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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rage Machine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Juan Matus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tired and clearly flustered, he entered the arena late and after a little discussion it was decided that the bout should take place.
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Rage Machine and Don Juan Matus. The crowd seem to be enjoying Matus's choice of entrance music: Crow Spirit. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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158 lbs
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rage Machine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Don Juan Matus!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matus misses with a hook. Machine ducked under it nicely.
Matus throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Matus takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Machine looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Machine takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Matus looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Matus throws out a loose jab but Machine uses good head movement to avoid it.
Machine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Machine misses with a hook.
Matus works Machine's body with a nice hook.
Machine moves away from the strike by Matus.
Machine lands a jab to the head.
Machine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Matus throws a head kick that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Machine finds it's way through Matus's defenses.
Machine takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Matus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Matus throws a hook but Machine blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machine looks to land a right hand but Matus moved out of range.
Matus throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Machine feinted with a counter takedown.
Matus throws a front kick that sends Machine stumbling back into the cage.
Machine throws out a powerful jab.
Machine fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Matus manages to avoid it.
Nice shot by Matus.
Machine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matus looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Matus lands a head shot.
Matus displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Machine.
Machine takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Matus closes the distance and clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matus tries to land a knee to the head but Machine blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matus lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Matus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Matus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A shot in the inside from Machine.
Machine working aggressively here.
Machine displaying some good clinch control by pressing Matus up against the cage.
Matus working Machine over with knees to the body.
Machine misses with a punch to the body.
A short left from Matus.
Matus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Machine doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Machine takes a shot to the head.
Matus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Matus tries to work over Machine's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Machine is trying to pull guard but Matus has him pressed against the cage.
Machine misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matus throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Machine misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machine tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Matus just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rage Machine. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Matus prevents a body shot from Machine.
Matus tries a knee to the head but Machine blocks it.
Matus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Machine swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Machine can't find room to land a body shot as Matus controls the action.
Matus blocking some punches.
I was talking to Machine's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A hook to the body from Matus.
Matus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matus manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Matus unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Matus lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Matus scores with a shoulder strike.
Machine avoiding damage as Matus throws knees to the body.
Machine is trying to pull guard but Matus turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Matus is working Machine over against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matus struggles to land a body shot inside as Machine controls his hands.
Machine managing to block the knees to the body from Matus.
Matus blocks an uppercut.
Matus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Matus blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Machine lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Machine struggles to land a body shot inside as Matus controls his hands.
Machine is trying to trip Matus. He has hold of a leg but Matus is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Machine persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Matus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Machine is one step ahead there.
Matus keeping full guard, as Machine tries to pass.
Matus has Machine pulled in close to control his posture.
Machine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Don Juan Matus dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Matus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Machine blocks a jab.
Matus bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Matus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Matus misses the jab.
A bone on bone clash there as Machine blocks the leg kick.
Matus lands a nice shot to the body.
A slow jab from Matus misses its intended target.
Machine throws a lazy right hand but Matus sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Matus looks to score with a jab to the body but Machine is just out of range.
Nice shot by Machine.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Matus misses its intended target.
Machine is looking to chop away at Matus's legs.
Matus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Matus throws a head kick that misses
and Machine makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Matus.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machine looks to land a right hand but Matus moved out of range.
Matus flicks out a counter leg kick but Machine steps away.
Matus misses the shot to the body.
Machine misses the shot to the body.
Matus lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Matus defending well as Machine loads up on a big left hand.
Matus fails to land with a series of punches.
Machine throwing a counter right hand but Matus manages to avoid it.
Matus lands a big head kick that sends Machine to the canvas! Matus follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Don Juan Matus!
Our winner, Don Juan Matus, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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