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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mathew Ridgeway (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Conor The Highlander (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ridgeway comes to the cage accompanied by The Forgotten War. The Highlander has chosen Notorious Biggie Small as his entrance music. Conor The Highlander told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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164 lbs
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155 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mathew Ridgeway!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Conor The Highlander!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ridgeway staying out of range there.
Ridgeway darts in and clinches The Highlander up against the cage.
Ridgeway blocks an uppercut.
The Highlander tries a body shot but Ridgeway blocks it.
Ridgeway blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A nice left hand lands by Ridgeway.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
The Highlander lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
I was talking to Ridgeway's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
The Highlander blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Highlander tries to throw a body punch but Ridgeway avoids it by throwing The Highlander back against the cage.
Ridgeway goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ridgeway is stalling here.
The Highlander tries a body shot but Ridgeway blocks it.
The Highlander struggles to land a body shot inside as Ridgeway controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Highlander tries a body shot but Ridgeway blocks it.
The Highlander struggles to land a body shot inside as Ridgeway controls his hands.
Ridgeway tries a body shot but The Highlander blocks it.
Ridgeway goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ridgeway misses with a body punch.
The Highlander misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Highlander tries to throw a body punch but Ridgeway avoids it by throwing The Highlander back against the cage.
The Highlander misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Highlander swings wildly with an uppercut but Ridgeway uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Highlander misses with a punch on the inside.
Ridgeway lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Highlander backwards.
The Highlander tries to throw a body punch but Ridgeway avoids it by throwing The Highlander back against the cage.
The Highlander prevents a body shot from Ridgeway.
The Highlander lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ridgeway throws a head punch that misses.
Ridgeway swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Highlander misses with a body punch.
The Highlander struggles to land a body shot inside as Ridgeway controls his hands.
Ridgeway prevents a body shot from The Highlander.
Ridgeway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from The Highlander.
Ridgeway tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Highlander's elbow.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Highlander.
The Highlander lands with a light punch inside.
Good body shot from The Highlander.
Ridgeway misses with the head strike.
Ridgeway misses with a hook to the ribs.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Highlander.
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!
A nice left hand lands by The Highlander.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Highlander lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ridgeway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ridgeway misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The Highlander prevents a body shot from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway can't find room to land a body shot as The Highlander controls the action.
The Highlander lands a shoulder strike.
The Highlander tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ridgeway's elbow.
A body shot lands from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Highlander backwards.
Ridgeway misses with a punch to the body.
The Highlander tries a body shot but Ridgeway blocks it.
The Highlander lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ridgeway backwards.
Ridgeway throws a punch but it's blocked by The Highlander.
The Highlander misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Highlander tries a body shot but Ridgeway blocks it.
The Highlander prevents a body shot from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway prevents a body shot from The Highlander.
The Highlander lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Highlander misses with a punch to the body.
Ridgeway lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Highlander throws a punch but it's blocked by Ridgeway.
The Highlander doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Highlander makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Ridgeway.
Come on Ridgeway - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The Highlander has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ridgeway seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if The Highlander can turn it around.
The Highlander digs a right hand into Ridgeway's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Ridgeway's gas tank.
The Highlander has a couple of punches blocked by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway digs a right hand into The Highlander's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on The Highlander's gas tank.
The Highlander lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Highlander tries to throw a body punch but Ridgeway avoids it by throwing The Highlander back against the cage.
Ridgeway lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ridgeway swings wildly with an uppercut but The Highlander uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ridgeway lands with a right to the head.
Ridgeway blocking some punches.
The Highlander tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ridgeway's elbow.
The Highlander has a couple of punches blocked by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway prevents a body shot from The Highlander.
The Highlander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ridgeway misses with some punches.
The Highlander struggles to land a body shot inside as Ridgeway controls his hands.
A body shot lands from Ridgeway.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ridgeway misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ridgeway swings wildly with an uppercut but The Highlander uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Ridgeway.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The Highlander takes a shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from The Highlander.
Ridgeway cracks The Highlander with a nice body shot.
The Highlander lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ridgeway tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ridgeway lands a right hand that snaps the head of The Highlander backwards.
Ridgeway throws a punch but it's blocked by The Highlander.
Ridgeway controlling the action here for a moment.
Ridgeway tries to throw a body punch but The Highlander avoids it by throwing Ridgeway back against the cage.
Ridgeway tries to throw a body punch but The Highlander avoids it by throwing Ridgeway back against the cage.
