Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: TOF 178
Date: Dec 08, 2024

#R1#
Tremors lands with a good body shot.
Seal throws a hook but Tremors avoids it easily.
Tremors scores with a head kick. Seal tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Seal looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tremors looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tremors uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seal.
Seal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Tremors counters with a one-two to the body.
Seal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tremors.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Tremors counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Tremors scores with a head kick. Seal tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seal misses with a right hand
enabling Tremors to counter with a crisp jab.
Seal lands a two punch combo.
Seal lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Tremors backs up against the cage.
Seal throws a shot from downtown. Tremors moves away and avoids it.
Seal misses with a straight right. #T1#
Seal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seal scores with a jab to the body.
Seal misses with a left hand
and Tremors counters with a three punch combo that has Seal backing up. Seal nods at Tremors to acknowledge the strikes.
Tremors misses with a looping left.
Seal misses with a hook
and Tremors counters with a good, hard body kick but Seal shrugs it off.
Seal getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Seal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tremors's head backwards.
Seal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seal throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Tremors dodges the punch combination from Seal.
Seal is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Tremors's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tremors looks to land a combination but Seal avoids it well.
Seal pushing out the jab but it's not landing. #T2#
Tremors bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Tremors swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A telegraphed right hand from Seal misses the target.
Seal misses the shot to the body.
Tremors is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seal misses with a wild body shot.
Seal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Seal throws an off balance right hand
and Tremors counters with a good, hard body kick but Seal shrugs it off.
Seal takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Seal looks to score with a jab to the body but Tremors is just out of range.
Seal lands the left hand.
Seal looks to land a left hand but Tremors moved out of range nicely.
Tremors looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Seal scores with a body shot.
Tremors ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
Tremors raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.#T3#
Tremors tries a head kick but it misses.
Tremors moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Tremors was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Tremors slips under a jab from Seal.
Seal looks to throw the jab but Tremors is out of range.
Tremors tries a quick counter leg kick but Seal is wise to it.
Seal throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tremors on the side of the head.
Tremors throws a wild body kick that Seal sees coming a mile off.
Tremors throws a front kick aimed at Seal's knee but Seal avoids it well.
Seal is looking to counter punch.
Tremors slips under a jab.
Tremors unleashes a big counter combination but Seal bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Seal throws a body punch but Tremors moves out of range.
Seal throws an overhand right that lands on Tremors's shoulder, as Tremors tries to avoid the shot.
Seal misses with a wild body shot.
Tremors follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tremors steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.#T4#
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seal misses with a hook
enabling Tremors to counter with a crisp jab.
Seal misses with the combination.
Despite the aggression on Tremors's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Seal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seal missing with a left hand there. Tremors was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tremors ducks right into an uppercut from Seal.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A punch combination from Seal misses.
As Seal backs off Tremors throws a huge counter combo but Seal manages to avoid it all.
Seal scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Tremors connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Seal momentarily.
Tremors slips under a jab.
Tremors uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seal. #T5#
Seal connects with a crisp jab.
Seal blocks a head kick by Tremors.
Seal jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Seal throws a right and a left that Tremors avoids nicely.
Seal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tremors stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Seal walks into a left hand.
Tremors defending well as Seal loads up on a big left hand.
Tremors lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Seal looks to score with a jab to the body but Tremors is just out of range.
Seal throws a looping overhand right but Tremors ducks down to avoid it.
Tremors unleashes a big counter combination but Seal bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Tremors throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Tremors lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tremors pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Seal is looking to counter punch.
A jab from Tremors misses. #T6#
Tremors throws a body shot but no joy.
Tremors uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seal.
Tremors takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Seal looks to land a right hand but Tremors moved out of range.
Seal loads up on a big right hand but Tremors slips the punch.
Seal feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Tremorss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Seal lands with a good body shot.
Tremors avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Tremors throws a counter combo.
Tremors keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seal missing with a left hand there. Tremors was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Tremors throws a big counter head kick but Seal avoids it with no problem.
Tremors pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Tremors swings for the body but Seal moves out of range. #T7#
A jab lands there for Tremors.
Seal throws a shot from downtown. Tremors moves away and avoids it.
Seal blocks a head kick by Tremors.
Tremors lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Seal at a distance.
A swing and a miss from Seal.
Tremors on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Tremors keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tremors.
Tremors takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Seal misses with an uppercut
and Tremors cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tremors throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Seal.
Tremors rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Seal moves out of range and avoids them all easily.#T8#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seal throws a hook to the side of Tremors's head but Tremors sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Seal throws a hook but Tremors blocks it.
A good leg kick by Tremors.
Seal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Tremors manages to avoid it.
A countering left hand to the body from Tremors misses.
Seal getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Tremors has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Tremors ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
Seal smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Seal swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tremors.#ROC#Tremors is rocked!
Seal moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Tremors is still on wobbly legs! Can Seal finish him?
Tremors displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seal throws out the jab.
Tremors ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Tremors is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Seal cracks Tremors with a good jab.
Tremors seems to be squinting his left eye. Perhaps he got a poke in that previous exchange. Seal shows no mercy and swarms him with a barage of strikes! Tremors is backing up but Seal catches him with a final right hook that drops him! Tremors covers up and the referee steps in to end the fight! Seal Jumps to his feet and flashes his guns to the crowd. Oh yeah, baby! How'd you like them apples?!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Seal!
After winning the bout, Matt Seal thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: TOF 173
Date: Nov 23, 2024

#R1#
Jackman looks to land a right hand but Seal moved out of range.
Jackman connects with a body shot.
Seal takes a swing at Jackman's ribcage but misses.
Nice shot lands for Jackman.
A jab from Seal misses.
Jackman has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Seal moves out of range of the strikes.
Jackman takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jackman digs a good hook to Seal's body.
Seal lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Seal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Seal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Jackman throws out a loose jab but Seal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jackman throws a body punch but Seal moves out of range.
Seal throwing a counter right hand but Jackman manages to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seal avoids a punch combination nicely. #T1#
Seal misses the shot to the body.
Seal takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Jackman misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Jackman.
A jab from Seal does it's job there.
Jackman misses with a hook. Seal ducked under it nicely.
Seal takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Jackman throws a hook but Seal blocks it.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Left hook, right uppercut from Seal.
Jackman ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
Jackman moves forwards but Seal connects with a nice, crisp jab.#ROC#Jackman is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jackman moves forwards but Seal connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Jackman is still on wobbly legs! Can Seal finish him?
Seal throws a monster overhand right that drops Jackman! Seal follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Seal!
During a confident post fight interview, Matt Seal thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.

Event: TOF 165
Date: Oct 27, 2024

#R1#
Seal throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Love stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Love moves out of range as Seal strikes.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Love sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Love counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Love throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Seal.
Love looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Seal swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seal. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
Nice defenses there by Love.
It looked like Love was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Seal lands an overhand right.
Love definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Seal cracks Love with an open hand slap.
Love avoids the body shot from Seal.
Love appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love misses with a few strikes there.
Love on the wrong end of a nice jab.#CUT2#It looks like Mason Love has been cut.#T1#
Love misses with a hook. Seal ducked under it nicely.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Love sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Love is looking to counter punch.
Seal with a hook.
Seal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Love manages to avoid it.
Love throws the left hand but Seal avoids the punch easily.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Love looks to land a combination but Seal avoids it well.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seal.
Seal throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Love counters with a two punch combo.
Love slips a straight right by Seal.
Love steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seal.
Seal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seal lands the left hand.#T2#
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seal misses with a hook.
Seal throws a hook but Love blocks it.
Love lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Seal circles away quickly and effectively.
The fighters circling - Seal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Love doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Seal scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Love swings for the body but Seal moves out of range.
Seal misses with a hook to the body
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seal.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Love takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Seal takes one on the button.
Seal lands a nice shot that snaps Love's head back.
Love has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Seal finds it's way round the side to connect with Love's head. #T3#
Love ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Love was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Seal.
A shot to the liver by Seal. Beautiful body shot.
Love is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Seal.
Love cracks Seal with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice shot by Seal.
Love has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Love there as he acknowledges the shot.
Love avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Love's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Seal connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Love scrambles back to his feet.
Love on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there. #ROC2#Love is rocked!
Love misses with a body punch
and Seal counters with a nice uppercut.
Oh Love is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Seal needs to keep his hands up - Love had a free shot at his head there.
Love seems to have got his legs back now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Love avoids a punch combination nicely. #T4#
Seal misses the jab.
Seal misses with a body shot
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Love keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seal.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Seal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Seal is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Love had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Seal throws a jab when Love was well out of range.
Seal misses with a straight right.
Seal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Love slips under a jab.
Love moves out of range of the strikes.
Seal misses with a lunging right hand
and Love connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seal works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Seal misses with a lunging right hand
and Love counters with a nice body shot. #T5#
Seal connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Love momentarily.
Nice uppercut lands for Seal. That snapped Love's head back.
Love avoids the body shot from Seal.
Seal misses the body punch
and Love makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Love avoids the body shot from Seal.
Seal blocks a leg kick.
Seal misses with a body shot.
Love stuns Seal with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Seal lands with a good body shot.
Love on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Love, as that shot connected.
Seal lands with a nice combination. Love backs away looking to recover.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Love was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.#T6#
Seal scores with a jab to the body.
A big left from Seal misses.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Seal moves away from the strike by Love.
Love bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Love throwing a counter right hand but Seal manages to avoid it.
Seal lands the left hand.
Seal takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Seal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Love.
Love lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Love showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Seal.
Love is looking to counter punch.
Love works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.#T7#
Seal throws a body shot but no joy.
Seal misses with a left hand
and Love counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Seal thinking.
Seal slips under a jab.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Love appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Seal scores with a hook.
Love slips a jab from Seal.
Love swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Love takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Seal lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Seal moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Seal takes a swing at Love's ribcage but misses.
Nice straight punches there by Love. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Love.#T8#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Love tries to move into range but Seal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Love throws out a loose jab but Seal uses good head movement to avoid it.
Love avoids the body shot from Seal.
Love was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Seal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Love avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Love wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Love looks to land a left hand but Seal moved out of range nicely.
Seal throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Love on the side of the head.
Love staying out of range there.
Love was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Seal.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Seal misses the jab.
Love swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Love just misses with a punch to the body.
Love dodges the punch combination from Seal. #T9#
Love lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Love misses with an uppercut.
A countering left hand to the body from Seal misses.
Love uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seal.
Seal lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Love at a distance.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Seal avoids the body shot from Love.
Love swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Seal.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Love misses the target.
Love swings for the body but Seal moves out of range.
Seal stalks Love and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Love's face. Love staggers backwards, shaken.
Seal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Love. Love circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Seal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mason Love's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Love connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Seal misses with a wild body shot.
Love swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Love clobbers Seal with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Love might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Seal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Love moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Seal throws an off balance right hand
and Love counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Love lunges at Seal with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Seal's hand.
A jab from Seal finds it's way through Love's defenses.
Seal ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Love displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seal throws out the jab.
Seal has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Seal listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Love swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seal misses with a looping left.
Matt Seal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Love throws a shot from downtown. Seal moves away and avoids it.
Seal unleashes a big counter combination but Love bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.#T1#
Love fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A jab lands there for Seal.
Seal throws a left and a right that both miss
and Love counters with a nice uppercut. #ROC#Seal is rocked!
Seal misses with a hook
and Love counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Seal is still on wobbly legs! Can Love finish him?
Seal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Seal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Love misses with a straight right.
Seal throws a left and a right that both miss
and Love makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The fighters circling - Seal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Love was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Seal seems to have recovered his senses.
Seal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Love is looking to counter punch.
Love takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Seal lands with a nice body punch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A big left from Love misses. #T2#
Love misses the shot to the body.
Love misses with a combination
and Seal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Seal throws a jab when Love was well out of range.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Love uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seal.
Seal misses with a hook #KD#
and Love counters with a crisp one two that drops Seal! Love thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Seal to his feet! Seal is in big trouble!
Love moves away from the strike by Seal.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Seal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Seal moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seal. Love does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seal throws a series of punches but Love moves out of range. #T3#
Nice jab there from Seal.
Seal digs a good body shot into Love's ribs.
A swing and a miss from Seal.
Love is looking to counter punch.
Seal throws a right and a left that Love avoids nicely.
Love is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Seal is breathing heavily.
Love connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Love shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Seal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Love.
Decent striking displayed by Seal there.
Love uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seal.
Love swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Seal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Love throws a jab but it's blocked by Seal.
Seal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Love.
Seal blocks a jab.#T4#
Love swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Love takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seal misses with a wild body shot.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Love slips under a jab from Seal.
A jab from Love finds it's way through Seal's defenses.
Seal gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Love gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Seal is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mason Love!
Mason Love retains his bantamweight title!
Mason Love thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: TOF 158
Date: Oct 05, 2024

