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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chris Coath (ranked 596 p4p, 82 weight class) and Robert Munson (ranked 729 p4p, 105 weight class). Coath comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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
30 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Coath!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robert Munson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Munson misses with a looping left.
Coath feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Munsons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Munson misses with a wild body shot.
Munson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Munson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Coath.
Coath missing with a left hand there. Munson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Coath checks a low kick from Munson.
Munson throws the left hand but Coath avoids the punch easily.
Munson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Coath's head backwards.
Jab from Coath.
Munson has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Coath drives through and clinches with Munson against the cage.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
Coath tries to work over Munson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Munson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Coath tries to work over Munson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coath blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Munson throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Coath jumps guard but Munson turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munson trying to stall but Coath improves his position.
Coath working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Coath misses with a punch on the inside.
Munson tries to work over Coath's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Coath lands a nice shot to the body.
Coath lands an uppercut.
Munson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Coath struggles to land a body shot inside as Munson controls his hands.
Munson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Coath swings wildly with an uppercut but Munson uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Munson.
Munson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Coath backwards.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Munson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Munson swings wildly with an uppercut but Coath uses good head movement to avoid it.
Munson misses with a body punch.
Munson misses with a punch to the body.
Coath misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A left hand lands to the body for Coath.
Coath pulls guard successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coath is looking for a triangle but Munson pushes his legs off easily.
Munson preventing the sweep.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Coath looking for a guillotine here but Munson defends easily.
Munson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Coath wants to sweep but no luck.
Coath is looking for a triangle but Munson pushes his legs off easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coath is looking to sweep but instead, Munson has passed into half guard.
Coath tries to roll over but Munson keeps him under control.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Coath is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Munson pulls his head out easily.
Coath tries to get to full guard but Munson has control of the leg.
Coath wants to sweep but Munson has passed to side control!
Coath is looking to reverse the position.
Munson content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Coath tries to improve position but can't.
Coath gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Coath is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chris Coath will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Munson lands a lovely overhand right.
Munson avoids the body shot from Coath.
Munson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Coath. Coath obviously looking to wear him down.
Coath misses with a straight right.
Coath throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Munson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheers as Coath lands an impressive looking overhand right. Munson doesn't seem phased though.
Munson misses with an uppercut. Coath saw that one coming.
Coath misses with a body shot.
Munson shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Coath eats them both and turns towards Munson to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Munson misses with a body kick.
Munson throws a sloppy head kick and Coath moves out of range easily.
Coath throws a jab but it's blocked by Munson.
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!
Coath throws a right hand that Munson ducks under and follows up with a left that Munson also avoids with ease.
Munson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Munson.
Munson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Coath lands with a cross.
Coath misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coath misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Munson.
Munson slips a jab from Coath.
Coath with a hook.
Coath uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Munson.
Munson tries a head kick but it misses.
Coath on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Munson. Munson obviously looking to wear him down.
Chris Coath seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Coath blocks the body kick.
Coath throws a leg kick that misses.
Coath feints and then cracks Munson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Munson down.
Munson scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Coath moves out of range as Munson strikes.
Chris Coath is winning the standup battle so far.
Munson scores with a hook.
Munson misses the shot to the body.
Munson throws a shot from downtown. Coath moves away and avoids it.
Coath uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Munson.
Coath looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Munson looks for the body kick but Coath saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Coath throws a hook to the side of Munson's head but Munson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Munson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Coath throws a leg kick which misses Munson's front leg but catches the back leg as Munson tries to avoid it.
Coath throws a nice inside leg kick.
Munson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Coath throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've been told by Coath's head coaches at Heavy Metal that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Munson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Coath.
Munson slips under a jab from Coath.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Munson! But no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Coath.
Donk. Munson catches Coath right on the button with a cross.
Munson scores with a shot to the body.
Coath keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Munson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Good leg kick by Coath there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Munson fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Coath on the side of the head.
Coath lands a right hook to the body.
Coath swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Nice body kick there by Munson.
Coath misses with a double jab
and Munson counters with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Munson takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Coath misses with a low kick.
Munson misses with a kick to the body.
Munson lands with a kick to the temple. Coath shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Munson cracks Coath with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Munson lands with a hook. Coath tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Munson slips under a jab from Coath.
