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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sabre Tooth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mason Masterclass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mason Masterclass will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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160 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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25
160 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Good wrestler
Solid Muay Thai
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sabre Tooth!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mason Masterclass!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Reed Andrews and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tooth shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Masterclass pinned against the cage. Masterclass gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Masterclass clinches with his opponent.
Masterclass tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Masterclass lands an elbow just above Tooth 's eye.
Tooth blocks an elbow strike.
Tooth goes for a takedown in the clinch but Masterclass prevents it.
Tooth is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sabre Tooth. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Masterclass crunches a lovely knee into Tooth's ribcage.
Tooth has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Masterclass avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Masterclass lands a damaging elbow.
Tooth swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Masterclass with a knee to the head.
Masterclass lands a good knee to the midsection. Tooth won't want to take too many of those.
Tooth takes an elbow to the temple.
It looks like Sabre Tooth has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Masterclass scores with a nice short uppercut.
Tooth is looking for a takedown.
Masterclass lands a good knee to the midsection. Tooth won't want to take too many of those.
Masterclass lands an elbow inside.
Masterclass comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Masterclass lands an elbow inside.
Masterclass gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Masterclass gets through Tooth's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Masterclass lands a knee to the body.
Tooth is breathing heavily.
Masterclass lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Masterclass.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masterclass gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tooth takes an elbow to the temple.
Masterclass scores with a knee to the head.
Tooth is rocked!
Tooth is looking to take this one to the mat.
Masterclass lands an elbow just above Tooth 's eye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masterclass softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tooth wants a takedown but no success here.
Masterclass lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Tooth tries to circle away but Masterclass has him pinned against the cage.
Masterclass crunches a lovely knee into Tooth's ribcage.
Masterclass creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tooth's defenses.
Tooth is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Masterclass is defending well.
Masterclass crunches a lovely knee into Tooth's ribcage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Masterclass.
Masterclass lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tooth backwards.
Masterclass with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tooth takes an elbow to the forehead.
Tooth takes an elbow to the temple.
Masterclass prevents a takedown attempt there.
Masterclass lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tooth takes a knee to the side of the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Masterclass.
Masterclass is leaning against Tooth and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tooth wants a takedown.
Masterclass lands an elbow just above Tooth 's eye.
Tooth drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Nice elbow from Masterclass.
Knees to the body from Masterclass.
Tooth takes an elbow to the temple.
Masterclass will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Tooth up against the cage.
Masterclass looking to throw knees to the head but Tooth is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tooth wants a takedown but no success here.
Tooth is trying to drag Masterclass to the mat but Masterclass just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tooth can't get the takedown.
Tooth is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Masterclass is defending well.
Masterclass tries a knee to the head but Tooth blocks it.
Tooth is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Masterclass is defending well.
Masterclass prevents the takedown attempt.
Masterclass is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Masterclass is pressed up against the cage. Tooth has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Masterclass down to the mat. Masterclass avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Nice sprawl there from Masterclass as Tooth shoots in.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Masterclass forces Tooth back against the cage and clinches.
Tooth looking for a takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mason Masterclass dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sabre Tooth's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Tooth drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tooth stays in close to Masterclass's body and controls the position.
Tooth lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Tooth has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tooth trying to control the position from guard on top but Masterclass is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tooth with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tooth content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Tooth lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tooth stands up over Masterclass, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Masterclass is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tooth controlling from the top position.
Masterclass has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tooth slips nicely into half guard.
Tooth passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Tooth in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Tooth lands with some strikes.
Tooth is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tooth lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Masterclass hang on?
Tooth controlling the position easily from mount.
Tooth in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tooth controlling from mount.
Tooth is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Masterclass is bucking up trying to escape but Tooth cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Tooth tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Masterclass can do anything to dispel that myth.
Tooth wants to control the pace but Masterclass is squirming around nicely.
Masterclass really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Tooth. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Tooth landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masterclass is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Tooth controlling the position easily from mount.
Sabre Tooth overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Tooth scoring with strikes but Masterclass is staying in there.
Tooth content just to control the position here.
Tooth cracks Masterclass with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tooth takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Tooth has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sabre Tooth dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Sabre Tooth's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Tooth fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Masterclass to the ground. Tooth is now in Masterclass's guard.
Tooth missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Tooth tries to free his leg and advance position but Masterclass is retaining full guard.
Tooth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tooth engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Masterclass takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tooth pushing down on Masterclass's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tooth working over Masterclass with some ground and pound. Masterclass looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Tooth trying to control the pace.
Tooth looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tooth connects with a nice short shot to Masterclass's temple.
Masterclass taking some punishment here, with Tooth in his half guard.
Tooth trying to control the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Tooth connects with a nice short shot to Masterclass's temple.
Tooth looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Masterclass with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tooth perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Masterclass is not content to let Tooth control the position.
Tooth looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Masterclass with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Tooth is trying to control. Masterclass wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Tooth passes to full mount!
Tooth landing strikes from the mount and Masterclass is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tooth connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Masterclass takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Tooth with shots to the head and body - Masterclass looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sabre Tooth has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tooth scoring with strikes but Masterclass is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Tooth.
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!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Tooth cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Masterclass is rocked!
Tooth controlling the position easily from mount.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tooth lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sabre Tooth showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Tooth has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight for Mason Masterclass!
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight for Mason Masterclass!
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight for Mason Masterclass!
Mason Masterclass wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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