#R1#
A jab lands there for Mesquita.
Seal lands with a shot to the body.
Mesquita fails with a takedown attempt.
A left and a right from Seal both land. Nice combination.
Mesquita throws a hook to the side of Seal's head but Seal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mesquita slips under a jab.
Jab from Seal.
Nice uppercut there from Seal.
Mesquita defending well as Seal loads up on a big left hand.
Mesquita ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
Seal throws a looping overhand right but Mesquita ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big left from Seal misses.
Mesquita uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seal.#T1#
Seal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Mesquita pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seal misses with a straight right.
Matt Seal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mesquita moves away from the strike by Seal.
Mesquita fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Seal appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Seal lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mesquita throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mesquita.
Seal misses with a two punch combination.
Seal throws out a powerful jab.#TD2#
Mesquita shoots in and bounces Seal off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#SUB#
Seal working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mesquita doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Mesquita manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. #T2#
Seal has momentary wrist control but Mesquita slips an elbow through the middle.#SUB#
Seal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mesquita defends well.
Mesquita throws a big elbow that misses.
Mesquita stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!#SUB2#
Mesquita drops back looking for a leg! Seal is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Seal manages to kick Mesquita off! Mesquita jumps back into Seal's guard.
Mesquita connects with a couple of short punches.
Mesquita wants to control from the top but Seal keeps moving. #T3##SUB#
Seal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mesquita defends well.
Mesquita lands a couple of elbows.#SUB#
Seal looking for a guillotine here but Mesquita defends easily.
Mesquita lands a couple of elbows.
Mesquita landing with the ground and pound.
Mesquita trying to control but Seal is working from the bottom. #T4##SUB#
Mesquita has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Seal to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Mesquita is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Seal pulls down on the head and he's put Mesquita to sleep! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Matt Seal!
Matt Seal seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.

Event: TOF 150
Date: Sep 08, 2024

#R1#
Seal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rubble buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Seal misses with a wild body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Seal there.
Rubble looks to throw the jab but Seal is out of range.
Seal swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rubble.
Rubble lands a nice leg kick that just misses Seal's sensitive parts.
Seal throws a hook to the side of Rubble's head but Rubble sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Seal connects with a right hand. Rubble shakes it off.
Rubble connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Rubble motions for Seal to come forward. Rubble throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rubble throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Seal to counter with a crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rubble uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seal.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rubble scores with a jab. Seal acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Rubble sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rubble connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Seal scores with a jab to the head. #T1#
Rubble scores with the left hand. Seal knows he should have avoided that one.
Rubble misses with a straight right.
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rubble was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rubble. Seal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rubble takes a swing at Seal's ribcage but misses.
Seal looks to land a combination but Rubble avoids it well.
Rubble feints a counter leg kick.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Seal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubble moves away.
Rubble swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rubble throws a hook to the side of Seal's head but Seal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Seal comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Seal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rubble throws a leg kick that misses.
A jab from Rubble does it's job there.
Rubble moves out of range of the strikes.
Rubble misses with a low kick as Seal jumps back.
Rubble misses with a leg kick. #T2#
Sloppy strikes from Seal. Those never looked like landing.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Seal defending well as Rubble loads up on a big left hand.
Seal clobbers Rubble with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Seal connects with a crisp jab.
Rubble takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Seal connects with a right hand. Rubble shakes it off.
Seal misses with a looping left.
Rubble throws a leg kick
enabling Seal to counter with a crisp jab.
Seal closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Rubble lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rubble throws a leg kick
enabling Seal to counter with a crisp jab.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Rubble counters with a stiff right hand.
Seal throws a body shot but no joy.
A big left from Rubble misses.
Rubble throws a chopping leg kick but Seal manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Rubble misses the shot to the body. #T3#
Seal walks into a left hand.
Rubble shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big left from Rubble misses.
Rubble looks to score with a jab to the body but Seal is just out of range.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Rubble sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rubble walks into a left hand.
Seal slips a jab from Rubble.
As Rubble looks to move away, Seal throws a big counter combo but Rubble just gets out of the way.
Rubble throws the left hand but Seal avoids the punch easily.
It looks like Seal has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Rubble counters with a good low kick that Seal was not able to check.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Seal tries to bum rush Rubble with a series of wild strikes but Rubble uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rubble fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Seal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rubble throws out a counter right but Seal avoids it with no problem.
Rubble takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Rubble drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rubble takes one on the chin but keeps coming. #T4#
Rubble walks into a left hand.
Rubble misses with an attempted mid kick.
Seal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rubble.
Rubble scoring well with a low kick there.
Seal throws a looping overhand right but Rubble ducks down to avoid it.
Seal throws a two punch combo that lands nicely. #CUT#It looks like Detritus Rubble has been cut.
Seal slips a jab from Rubble.
Rubble lands with an overhand left.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seal. Rubble does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seal misses with a shot to the body
and Rubble counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Seal misses with a few strikes there.
Rubble throws an off balance right hand
and Seal counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rubble throws a looping overhand right but Seal ducks down to avoid it.
Seal throws a hook but Rubble avoids it easily.
Seal swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rubble counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.#T5#
Seal scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Rubble doesn't seem bothered though.
Rubble scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Rubble lands a jab to the head.
Seal lands a nice hook to Rubble's body. Rubble takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Rubble avoids a punch combination nicely.
Seal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rubble lands a nice shot that snaps Seal's head back.
Seal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rubble lands a nice leg kick that just misses Seal's sensitive parts.
Seal throws a hook but Rubble blocks it.
Seal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rubble manages to avoid it.
Rubble misses with a series of wild punches. #T6#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rubble sizes up Seal with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Seal looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Rubble finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Rubble ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
Rubble misses the jab.
Seal misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rubble tries to score with a low kick but Seal moves his leg out of the way.
Seal swings for the body but Rubble moves out of range.
Rubble looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A slow jab from Seal misses its intended target.
Rubble only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Seal lands with an overhand left.
Seal is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Rubble staying out of range there.
Seal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rubble. #T7#
Seal lands with an uppercut that bounces Rubble off the cage and back into range.
Rubble lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Rubble showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Seal.
A nice side step and Rubble releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Seal connects with a body shot.
Rubble throws a wild body kick that Seal sees coming a mile off.
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rubble was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rubble! But no joy.
Rubble thumps Seal with a low kick.
Rubble looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Seal lands a nice shot that snaps Rubble's head back.
Rubble connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice defenses there by Rubble.
Rubble thuds his right hand into Seal's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rubble moves out of range of the strikes.
Seal ducks under a wild hook from Rubble.#T8#
Seal swings for the body but Rubble moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Rubble.
Good shot there by Seal.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rubble.
A clash of legs there as Seal blocks the low kick.
Seal throws a shot from downtown. Rubble moves away and avoids it.
Seal lands a glancing blow to the side of Rubble's head.
Seal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rubble moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Seal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Rubble.
Seal avoids a kick to the body.
Seal scores with a body shot.
Seal swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Rubble counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Seal lands a jab.
Seal throws the left hand but Rubble avoids the punch easily.
Seal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubble moves away.#T9#
Rubble misses with an uppercut. Seal saw that one coming.
Rubble moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Rubble chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rubble lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Seal backs up against the cage.
Seal jabs Rubble right on the nose. Rubble blinks but takes it well.
Rubble has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Seal throws a body punch but Rubble moves out of range.
Seal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rubble. Rubble circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Rubble dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Rubble misses the target.
Rubble throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Rubble saw that one coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rubble scores with a body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seal misses with a left hand
and Rubble counters with a stiff right hand.
Rubble moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Rubble lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Matt Seal will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Detritus Rubble's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R2#
Seal throws a jab but it's blocked by Rubble.
A nice side step and Rubble releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rubble staying out of range there.
Seal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rubble.
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rubble was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
Rubble misses with a body kick.
Rubble connects with a solid leg kick.
Seal sizes up Rubble with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Rubble throws a low kick but it's checked well by Seal.
Seal misses with a body shot.
Rubble misses with a low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seal throws a nice looking combination but Rubble bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Rubble looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rubble blocks a jab.
Seal takes one to the side of the head.
Seal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Rubble throws a quick inside leg kick. #T1#
Seal throws an overhand right that lands on Rubble's shoulder, as Rubble tries to avoid the shot.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Rubble counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rubble thows a body kick. Seal tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Rubble pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Seal ducks under a wild hook from Rubble.
Rubble lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Rubble ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice side step and Rubble releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Seal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Rubble lands a nice leg kick that just misses Seal's sensitive parts.
Seal misses with a looping right.
Seal fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Rubble looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Seal fails to land with a series of punches.
Seal misses with a wild body shot.
Rubble uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seal.
Rubble throws a quick inside leg kick. #T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rubble connects with a leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Seal.
Seal misses the shot to the body.
Seal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rubble blocks a jab.
Rubble was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Rubble throws out a leg kick but Seal moves out of range and Rubble only half commits.
Rubble tries to land a leg kick but Seal saw it coming and moves away.
Rubble throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Seal cracks a nice hook into Rubble's ribs.
A jab from Seal does it's job there.
Seal ducks right into an uppercut from Rubble.
Matt Seal is winning the standup battle so far.
Seal takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Rubble tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Rubble throws a chopping leg kick but Seal manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Seal lands a jab-cross combination. #T3#
Seal throws a hook but Rubble blocks it.
Seal tries to bum rush Rubble with a series of wild strikes but Rubble uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Rubble swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seal lands with a hook. Rubble tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Seal swings for the body but Rubble moves out of range.
Rubble swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Rubble swings for the body but Seal moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Seal misses its target.
Rubble buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rubble connects with a body shot.
Seal throws a poor cross that misses
and Rubble counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rubble misses the shot to the body.
Rubble throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Seal swings for the body but Rubble moves out of range.
Seal throws a hook to the side of Rubble's head but Rubble sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rubble lands with a straight right. Seal didn't see that one coming.#T4#
Good work by Seal as he checks the leg kick.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Rubble releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Rubble lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rubble throws a body punch but Seal moves out of range.
Seal misses with a wild body shot.
Seal lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Seal.
Rubble keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seal.
Rubble feints a counter leg kick.
Seal misses with a body shot.
Rubble let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jab by Rubble.
Good exchange - Seal coming out on top.
Seal misses with a combination
and Rubble counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd cheers as Rubble lands an impressive looking overhand right. Seal doesn't seem phased though.
Seal misses with a hook to the body
and Rubble counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. #T5#
Rubble lands with a thumping leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Seal.
Rubble is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Seal with a body shot.
Rubble with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Seal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Rubble manages to avoid it.
Seal scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Rubble scores with a kick to the midsection.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rubble fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Seal looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Rubble bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Rubble lands the left hand.
Seal misses with an uppercut.
Seal throws a hook but Rubble blocks it.
Rubble's jab looks to have found its range, popping Seal under the eye.
Seal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rubble throws a leg kick but Seal sees it coming and moves out of range. #T6#
Rubble looks to score with a jab to the body but Seal is just out of range.
An attempted straight right counter from Seal misses the target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rubble thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rubble.
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seal throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rubble connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Rubble tries a low kick but Seal avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seal. Rubble does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice defenses there by Seal.
Rubble steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seal.
Rubble throws a big shot that misses.
Seal throws a good cross that connects.
Seal cracks a nice hook into Rubble's ribs.
Seal is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Rubble thows a left - swing and a miss! #T7#
Seal falls off balance throwing a combination
and Rubble counters with a nice body shot.
Rubble tries to work over Seal's front leg with a kick but Seal checks it.
Rubble doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Rubble throws a leg kick that misses.
Seal takes one to the chin there.
Rubble takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Seal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Seal rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Rubble moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Seal throws a hook but Rubble blocks it.
Seal misses with a few strikes there.
Rubble lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Seal misses with a body punch
and Rubble counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Seal throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rubble cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#T8#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rubble throws a low kick but it's checked well by Seal.
Seal scores with a body shot.
Seal misses the jab.
Nice jab there from Seal.
Seal catches Rubble with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Seal is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Nice cross by Seal.
Seal throws a hook to the side of Rubble's head but Rubble sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rubble defending well as Seal loads up on a big left hand.
Seal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Seal throws a hook to the side of Rubble's head but Rubble sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Seal takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Seal misses with a lunging right hand
and Rubble counters with a slapping leg kick.
Seal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Rubble slips under a jab.#T9#
Rubble keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seal swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Rubble counter with a right hand.
Seal jabs Rubble right on the nose. Rubble blinks but takes it well.
Rubble tests Seal's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Seal throws an overhand right that lands on Rubble's shoulder, as Rubble tries to avoid the shot.
Seal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Rubble cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rubble throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Seal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Seal throws a jab but it's blocked by Rubble.
Seal walks into a straight right hand from Rubble.
Seal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubble moves away.
Seal connects with a looping right hand.
Seal ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Rubble. Rubble circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Seal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Matt Seal will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Detritus Rubble's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!#R3#
Rubble moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seal. Rubble does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seal fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Rubble on the side of the head.
Rubble lets loose with a powerful body kick. Seal will feel that in the morning.
Seal looks to land a left hand but Rubble moved out of range nicely.
Seal misses with the combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Rubble! But no joy.
Seal slips under a jab.
Seal lands a lovely overhand right.
Seal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice leg kick from Rubble, right into the meat of the thigh.
Seal misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Rubble counters with a thumping low kick.
Rubble scores with a shot to the body.
Rubble scores with a body shot.
Seal misses the jab.#T1#
Seal connects with a right hand. Rubble shakes it off.
Rubble turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Rubble misses with an uppercut. Seal saw that one coming.
Seal throws a body punch but Rubble moves out of range.
Rubble moves out of range as Seal strikes.
Seal lands a really nice looking cross but Rubble seems unphased.
Rubble looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Nice defenses there by Seal.
Rubble lands with a right hand.
Rubble shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Seal appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Seal uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Rubble jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Rubble throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rubble slips a jab from Seal.#T2#
Rubble thuds his shin into the meat of Seal's side.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Seal gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rubble.
Rubble takes one to the side of the head.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Rubble sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Rubble as he connects with a hook.
Seal throws a series of punches but Rubble moves out of range.
Seal fails to land with a series of punches.
Rubble gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Seal.
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rubble misses with a body kick.
Rubble misses with a low kick as Seal jumps back.
Seal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Seal throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Rubble misses with a wild body shot. #T3#
Rubble throws a hook but Seal avoids it easily.
Seal swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rubble counters with an inside leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rubble.
Seal throws a jab but it's blocked by Rubble.
Rubble pivots, looking for a leg kick but Seal is out of range and Rubble settles back down.
Rubble takes a swing at Seal's ribcage but misses.
Rubble on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Rubble throws a body shot but no joy.
Seal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rubble moves away.
Seal slips a straight right by Rubble.
A jab from Seal misses.
A combination from Seal does no damage.
Rubble keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seal.
Rubble throws a jab when Seal was well out of range.#T4#
Seal misses with a left hand
and Rubble counters with a nice uppercut.
Seal misses the shot to the body.
Seal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Rubble.
Rubble throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Seal throws a right and a left that both miss.
A punch lands to the side of Seal 's head but he takes it in his stride.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rubble ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
Rubble throws out a counter right but Seal avoids it with no problem.
Seal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Seal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Seal takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Seal lands with an uppercut that bounces Rubble off the cage and back into range.
Seal throws a hook but Rubble avoids it easily.
Seal misses with a straight right.
Seal misses with a body shot
and Rubble counters with a straight right hand.
Seal swings away with a body shot that misses
and Rubble connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#T5#
Seal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rubble scoring well with a low kick there.
Rubble takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Rubble feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Seals jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Seal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A big right from Rubble misses.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Rubble saw that one coming.
Seal connects with a nice looking jab.
Seal lands a nice hook to Rubble's body. Rubble takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Seal scores with a hook to the body. Rubble takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Rubble connects with a nice looking jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seal takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Seal blocks a low kick nicely.
Seal lands a really nice looking cross but Rubble seems unphased. #T6#
Rubble throws a leg kick
and Seal counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Seal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rubble steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seal.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Seal takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Seal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Seal throws a right and a left that Rubble avoids nicely.
Rubble misses the jab.
Rubble scores with a punch to the head.
Seal lands a jab to Rubble's midsection.
Good standup being displayed there by Seal as he connects with a hook.
Seal misses the shot to the body.
Seal backing away here, and Rubble unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Seal avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rubble on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there. #T7#
Seal takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
A jab from Rubble misses.
Seal throws a right hand that misses
and Rubble counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Rubble misses with a straight left.
Rubble misses with a low kick as Seal jumps back.
Seal throws out a powerful jab.
Seal misses the shot to the body.
Seal lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Rubble circles away quickly and effectively.
Seal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A punch combination from Seal misses.
Seal lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A jab from Rubble misses. #T8#
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Rubble was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
Rubble misses with a looping right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seal walks into a stiff left hand from Rubble.
Seal lands the left hand.
Rubble connects with a jab.
Jab from Rubble.
Rubble fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Seal has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Nice shot lands for Seal.
Seal throws a combination that misses
and Rubble makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Seal drops his hands momentarily and Rubble takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Seal throws a big shot that misses.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Rubble misses the shot to the body. #T9#
Seal is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Rubble.
Seal moves into range and connects with a jab.
Rubble keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Rubble counters with a straight right hand.
Rubble is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Seal.
Rubble misses with a looping right.
Rubble throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Rubble keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rubble throws a series of punches but Seal moves out of range.
Seal looks to throw the jab but Rubble is out of range.
Seal throws out a loose jab but Rubble uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice jab there from Seal.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Rubble takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rubble throws a leg kick but Seal sees it coming and checks it nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Matt Seal.
Well Seal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 30:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Seal!
After winning the bout, Matt Seal thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: TOF 143
Date: Aug 18, 2024

