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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Quin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rupert Blasts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quin comes to the cage accompanied by Captain Jack - Iko Iko. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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BJJ Red Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Quin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rupert Blasts!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That kick from Blasts tenderised Quin's leg. Quin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Quin checks a leg kick.
Blasts throws a nice outside leg kick.
Quin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A left lands for Quin.
Blasts lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Quin lands with a hook. Blasts tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Quin scores with a body shot.
Blasts fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Quin is out of range.
Blasts moves out of range of the strikes.
Quin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Blasts counters with a good low kick that Quin was not able to check.
Quin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Blasts throws a quick inside leg kick.
Quin lands a head shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quin throws a looping overhand right but Blasts ducks down to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Quin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Quin.
Blasts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quin. That did some damage!
Blasts throws a low kick, looking for Quin's leg but Quin calmly moves out of range.
A jab from Quin finds it's way through Blasts's defenses.
Blasts displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quin throws out the jab.
Quin backing away here, and Blasts unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blasts feints and then cracks Quin's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Quin down.
Quin steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Blasts. That one must have hurt.
Blasts connects with a solid leg kick.
Quin checks the leg kick nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Blasts.
Blasts misses with a straight right.
Quin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Blasts feints a counter leg kick.
Blasts is looking to score with low kicks.
Blasts throws a leg kick which misses Quin's front leg but catches the back leg as Quin tries to avoid it.
Quin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Blastss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Quin misses with a body shot.
Blasts throws a leg kick
and Quin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Quin moves away from the strike by Blasts.
Blasts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Blasts scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Quin blocks a leg kick.
Quin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Blasts counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Blasts on the side of the head.
Quin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blasts moves away.
Quin dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blasts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quin jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Quin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Blasts doesn't seem bothered though.
Quin is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Quin lands a head shot.
Quin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blasts sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Quin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blasts takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Blasts throws a leg kick but Quin sees it coming and moves out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Quin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Quin is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
The crowd cheers as Quin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Blasts doesn't seem phased though.
Quin uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Blasts has time to react.
Blasts misses with a low kick.
Blasts misses the jab.
Blasts tries to work over Quin's front leg with a kick but Quin checks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quin lands a lovely overhand right.
Quin checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Quin lands a nice looking body shot.
Blasts throws a body punch but Quin moves out of range.
Quin drops down looking for a counter takedown but Blasts sprawls and moves away.
The fighters circling - Quin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Quin throws a body shot but no joy.
Quin throws a hook but Blasts blocks it.
Quin throws the left hand but Blasts avoids the punch easily.
Blasts fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Quin throws a body shot but no joy.
Blasts feints a counter leg kick.
Blasts gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Quin.
Quin throws the left hand but Blasts avoids the punch easily.
Quin lands a jab to the nose.
Blasts connects with a solid leg kick.
Blasts scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Quin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blasts was well out of range. Poor timing from Quin.
Quin backing away here, and Blasts unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quin checks the leg kick.
Quin moves out of range of the leg kick from Blasts.
Blasts fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Quin.
Blasts lands with a thumping leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blasts lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Quin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Quin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Quin appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Quin misses with a straight right.
Quin scores with a body shot.
Quin takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Quin is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Blasts.
Blasts lands with a nice body punch.
Quin connects with the punch.
Quin connects with a right hand. Blasts shakes it off.
Blasts steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quin.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blasts uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quin.
Quin moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Blasts ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Quin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blasts moves away.
Quin backing away here, and Blasts unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Quin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The crowd cheers as Quin lands an impressive looking overhand right. Blasts doesn't seem phased though.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Blasts might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Quin has got the better of the exchanges.
Blasts connects with a body shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Blasts, right into the meat.
Quin misses with a body shot.
Quin checks a leg kick.
Quin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Quin takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Blasts throws a leg kick but Quin checks it.
Blasts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quin. That did some damage!
Blasts shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Blasts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Quin.
Quin misses with a hook.
The fighters circling - Quin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blasts throws a quick inside leg kick.
Good work by Quin as he checks the leg kick.
Blasts attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Quin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Blasts can pounce on him.
Quin misses with an uppercut.
Blasts only half commits to the counter leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blasts ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Quin avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Quin feints a jab promting Blasts to slip. Quin then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Blasts slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Some bone on bone action there as Quin checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Blasts connects with a solid leg kick.
Blasts fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Quin checks it well.
Quin feinted with a counter takedown.
Blasts fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Quin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Quin throws a jab when Blasts was well out of range.
Blasts moves out of range as Quin strikes.
Quin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blasts.
Matt Quin is winning the standup battle so far.
Blasts avoids the body shot from Quin.
Blasts has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Blasts misses with a low kick as Quin jumps back.
Blasts cracks the inside of Quin's front leg.
Blasts misses with a low kick.
Quin on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quin throws a hook but Blasts avoids it easily.
Quin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Quin looks to land a left hand but Blasts moved out of range nicely.
Blasts is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Blasts throws a chopping leg kick but Quin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A counter left hand to the body from Quin misses its target.
Blasts does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Quin blocks a head kick by Blasts.
