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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Hugues De Payens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Freeman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De Payens comes to the cage accompanied by Rage against the machine - Bombtrack. Hugues De Payens has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 lbs
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hugues De Payens!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Matt Freeman!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Freeman doesn't succeed with the takedown
and De Payens counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Freeman is lucky that one didn't land flush.
De Payens showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Freeman.
A head kick misses from De Payens.
De Payens takes a swing at Freeman's ribcage but misses.
De Payens lands with a nice body punch.
Freeman shoots in for a takedown but De Payens shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Payens throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice takedown defense from De Payens. No joy for Freeman on that attempt.
De Payens went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Hugues De Payens has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Freeman.
Freeman misses with a takedown
and De Payens connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freeman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Freeman tries for a takedown but De Payens sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Freeman tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Payens swats him away and circles back towards the center.
De Payens looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Freeman throws a head kick that misses.
Freeman tries to clinch up but De Payens circles away and keeps his distance.
De Payens was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Freeman takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for De Payens.
A head punch on the inside from De Payens fails to land.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Freeman breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Freeman moves in looking to clinch but De Payens pushes him off.
De Payens was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Freeman throws a head kick that misses.
De Payens is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Freeman.
Freeman shoots in and gets a takedown into De Payens's guard.
De Payens is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Freeman presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Payens misses with a body punch.
Freeman tries for a takedown but De Payens manages to get underhooks.
De Payens prevents Freeman from breaking the clinch.
De Payens working aggressively here.
De Payens misses with a hook from the clinch.
De Payens misses with a punch to the body.
De Payens misses with some punches.
A left hand lands to the body for De Payens.
De Payens works on Freeman's body with a couple of short punches.
Freeman looks winded!
De Payens has a couple of punches blocked by Freeman.
Freeman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Still in the clinch, De Payens scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Payens lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Payens is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Freeman is defending well for now.
De Payens working Freeman over with knees to the body.
De Payens gets underhooks to prevent Freeman's takedown attempt.
Freeman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
De Payens is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Freeman is defending well for now.
De Payens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Freeman is looking to clinch but De Payens is avoiding it.
Freeman shoots and misses
and De Payens counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by De Payens.
Freeman breaks the clinch.
Freeman misses with a jab to the body
and De Payens counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as De Payens checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
De Payens wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Freeman is looking to clinch.
De Payens appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Payens stuffs the takedown attempt from Freeman. Freeman gets slowly back to his feet.
A head kick by Freeman misses
and De Payens counters with a nice uppercut.
Freeman throws a body punch but De Payens moves out of range.
De Payens defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Freeman.
De Payens half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from De Payens. Freeman does a little dance to reset his feet.
And Freeman tries to counter it with a takedown but De Payens pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Still in the clinch, De Payens scores with a nice short uppercut.
De Payens misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by De Payens as Freeman tries to tie him up.
De Payens tries to land knees in the clinch but Freeman avoids the damage to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hugues De Payens dominated that round.
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.
Crunch! Freeman slams his shin into De Payens's torso.
A slapping body kick lands there for De Payens.
Freeman fails to land with a series of punches.
De Payens swats away the attempt to clinch by Freeman.
De Payens was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Payens is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Freeman can do to turn this around?
Freeman shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says De Payens as he avoids it easily.
Freeman misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Payens lands a big right hand that sends Freeman crashing to the mat! De Payens stays standing though and waves Freeman back to his feet!
Freeman is rocked!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
De Payens scores with a kick to the midsection.
Freeman is still on wobbly legs! Can De Payens finish him?
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Freeman is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Payens lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Freeman.
De Payens makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A body shot lands from De Payens.
De Payens tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Freeman avoids it.
A hook to the body from De Payens.
De Payens unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Freeman! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but De Payens is unloading with more strikes now! Freeman drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hugues De Payens!
Hugues De Payens retains his middleweight title!
An intense looking Hugues De Payens took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'It's no secret that my opponent had the plan to take me down and lay and pray! Well I'm here and I'm the one who is victorious! Hemmo, you are like a hemmeroid, your time is not yet arrived. I admire your spirit, but not your fighting style, you are a human slug my friend! One love! Broken Ha'.
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