#R1#
Seal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seal lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Stahl digs a good body shot into Seal's ribs.
Seal staying out of range there.
Seal slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Seal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stahl displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seal throws out the jab.
Stahl walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A swing and a miss from Seal.
Seal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Stahl throws out the jab.
Stahl takes one on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Stahl uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seal.
Seal looks to land a left hand but Stahl moved out of range nicely.
Seal lands a nice looking body shot.
Seal throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Stahl.
Seal throws a big shot that misses.
Seal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Stahl looks to throw the jab but Seal is out of range. #T1#
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Stahl sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Stahl moves out of range as Seal strikes.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Seal connects with a body shot.
Stahl tries to clinch up.
Stahl throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good exchange - Seal coming out on top.
Seal cracks Stahl with a right hand to the side of the head.
Stahl avoids the body shot from Seal.
Seal moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromStahl.
Seal throws a looping overhand right but Stahl ducks down to avoid it.
Seal getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Seal throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Stahl on the side of the head.
Seal blocks a head kick by Stahl.
It looked like Seal was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Stahl misses with a wild body shot.
Stahl displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seal throws out the jab.
Seal throws a looping overhand right but Stahl ducks down to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stahl scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.#T2#
Stahl uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seal.
Seal throws a big shot that misses.
Stahl comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Stahl throws a nice outside leg kick.
Seal doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Seal feints a jab promting Stahl to slip. Seal then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Stahl slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Stahl takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Stahl lands a nice looking body kick.
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Stahl looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Stahl thuds a left hand into Seal's body.
A telegraphed right hand from Seal misses the target.
Stahl tries a head kick but it misses.
Seal scores with a hook to the body. Stahl takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Seal loads up on a big right hand but Stahl slips the punch.
Stahl thuds his shin into the meat of Seal's side.#T3#
Stahl walks into a jab.
Stahl ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Seal throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Stahl thuds his shin into the meat of Seal's side.
Seal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stahl.
Seal takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Seal misses the jab.
Seal misses with a looping left.
Stahl blocks a jab.
Seal slips under a jab.
Seal is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A big left from Seal misses.
Seal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stahl doesn't manage to clinch there - Seal circles away.
Stahl swings for the body but Seal moves out of range.
Stahl lands a nice hook to Seal's body. Seal takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Seal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Stahl.
Stahl throws a body shot but no joy. #T4#
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Stahl slips a straight right by Seal.
Stahl scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Stahl keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seal.
Seal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stahl moves away.
Seal ducks under a wild hook from Stahl.
Stahl takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Seal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Stahl moves away.
Stahl throws a jab when Seal was well out of range.
Seal looks to score with a jab to the body but Stahl is just out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Stahl! But no joy.
Stahl ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seal moves away.
Seal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Stahl throws a front kick that sends Seal stumbling back into the cage.
Stahl works over Seal's head and body with a nice combination.
Stahl fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seal manages to avoid it.
Stahl keeps Seal at a distance using the push kick.
Seal displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. #T5#
Seal throws a series of punches but Stahl moves out of range.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Stahl sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seal takes a swing at Stahl's ribcage but misses.
Stahl fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Seal misses with a straight right.
Seal lands a two punch combo.
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stahl was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
Seal misses the jab.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2#
Stahl drives through and clinches with Seal against the cage.
Seal tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Stahl smiles and moves away.
A clash of legs there as Seal blocks the low kick.
Seal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Stahl uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seal.
Stahl works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A slapping body kick lands there for Stahl.
Stahl connects with a crisp jab. #T6#
Seal ducks right into an uppercut from Stahl.
Seal throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Stahl counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Stahl takes one to the chin there.
Seal misses with a straight right.
Stahl tries to land a body kick
and Seal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seal takes a swing at Stahl's ribcage but misses.
Seal scores with a jab to the body.
Stahl throws a body shot but no joy.
Seal throws a jab but it's blocked by Stahl.
Seal is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Stahl loads up on a big right hand but Seal slips the punch.
A shot to the liver by Stahl. Beautiful body shot.
Seal misses with a two punch combination.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Stahl throws a lazy uppercut
letting Seal counter with a right hand.
Seal steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stahl.
Seal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.#T7#
Stahl closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Seal takes a swing at Stahl's ribcage but misses.
Stahl keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Stahl saw that one coming.
Stahl jabs Seal right on the nose. Seal blinks but takes it well.
Seal scores with a body shot.
Stahl goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Stahl misses with an uppercut.
Stahl takes a swing at Seal's ribcage but misses.
Stahl takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
No joy there for Seal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Seal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Seal uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Stahl.
Seal misses with a hook to the body
and Stahl counters with a head kick. That will keep Seal thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A clash of legs there as Seal blocks the low kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Seal misses its target.
Stahl keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot. #T8#
Seal throws a right and a left that Stahl avoids nicely.
Seal throws a jab but it's blocked by Stahl.
Stahl keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Stahl thows a left - swing and a miss!
Stahl staying out of range there.
Stahl throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A head kick by Stahl misses
and Seal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Stahl.
The fighters circling - Seal throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stahl scores with a sloppy right hand. Seal should have avoided that one.
Stahl misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Stahl moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Seal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seal uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stahl.
Donk. Seal catches Stahl right on the button with a cross.#T9#
Stahl takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Stahl throws a jab when Seal was well out of range.
Seal cracks Stahl with a good jab.
Stahl slips a straight right by Seal.
Stahl is looking to chop away at Seal's legs.
Stahl cracks a nice hook into Seal's ribs.
Seal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stahl.
Stahl takes a jab right on the kisser.
Stahl throws a jab when Seal was well out of range.
Seal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stahl was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
Stahl throws out a leg kick but Seal moves out of range and Stahl only half commits.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Stahl gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Seal.
Stahl lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Stahl lands a jab to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Seal dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Seal lands a two punch combo.
Seal scores with a nice strike.
Stahl cracks Seal with a good jab.
Stahl takes one to the chin there.#ROC#Stahl is rocked!
Seal lands a really nice looking cross but Stahl seems unphased.
Stahl is still on wobbly legs! Can Seal finish him?
Seal steps in with a hook that catches Stahl right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Seal follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Stahl looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Seal!
An out of breath Matt Seal thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: TOF 135
Date: Jul 27, 2024

