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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Quin (ranked 1027 p4p, 124 weight class) and Mario Puzo (ranked 663 p4p, 84 weight class). Quin comes to the cage accompanied by Captain Jack - Iko Iko. Puzo has chosen Speak Softly Love as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
36 - 20 - 4, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Quin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 17 - 3, fighting out of New York, Mario Puzo!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Chris Edwards and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puzo with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Quin to score with a decent uppercut.
Decent striking displayed by Quin there.
A telegraphed right hand from Quin misses the target.
Puzo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Quin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Quin loads up on a big right hand but Puzo slips the punch.
Puzo gets caught napping as Quin dives in and scores a takedown. Puzo manages to retain guard.
Quin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Puzo looking to hit a scissor sweep but Quin is one step ahead there.
Puzo controlling the position.
Puzo lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Quin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Quin is looking for a triangle but Puzo pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puzo is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Puzo throwing strikes but missing.
Puzo avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Puzo won't allow Quin to sweep him here.
Puzo postures up.
Puzo is looking to work some ground and pound but Quin has wrist control.
Puzo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Puzo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Quin preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Quin is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Puzo slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Quin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Quin is working hard here to advance position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Donk. Quin catches Puzo right on the button with a cross.
Quin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Puzo manages to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Quin.
Quin fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Puzo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Puzo looks to land a combination but Quin avoids it well.
Puzo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Puzo misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quin blocks a jab.
Puzo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quin throws out the jab.
Quin throws a body punch but Puzo moves out of range.
Puzo lands the left hand.
Matt Quin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Quin lands a nice shot that snaps Puzo's head back.
Quin lands a jab to the head.
Puzo connects with a solid leg kick.
Puzo misses with a body shot.
Quin bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Puzo's head.
Puzo throws a jab but it's blocked by Quin.
Puzo lands a head kick. Quin smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Quin scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Quin shoots in but Puzo avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Puzo thinks about the counter body kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Puzo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quin throws a lazy uppercut
and Puzo connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Puzo avoids the body shot from Quin.
Despite the aggression on Puzo's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Puzo throws a jab when Quin was well out of range.
Puzo scores with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Quin. Puzo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Quin throws an off balance right hand
and Puzo counters with a nice kick to the body.
Puzo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Quin misses with a body shot
and Quin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quin throws the left hand but Puzo avoids the punch easily.
Quin lands with a straight right. Puzo didn't see that one coming.
Quin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Quin blocks a head kick by Puzo.
An attempted straight right counter from Quin misses the target.
Puzo slips a jab from Quin.
Puzo defending well as Quin loads up on a big left hand.
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 Matt Quin will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Puzo is looking to slow Quin down with leg kicks.
Quin clobbers Puzo with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Puzo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Quin half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Quin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Puzo can pounce on him.
Quin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Quin misses with a straight left.
Puzo avoids the body shot from Quin.
Puzo unleashes a big counter combination but Quin bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Puzo slips under a jab.
Quin connects with a jab.
A big left from Quin misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quin swings for the body but Puzo moves out of range.
Quin misses with a left hand
and Puzo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big left from Quin misses.
Quin misses the jab.
Quin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Puzo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puzo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Puzo flicks out a counter leg kick but Quin steps away.
Puzo takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Puzo thows a body kick. Quin tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Quin throws a jab when Puzo was well out of range.
Puzo throws a right and a left that Quin avoids nicely.
Puzo throws a leg kick which misses Quin's front leg but catches the back leg as Quin tries to avoid it.
Puzo needs to keep his hands up - Quin had a free shot at his head there.
Puzo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Quin manages to avoid it.
Quin drops down looking for a counter takedown but Puzo sprawls and moves away.
Puzo misses with a head kick.
Quin scores with a jab to the head.
A big left from Quin misses.
Puzo misses with a body kick.
Quin lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Quin connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
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!
Puzo tries to bum rush Quin with a series of wild strikes but Quin uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puzo ducks under a wild hook from Quin.
Puzo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Quin looks to land a right hand but Puzo moved out of range.
Jab, jab by Puzo - just one landing.
Quin waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Puzo.
A countering left hand to the body from Puzo misses.
Puzo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Puzo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quin.
Puzo misses the jab.
A jab from Quin misses.
Quin lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Puzo circles away quickly and effectively.
Puzo throws a fast counter high kick but Quin manages to duck under it in time.
Puzo shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Puzo lands a glancing blow to the side of Quin's head.
Puzo throws a nice head kick!
Quin misses with a hook. Puzo ducked under it nicely.
Quin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puzo lands a really nice looking cross but Quin seems unphased.
Decent striking displayed by Puzo there.
Quin throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Puzo on the side of the head.
Puzo lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Puzo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Quin. That did some damage!
Quin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Puzo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Puzo connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Quin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Quin defending well as Puzo loads up on a big left hand.
Puzo takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Quin misses with a wild body shot.
Puzo tried to score with a low kick but Quin checks it.
Quin is looking to counter punch.
Puzo delivers a nice body kick.
Quin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Puzos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Quin misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
That kick from Puzo tenderised Quin's leg. Quin is trying to keep his angry face on.
Puzo throws a body punch but Quin moves out of range.
Quin just misses with a punch to the body.
Puzo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Puzo slips under a jab from Quin.
A little jabbing left from Puzo on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Matt Quin is winning the standup battle so far.
Quin misses the jab.
Puzo lands a nice looking body shot.
Quin scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Puzo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Quin throws out the jab.
A punch lands to the side of Quin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mario Puzo is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Quin takes a swing at Puzo's ribcage but misses.
Quin walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Quin loads up on a big right hand but Puzo slips the punch.
Puzo is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
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 Matt Quin will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Quin slips under a jab.
Puzo throws a jab when Quin was well out of range.
Puzo is looking to score with low kicks.
Puzo avoids the body shot from Quin.
Quin tries to score a power double leg takedown but Puzo sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Quin somewhat.
Puzo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Quin fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Quin misses with a straight left.
Quin rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Puzo counter with a right hand.
A head kick misses from Puzo.
Puzo throws a lazy head kick
and Quin counters with a stiff right hand.
Quin drives through with a takedown into Puzo's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Puzo is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Quin dives into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quin thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Puzo is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Puzo is not content to let Quin control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quin tries to move to mount but Puzo blocks the move with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Puzo holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Quin cracks Puzo with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Quin is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Puzo has escaped the position, nice work there.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Puzo is looking to reverse the position.
Mario Puzo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puzo isn't going anywhere.
Quin taking a break here but Puzo is having none of it and regains half guard.
Puzo is trying to get back to full guard.
Quin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Puzo keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Puzo actively working from the bottom here.
Quin trying to control the action but Puzo is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Puzo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Quin throws the left hand but Puzo avoids the punch easily.
Puzo motions for Quin to come forward. Puzo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Puzo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Puzo motions for Quin to come forward. Puzo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Puzo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Quin finds it's way round the side to connect with Puzo's head.
Puzo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Quin.
A lazy body kick from Puzo
and Puzo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Quin blocks a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matt Quin.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Quin, 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Matt Quin!
An out of breath Matt Quin thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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