The Highlander misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Highlander.
The Highlander lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by The Highlander.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Highlander.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Conor The Highlander dominated that round.
That's time! Ridgeway's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The Highlander stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Ridgeway fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Highlander manages to avoid it.
The Highlander flicks out a counter leg kick but Ridgeway steps away.
The Highlander scores with a jab to the jaw.
The Highlander cracks Ridgeway with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Ridgeway looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Ridgeway misses with a body punch
and The Highlander counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
An inside leg kick lands from The Highlander.
Ridgeway fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but The Highlander is out of range.
Ridgeway buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The Highlander connects with a solid leg kick.
Ridgeway connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed The Highlander momentarily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Highlander throws a hook to the side of Ridgeway's head but Ridgeway sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ridgeway throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The Highlander has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The Highlander tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ridgeway was well out of range. Poor timing from The Highlander.
A telegraphed right hand from The Highlander misses the target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ridgeway.
Ridgeway blocks a low kick nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ridgeway digs a good body shot into The Highlander's ribs.
The Highlander fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ridgeway manages to avoid it.
Ridgeway moves in looking to clinch but The Highlander pushes him off.
Ridgeway scores with a nice head shot.
The Highlander just misses with a punch to the body.
Ridgeway fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. The Highlander looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The Highlander misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - The Highlander throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The Highlander misses with a looping right.
Ridgeway avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Ridgeway walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. The Highlander checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
The Highlander pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Highlander throws a right and a left that Ridgeway avoids nicely.
A jab from The Highlander misses.
Ridgeway ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Highlander moves away.
Ridgeway backing away here, and The Highlander unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
An inside leg kick from Ridgeway misses.
Ridgeway wants to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Highlander loads up on a big right hand but Ridgeway slips the punch.
The Highlander with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Ridgeway to score with a decent uppercut.
Ridgeway throws a low kick, looking for The Highlander's leg but The Highlander calmly moves out of range.
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 Highlander throws a jab but it's blocked by Ridgeway.
The Highlander connects with a crisp jab.
The Highlander throws a leg kick
and Ridgeway counters with a nice leg kick.
The Highlander swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Mathew Ridgeway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ridgeway throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent The Highlander stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The Highlander takes the fight into the clinch.
The Highlander lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Ridgeway backwards.
Good body shot from Ridgeway.
The Highlander blocks an uppercut.
The Highlander goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ridgeway blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ridgeway gets through The Highlander's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeway lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ridgeway lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ridgeway lands an uppercut.
Ridgeway misses with a body punch.
Ridgeway tried to land a shot to the body but connects with The Highlander's elbow.
Ridgeway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ridgeway prevents a body shot from The Highlander.
The Highlander tries to throw a body punch but Ridgeway avoids it by throwing The Highlander back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Ridgeway.
The Highlander swings wildly with an uppercut but Ridgeway uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short body shot lands from Ridgeway as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway pushes The Highlander back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Ridgeway as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from The Highlander.
The Highlander doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Highlander blocks a body shot from Ridgeway.
The Highlander swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The Highlander tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Highlander can't find room to land a body shot as Ridgeway controls the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ridgeway tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ridgeway lands a nice shot to the body.
A hook to the body from Ridgeway.
The Highlander misses with some punches.
Ridgeway softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Ridgeway lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Highlander tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ridgeway tries to throw a body punch but The Highlander avoids it by throwing Ridgeway back against the cage.
A short right from Ridgeway.
Ridgeway doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ridgeway is pushing The Highlander up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A left hand lands to the body for The Highlander.
Ridgeway throws a head punch that misses.
Ridgeway lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Highlander backwards.
Ridgeway lands a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ridgeway lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for The Highlander.
The Highlander tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mathew Ridgeway dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
The Highlander fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ridgeway is out of range.
Ridgeway throwing a counter right hand but The Highlander manages to avoid it.
Ridgeway throws a body punch but The Highlander moves out of range.
The Highlander throws out a counter right but Ridgeway avoids it with no problem.
Ridgeway closes the distance and lands a one-two.
The Highlander is rocked!
The Highlander leaves his chin hanging out and Ridgeway seizes the opportunity with an uppercut! The Highlander crumbles to the floor in a heap, and the referee steps in and tends to the downed fighter! What a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mathew Ridgeway!
A victorious Mathew Ridgeway thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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