#R1#
Bashir needs to keep his hands up - Seal had a free shot at his head there.
Seal throws a predictable looking body shot
and Bashir counters with a nice uppercut.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bashir tries to move into range but Seal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Bashir lands with a nice body punch.
Bashir looks to land a right hand but Seal moved out of range.
Bashir bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Seal's head backwards.
Seal misses with a hook. Bashir ducked under it nicely.
Seal throws a looping overhand right but Bashir ducks down to avoid it.
Seal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Seal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bashir let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Bashir looks to land a left hand but Seal moved out of range nicely.
Seal misses with a hook. Bashir ducked under it nicely.
Seal clobbers Bashir with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Seal bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Bashir throws a nice looking combination but Seal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Seal on the wrong end of a nice jab.#T1#
Seal swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Bashir counters with a stiff right hand.
Bashir misses with a double jab
and Seal counters with a straight right hand.
Seal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bashir.
Bashir moves away from the strike by Seal.
A nice side step and Bashir releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Bashir getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Seal staying out of range there.
Seal throws a body punch but Bashir moves out of range.
Seal loads up on a big right hand but Bashir slips the punch.
Bashir throws out a counter right but Seal avoids it with no problem.
Seal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bashir pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seal lands a right hook to the body.
Bashir misses with a wild body shot.
A left lands for Seal.#T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seal misses with a hook.
Seal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bashir swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Bashir saw that one coming.
Seal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
A big left from Bashir misses.
Seal scores with a jab. Bashir acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Bashir jabs Seal to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Seal throws a poor cross that misses #TD2#
and Bashir counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Seal!
Bashir cracks Seal with a big elbow.
Seal is trying to control Bashir's posture but Bashir avoids it.
Seal is trying to get back to half guard.
Bashir trying to control the action but Seal is working from the bottom. #T3#
Seal is trying to control Bashir's posture but Bashir avoids it.
Seal sneaks back into half guard.
Seal is looking for a sweep. Bashir is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#SUB#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bashir winds up and cracks Seal with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #SUB#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Seal is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Seal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seal trying to control but Bashir postures up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Bashir looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seal with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Seal manages to get to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Bashir's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Bashir chips away with some ground and pound.#T5#
Seal preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. #SUB#
Seal throwing his legs up looking for a triangle. #SUB#
Seal working for a triangle but Bashir defends it easily.
Bashir is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Bashir chips away with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bashir missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Bashir forces his way into half guard.#SUB#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.#SUB#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.#T6#
Seal is trying to control but can't.
Bashir is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Seal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Seal on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Seal trying to control here. #SUB#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.#SUB2#
Bashir seems to be working for a kimura but Seal defends the submission attempt.
Seal tries to roll over but Bashir keeps him under control.
Bashir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bashir looks to score some points with some ground and pound.#T7##SUB2#
Bashir is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Bashir working Seal over with strikes.
Bashir landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Bashir takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bashir is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Seal is trying to get back to full guard.
Seal is refusing to be controlled, as Bashir sits in half guard.
Bashir is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Bashir trying to control the action but Seal is working from the bottom. #T8##SUB#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.
Seal is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Seal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bashir pulls his head out easily.
Well, if Bashir 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.
Bashir is just content to waste time from the top position. Seal takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Seal is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bashir trying to control the position from guard on top but Seal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T9#
Bashir postures up.
Seal is trying to hold Bashir in close to prevent damage but Bashir has managed to pass into half guard.
Seal tries to roll over but Bashir keeps him under control.
Seal wants to control but Bashir is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Seal tries to get to full guard but Bashir has control of the leg. #SUB2#
Bashir looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Bashir lands strikes from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Bashir dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
Seal takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Seal fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bashir swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bashir has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bashir lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Bashir sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seal swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Seal digs a good body shot into Bashir's ribs.
Seal throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Bashir drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Seal defends it well.
Bashir throws out a loose jab but Seal uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bashir staying out of range there.
Seal lands a glancing blow to the side of Bashir's head.
Seal lands with a nice combination. Bashir backs away looking to recover.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seal misses with a body shot. #T1#
Seal slips under a jab.
Matt Seal is winning the standup battle so far.
Seal will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Matt Seal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bashir uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seal.
Seal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bashir in his tracks.
Seal slips a straight right by Bashir.
Seal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bashir connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Seal momentarily.
Seal connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Seal throws out a loose jab but Bashir uses good head movement to avoid it.
Seal misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Bashir counters with a straight right hand.
Bashir uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.#ROC2#Seal is rocked!
Seal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Oh Seal is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Bashir misses with a wild body shot. #T2#
Bashir tries to move into range but Seal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Seal seems to have got his legs back now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seal scores with the left hand. Bashir knows he should have avoided that one.
Seal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bashir.
It looked like Seal was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Bashir.
Seal throws a body shot but no joy.
Bashir misses with a hook
and Seal counters with a nice uppercut.
Seal takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Bashir blocks a jab.
Seal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bashir.
Bashir lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.#KD2#
Oh, that's a big right hand from Bashir and Seal goes tumbling to the canvas! Bashir follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Seal has his hands clasped together around Bashir's back. He's all about the action.
Seal is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #T3##SUB2#
Bashir is trying to work for a kimura but Seal is defending well. #SUB2#
Bashir is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Seal has managed to free his arm - good work.
Seal is trying to control but can't. #SUB#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Seal controlling the leg, holding on to half guard. #SUB#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.#T4#
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.#SUB#
Seal looking for submissions off his back.
Bashir drops an elbow to the side of Seal's head.
Bashir working Seal over with strikes.
Seal is refusing to be controlled, as Bashir sits in half guard.
Bashir is pressing down on Seal's thigh, looking to free his foot. Seal is holding on for now. #SUB#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bashir trying to control the action but Seal is working from the bottom. #T5##SUB2#
Bashir seems to be looking for submissions.
Seal is staying active underneath Bashir, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Julian Bashir has got the better of the ground game so far.
Seal tries to roll over but Bashir keeps him under control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bashir lands a nice short elbow.
Bashir trying to control the action but Seal is working from the bottom.
Bashir works his foot free and advances to mount.
Seal gets back to half guard.#T6#
Bashir trying to control from half guard but Seal is working away.
Bashir lands strikes from half guard.
Seal is refusing to be controlled, as Bashir sits in half guard. #SUB#
Seal has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Bashir escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Bashir!
Seal on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Bashir tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Seal wants to control but Bashir postures up.#T7#
Seal takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Bashir lands some shots froms side control.
Bashir lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Seal down.
Seal is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bashir connects with a decent elbow.
Seal is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bashir working the head and body with strikes.
Bashir working away.
Bashir landing strikes.
Bashir working the head with strikes.
Seal is looking for a sweep.#T8#
Bashir working the ground and pound from side control.
Bashir trying to control the position but Seal is working away.
Bashir working away.#SUB2#
Bashir is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Seal knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Seal is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
You can see the frustration on Seal's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#T9#
Bashir trying to control the action but Seal is working from the bottom.
Seal tries to improve position but can't.
Bashir trying to control the action but Seal is working from the bottom.
Seal taking punishment in the form of punches.
Seal is looking for a sweep.
Bashir working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Bashir scores with punches from side control.
Bashir landing strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julian Bashir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!#R3#
Seal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bashir manages to avoid it.
Seal slips under a jab.
Seal slips under a jab from Bashir.
A quick step to the side and Seal tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Bashir might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Bashir will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Seal scores with a jab.
Bashir throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Bashir takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bashir takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Seal throws a right hand that Bashir ducks under and follows up with a left that Bashir also avoids with ease.
A big right from Seal misses.
A slow jab from Seal misses its intended target. #T1#
Seal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bashir swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bashir cracks Seal with a right hand to the side of the head.
Bashir throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Seal on the side of the head.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Bashir saw that one coming.
Bashir ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Bashir slips under a jab from Seal.#KD2#
Bashir lands a big shot that drops Seal! Can he finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seal wants to control but Bashir passes easily into half guard. #SUB#
Seal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bashir pulls his head out easily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.#SUB#
Seal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Bashir pulls his head out easily. #T2#
Bashir passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Seal!
Bashir in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Seal gets back to half guard.#SUB2#
Bashir wants to work for an arm triangle but Seal is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Bashir seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Seal does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Bashir landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Ground and pound from Bashir.
Bashir trying to control from half guard but Seal is working away.
Bashir prevents Seal from improving his position.#T3#
Bashir drops an elbow to the side of Seal's head. #SUB#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.
Seal wants to control but Bashir is keeping busy.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bashir lands a nice short elbow.
Bashir working Seal over with strikes. #T4#
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Bashir connects with a nice short shot to Seal's temple.
Bashir keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Seal wants to control but Bashir is keeping busy and won't allow it. #SUB#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bashir is trying to control. Seal wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Seal is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bashir working the head and body with strikes. #SUB#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.
Julian Bashir is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.#T5#
Bashir with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Seal tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Bashir has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Bashir looking to finish Seal with some ground and pound. This is bad for Seal!
Bashir is landing with some decent strikes but Seal is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bashir with shots to the head and body - Seal looks very uncomfortable down there.
Seal tries to lock up and control but Bashir gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Bashir lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Seal regains half guard.#T6#
Seal regains full guard. Nicely done. #SUB#
Seal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Bashir defends well.
Bashir pushes down on Seal's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Bashir controlling the action here.
Seal is looking for a sweep. Bashir is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Seal is refusing to be controlled, as Bashir sits in half guard. #SUB#
Seal looking for submissions off his back.#T7#
Bashir perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. #SUB#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.
Seal is looking for a sweep. Bashir is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Bashir looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seal with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Seal tries to roll over but Bashir keeps him under control.
Bashir is looking to take a break and control but Seal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB2#
Bashir is looking for a kimura here.
Bashir drops an elbow to the side of Seal's head. #T8#
Seal is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Well, if Bashir 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.
Seal has hold of Bashir's hands but Bashir slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.#SUB2#
Bashir is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. #SUB#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.#T9#
Bashir controlling the action here. #SUB#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Bashir lands a nice short elbow.
Seal trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bashir prevents Seal from improving his position.
Still in half guard, Bashir seems content to control.
Matt Seal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bashir wants to control but Seal is keeping him busy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Julian Bashir comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bashir has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julian Bashir!
Julian Bashir is the new bantamweight champion!
Julian Bashir decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: TOF 129
Date: Jul 06, 2024

