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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Matt Falls (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jackie Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falls's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, "Fat Bottom Girls" - Queen. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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215 lbs
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200 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Matt Falls!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jackie Chan!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Viktor Lagutenko and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Falls swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Falls swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Chan takes the fight into the clinch.
Chan is trying to maintain a safe position but Falls gets an underhook and turns Chan into the cage.
Falls is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Chan can't fight it off and eventually Falls manages to take the fight to the floor. Chan looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Chan keeping moving, preventing Falls from controlling successfully.
Falls stays in close to Chan's body and controls the position.
Chan is trying to keep Falls in close.
Falls trying to control the position from guard on top but Chan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Falls working some strikes from top position.
Chan controls Falls momentarily but Falls frees himself.
Falls looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falls trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Falls trying to control but Chan is working from the bottom.
Falls works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Falls trying to control from half guard but Chan is working away.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Chan has eaten all the pies!
Chan throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Chan is pressing down on Falls's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Falls trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Falls trying to control the position from guard on top but Chan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Chan is on top in guard.
Falls wants to sweep but no luck.
Chan wants to control from the top but Falls keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falls is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Falls is breathing heavily.
Chan scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Chan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Falls swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chan distracts Falls with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Chan preventing the sweep.
Chan passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Chan decides to stand back up. Chan steps back and let's Falls get back to his feet.
Falls shoots in and drives through. Chan sprawls well.
Chan clinches up with Falls and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice elbow from Chan.
Chan lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Chan scores with a knee to the head.
Chan landing knees to the head.
Chan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Falls looking for a takedown.
Chan tries to land knees in the clinch but Falls avoids the damage to the body.
Falls drags the fight down to the ground.
Falls trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falls lands a decent punch to the body there.
Falls is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Chan stopping the sweep attempt from Falls.
Falls pulls Chan in to control the position.
Falls throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Falls looking for a guillotine here but Chan defends easily.
Falls is trying to keep Chan in close.
Chan preventing the sweep.
Falls doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Falls looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Falls will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Chan is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Falls swats away the attempt to clinch by Chan.
Falls fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matt Falls. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Falls fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Jackie Chan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Falls looks for a takedown but Chan sprawls well.
Falls takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Falls darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Well, if Falls is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Falls passes to full mount!
Falls controlling the pace for now.
Falls lands a nice shot to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Falls is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Falls trying to control but Chan is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Falls dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Falls drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Chan is rocked!
Matt Falls overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Chan is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Chan is still in real trouble! Can Falls finish him?
Falls is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Chan is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Chan takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Chan gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
A nice elbow there by Falls.
Falls landing punches.
It looks like Jackie Chan has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Falls landing strikes from the mount and Chan is in trouble!
Falls with the ground and pound from mount.
Chan is breathing heavily.
Falls with a couple of short strikes.
Falls with a couple of short strikes.
Falls fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Falls lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Falls scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Falls controlling the pace for now.
Falls with the ground and pound from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Falls takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Falls has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Chan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Falls is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Chan can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Falls throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Falls cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Falls raining down shots from the mount!
That has opened up Jackie Chan's cut even more.
Falls with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Chan defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Falls.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Falls with the ground and pound from mount.
The cut above Jackie Chan's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Falls fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Falls punishing his opponent with strikes.
Jackie Chan's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jackie Chan's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matt Falls!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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