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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ferdinand Mathews (ranked 7719 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sigfrido Espino (ranked 6512 p4p, 540 weight class). Ferdinand Mathews has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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161 lbs
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ferdinand Mathews!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Sigfrido Espino!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Chris Dean and Ben Hemmingworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Espino moves into range and clinches up with Mathews.
Mathews on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mathews drops down looking for an ankle pick but Espino pulls his leg out and moves away.
Espino moves into the clinch successfully.
Mathews gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Espino avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mathews.
Mathews is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Espino doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Mathews.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mathews working Espino over with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathews prevents Espino from standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathews seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Espino is looking to improve his position.
Espino avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mathews.
Espino trying to control from the bottom.
Espino blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mathews.
Mathews really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Espino avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mathews.
Espino on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mathews thows a huge punch but Espino dodges it nicely.
Mathews is looking to take a break and control but Espino is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Mathews working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Espino blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mathews.
Espino avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mathews.
Mathews sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Espino defending well though.
Mathews drops an elbow to the side of Espino's head.
Espino keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mathews throwing shots but Espino is blocking nicely.
Mathews slips a nice elbow through Espino's hands, connecting with Espino's forehead.
Espino tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Mathews will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Mathews looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mathews 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.
Espino keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Mathews is nestled in close to Espino, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Espino avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Mathews.
Espino pushes Mathews off looking to stand but Mathews dives back in and keeps control.
Espino on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Mathews not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mathews not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Espino blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mathews.
Espino looks winded!
Mathews takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mathews landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Mathews working over Espino with some ground and pound. Espino looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Mathews not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathews misses with a head shot. Espino uses the momentum to regain guard.
Mathews throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Mathews postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Espino has momentary wrist control but Mathews slips an elbow through the middle.
Mathews is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mathews is looking to work some ground and pound but Espino has wrist control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mathews postures up and lands a big shot to Espino's brow.
Espino working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mathews.
Mathews is looking to work some ground and pound but Espino has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ferdinand Mathews dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Espino has taken the fight to the clinch.
Mathews is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Mathews is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Espino can do to turn this around?
Mathews breaks the clinch.
Espino clinches up against the cage.
Espino fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Espino is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mathews is defending well for now.
Mathews can't break the clinch.
Mathews has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Mathews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Espino fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mathews, pushing him back against the cage.
Mathews is looking to take this one to the mat.
Espino scores with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathews lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Mathews manages to break the clinch.
Espino shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Mathews as he jumps to the side.
Espino moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Espino jumps guard but Mathews turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Espino is trying to break free.
Mathews has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Espino clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Mathews throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
Mathews misses with a punch to the head.
Mathews lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Espino is trying escape back to his feet. He turns into his opponent's guard and eventually finds his way back to his feet.
Espino is breathing heavily.
Espino fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ferdinand Mathews has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sigfrido Espino.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathews attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
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!
Espino has closed the distance and engaged Mathews in a clinch.
Espino tries to land knees in the clinch but Mathews avoids the damage to the body.
Mathews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mathews tries to land a front kick but Espino steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Espino taking a breather.
Mathews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Espino clinches up with Mathews and pushes him back against the cage.
Espino tries to land knees in the clinch but Mathews avoids the damage to the body.
Mathews looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Mathews avoiding damage as Espino throws knees to the body.
Mathews on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Espino closes the distance and clinches.
Espino can't find room to land a body shot as Mathews controls the action.
Espino scores a nice knee to the body.
Espino tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mathews avoids it.
Mathews managing to block the knees to the body from Espino.
Mathews manages to pull guard.
Mathews manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Espino manages to get himself to full guard.
Mathews connects with a couple of short punches.
Ferdinand Mathews overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mathews lands a couple of digs.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Mathews's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Mathews is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathews postures up and lands a big shot to Espino's brow.
Mathews postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Mathews with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Mathews keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Espino's head.
Espino has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Mathews has passed into side control.
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!
Mathews working the ground and pound.
Mathews lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Espino down.
Espino taking a bit of punishment here - Mathews scoring with strikes.
Mathews scoring with punches and elbows.
Mathews working the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ferdinand Mathews will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Mathews throws a head kick that misses.
Espino moves into the clinch.
Mathews breaks from the clinch.
Espino pushes Mathews up against the cage in a clinch.
Mathews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ferdinand Mathews is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Espino closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mathews blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Espino is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathews's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Espino shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mathews defends it nicely.
Mathews went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathews throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Espino takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Espino shoots in for a takedown but Mathews shows good takedown defense.
Espino moves into range and clinches up with Mathews.
Mathews escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Espino clinches.
Mathews pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Espino instigates a clinch.
Espino is trying to force a seperation but Mathews has the dominant position.
Espino fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Ferdinand Mathews has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Sigfrido Espino.
Mathews breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Some wild striking there from Mathews.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathews chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mathews 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 Espino has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Espino and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Espino closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mathews managing to block the knees to the body from Espino.
Sigfrido Espino seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Espino with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mathews lands a shot to the body.
Espino tries to pull guard but Mathews forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Mathews breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Espino slips a jab and a cross from Mathews.
A head kick misses from Mathews.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathews lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Espino backs up against the cage.
Mathews walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Espino checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Espino clinches with his opponent.
Mathews ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Mathews no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Mathews lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Mathews working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Espino controls Mathews momentarily but Mathews frees himself.
Espino wants to control but Mathews passes easily into half guard.
Ground and pound from Mathews.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mathews lands a nice short elbow.
Mathews is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mathews lands a nice short elbow.
Mathews looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Espino with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sigfrido Espino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mathews looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Espino blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mathews.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Mathews lands a nice short elbow.
Mathews lands strikes from half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ferdinand Mathews showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mathews, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Darius Henderson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ferdinand Mathews!
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