#R1#
White ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
White half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seal cracks White with a good jab.
Seal misses with a left hand
and Seal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Seal thuds a left hand into White's body.#TD#
White closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Seal's guard.#SUB2#
Seal throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
White definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
White scoring with some ground and pound.
White works over Seal with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Seal has his foot on White's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. White works his way back into a safe position though.
White makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
White throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White working some strikes from top position.
White trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #T1##SUB2#
Seal is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. White is aware though and is defending well.
White connects with a couple of short punches.
White scoring with punches to the head and body. #SUB2#
Seal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and White defends well.
White loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #SUB#
White thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. #SUB2#
Seal looking for submissions from the bottom but instead White passes into side control.
Seal tries to bench press White off him but White keeps the position.
White 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.
Seal looks to move to half guard but instead White has passed into mount! Damn!#T2#
Seal working to try and regain half guard.
Seal bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!#SUB#
White has his foot on Seal's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Seal works his way back into a safe position though.#SUB#
White is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
White is trying to keep Seal in close.
Seal trying to control the position from guard on top but White is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Seal is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
White is trying to keep Seal in close. #T3#
White is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Seal wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
Seal wants to control from the top but White keeps moving. #SUB#
White is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Seal is aware though and is defending well.
Seal controls from within his opponent's guard.
Seal looking to pass the guard.
White is trying to keep Seal in close. #T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
White pulls Seal in to control the position.
Seal is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
White ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but White sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.#TD#
White fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Seal sprawls well initially but White persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Seal is trying to maintain the position but White is very close to passing his half guard.
White passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Seal!
White has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Seal's face. #T5#
Seal wants to hold on but White pushes him away.
Seal is wriggling around trying to escape.
White landing shots from mount.
Seal is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Seal keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
White lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Seal hang on?
White avoids the attempt from Seal to control.
White is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Seal is desperately trying to improve his position but White has a good base and remains in mount.
Seal is still trying to improve position.
Seal keeps trying to improve his position.#T6#
White postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Seal looks a forlorn figure.
Seal keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard. #SUB#
White has control of Seal's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Seal regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
White looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
BOOM! White connects with a massive shot to the dome!
White lands a heavy elbow.
Seal is desperately trying to improve his position but White has a good base and remains in mount.#T7#
Seal bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Seal wants to pass the guard but White is keeping the position.
White is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR##SUB2#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with White in particular looking to stall.
White seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. #SUB#
White seems to be working for a kimura but Seal defends the submission attempt.
Seal has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. White is working away from the top position though.#T8#
White working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. #SUB#
White is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. #SUB2#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.#SUB2#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB#
White is working for a kimura but Seal is defending it quite comfortably.
White winds up and cracks Seal with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #T9##SUB#
Seal is defending against the submission attempts here by White. #SUB2#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Seal wants to improve his position but White is controlling well. #SUB#
White is working for a kimura but Seal is defending it quite comfortably.
Seal is looking for a sweep. White is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ray White dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Seal cracks White with a good jab.
Nice cross by Seal.
White ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
White slips under a jab from Seal.
White throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Seal on the side of the head.
White uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seal.
White with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Seal to score with a decent uppercut.
Seal throws a nice looking combination but White bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seal. White does a little dance to reset his feet.
White attempts a counter takedown but Seal avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seal misses the shot to the body.
White digs a good body shot into Seal's ribs.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Seal can do to turn this around?
Seal throws a shot from downtown. White moves away and avoids it.
White feinted with a counter takedown.
White lands a jab to Seal's midsection.
White takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.#T1#
Seal throws a hook but White avoids it easily.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Seal misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
White changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
White bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Seal moves into range and connects with a jab.
Seal works over White's head and body with a nice combination.
Seal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
White tries for a takedown but Seal sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Matt Seal seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Seal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Seal keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from White.
No joy there for Seal, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.#TD#
White is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Seal's half guard.#T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#SUB2#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.
White drops an elbow to the side of Seal's head.
White wants to control but Seal is keeping him busy.
Seal wants to get back to full guard.
White winds up and cracks Seal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
White scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
White wants to take a breather but Seal is having none of it.
White is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Seal wants to control but White is keeping busy.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. White connects with a nice short shot to Seal's temple.
Seal is looking for a sweep. White is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#T3#
White works his way into side control.
White working the ground and pound from side control.#SUB#
White is trying to get an arm triangle but Seal is defending well.
Seal can't do much from the bottom here.
Check out the look on White's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Seal struggling a bit here.
Seal is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T4#
White working the body and head with strikes.
Seal is not content to let White control the position.
White is working Seal over with some ground and pound from side control.
Seal is looking to reverse the position.
White takes a little break here. Seal wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Seal is looking to regain half guard here but White keeps moving and retains side control.
Check out the look on White's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Seal takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.#T5#
White is looking to take a break and control but Seal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Seal is looking for a sweep.
Seal manages to get back to half guard.
Seal is refusing to be controlled, as White sits in half guard. #SUB2#
Seal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but White pulls his head out easily.
Seal is trying to control but can't. #SUB2#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Seal is breathing heavily.#T6#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Seal slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Seal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White scoring with some ground and pound.
Our spies down at at CHECMATE PRIME MMA inform us that Seal has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
White is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Seal looking to control.
White stands up over Seal, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
White works over Seal with some ground and pound from guard.
White is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
White postures up and lands a big shot to Seal's brow. #SUB#
White drops back looking for a leg! Seal is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Seal manages to kick White off! White jumps back into Seal's guard. #SUB2#
Seal escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. White gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. #T7#
White is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. #SUB2#
Seal looking for a guillotine here but White defends easily.
White is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. #SUB2#
Seal working for a triangle but White defends it easily.
Seal controls White momentarily but White frees himself.
Ray White overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.#T8#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
White connects with a couple of short punches.#SUB2#
Seal is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. White is aware though and is defending well.
White tries to free his leg and advance position but Seal is retaining full guard.
White with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.#SUB2#
Seal working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because White has passed into half guard!
White working the head and body with strikes.
White trying to pass the guard but Seal defending well. #SUB#
White is trying to work for a kimura but Seal is defending well. #T9#
Seal tries to get to full guard but White has control of the leg. #SUB2#
Seal looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and White pushes past his half guard into mount!
White lands a big elbow.
Seal is wriggling around trying to escape.
White looking to control but Seal is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Seal keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
White looking to finish Seal with some ground and pound. This is bad for Seal!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ray White dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!#R3#
A swing and a miss from Seal.
White shoots in for a double leg but Seal sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
White scores with a nice right hand.
White throws a jab but it's blocked by Seal.
White's jab looks to have found its range, popping Seal under the eye.
Seal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big left from White misses.
White moves out of range as Seal strikes.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
White attempts a counter takedown but Seal avoids it well and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seal ducks under a wild hook from White.
Seal misses with a body shot.
White slips under a jab from Seal.
Seal misses the shot to the body. #T1#
White misses with a wild body shot.
Seal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White is looking to counter punch.
Seal misses the shot to the body.
Seal defends well against a solid takedown attempt from White.
Seal appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Seal misses with a double jab #TD#
and White counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
White scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Seal trying to control but White postures up. #SUB2#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Seal takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Seal is trying to defend against the ground and pound but White scores with a couple of nice shots.#T2#
White passes into side control, despite Seal's attempt to control the position.
Seal is looking to regain half guard here but White keeps moving and retains side control.
Seal wants to control but White postures up.
Seal tries to get back to half guard but can't.
White trying to control the action but Seal is working from the bottom. #T3#
White working away.
Seal manages to work his way to half guard, despite White's best efforts.
Seal is refusing to be controlled, as White sits in half guard.
Seal trying to control from the bottom.
White tries to pass the half guard into mount. Seal knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. #SUB2#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.#SUB2#
White moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Seal.#T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.#SUB#
White is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Seal knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Seal takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Seal trying his best to control but White has mounted him.
White landing strikes from the mount and Seal is in trouble!
Seal is working to get back to half guard.
White trying to control but he's not successful this time. #T5#
Seal is desperately trying to improve his position but White has a good base and remains in mount.
Seal wants to control but White is having none of it.
Seal is wriggling around trying to escape.
Seal regains half guard.#SUB2#
Seal with the active half guard here but White passes nicely into side control.
A control attempt from Seal but he's now mounted!#T6#
Seal really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
White scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Seal?
Seal is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Seal wants to hold on but White pushes him away.
White lands a big shot there that rocks Seal but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Seal wants to control but White is having none of it.
Seal sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. White connects with a nice short shot to Seal's temple.
White is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. #T7#
Seal trying to control here.
Seal is staying active underneath White, who seems content to just control the action from this position. #SUB2#
Seal has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for White. Oh but Seal has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! White goes limp - he's gone! Seal jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Matt Seal!
Matt Seal is the new bantamweight champion!
Matt Seal decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

Event: TOF 124
Date: Jun 21, 2024

#R1#
Faith uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seal.
Faith fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seal manages to avoid it.
A counter left hand to the body from Seal misses its target.
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Faith was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
Faith cracks Seal with a good jab.
Seal misses with a hook
and Faith counters with a nice uppercut.
A shot to the body from Faith misses
and Seal counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A swing and a miss from Faith.
Faith moves in looking to clinch but Seal pushes him off.
Seal throws a 1-2 combo that connects squarely on Faith's jaw, knocking him onto his back! Seal dives in looking to finish as Faith flails his arms in a desperate attempt to block Seal's strikes! Seal is raining down hammerfists and the ref stops it! Faith's desperate flailing just didn't constitute intelligent defence. Some people will probably question the ref's decision but Faith was definitely hurt and the ref saved him from taking unnecessary punishment. A fighter's safety is paramount in this sport.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Seal!
Matt Seal thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: TOF 119
Date: Jun 02, 2024

#R1#
Seal misses the shot to the body.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Love sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Seal misses with a jab to the body
letting Love counter with a right hand.
Seal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
Love misses with an uppercut
and Seal counters with a straight right hand.
Seal lands a nice hook to Love's body. Love takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Seal throws a right hand that misses
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seal moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Seal throws a right and a left that Love avoids nicely.
Seal throws a shot from downtown. Love moves away and avoids it.
A little feinted left hand from Love on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Seal misses with an uppercut
letting Love counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seal throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Love with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Seal to score with a decent uppercut.
Love looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.#T1#
Seal displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Love throws out the jab.
Seal lands a jab to Love's midsection.
Love uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Seal.
Love fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Seal misses with a lunging right hand
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Love saw that one coming.
Seal misses with a hook. Love ducked under it nicely.
Seal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Love.
Seal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seal looks to land a right hand but Love moved out of range.
Seal scores with a shot to the body.
Love misses with a looping right.
Love throws a body shot but no joy.
Seal scores with a shot to the body. #T2#
Seal lands with a good body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Love.
A slow jab from Seal misses its intended target.
Seal throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Seal lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
A left lands for Seal.
Love uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Seal throws a shot to the body.
Seal connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Love takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Love is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Love wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Love walks into a straight right hand from Seal.#T3#
Seal misses with a left hand
and Love counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Seal throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Love to counter with a crisp jab.
Love throws a body punch but Seal moves out of range.
Love lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Love.
Love throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
A lazy left from Seal finds it's target.
Love throws a body shot but no joy.
Seal with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Love takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Love connects with a good right hand that stumbles Seal. Seal circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Danga de danga de dang - Seal scores with a four punch combination!
Love misses with a body shot.
Seal looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Seal throws a body punch but Love moves out of range. #T4#
Seal misses with a double jab
and Love counters with a straight right hand.
A left lands for Love.
Seal cracks Love with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Love, as that shot connected. #ROC#Seal is rocked!
Love dodges the punch combination from Seal.
Seal is still on wobbly legs! Can Love finish him?
Seal misses with a body punch #KD#
and Love counters with a nice right hand that sends Seal toppling to the canvas! Seal scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Love finish him?!
Seal gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Love gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mason Love!
A very excited looking Mason Love made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.

Event: TOF 111
Date: May 05, 2024

#R1#
Seal misses with an uppercut.
Seal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Seal lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Bang backs up against the cage. #CUT#It looks like Bing Bang has been cut.
Seal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice combination there by Seal.
Bang will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Bang throws a big shot that misses.
Seal chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bang can pounce on him.
Seal misses with a few strikes there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bang throws a nice looking combination but Seal bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Seal is looking to counter punch.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Bang saw that one coming.
Bang misses with an attempted mid kick.
Seal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seal fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bang motions for Seal to come forward. Bang throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Bang throws a shot from downtown. Seal moves away and avoids it.
Bang comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.#T1#
Bang fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Bang throws a quick inside leg kick.
Seal throws a big shot that misses.
Seal walks into a jab.
Bang drops his hands momentarily and Seal takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bang lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Seal backs up against the cage.
Some wild striking there from Seal.
Seal stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Seal throws a right hand that Bang ducks under and follows up with a left that Bang also avoids with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Bang saw that one coming.
A jab from Seal finds it's way through Bang's defenses. #ROC#Bang is rocked!
Bang loses concentration momentarily and Seal pounces with a three punch combo! Right, left, right! Bang crashes face first to the mat, out cold! Seal finishes this one with a fantastically precise combo! Great stuff.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Matt Seal!
An out of breath Matt Seal thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.

