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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luther Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teeks Metrakos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Luther Mason has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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215 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Luther Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Teeks Metrakos!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mason takes the fight into the clinch.
Metrakos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mason looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Metrakos pushes Mason up against the cage in a clinch.
Metrakos is working for takedown but Mason is calmly controlling the position for now.
Metrakos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mason pulls his leg out and moves away.
Metrakos rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Mason moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mason tries to keep at a distance but Metrakos has taken the fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mason stops a takedown attempt from Metrakos.
Luther Mason has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Teeks Metrakos.
Mason stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason breaks the clinch.
Metrakos moves into the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Mason.
Mason pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mason moves into range and clinches up with Metrakos.
Mason breaks the clinch.
Metrakos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Mason pinned against the cage. Mason gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Mason moves into the clinch successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Metrakos closes the distance and pushes Mason back into the cage.
Mason jumps guard but Metrakos stands there with Mason around his waist. Mason gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Metrakos pulls guard successfully.
Metrakos looking to control.
Mason controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Metrakos working a defensive guard here.
Metrakos wants to control but Mason passes easily into half guard.
Metrakos is holding on to half guard well.
Mason landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Metrakos trying to hold on to Mason's head to control him but Mason postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mason slows the pace down in half guard.
Metrakos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Mason is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Mason is controlling the pace.
Mason is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Mason prevents Metrakos from improving his position.
Mason lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mason lands a nice short elbow.
Mason lands with a punch from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luther Mason 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.
Metrakos with a lazy takedown attempt
and Mason counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Teeks Metrakos has been cut.
Metrakos shoots and misses
and Mason counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Metrakos fails with the takedown.
Luther Mason has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Teeks Metrakos.
Metrakos misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Metrakos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Metrakos throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Mason counters with a nice uppercut.
Metrakos looks for the body kick but Mason saw that one coming.
A counter left hand to the body from Mason misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Metrakos clinches.
Mason decides to pull guard.
Metrakos looking to pass the guard.
Metrakos is breathing heavily.
Metrakos keeps trying to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Metrakos is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Mason is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mason wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Metrakos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Mason pulls his leg out and moves away.
Metrakos gets caught napping as Mason dives in and scores a takedown. Metrakos manages to retain guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mason's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mason sitting in guard here, content to control.
Metrakos looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason sitting in guard here, content to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Metrakos looking to control.
Mason engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Metrakos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mason is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Metrakos is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Metrakos is working for takedown but Mason is calmly controlling the position for now.
Mason drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Metrakos jumps guard but Mason stands there with Metrakos around his waist. Metrakos gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Metrakos is trying to pull guard but Mason has him pressed against the cage.
Mason tightens his grip and picks Metrakos up, before dumping him to the ground. Metrakos manages to land in guard.
Metrakos uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Mason is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Metrakos can do to turn this around?
Metrakos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Mason pushes Metrakos up against the cage in a clinch.
Mason breaks from the clinch.
Mason rushes Metrakos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason manages to break the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Metrakos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Mason counters with a straight right hand.
Metrakos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Mason counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch but Metrakos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mason shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Metrakos manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Metrakos is looking to stand back up but Mason counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Metrakos.
Mason 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.
Mason not doing much here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luther Mason dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Teeks Metrakos's cut.
That's time! Mason's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Mason shoots in looking for a takedown but Metrakos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Mason's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Mason really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Metrakos fails with a takedown attempt.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Metrakos.
Mason avoids the head kick by Metrakos.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Metrakos closes the distance and clinches.
Mason manages to break the clinch.
Metrakos with a poor takedown
and Mason counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Metrakos thinking.
Luther Mason has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Teeks Metrakos.
Mason clinches.
Metrakos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Metrakos has Mason pressed against the cage, preventing Mason from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Metrakos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mason's efforts to push away.
Mason jumps into guard, dragging Metrakos to the mat.
Metrakos wants to control from the top but Mason keeps moving.
Mason has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Mason keeping moving, preventing Metrakos from controlling successfully.
Mason has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Mason wants to stand but Metrakos is controlling the position.
Mason looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mason throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Mason tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Metrakos manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Mason is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason tries to keep at a distance but Metrakos has taken the fight into the clinch.
Metrakos keeps control of Mason as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Mason wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Metrakos has him pressed against the cage.
Mason fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Metrakos wants to stall.
Mason is pushing Metrakos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Mason tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mason is trying to break free.
Mason stalls.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Mason turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Mason manages to end up in side control.
Metrakos sneaks back into half guard.
Mason not doing much here.
Metrakos tries to get to full guard but Mason has control of the leg.
Mason working Metrakos over with strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Metrakos is trying to maintain the position but Mason is very close to passing his half guard.
Mason decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Luther Mason showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mason 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Luther Mason!
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RATING
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