The fighters circling - Quin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Blasts takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Blasts tries to work over Quin's front leg with a kick but Quin checks it.
Blasts throws a low kick but Quin moves out of range easily.
Blasts throws a leg kick but Quin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Quin throwing a counter right hand but Blasts manages to avoid it.
Quin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blasts raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Blasts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Quin cracks Blasts with a good jab.
Quin scores with a sloppy right hand. Blasts should have avoided that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Quin.
Quin connects with a nice looking jab.
Quin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Blasts fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Quin scores with a jab to the head.
Blasts is rocked!
Blasts attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Quin is looking to counter punch.
Blasts is still on wobbly legs! Can Quin finish him?
Quin looks to land a left hand but Blasts moved out of range nicely.
Quin missing with a left hand there. Blasts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blasts throws a leg kick but Quin sees it coming and moves out of range.
Blasts seems to have recovered his senses.
Blasts tries a low kick but Quin avoids it.
Quin digs a good body shot into Blasts's ribs.
Quin jabs at Blasts's body.
Blasts throws a solid leg kick but Quin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blasts.
Quin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blasts manages to avoid it.
Quin misses the jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blasts bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Quin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Blasts was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quin misses the shot to the body.
Quin checks a low kick from Blasts.
A jab from Quin misses.
Quin loads up on a big right hand but Blasts slips the punch.
Blasts tries a quick counter leg kick but Quin is wise to it.
Blasts throws a leg kick but Quin sees it coming and checks it nicely.
It looked like Quin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Quin lands with a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from Quin.
Blasts tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Blasts cracks the inside of Quin's front leg.
Quin blocks a low kick nicely.
Blasts misses with a leg kick
and Quin counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Quin.
Quin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blasts can do to turn this around?
Blasts keeping full guard, as Quin tries to pass.
Quin wants to control from the top but Blasts keeps moving.
Blasts wants to get back to his feet but Quin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Quin dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Quin missing with a left hand there. Blasts was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blasts throws a leg kick which misses Quin's front leg but catches the back leg as Quin tries to avoid it.
Quin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Blasts staying out of range there.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blasts lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Quin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Quin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Quin moves out of range of the leg kick from Blasts.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quin. Blasts does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blasts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Blasts lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Quin has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Quin and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Blasts blocks a jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blasts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Blasts misses with a leg kick
and Quin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blasts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That kick from Blasts tenderised Quin's leg. Quin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Blasts throws a solid leg kick but Quin takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Blasts.
Blasts staying out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick from Blasts misses.
Quin has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blasts.
Blasts feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Quin's calf.
Blasts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Quin looks to land a left hand but Blasts moved out of range nicely.
Quin throws a hook to the side of Blasts's head but Blasts sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Quin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Blasts sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Quin lands a nice shot that snaps Blasts's head back.
Quin lands a nice looking body shot.
Blasts takes a body punch but keeps moving.
That kick from Blasts tenderised Quin's leg. Quin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Quin misses with a looping right.
A low kick from Blasts is predictable there
and Quin counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice body punch from Quin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quin fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Blasts wants to slow Quin down by chopping away at his legs.
Rupert Blasts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quin throws a body shot but no joy.
Blasts pivots, looking for a leg kick but Quin is out of range and Blasts settles back down.
Blasts tries to score with a low kick but Quin moves his leg out of the way.
Quin throws the left hand but Blasts avoids the punch easily.
Blasts tries a quick counter leg kick but Quin is wise to it.
Quin thows a left - swing and a miss!
A solid leg kick lands there for Blasts.
Blasts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Quin.
Quin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Blasts.
Blasts throws a leg kick which misses Quin's front leg but catches the back leg as Quin tries to avoid it.
Blasts on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Blasts is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Quin rather than just go for the knockout.
Quin takes a swing at Blasts's ribcage but misses.
Blasts feints a counter leg kick.
Quin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blasts.
Blasts throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Quin checks a leg kick.
Quin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blasts tries a quick counter leg kick but Quin is wise to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Quin as he checks the leg kick.
Quin changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blasts.
Blasts steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Quin.
Blasts lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Quin misses with a hook to the body
and Blasts makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Blasts, right into the meat.
Blasts throws a leg kick
and Quin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Blasts throws a nice inside leg kick.
Quin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blasts was well out of range. Poor timing from Quin.
Quin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Blasts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Quin misses the body punch
and Blasts counters with a nice low kick that buckles Quin's knee momentarily.
Quin checks a low kick from Blasts.
Quin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blasts moves away.
Quin throws the left hand but Blasts avoids the punch easily.
Blasts misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Blasts attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Quin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Blasts moves out of range as Quin strikes.
Quin throws a body shot but no joy.
Quin takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Blasts is looking to chop away at Quin's legs.
Blasts misses with a leg kick
and Quin counters with a nice double leg into side control. Blasts won't be happy with that.
Blasts seems a little lost for a moment, as Quin dominates the positioning.
Blasts is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Quin has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Blasts is not content to let Quin control the position.
Quin working the ground and pound from side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matt Quin.
Well Quin has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Quin!
Matt Quin seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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