Event: TOF 103
Date: Apr 19, 2024

#R1#
Fassett shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Seal but Seal pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fassett scores with a shot to the body.
Fassett ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seal moves away.
Seal uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fassett throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Seal sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fassett throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Fassett looks to throw the jab but Seal is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fassett misses with a takedown
letting Seal counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Seal misses its intended target.
Seal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Fassett.#T1#
Seal lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Fassett dives in for a single leg takedown but Seal sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Matt Seal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Fassett.
Seal moves away from the strike by Fassett.
A little feinted left hand from Seal on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.#TD2#
Fassett scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Seal is looking for a sweep.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Fassett working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Fassett lands some shots froms side control.
Seal avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Fassett.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seal is trying to control Fassett's posture but Fassett avoids it.
Seal takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
You can see the frustration on Seal's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Sloppy strikes there by Fassett.#T2#
Seal prevents Fassett from improving position.
Fassett working away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Fassett misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
You can see the frustration on Seal's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Seal tries to buck Fassett off but Fassett is having none of it.
Seal is trying to control Fassett's posture but Fassett avoids it.
Both fighters take a look at the clock.#T3#
Seal can't do much from the bottom here.
Fassett lands some shots froms side control.
Fassett trying to control the position but Seal is working away.
Seal is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Fassett working away.
Seal is holding Fassett down, trying to stall.
Seal is trying to improve his position.#T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Fassett working the body and head with strikes. #SUB2#
Fassett tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fassett passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Seal!
Fassett landing punches.
Seal wants to control but Fassett is having none of it.
Fassett lands a big elbow.
Seal really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Seal tries to lock up and control but Fassett gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.#T5#
Fassett scoring with strikes but Seal is staying in there.
Seal is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fassett lands a nice shot to the head.
Fassett pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fassett raining down hammerfists from mount.
Fassett with the ground and pound from mount.
Fassett can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Seal is looking to escape.
Seal sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.#T6##SUB#
Seal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fassett pulls his head out easily.
Fassett drops an elbow to the side of Seal's head.
Fassett working the head and body with strikes.
Fassett winds up and cracks Seal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#SUB#
Seal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fassett pulls his head out easily. #SUB#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Seal holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now. #SUB2#
Fassett is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Fassett winds up and cracks Seal with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #T7#
Seal is refusing to be controlled, as Fassett sits in half guard.
Fassett with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Seal is controlling Fassett's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Fassett looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Fassett is thwarting Seal's attempts to control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fassett lands a nice short elbow.#SUB#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#T8#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.#SUB#
Seal looking for submissions off his back.
Seal is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Seal is holding on to half guard well.#SUB#
Seal looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fassett lands strikes from half guard.
Fassett is trying to control. Seal wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Fassett scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Fassett is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. #T9##SUB#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Fassett is looking to take a break and control but Seal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB#
Seal looking for submissions off his back.
Fassett performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB2#
Fassett is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Seal has managed to free his arm - good work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Eric Fassett dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Fassett has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Seal finds it's way round the side to connect with Fassett's head.
Fassett misses with a low kick.
Seal connects with a looping right hand.
Fassett misses the shot to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Seal misses the target.
Seal moves out of range of the strikes.
Fassett throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seal looks to score with a jab to the body but Fassett is just out of range.
Fassett throws a big shot that misses.
Fassett connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Seal momentarily.
Fassett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seal manages to avoid it.#T1#
Seal slips a straight right by Fassett.
Fassett moves away from the strike by Seal.
Fassett tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Fassett keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seal.
Fassett swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Seal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fassett.
Seal misses with an uppercut #TD2#
and Fassett counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Fassett chips away with some ground and pound.
Seal looking to control.
Fassett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Fassett has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Fassett lands a couple of digs.#SUB#
Seal escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fassett gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fassett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. #T2#
Fassett lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.#SUB#
Seal is looking for a triangle here but Fassett uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Fassett lands a decent elbow from side control.
Seal tries to buck Fassett off but Fassett is having none of it.#SUB2#
Fassett tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fassett has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Seal dodges the ground and pound from Fassett.
Fassett lands some shots froms side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seal on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Seal wants to control but Fassett postures up.#SUB2#
Fassett is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Seal has escaped the position, nice work there. #T3#
Fassett looks up at the clock and then as Seal takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Fassett smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Seal wants to control but Fassett postures up.
Fassett is working Seal over with some ground and pound from side control.
Seal is trying to control Fassett's posture but Fassett avoids it.
Fassett slows the pace down.
Fassett grinds an elbow into Seal's temple.
Seal can't do much from the bottom here. #SUB2#
Fassett is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Seal is trying to escape and Fassett transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Seal is forced to tap! Nice work there by Fassett! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eric Fassett!
Eric Fassett bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.

Event: TOF 95
Date: Mar 30, 2024

#R1#
Seal getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Seal lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Seal with a hook.
Seal missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
White feinted with a counter takedown.
Donk. Seal catches White right on the button with a cross.
Seal throws a big shot that misses.
Seal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Seal uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before White has time to react.
White throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Seal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#TD#
White fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Seal to the ground. White is now in Seal's guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seal wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Seal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
White tries to free his leg and advance position but Seal is retaining full guard. #SUB2#
Seal is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
White landing some decent shots from guard. #T1#
White trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
White definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
White trying to control the position from guard on top but Seal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
White looking to pass the guard.
White working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Seal's head.#SUB2#
White is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Seal has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. White is looking to defend but Seal has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for White! Seal pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, White taps out and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Matt Seal!
Matt Seal thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Ray White was interviewed post fight and said 'Yo barney rubble - I should've known when they were double checkin your passport, that you'd be an eye pokin cheat and a bad sport, I waved to the ref but no, savin the chef you so, fake and a theft and low behold I know Im gonna break your arm off next time you show ho!'.

