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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Richard (ranked 3424 p4p, 370 weight class) and Kristaps Zutis (ranked 2542 p4p, 293 weight class). Richard kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Rocket Man - Elton John. Kristaps Zutis will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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190 lbs
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202 cm
25
196 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Richard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Kristaps Zutis!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richard swats away the attempt to clinch by Zutis.
Richard looks to score with a jab to the body but Zutis is just out of range.
Zutis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zutis shoots in and drives through. Richard sprawls well.
Richard feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Richard is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Richard keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Zutis's head.
Richard controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Zutis looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Zutis is trying to control the position but Richard postures up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Richard jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Zutis darts in looking for a takedown but Richard gets double underhooks and turns Zutis into the cage.
Richard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zutis manages to avoid it.
Zutis lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Zutis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Richard.
Richard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Zutis.
Richard circles away from the clinch attempt
and Richard counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Richard keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zutis tries to roll over but Richard keeps him under control.
Richard works his way into side control.
Richard taking a breather here.
Richard looks up at the clock and then as Zutis takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Richard smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Zutis takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Zutis wants to control but Richard postures up.
A lull in the action here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Richard's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Richard dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Richard will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Zutis tries to clinch there but Richard circles away.
Zutis rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Richard moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Richard appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Zutis wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Richard lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Zutis backs up against the cage.
It looks like Kristaps Zutis has been cut.
Zutis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Richard avoids it really well and circles away.
Zutis tries to clinch but Richard moves away
and Richard counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richard throws a poor cross that misses
and Zutis counters with a three punch combo that has Richard backing up. Richard nods at Zutis to acknowledge the strikes.
Zutis misses with a series of wild punches.
Richard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Zutis can do to turn this around?
Zutis is breathing heavily.
Richard sizes up Zutis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zutis throws a head kick but Richard moves out of range.
Richard throws a right hand that Zutis ducks under and follows up with a left that Zutis also avoids with ease.
Zutis wants to clinch but Richard slips to the side
and Richard counters with a nice double leg into side control. Zutis won't be happy with that.
A lull in the action here.
Richard lands a decent elbow from side control.
Richard is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Zutis's shoulder. That is not cool.
Zutis is trying to improve his position.
Richard lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
The referee asks Richard politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Richard prefers to stall for the moment though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Check out the look on Richard's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Richard works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Richard grinds an elbow into Zutis's temple.
Zutis is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Richard creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Zutis is being controlled here.
Richard seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Zutis for as long as he can get away with.
Richard cracks Zutis with an elbow. That is naaassty.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zutis is letting Richard control him for a moment.
Zutis is looking to reverse the position.
Zutis takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Richard slows the pace down.
Richard has hold of Zutis's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Zutis seems comfortable defending it but Richard has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Zutis is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Zutis is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Richard couldn't care less - he's delighted!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Matt Richard!
Our winner, Matt Richard, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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