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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matej Batinic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maddox Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Wood's choice of entrance music: 3 6 mafia 1 hitta quita. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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210 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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188 cm
25
209 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Determined |
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matej Batinic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Maddox Wood!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Arvi Lind and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Matej Batinic has been cut.
Batinic avoids the head kick by Wood.
Batinic tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Wood manages to circle out of the way.
Batinic walks into a stiff left hand from Wood.
Wood swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Batinic counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Wood!
Batinic working the ground and pound but Wood is defending the strikes.
Batinic working the body and head with strikes.
Batinic cracks Wood with a big right hand but Wood just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wood wants to get back to his feet.
Batinic throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Wood is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Batinic fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Batinic throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Batinic throws a strike aimed at the side of Wood's head but Wood avoids it well.
Batinic in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Wood is trying to buck Batinic off.
Batinic is working Wood over with some ground and pound from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batinic in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Wood is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Batinic has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Wood taking punishment in the form of punches.
Wood on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Wood is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Batinic is controlling him well.
Batinic working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Wood wants to get back to his feet but Batinic drags him back down.
Batinic is trying to ground and pound but Wood uses the momentary lack of control by Batinic to regain half guard.
Wood has hold of Batinic's hands but Batinic slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Wood has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Holding Cell. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Batinic thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wood avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Batinic.
Batinic winds up and cracks Wood with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Batinic missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood taking some punishment here, with Batinic in his half guard.
Wood is rocked!
Batinic throws a strike but Wood manages to get a kimura sweep and he's found himself on top with the kimura half locked in! This would be a real turnaround! He's torquing it... Will Batinic tap??? YES! He's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Maddox Wood!
A relieved looking Maddox Wood thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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