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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Al Mathis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jose Mercado (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercado has chosen Marabahaya as his entrance music. Jose Mercado has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Al Mathis's chin.
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215 lbs
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190 cm
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Experienced |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Al Mathis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jose Mercado!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mathis misses with a hook to the body
and Mercado counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mathis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Al Mathis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mathis throws a lazy head kick
and Mercado counters with a big head kick but Mathis shrugs it off.
Mercado has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mercado there as he acknowledges the shot.
Mathis punishes Mercado's body with a nice straight punch.
Mathis takes the fight into the clinch.
Mercado has had enough of the clinch but Mathis keeps him there for the moment.
Mercado has had enough of the clinch but Mathis keeps him there for the moment.
Mercado working hard to break the clinch.
Mathis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mercado's efforts to push away.
Mercado is trying to push Mathis away but Mathis has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercado looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mercado has had enough of the clinch but Mathis keeps him there for the moment.
Mercado is fighting off a takedown attempt but Mathis is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Mercado to the mat. Mercado regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Mathis works over Mercado with some ground and pound from guard.
Mathis prevents Mercado from getting back to his feet.
Mathis postures up and lands a big shot to Mercado's brow.
Mathis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mercado really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mathis. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Mathis decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Mathis throws a chopping leg kick but Mercado manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Mathis just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mathis moves to clinch but Mercado breaks away
and Mercado counters with a big head kick but Mathis shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathis moves in looking to clinch but Mercado pushes him off.
Mathis could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Mathis misses with a head kick.
A leg kick checked by Mercado.
Mathis tries to clinch but Mercado moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Mercado wants to get back to striking at distance but Mathis won't allow it.
Mercado breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathis tries to clinch but Mercado is having none of it.
Mathis throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mathis misses with a head kick.
Mathis tries to clinch up but Mercado circles away and keeps his distance.
Mathis looks to land a body kick but Mercado moved away.
Mathis tries to clinch up.
Mathis misses with a head kick.
Mathis throws a body kick that misses
and Mercado counters with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathis drives through and clinches with Mercado against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Mercado has had enough of the clinch but Mathis keeps him there for the moment.
Mathis is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Mercado wants to get back to striking at distance but Mathis won't allow it.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Mathis takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Mercado is trying to break the clinch but Mathis has him pressed against the cage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mercado wants to get back to striking at distance but Mathis won't allow it.
Mathis stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Al Mathis dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Mercado keeps the fight on the outside.
Mathis tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mercado counters with a head kick. That will keep Mathis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mathis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mercado wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mathis has him pressed against the cage.
Mercado wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mercado wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mercado wants to break the clinch but can't.
Mathis dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mercado is trying to break the clinch but Mathis is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathis stalling.
Mercado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mathis throws a body punch but Mercado moves out of range.
Mathis misses with a shot to the body
and Mercado counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mathis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mathis falls off balance throwing a combination
and Mercado counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mathis is looking to wear down Mercado with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Mathis misses with a leg kick
and Mercado counters with a head kick. That will keep Mathis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathis tries to clinch but Mercado moves away
and Mercado counters with a head kick. That will keep Mathis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mathis tries to clinch but Mercado moves out of range.
Mathis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Mercado's sensitive parts.
A punch combination from Mathis misses.
Mathis closes the distance but Mercado moves to the side
and Mercado counters with a big head kick but Mathis shrugs it off.
A head kick by Mathis misses
and Mercado counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mathis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head kick by Mathis misses
and Mercado counters with a head kick. That will keep Mathis thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Mathis clinches.
Mathis stalling in the clinch.
Mercado is trying to force a seperation but Mathis has the dominant position.
Mercado tries to break the clinch but Mathis is controlling the position.
Mercado breaks from the clinch.
Al Mathis is winning the standup battle so far.
Mathis darts in and clinches Mercado up against the cage.
Mercado pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mathis misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mercado counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mathis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mathis throws a head kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mathis takes the fight into the clinch.
Mathis keeps control of Mercado as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mercado breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mathis tries to clinch but Mercado is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mathis fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mercado, pushing him back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jose Mercado will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Mathis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Mathis has closed the distance and engaged Mercado in a clinch.
Mercado breaks from the clinch.
Mathis attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Mathis moves into the clinch.
Mercado is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mercado manages to break the clinch.
A low kick from Mathis misses
and Mercado counters with a head kick.
Jose Mercado is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mathis drives through and clinches with Mercado against the cage.
Mathis has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mathis has Mercado pressed against the cage, preventing Mercado from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mercado wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercado wants to break free but Mathis has control.
A frustrated look appears on Mercado's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mercado is looking to break free of the clinch but Mathis has double underhooks.
Mercado letting Mathis take a breather here.
Mercado wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mathis has him pressed against the cage.
Mathis keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mercado's efforts to push away.
Mathis controlling the action here for a moment.
Mathis has Mercado pressed against the cage, preventing Mercado from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Mercado wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mercado wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mathis works on Mercado's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Mathis keeps control of Mercado as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mercado looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Mercado working hard to break the clinch.
Mercado wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Mercado wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Mathis has him pressed against the cage.
Mercado escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Mathis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Mathis throws a sloppy head kick
and Mercado counters with a big head kick but Mathis shrugs it off.
A low kick from Mathis is predictable there
and Mercado counters with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mathis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mathis wants to clinch.
Mathis thows a leg kick but Mercado checks it
and Mercado counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Mathis throws a leg kick that is checked
and Mercado counters with a head kick.
Mathis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mathis throws a leg kick
and Mercado counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Mathis is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mercado was well out of range. Poor timing from Mathis.
Mercado on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mathis gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Mercado tries to break the clinch but Mathis is controlling the position.
Mathis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mercado avoids it.
Mathis keeps control of Mercado as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mathis has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Mercado clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mathis controlling the position well here. Mercado rolled but Mathis kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Mathis is landing with strikes. Mercado can't take much more of this.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Al Mathis.
Well Mathis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Al Mathis!
In defeat, Jose Mercado stepped up to the mic, saying 'babalik ako at muling lalaban'.
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