Event: TOF 86
Date: Mar 09, 2024

#R1#
Hunna ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seal moves away.
Seal scores with a body shot.
Hunna throws a hook to the side of Seal's head but Seal sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hunna 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.
Seal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hunna moves away.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hunna. Seal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seal looks to throw the jab but Hunna is out of range.
Hunna throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Hunna slips under a jab.
A shot to the liver by Seal. Beautiful body shot.
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunna was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
Hunna takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seal throws a big shot that misses.
Seal walks into a left hand.
Seal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Seal scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hunna slips under a jab from Seal.#T1#
Hunna tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Hunna takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Seal throws a body punch but Hunna moves out of range.
Seal throws a right hand that misses
and Hunna counters with a nice body shot.
Seal throws a body shot but no joy.
Seal misses with a straight right.
Hunna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seal manages to avoid it.
Seal looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunna is just out of range.
Seal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hunna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seal.
Hunna slips a jab from Seal.
Hunna on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Seal scores with a jab. Hunna acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hunna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seal.
Hunna throwing a counter right hand but Seal manages to avoid it.#T2#
Seal throws a body punch but Hunna moves out of range.
Hunna is looking to wear down Seal with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab lands there for Hunna.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The fighters circling - Hunna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hunna misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Seal.
Seal takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hunna defending well as Seal loads up on a big left hand.
Hunna swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Seal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matt Seal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Hunna saw that one coming.
Seal throws a sloppy body shot
and Hunna counters with a straight right hand.
Hunna takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hunna looks to throw the jab but Seal is out of range.
Hunna tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Seal was well out of range. Poor timing from Hunna.
Seal misses with a straight right.
Hunna lands with a shot to the body. #T3#
Seal misses with an uppercut
and Hunna counters with a stiff right hand.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Hunna.
Seal throws a hook but Hunna blocks it.
Seal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hunna counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hunna moves out of range of the strikes.
A jab from Hunna does it's job there.
Seal throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hunna sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Seal misses with a body shot.
Seal misses with a lunging right hand
and Hunna counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Seal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It looked like Hunna wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Seal just misses with a punch to the body.
Seal looks to throw the jab but Hunna is out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Seal darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A big left from Seal misses. #T4#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hunna misses with a body shot.
Hunna swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Seal.
Hunna swings for the body but Seal moves out of range.
And Seal tries to counter it with a takedown but Hunna pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Nice straight punches there by Hunna. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hunna.
Seal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hunna.
Hunna jabs Seal to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Seal looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunna is just out of range.
It looked like Hunna was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Seal.
Hunna is looking to clinch.
Seal dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Seal throws a poor cross that misses
and Hunna counters with a left to the body.
Seal misses with a hook
letting Hunna counter with a right hand.
Hunna fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Seal takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Hunna lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though. #T5##CL#
Hunna gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Seal fails to pull guard.
Hunna throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Seal jumps guard but Hunna stands there with Seal around his waist. Seal gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Hunna misses with a short punch on the inside.
Seal tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hunna smiles and moves away.
Pho Hunna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Seal.
A jab from Hunna misses.
Hunna is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hunna avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Seal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Hunna misses with a body shot.
Hunna cracks Seal with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.#TD#
Hunna drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hunna wants to pass the guard but Seal is keeping the position.#SUB2#
Seal is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hunna is aware though and is defending well.#T6#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#SUB2#
Seal is looking for a triangle but Hunna pushes his legs off easily.
Seal is adopting a defensive guard.#SUB2#
Seal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hunna defends well.
Hunna wants to control from the top but Seal keeps moving.
Seal can't keep his opponent in guard - Hunna advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Hunna wants to pass the guard but Seal is defending well.
Seal is trying to control but can't. #SUB2#
Seal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hunna pulls his head out easily. #SUB#
Hunna is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Seal sees it coming and defends easily.
Seal is looking to control Hunna's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Seal avoid being mounted?#T7##SUB#
Hunna is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Seal doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hunna.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seal is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Seal trying to hold on to Hunna's head to control him but Hunna postures up.
Hunna is looking to take a break and control but Seal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB#
Hunna is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Seal has managed to free his arm - good work.
Seal desperately trying to maintain half guard. #SUB2#
Seal looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T8#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Hunna tries to pass the half guard into mount. Seal knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. #SUB#
Hunna is looking for a kimura but Seal is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hunna to get the leverage. #SUB2#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB#
Hunna is working for submissions here but there's nothing on. #SUB2#
Seal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hunna pulls his head out easily. #SUB2#
Seal is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hunna pulls his head out easily.
Seal wants to control but Hunna is keeping busy and won't allow it. #SUB#
Hunna is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Seal desperately trying to maintain half guard. #T9##SUB#
Hunna is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Seal doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Hunna. #SUB#
Hunna is working for a submission of some sort.
Seal trying to control here.
Seal is controlling Hunna's position as best he can from this difficult position.#SUB2#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Pho Hunna will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Good standup being displayed there by Seal as he connects with a hook.
Seal misses with a body shot
letting Hunna counter with a right hand.
Hunna throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Seal on the side of the head.
Seal connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hunna. Hunna circles away out of range and recomposes himself.#CL#
Hunna forces Seal back against the cage and clinches.
Seal is trying to pull guard but Hunna turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Seal tries to pull guard but Hunna holds him up against the cage and eventually Seal drops back down to his feet.
Seal tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Hunna smiles and moves away.
Pho Hunna has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Seal.
Seal swings widly with a right hand
and Hunna counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seal rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hunna counters with a nice uppercut.
Jab from Hunna.
Seal throws a right hand that misses
and Hunna counters with a right hand to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Seal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hunna appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Seal misses with a lunging right hand
and Hunna counters with a lovely straight right hand!#T1#
Seal throws a poor cross that misses
and Hunna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Seal misses with a lunging right hand
and Hunna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Hunna.
Seal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Seal keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Seal throws a body punch but Hunna moves out of range.
Seal lands a jab.#CL#
Hunna clinches.
Hunna lands a shoulder strike.
Hunna is trying to stall.
Seal jumps guard but Hunna stands there with Seal around his waist. Seal gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Seal is trying to pull guard but Hunna turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Hunna is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Seal can do to turn this around?
Seal tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hunna just stands there and leans against the cage.#T2#
Hunna stalls.
Hunna tries a body shot but Seal blocks it.
Seal's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Hunna lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hunna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Seal backwards.
Hunna throws a head punch that misses.
Seal tries to pull guard but Hunna holds him up against the cage and eventually Seal drops back down to his feet.
Seal is trying to pull guard but Hunna turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Seal throws a punch but it's blocked by Hunna.
Seal lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Hunna blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hunna lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hunna works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short uppercut from Hunna.
Seal prevents a body shot from Hunna.
Hunna tries to work over Seal's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hunna tries to throw a body punch but Seal avoids it by throwing Hunna back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Hunna.
Seal jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hunna walks away with a smile on his face. Seal gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. #T3#
Hunna throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seal takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Seal throws an off balance right hand
and Hunna counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Seal throws a right hand that misses
and Hunna counters with a stiff right hand.
Seal waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hunna.
Seal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Hunna.
Seal ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Seal keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seal wants to counter the offense by Hunna and move into the clinch position.
Hunna slips a jab from Seal.
A slow jab from Hunna misses its intended target.
Hunna takes one to the side of the head.
Hunna comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Seal misses the jab.#T4#
Hunna slips a straight right by Seal.
Seal clobbers Hunna with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunna swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Seal throws a jab when Hunna was well out of range.
Seal avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Seal.
Hunna was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Seal lands a head shot.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Hunna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hunna swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Seal misses with a hook. Hunna ducked under it nicely.
A counter left hand to the body from Hunna misses its target.
Seal misses the body punch
and Hunna counters with a left to the body. #CL#
Hunna gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Seal tries to pull guard but Hunna forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Seal is trying to pull guard but Hunna has him pressed against the cage.
Seal has a couple of punches blocked by Hunna.
Hunna scores with an uppercut up the middle.#T5#
Hunna lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hunna lands a left hand that snaps the head of Seal backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Hunna.
Seal working aggressively here.
Hunna blocks an uppercut.
Seal is trying to pull guard but Hunna has him pressed against the cage.
Seal is breathing heavily.
Seal jumps guard but Hunna turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hunna misses with a body punch.
Seal tries to pull guard but Hunna holds him up against the cage and eventually Seal drops back down to his feet.
Hunna lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hunna goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #TD2#
Seal manages to pull guard.
Hunna trying to control but Seal is working from the bottom.
Hunna sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Seal's guard. #SUB2#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB#
Hunna is working for a kimura but Seal is defending it quite comfortably. #T6#
Hunna wants to take a breather but Seal is having none of it.
Seal wants to control but Hunna is keeping busy and won't allow it. #SUB#
Hunna is working for a submission of some sort.
Hunna works his way into side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Seal can't do much from the bottom here. #SUB#
Hunna is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Seal has escaped the position, nice work there.
Seal is trying to get back to half guard.#T7#
Hunna working away.#SUB#
Hunna tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. #SUB#
Hunna tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hunna has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Seal tries to bench press Hunna off him but Hunna keeps the position.
Seal wants to control but Hunna postures up.#SUB#
Hunna tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. #SUB#
Hunna tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hunna has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! #T8#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.#SUB#
Hunna tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hunna trying to control the action but Seal is working from the bottom.
Seal can't do much from the bottom here.
Seal is trying to get back to half guard.
Seal struggling a bit here.
Hunna trying to control the action but Seal is working from the bottom. #T9#
You can see the frustration on Seal's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#SUB#
Hunna tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hunna has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! #SUB#
Hunna thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hunna working away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Pho Hunna dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!#R3#
Seal throws a looping overhand right but Hunna ducks down to avoid it.
Seal throws a hook but Hunna blocks it.
Hunna scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hunna digs a good hook to Seal's body.
Hunna misses the shot to the body.
Hunna tries to clinch but Seal moves out of range.
Seal throws a poor cross that misses
and Hunna counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hunna looks to score with a jab to the body but Seal is just out of range.
A lazy left from Seal finds it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hunna ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
Seal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hunna connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hunna doesn't manage to clinch there - Seal circles away.
A big right from Seal misses. #T1#
Hunna ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Seal throws a lazy uppercut
and Hunna counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Seal throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hunna counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Seal pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hunna swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hunna throws a body shot but no joy.
Seal scores with a jab. Hunna acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Seal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hunna connects with a body shot.
Seal looks to score with a jab to the body but Hunna is just out of range.
It looked like Hunna wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hunna uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Seal.
Hunna walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Hunna takes a swing at Seal's ribcage but misses.
Hunna tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Seal manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.#T2#
Seal throws a shot from downtown. Hunna moves away and avoids it.
Seal misses with a hook
and Hunna counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hunna lands a slapping body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seal throws the left hand but Hunna avoids the punch easily.
Hunna lunges at Seal with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Seal's hand.
The fighters circling - Hunna throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hunna lands a jab to the head.
Seal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hunna.
Seal fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Hunna manages to avoid it.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Hunna saw that one coming.
Hunna ducks under a wild hook from Seal.
Seal misses with a hook
and Hunna counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Seal circles away from the clinch attempt.
Seal tries to counter by closing the distance.#T3#
Seal throws a jab when Hunna was well out of range.
Hunna throws a body punch but Seal moves out of range.
Seal's corner calls for a 1-2. Seal obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Seal avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hunna tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Hunna misses with a body shot.
Seal works the jab nicely.
A swing and a miss from Seal.
Hunna fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Seal. Hunna does a little dance to reset his feet.
Seal misses with a straight right.
Hunna fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Seal manages to avoid it.#T4#
Seal looks to land a right hand but Hunna moved out of range.
Hunna just misses with a punch to the body.
Seal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hunna was well out of range. Poor timing from Seal.
Seal takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Seal throws a body shot but no joy.
A little feinted left hand from Hunna on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hunna ducks right into an uppercut from Seal.
Hunna works Seal's body with a nice hook.
Seal has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seal misses the shot to the body.
A quick step to the side and Hunna tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunna throws a body punch but Seal moves out of range.
Hunna throws out a powerful jab.
Seal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hunna.
Seal gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hunna fails with an attempt to clinch. #T5#
Seal swats away the attempt to clinch by Hunna.
Seal wants to counter with a clinch but Hunna pushes him away.
Hunna connects with a body shot.
Seal misses with a looping left.
Hunna doesn't manage to clinch there - Seal circles away.
Seal misses with a left hand
and Hunna counters with a stiff right hand.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Hunna saw that one coming.
Hunna bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hunna uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seal.
Hunna is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Seal throws a jab but it's blocked by Hunna.
Hunna takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.#T6#
Hunna throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hunna takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Seal throws an overhand right that lands on Hunna's shoulder, as Hunna tries to avoid the shot.
Hunna lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Hunna scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Seal doesn't seem bothered though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Seal connects with a nice looking jab.
Seal throws a jab but it's blocked by Hunna.
Hunna is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Seal throws a big shot that misses.
Hunna staying out of range there.
Hunna lands a nice shot to the body.
Seal misses with a hook to the body
letting Hunna counter with a right hand.
Hunna with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Seal to score with a decent uppercut.#T7#
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Hunna sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hunna lands with a good body shot.
Hunna steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Seal.
Hunna is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Seal misses with a straight right.
Seal throws a jab but it's blocked by Hunna.
Hunna misses with a hook. Seal ducked under it nicely.
Seal has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Seal there as he acknowledges the shot.#TD#
Hunna gets a takedown into half guard.#SUB2#
Seal looking for submissions off his back.#SUB#
Hunna is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game. #SUB#
Hunna is looking for a kimura here. #T8##SUB#
Hunna is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Seal has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pho Hunna overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Seal trying to control but Hunna postures up.
Seal keeps control of the position for the meantime. #SUB#
Hunna looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique. #T9#
Seal keeping hold of Hunna's head, controlling as best he can. #SUB#
Hunna is looking for a kimura but Seal is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hunna to get the leverage.
Seal trying to hold on to Hunna's head to control him but Hunna postures up. #SUB#
Hunna is trying to work for a kimura but Seal is defending well.
Matt Seal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Pho Hunna is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#SUB2#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Pho Hunna.
Well Hunna has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pho Hunna!
A victorious Pho Hunna thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: TOF 78
Date: Feb 11, 2024

#R1#
Seal swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brunson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brunson is looking for a counter combo.#TD#
Brunson shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Seal is trying to defend but Brunson finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Brunson lands with a punch from half guard.
Seal is trying to control but can't.
Seal won't allow Brunson to pass to mount.
Brunson drops an elbow to the side of Seal's head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Brunson connects with a nice short shot to Seal's temple. #SUB#
Brunson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Seal has managed to free his arm - good work. #SUB2#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.
Brunson controlling the action here.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Brunson winds up and cracks Seal with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Seal taking some punishment here, with Brunson in his half guard.
Seal has his hands clasped together around Brunson's back. He's all about the action.#T1##SUB2#
Seal looking for submissions off his back.
Seal is looking to control Brunson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Seal avoid being mounted?#SUB2#
Seal looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Brunson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. #SUB2#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.#SUB2#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB2#
Seal actively working from the bottom here.#SUB2#
Seal looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB#
Brunson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Seal sees it coming and defends easily.#T2#
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brunson wants to free his trapped foot but Seal is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Seal trying to hold on to Brunson's head to control him but Brunson postures up.
Seal controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Brunson is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Brunson seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Seal does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Brunson wants to stand but Seal has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now. #SUB#
Brunson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Brunson tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Brunson lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Seal controlling the position for now.#T3#
Brunson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Seal defending well though.
Brunson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seal with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Seal trying to hold on to Brunson's head to control him but Brunson postures up.
Brunson working over Seal with some ground and pound. Seal looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brunson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Seal with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. #SUB#
Brunson seems to be working for a kimura but Seal defends the submission attempt.
Seal wants to control but Brunson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seal wants to control the action here but instead Brunson manages to pass to full mount!
Seal in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Seal tries to lock up and control but Brunson gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Seal reaches up to try and control the position but Brunson seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Seal rolls and tries to escape and now Brunson has his back! #T4#
Seal trying to control the hands but Brunson won't let him.
Seal is really stuck here.
Seal trying to control the hands but Brunson breaks the grip. #SUB#
Seal fending off the submission attempt from Brunson.
Brunson is landing with strikes. Seal can't take much more of this.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brunson misses with an elbow to the head.
Seal trying to control the hands but Brunson breaks the grip. #SUB#
Brunson looking for the RNC.
Brunson misses with punches from the back.
Brunson misses with an elbow to the head.
Brunson avoiding Seal 's attempts to control his hands.
Seal holding both Brunson 's hands and preventing any damage. #SUB#
Brunson working for a choke but Seal is defending well. #T5#
Brunson connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Seal to escape the position. #SUB#
Brunson is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Seal defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seal trying to control the action but Brunson just sinks the hooks in.
Seal might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Brunson haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Brunson is punishing Seal with strikes - can he finish him?!
Brunson has the hooks in. Seal is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Seal trying to control the action but Brunson just sinks the hooks in. #T6##SUB#
Brunson looking for the choke but no joy.
Brunson misses with an elbow to the head.
Seal trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Brunson trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Seal wants to control his opponent's hands but Brunson gets his hands free.
Brunson misses with a punch to the head. #SUB#
Seal fending off the submission attempt from Brunson.
Brunson not allowing Seal to control his hands. #T7##SUB#
Brunson working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet. #SUB#
Seal is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Brunson has Seal flattened out and is raining down punches. #SUB#
Brunson has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Seal has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Seal looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment. #SUB#
Seal preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Brunson.
Seal trying to control the action but Brunson just sinks the hooks in.
Seal rolls, trying to escape but Brunson keeps control of the position.
Watch the back of the head! Comes the shout from the referee towards Brunson. #T8#
Seal trying to control the hands but Brunson breaks the grip.
Brunson landing with strikes. #SUB#
Seal preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Brunson.
Seal trying to control the hands but Brunson won't let him. #SUB#
Brunson looking for the choke from the back.
Seal is trying to remain composed but Brunson is hammering down strikes to the side of his head.
Brunson avoiding Seal 's attempts to control his hands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seal rolls, trying to escape but Brunson keeps control of the position.
Brunson punches the canvas rather than the man. #T9#
Seal trying to control the hands but Brunson won't let him.
I really don't envy Seal right now.
Seal trying to control but not successfully. #SUB#
Seal defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Brunson's arms. #SUB#
Seal preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Brunson. #SUB#
Brunson looking for the RNC. #SUB#
Brunson is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Seal defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Seal wants to control his opponent's hands but Brunson gets his hands free.
Seal tries to break free.
Seal looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Blonde Brunson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2#
Donk. Seal catches Brunson right on the button with a cross.
Brunson looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Seal lands with a good body shot.
Brunson darts in looking for a takedown but Seal gets double underhooks and turns Brunson into the cage.
Seal tries to counter by closing the distance.
Seal is pressed up against the cage. Brunson has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Seal down to the mat. Seal avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Brunson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Brunson tries to clinch but Seal moves out of range.
Brunson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Horrible takedown attempt by Brunson or perhaps it was just good defense by Seal, which made it look bad.
Brunson sets himself, and Seal steps forward looking for the clinch! Brunson avoids it this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Blonde Brunson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brunson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Seal pinned against the cage. Seal gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brunson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Seal.
Brunson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brunson has his takedown stuffed#CL2#
and Seal counters by moving into the clinch. #T1##TD2#
Seal pulls guard effortlessly. #SUB2#
Seal looking for a guillotine here but Brunson defends easily.
Seal is pulling down on Brunson's head. It's preventing any offense from Brunson, at least for the moment.#SUB2#
Seal is active off his back here, looking for submissions. #SUB#
Brunson drops back looking for a leg! Seal is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Seal manages to kick Brunson off! Brunson jumps back into Seal's guard. #SUB2#
Seal is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Seal working a defensive guard here.
Brunson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. #T2#
Brunson wants to control from the top but Seal keeps moving.
Seal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Brunson throwing strikes but missing.
Seal trying to control the position. #SUB2#
Seal looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Seal has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Brunson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Brunson in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Seal controls Brunson momentarily but Brunson frees himself. #T3#
Brunson connects with a couple of short punches.
Our spies down at at CHECMATE PRIME MMA inform us that Seal has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?#SUB2#
Brunson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Brunson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Seal's head.#SUB2#
Seal is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Seal is pulling down on Brunson's head. It's preventing any offense from Brunson, at least for the moment.
Brunson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seal swivels though and keeps the full guard. #SUB#
Brunson drops back looking for a leg! Seal is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Seal manages to kick Brunson off! Brunson jumps back into Seal's guard.
Brunson wants to stand but Seal has a closed guard, so he can't escape. #T4#
Seal trying to keep a closed guard but Brunson is proving a slippery customer.
Brunson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Seal can do to turn this around?
Brunson is fighting to break Seal's control of his arms but Seal is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.#SUB2#
Seal has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Brunson doesn't defend quickly enough and Seal has managed to lock this one up! Can Brunson escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Seal on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Matt Seal!
Matt Seal thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: TOF 71
Date: Jan 20, 2024

