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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Fortrest (ranked 6041 p4p, 0 weight class) and Honda Housey (ranked 3167 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Matthew Fortrest has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Matthew Fortrest seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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175 lbs
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165 cm
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180 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matthew Fortrest!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Honda Housey!
The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Daniel Franklin and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fortrest misses with a takedown attempt
so Housey counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Housey is working Fortrest over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Housey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fortrest's head.
Housey working some strikes from top position.
Fortrest is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Housey should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Fortrest trying to mount his opponent but Housey defends it.
Fortrest prevents Housey from improving his position.
Housey preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Fortrest really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fortrest is looking for a kimura here.
Housey is looking to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Housey slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fortrest passes Housey's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Housey has eaten all the pies!
Housey moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Housey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Housey pulls Fortrest in close to his closed guard and prevents Fortrest from doing any damage or advancing position.
Housey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Housey managing to control the position.
Fortrest stopping the sweep attempt from Housey.
Fortrest will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortrest avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Fortrest with a flurry of punches that miss.
Housey managing to control the position.
Housey wants to sweep here but Fortrest controlling him for the moment.
Fortrest lands a couple of digs.
Fortrest wanted to stand there but Housey had control of the position.
Fortrest preventing the sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Housey keeping moving, preventing Fortrest from controlling successfully.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Housey scores with a takedown into Fortrest's guard.
Housey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Housey scoring with punches to the head and body.
Housey has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Housey is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Housey landing with the ground and pound.
Housey is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Fortrest looking for a guillotine here but Housey defends easily.
Housey lands a couple of elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fortrest is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Housey scoring with some ground and pound.
Housey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Housey scoring with punches to the head and body.
Housey postures up and lands a big shot to Fortrest's brow.
Housey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fortrest's head.
Housey lands a couple of digs.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Housey scoring with some ground and pound.
Fortrest is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Housey lands a couple of elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Honda Housey dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Housey feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Housey scoring with some ground and pound.
Housey is in close to Fortrest's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Housey scoring with some ground and pound.
Fortrest doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Fortrest is looking to stand up but Housey isn't so interested in that idea.
Fortrest is trying to control the position but Housey postures up.
Housey is working Fortrest over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fortrest looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Housey with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Housey scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Housey stays in close to Fortrest's body and controls the position.
Housey is working Fortrest over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Housey with a nice head shot there.
Housey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fortrest is looking to stand up but Housey isn't so interested in that idea.
Housey working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Housey working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fortrest's head.
Housey postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Housey has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Housey distracts Fortrest with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Housey lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Housey keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fortrest's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Housey seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fortrest working a defensive guard but Housey manages to pass into side control anyway.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Housey landing strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fortrest taking a bit of punishment here - Housey scoring with strikes.
Housey lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Fortrest down.
Fortrest gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Housey looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Housey working over Fortrest with some ground and pound. Fortrest looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Housey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Housey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fortrest is rocked!
Housey scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Oh Fortrest is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fortrest actively working from the bottom here.
Housey lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Housey looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Housey is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Housey controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Housey lands with a punch from half guard.
Housey scores with a big shot! Fortrest's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Fortrest! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Honda Housey!
After winning the bout, Honda Housey thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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