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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Hardijan Matic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bee Jay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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146 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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135 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hardijan Matic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bee Jay!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Micheangelo Fripello and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matic slaps away a takedown attempt from Jay, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Jay slips under a jab from Matic.
Matic lands with a nice body kick.
Matic goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
It looks like Bee Jay has been cut.
Matic misses with a body shot.
Jay avoids the body shot from Matic.
A slapping leg kick lands for Matic.
Matic misses with a low kick.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
I was talking to Matic's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Jay blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A body shot lands from Matic.
Matic stalling the fight.
Jay tries to land knees in the clinch but Matic avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay trying to land knees to the body.
Matic swings wildly with an uppercut but Jay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jay misses with a knee to the head.
Jay being controlled against the cage.
Matic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Matic swings wildly with an uppercut but Jay uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matic holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Jay tries for a takedown but Matic manages to get underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jay tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Jay takes a shot to the head.
Jay misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Matic.
Matic can't find room to land a body shot as Jay controls the action.
A nice left hand lands by Matic.
Matic tries to work over Jay's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Matic wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Matic - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Matic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Jay on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Matic. Matic obviously looking to wear him down.
Jay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice leg kick lands there from Jay.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Matic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matic throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matic fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jay has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Matic lands a nice shot to the body.
Matic keeps the fight on the outside.
Hardijan Matic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Jay avoids the body shot from Matic.
Jay feints a counter leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Matic blocks the low kick.
Matic looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Jay fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jay tries to close the distance and clinch up but Matic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jay drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Matic throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Matic tries to land a front kick but Jay steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Jay fails to land the takedown.
Matic tried to counter with a leg kick but Jay avoided it.
Hardijan Matic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bee Jay.
Jay drops his hands momentarily and Matic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jay shoots in looking for a takedown. Matic tries to sprawl out of it but Jay keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Matic manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Jay throws a leg kick
and Matic counters with a body kick that stops Jay in his tracks momentarily.
Matic misses with a hook.
Jay gets the takedown into side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matic is trying to get back to half guard.
Who's going to make the next move?
The referee asks Jay politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Jay prefers to stall for the moment though.
Matic stops Jay from passing to mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hardijan Matic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bee Jay's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Jay moves in looking to clinch but Matic pushes him off.
Jay's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Matic connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Jay scrambles back to his feet.
Hardijan Matic is winning the standup battle so far.
A bone on bone clash there as Matic blocks the leg kick.
Jay closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Matic counter with a right hand.
Jay scores with a leg kick.
The fighters circle momentarily. Matic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Matic is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jay can do to turn this around?
Jay looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Jay needs to keep his hands up - Matic had a free shot at his head there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jay cracks the inside of Matic's front leg.
Jay fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little feinted left hand from Matic on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A jab from Matic does it's job there.
Jay is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jay has Matic up against the cage in a clinch.
Jay blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Matic.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Matic on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Matic can't find room to land a body shot as Jay controls the action.
Matic blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Matic tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jay.
Matic tries to throw a body punch but Jay avoids it by throwing Matic back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Matic obliges.
Jay managing to block the knees to the body from Matic.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matic lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Matic.
Matic takes a knee right on the jaw!
Jay goes for a takedown in the clinch but Matic prevents it.
Nice body punch from Matic - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matic breaks from the clinch.
Matic misses with a body shot.
Jay avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matic connects with a nice looking jab.
Matic lands a nice looking body shot.
Matic swings for the body but Jay moves out of range.
Jay avoids the body shot from Matic.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matic throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jay throws a leg kick but Matic moved away.
Matic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Matic avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
An inside leg kick lands from Matic.
Jay walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Matic checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Jay dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Matic. That did some damage!
Matic tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Matic lands a nice shot that snaps Jay's head back.
Matic just misses with a punch to the body.
Jay tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Jay takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Jay shoots in but no luck this time.
Hardijan Matic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bee Jay.
Matic keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Matic throwing a counter right hand but Jay manages to avoid it.
Jay drops his hands momentarily and Matic takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Matic feints and then cracks Jay's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jay down.
Matic lands a really nice looking cross but Jay seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Jay tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
As Jay backs away, Matic returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Jay tries to clinch up.
Matic circles away from the clinch attempt.
Matic throws a nice outside leg kick.
Jay throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jay is looking to clinch but Matic is avoiding it.
Matic lands a really nice looking cross but Jay seems unphased.
Matic feints and then cracks Jay's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Jay down.
Nice shot by Matic.
Jay is rocked!
Nice body kick from Matic.
Jay is still on wobbly legs! Can Matic finish him?
Jay is breathing heavily.
Matic is stalking Jay. Jay circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Matic, and it's lights out! Jay really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hardijan Matic!
Hardijan Matic really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Perkele! logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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