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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Felipe Feltre (ranked 980 p4p, 65 weight class) and Usko Matonen (ranked 1222 p4p, 82 weight class). Feltre's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Someday Never Comes. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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135 lbs
36 - 22 - 0 |
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29
140 lbs
11 - 6 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Felipe Feltre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Usko Matonen!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Anthony Taglia and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Matonen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Felipe Feltre seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matonen moves out of range of the body kick.
Matonen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Matonen missing with a left hand there. Feltre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Matonen missing with a left hand there. Feltre was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Feltre lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Matonen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Feltre throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Matonen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Some bone on bone action there as Matonen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Matonen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Feltre sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Matonen lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Feltre fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Matonen.
Matonen misses with an uppercut.
Matonen misses with a low kick.
Feltre has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Feltre misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Feltre feints and then cracks Matonen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Matonen down.
Matonen scores with the left hand. Feltre knows he should have avoided that one.
Matonen gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Feltre.
Feltre looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Feltre jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Matonen misses with a straight left.
Feltre lands a lovely overhand right.
Feltre swats away the attempt to clinch by Matonen.
Matonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matonen throws out a counter right but Feltre avoids it with no problem.
Matonen ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matonen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Feltre tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matonen was well out of range. Poor timing from Feltre.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A clash of legs there as Matonen blocks the low kick.
Feltre thuds his right hand into Matonen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Feltre lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Feltre looks to throw a body kick
and Matonen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Matonen avoids the body shot from Feltre.
Feltre slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Feltre pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matonen misses with the combination.
Feltre throws a head kick but Matonen moves out of range.
Feltre moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromMatonen.
Feltre buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A low kick from Matonen misses
and Feltre counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Feltre rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Matonen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matonen lands with a straight right. Feltre didn't see that one coming.
Feltre is rocked!
An inside leg kick lands from Feltre.
Feltre misses with the combination.
Feltre listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Matonen blocks a head kick by Feltre.
Feltre lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Matonen circles away quickly and effectively.
Nice jab there from Feltre.
Matonen thows a left - swing and a miss!
As Matonen looks to move away, Feltre throws a big counter combo but Matonen just gets out of the way.
Nice straight punches there by Feltre. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Feltre.
Matonen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Feltre's head backwards.
Feltre misses with a jab to the body
and Matonen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matonen throws out a leg kick but Feltre moves out of range and Matonen only half commits.
Matonen delivers a nice body kick.
Matonen lands a leg kick that knocks Feltre off balance momentarily.
Feltre misses with a hook to the body
and Matonen counters with a crisp one two that drops Feltre! Matonen thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Feltre to his feet! Feltre is in big trouble!
Oh Feltre is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
BOOM! Matonen lands a beautiful left hook that drops Feltre. Feltre tries to recover but Matonen is having none of it, landing more punishing shots from mount. One final crushing shot and Feltre lies motionless on the canvas. The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Usko Matonen!
Usko Matonen decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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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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