube is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Cube doesn't manage to clinch there - Walker circles away.
Walker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cube throws a hook to the side of Walker's head but Walker sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cube tries to clinch up but Walker circles away and keeps his distance.
Walker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cube.
Walker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Walker throws a combination. Cube tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cube should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Walker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cube.
A big right from Walker misses.
Cube tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Walker misses the shot to the body.
Cube is looking to clinch but Walker is avoiding it.
Cube tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Walker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Walker swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cube makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cube swings for the body but Walker moves out of range.
Walker avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cube has taken the fight to the clinch.
Walker tries to circle away but Cube has him pinned against the cage.
Cube working aggressively here.
Walker is pushing Cube up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Walker blocks a body shot from Cube.
Cube stalling against the cage.
A short uppercut from Cube.
Cube controlling the action here for a moment.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Cube has him pressed against the cage.
Cube misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Cube gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Walker prevents a body shot from Cube.
Cube working aggressively here.
Cube doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Cube has him pressed against the cage.
Walker is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Walker prevents a body shot from Cube.
Cube scores with a hook to the body.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Cube won't allow it.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Cube is controlling him.
Cube lands with a light punch inside.
A short uppercut from Cube.
Cube taking a breather.
Cube stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cube misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Cube.
A bit of stalling here from Cube.
Cube lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Cube lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Walker or not.
Cube lands a left hand.
Cube misses with a hook to the ribs.
Walker is trying to force a seperation but Cube has the dominant position.
Cube stalling against the cage.
Nice body punch from Cube - that landed with a thud.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walker tries to circle away but Cube has him pinned against the cage.
Cube working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cube misses with a punch to the body.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Cube keeps him there for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ice Cube dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Cube misses with a two punch combination.
Cube fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Walker, pushing him back against the cage.
Cube can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Walker has been working on his balance at Soul Supremacy - UK, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Cube.
A body shot lands from Cube.
Cube goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cube lands a left hand that snaps the head of Walker backwards.
Cube lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Walker trying to control the position but instead, Cube has worked for underhooks and has pushed Walker into the cage.
Cube leaning his opponent against the cage.
Walker wants to break free but Cube has control.
Cube swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cube misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cube stalling in the clinch.
Walker looking for a takedown.
Walker working aggressively here.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Cube won't allow it.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Cube is controlling him.
A head punch on the inside from Cube fails to land.
Cube prevents the takedown attempt.
Cube tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Walker's elbow.
Cube can't find room to land a body shot as Walker controls the action.
Walker misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cube.
Walker can't break the clinch.
Cube has Walker pressed against the cage, preventing Walker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cube fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Walker is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Walker. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cube lands a body shot.
Cube lands with a right to the head.
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cube tries to work over Walker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cube misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cube lands a nice shot to the body.
Walker is trying to push Cube away but Cube has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Cube is controlling him.
Cube working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cube misses with the head strike.
Cube struggles to land a body shot inside as Walker controls his hands.
Cube stalling against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to circle away but Cube has him pinned against the cage.
Cube lands a left hand.
Walker jumps guard but Cube stands there with Walker around his waist. Walker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cube working aggressively here.
Walker has had enough of the clinch but Cube keeps him there for the moment.
Walker tries to work over Cube's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cube throws a punch but it's blocked by Walker.
Walker throws a punch but it's blocked by Cube.
A bit of stalling here from Cube.
Cube has a couple of punches blocked by Walker.
Cube swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cube swings wildly with an uppercut but Walker uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker trying to land knees to the body.
Cube tries a body shot but Walker blocks it.
Walker wants to get back to striking at distance but Cube won't allow it.
Cube goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cube gets through Walker's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cube creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Walker wants to break free but Cube has control.
Walker is trying to break the clinch but Cube has him pressed against the cage.
Walker tries a body shot but Cube blocks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cube misses with a body punch.
Walker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Walker wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Walker as Cube tries to tie him up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ice Cube showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Cube fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Walker.
Walker circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cube catches Walker with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cube lands with a shot to the body.
Cube fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Walker looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
An inside leg kick from Cube misses.
Walker is looking to wear down Cube with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Walker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cube lands a nice looking body shot.
Cube scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cube lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cube punishes Walker's body with a nice straight punch.
Cube lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Walker lands a jab.
Cube tests Walker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cube takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Walker thows a body shot but no joy.
Cube clinches with his opponent.
Ice Cube seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cube throws a punch but it's blocked by Walker.
Cube misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cube lands with a right to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Cube.
Walker tries for a takedown. No joy.
Cube is leaning against Walker and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cube works on Walker's body with a couple of short punches.
Walker has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Cube uses from the top position.
Walker controls Cube momentarily but Cube frees himself.
Walker trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cube must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cube's guard.
Walker slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Walker is looking to work some ground and pound but Cube has wrist control.
Walker drops back looking for a leg! Cube is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Cube manages to kick Walker off! Walker jumps back into Cube's guard.
Walker not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walker throws a big elbow that misses.
Walker stopping the sweep attempt from Cube.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Matt Walker wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Cube walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Walker checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ice Cube.
I've got Cube winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ice Cube!
After winning the bout, Ice Cube thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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