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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Quin (ranked 2752 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Thompson (ranked 23146 p4p, 573 weight class). Quin comes to the cage accompanied by Captain Jack - Iko Iko. Thompson has chosen In the hall of the mountain king trap remix as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 cm
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190 lbs
37 - 25 - 4 |
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182 cm
25
183 lbs
5 - 6 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Knockout power |
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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
37 - 25 - 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
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Thompson ! The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Quin. Thompson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Thompson takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Quin stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush. Thompson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Thompson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Quin gets full guard. Thompson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Quin works some decent striking defense from the bottom. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Quin is pulling down on Thompson 's head. It's preventing any offense from Thompson , at least for the moment. Quin looking for a sweep. Not yet Quin, not yet. Quin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Thompson 's guard. Quin postures up and lands a big shot to Thompson 's brow. Thompson looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Quin passes into half guard.
Quin passes to side control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Quin controls the position. Quin in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows. Quin scores with punches from side control. Quin passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Thompson ! Thompson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Quin avoids the attempt from Thompson to control. Thompson tries to reverse the position but Quin maintains control. Quin has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Quin pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage. Quin controlling his opponent. Thompson tries to hold on but Quin pushes him away. Quin lands a big shot to the head and Thompson winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Matt Quin! During a confident post fight interview, Matt Quin thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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RATING
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