Coath throws a jab when Munson was well out of range.
Munson catches Coath with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Munson misses with a kick to the body.
The crowd cheers as Coath lands an impressive looking overhand right. Munson doesn't seem phased though.
Munson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Munson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Coath.
Munson looks to land a left hand but Coath moved out of range nicely.
Nice defenses there by Munson.
Munson keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Coath 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 Munson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Munson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A nice side step and Munson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Good leg kick by Munson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A punch lands to the side of Munson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice body punch from Munson.
Coath closes the distance and pushes Munson back into the cage.
Munson tries a body shot but Coath blocks it.
Coath misses with some punches.
Munson working aggressively here.
Munson lands with a right to the head.
Coath throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Munson blocking some punches.
Coath fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Coath lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Coath blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Coath can't find room to land a body shot as Munson controls the action.
Chris Coath has scored more points in the clinch so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Munson.
Coath doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Munson misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Munson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Robert Munson will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Coath swings widly with a right hand
and Munson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Coath looks to land a right hand but Munson moved out of range.
Coath throws an overhand right that lands on Munson's shoulder, as Munson tries to avoid the shot.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Munson! But no joy.
Coath's jab looks to have found its range, popping Munson under the eye.
Coath throws a right and a left that both miss.
Munson throws the left hand but Coath avoids the punch easily.
Munson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Coath can pounce on him.
Munson throws a hook but Coath blocks it.
The fighters circling - Coath throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Munson throws a low kick but Coath avoids it.
Coath connects with a jab.
A punch lands to the side of Coath 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Munson lands a nice looking body kick.
Coath lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Coath scores with a sloppy right hand. Munson should have avoided that one.
A slapping body kick lands there for Munson.
Munson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice inside leg kick there by Munson. That's going to slow Coath down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coath pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Munson throws out a powerful jab.
Coath throws a leg kick which misses Munson's front leg but catches the back leg as Munson tries to avoid it.
Munson lands with a thumping leg kick.
Munson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Coath thows a left - swing and a miss!
Munson throws a big shot that misses.
A clash of legs there as Coath blocks the low kick.
Coath swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Coath misses with a hook. Munson ducked under it nicely.
Munson keeps the fight on the outside.
Coath throws a looping overhand right but Munson ducks down to avoid it.
Coath wants to land a leg kick but Munson is out of range.
Munson lands with a kick to the temple. Coath shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Coath tries to close the distance and clinch but Munson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Munson fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Coath is out of range.
Munson throws a solid leg kick but Coath takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Munson.
It looked like Coath wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Munson swats away the attempt to clinch by Coath.
Munson defending well as Coath loads up on a big left hand.
Coath misses with a looping left.
Munson counters with a body kick.
Coath tests Munson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Munson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Coath is out of range and Munson settles back down.
Coath takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Coath is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Munson.
Munson tests Coath's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Munson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Coath tries to clinch
and Munson counters with a nice uppercut.
Coath throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Coath throws out a loose jab but Munson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Left hook, right uppercut from Coath.
Munson throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Coath missing with a left hand there. Munson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Coath scores with a crisp jab that stopped Munson in his tracks.
Munson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Coath.
Munson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Coath looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Munson with a jab.
Munson throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Coath misses its intended target.
Coath takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Coath throws a hook but Munson avoids it easily.
Coath throws a hook to the side of Munson's head but Munson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Good leg kick by Coath there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Munson lands a nice leg kick that just misses Coath's sensitive parts.
Munson connects with a body shot.
A slow jab from Coath misses its intended target.
Munson throws a head kick that misses.
Munson throws a series of punches but Coath avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Coath fails in his attempt to clinch.
Munson throws out a counter right but Coath avoids it with no problem.
Munson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Coath if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Munson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Munson throws a low kick but Coath moves out of range easily.
Coath dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Munson. That did some damage!
Coath tests Munson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Munson tries to score with a low kick but Coath moves his leg out of the way.
Munson scores with a nice body kick.
Munson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Coath fails with an attempt to clinch.
Coath wants to clinch
and Munson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Coath walks into a jab.
A head kick misses from Munson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Munson is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Coath tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
An inside leg kick lands from Munson.
Coath throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Munson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Munson has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 28:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Munson!
A very excited looking Robert Munson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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