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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matteo Claessens (ranked 8074 p4p, 581 weight class) and Moese Daldo (ranked 2022 p4p, 231 weight class). Daldo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Made To Be Legends kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 cm
27
162 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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170 cm
26
167 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Good gas tank |
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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
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Matteo Claessens! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Moese Daldo! The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Claessens punishes Daldo's body with a nice straight punch. Claessens cracks a nice hook into Daldo's ribs. Daldo moves into the clinch. Claessens can't break the clinch.
Claessens pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Claessens throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Daldo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Claessens.
Daldo closes the distance and clinches. Daldo pulls guard successfully.
Claessens throws a strike but Daldo rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Daldo looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Daldo looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Claessens wants to sweep here but Daldo controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round. Claessens has control of Daldo's left arm, preventing Daldo from doing any damage. Claessens wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Daldo is now in half guard. Claessens trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Daldo controlling from mount. Daldo prevents Claessens from getting the reversal. Daldo tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Claessens tries to improve his position but instead Daldo has taken his back!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Daldo is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish. Claessens trying to control the hands but Daldo breaks the grip. Daldo keeps control of the position easily here as Claessens tries to buck him off.
Claessens trying to control the hands but Daldo won't let him. Daldo biding his time, looking for the opening.
Let's hope that Daldo has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Claessens is really stuck here.
Daldo biding his time, controlling Claessens. Claessens is in bad spot here.
Daldo really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Claessens. Daldo is hanging on to Claessens's back as he tries to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A bit of a pause in the action here. Daldo controlling the positon. Daldo gets his hands free as Claessens looks to control. Claessens is trying to break free.
Daldo not allowing Claessens to control his hands. Well, with Daldo on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Claessens is tapping out... Can he escape the position? Daldo has the hooks in. Claessens is starting to panic. He's trying to push off one of the legs but he's left his neck open to attack. Daldo passes his arm under Claessens's neck and tightens up a rear naked choke! This one is surely all over! Yes, Claessens taps!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Moese Daldo! Moese Daldo spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant. In defeat, Matteo Claessens stepped up to the mic, saying 'I will think about retirement.'.
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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
30% |
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