#R1#
Panda moves away from the strike by Seal.
Seal stuffs the takedown attempt from Panda. Panda gets slowly back to his feet.
Seal ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Panda has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Seal throws a hook but Panda avoids it easily.
Seal misses with a wild body shot.
Seal jabs Panda to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Seal fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Panda on the side of the head.
Panda uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seal.#CL2#
Seal gets tackled into the cage by Panda. Panda maintains the clinch.
Seal jumps guard but Panda stands there with Seal around his waist. Seal gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seal is trying to pull guard but Panda has him pressed against the cage.
Panda jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Seal walks away with a smile on his face. Panda gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head. #TD2#
Panda 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.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#SUB#
Panda got a little sloppy there for a moment and Seal has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Panda has managed to get both his arms back between Seal's legs - danger averted.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Seal controlling the position.#T1##SUB#
Seal is looking for a triangle but Panda pushes his legs off easily.
Panda postures up.
Panda trying to control but Seal is working from the bottom.
Seal trying to control the position.
Panda is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment. #T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.#SUB#
Seal has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Panda is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Seal.
Seal struggling a bit here.
Seal keeps Panda under control for a moment.
Panda trying to control the position but Seal is working away.
Panda is staying tight to Seal's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Panda working away.
Panda wants to lay and pray for a moment but Seal keeps working.
Seal is looking for a sweep.#T3#
Seal can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Panda trying to control the position but Seal is working away.
Seal prevents Panda from moving into mount.
Seal can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Seal tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Panda easily slips into full mount!
Seal is in all sorts of trouble here.
Seal tries to lock up and control but Panda gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Seal is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.#T4#
Seal holds on for dear life, controlling Panda's posture momentarily.
Seal tries to lock up and control but Panda gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Seal has given up his back here.
Panda is not going to allow Seal to sit and survive in this position. #SUB2#
Panda looking for the RNC.
Seal trying to control the hands but Panda won't let him.
I really don't envy Seal right now. #T5#
Seal trying to control the action but Panda just sinks the hooks in.
Panda trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Panda slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Seal really must keep his cool here. He's controlling one of Panda's hands and whilst he does that, he's got a chance of escaping the position.#SUB2#
Panda sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Seal taps out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Mad Panda!

Event: TOF 64
Date: Dec 24, 2023

#R1#
Njagi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Seal counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Njagi misses with a takedown attempt - Seal sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Njagi tries to move into range but Seal moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.#TD#
Seal gets caught flat footed, as Njagi shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.#SUB2#
Njagi is sitting in close to Seal's body. Seal has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Njagi is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Njagi is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Seal.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Matt Seal!
After winning the bout, Matt Seal thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.

Event: HFC 64:Hassan vs Mogh
Date: Sep 09, 2023

#R1#
Seal misses with an uppercut. Rurik saw that one coming.
Rurik with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Seal to score with a decent uppercut.
Seal definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Rurik swings widly with a right hand
and Seal counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Seal connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Rurik saw that one coming.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rurik throws a low kick, looking for Seal's leg but Seal calmly moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Seal checks a leg kick.
Rurik misses with a hook
and Seal connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice uppercut lands for Rurik. That snapped Seal's head back.
Seal misses with a right hand
and Rurik counters with a thumping low kick.
Rurik lands a right hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Seal moves out of range of the body kick from Rurik.
Seal misses with an uppercut
and Rurik cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#T1#
Rurik misses with a body shot.
Seal throws a right hand that misses
and Rurik counters with a nice kick to the body.
Seal avoids a kick to the body.
Rurik tries a head kick but it misses.
Rurik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Rurik looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Rurik throws a looping overhand right but Seal ducks down to avoid it.
Seal scores with a shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Seal.
Seal misses with a straight left.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seal cracks Rurik with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Rurik misses with a double jab.
Seal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Rurik displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Seal throws out the jab.
A shot to the liver by Seal. Beautiful body shot.#T2#
Rurik takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Seal lands a jab to Rurik's midsection.
Seal lands a slapping body shot.
Nice defenses there by Rurik.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Seal slips a jab from Rurik.
Seal uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Rurik.
Rurik takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Rurik scores with a push kick.
Nice shot lands for Seal.
Rurik with the inside leg kick.
A head kick misses from Rurik.
A jab from Seal finds it's way through Rurik's defenses. #ROC#Rurik is rocked!#T3#
Seal lands a hook that stumbles Rurik back into the cage. Seal follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Rurik to the canvas! Seal pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Rurik has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:09 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Matt Seal!
A victorious Matt Seal thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.

Event: HFC 59:Inhanamoto vs Mferi
Date: Aug 05, 2023

#R1#
Seal thuds a left hand into Devereaux's body.
Devereaux tries to clinch up but Seal circles away and keeps his distance.
Nice defenses there by Devereaux.
Devereaux tries to counter with a clinch but Seal shakes him off and moves away.
Devereaux keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Seal connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Devereaux's hands.
Seal throws a hook to the side of Devereaux's head but Devereaux sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Seal tests Devereaux's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Devereaux tries to clinch there but Seal circles away.
A slow jab from Seal misses its intended target.
Devereaux is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Seal definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Devereaux doesn't manage to clinch there - Seal circles away.
Seal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Devereaux.
Seal swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Seal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Seal connects with a body shot that sends Devereaux's belly button to the back.
Devereaux keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Seal.#T1#
Seal scores with a crisp jab that stopped Devereaux in his tracks.
Devereaux avoids the body shot from Seal.
A swing and a miss from Seal.
Seal lands with a shot to the body.
Devereaux takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Devereaux's coach down at Gumburcules Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Devereaux's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Devereaux will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Seal throws an overhand right that lands on Devereaux's shoulder, as Devereaux tries to avoid the shot.
Devereaux on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Devereaux uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Seal.
Devereaux is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Devereaux on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Devereaux tries to clinch up but Seal circles away and keeps his distance.
Seal lands a nice shot that snaps Devereaux's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A cross from Seal lands.
Seal throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Devereaux wants to counter the offense by Seal and move into the clinch position.#T2#
Seal misses the shot to the body.
Seal digs a good body shot into Devereaux's ribs.
Devereaux tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Seal paws at him with a jab and circles away.#CL2#
Devereaux gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Devereaux tries to pull guard but Seal won't allow it.
Matt Seal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrice Devereaux.#TD2#
Devereaux jumps guard and drags Seal to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Seal being controlled here momentarily.
Seal wants to control from the top but Devereaux keeps moving.
Seal is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. #SUB#
Seal drops back, looking for a kneebar! Devereaux looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Devereaux looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Devereaux! #REVB#
Devereaux wants to control but Seal is keeping him busy.
Seal tries to bench press Devereaux off him but Devereaux keeps the position. #T3##SUB2#
Devereaux tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Devereaux has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Seal is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Devereaux off and has taken his back!#SUB#
Seal is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Devereaux has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here. #SUB#
Seal is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Devereaux has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Devereaux trying to control the hands but Seal breaks the grip. #SUB#
Seal is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Devereaux defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Devereaux tries to break free. #SUB#
Seal looking to break Devereaux's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Devereaux remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Seal will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!#T4#
Seal is not going to allow Devereaux to sit and survive in this position. #SUB#
Seal is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Devereaux has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here. #SUB#
Seal is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Devereaux has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Seal not allowing Devereaux to control his hands.
Devereaux prevents Seal from getting a body triangle.#SUB#
Seal looking for the choke but no joy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Seal dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Devereaux wants to clinch up but Seal keeps it at a distance.
Devereaux tries to clinch but Seal moves out of range.
Devereaux wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Devereaux looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Devereaux takes one to the side of the head. #CL2#
Devereaux clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Devereaux tries to pull guard but Seal holds him up against the cage and eventually Devereaux drops back down to his feet.
Devereaux fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Devereaux is trying to pull guard but Seal has him pressed against the cage.
Matt Seal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrice Devereaux.
Devereaux jumps guard but Seal turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Devereaux jumps guard but Seal stands there with Devereaux around his waist. Devereaux gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch. #BC#
Seal's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#T1#
Devereaux is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Seal wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Devereaux on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Devereaux defending well as Seal loads up on a big left hand.
Devereaux tries to close the distance and clinch up but Seal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seal is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Devereaux can do to turn this around?
Devereaux walks into a stiff left hand from Seal.
Seal takes a swing at Devereaux's ribcage but misses.
Devereaux tries to clinch but Seal is having none of it.
Devereaux takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.#TD2#
Devereaux drives through with a takedown into guard.
Seal is controlling Devereaux's posture.
Devereaux trying to control the position from guard on top but Seal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T2#
Devereaux being controlled here momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Seal is trying to control the position but Devereaux postures up. #SUB#
Seal has his foot on Devereaux's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Devereaux works his way back into a safe position though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB#
Seal is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Devereaux is aware though and is defending well.
Devereaux stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Seal swivels though and keeps the full guard. #SUB#
Seal has his foot on Devereaux's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Devereaux works his way back into a safe position though.
Matt Seal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Devereaux passes Seal's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Seal is trying to control but can't. #SUB2#
Devereaux is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Seal trying to control but Devereaux postures up.
Devereaux wants to take a breather but Seal is having none of it. #T3#
Seal regains full guard. Nicely done.
Devereaux trying to control but Seal is working from the bottom.
Devereaux slips nicely into half guard.
Devereaux content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Seal moves into full guard.
Seal wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Devereaux trying to control but Seal is working from the bottom.
Seal is adopting a defensive guard.
Devereaux controls the pace of the fight for a moment.#T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Seal controls Devereaux momentarily but Devereaux frees himself.
Seal is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Devereaux controls from within his opponent's guard.
Devereaux being controlled here momentarily.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.#SUB#
Seal is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Devereaux defends well.#SUB#
Seal has his foot on Devereaux's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Devereaux works his way back into a safe position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Devereaux advances position into side control!#SUB2#
Devereaux tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Devereaux has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Matt Seal dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!#R3##CL2#
Devereaux rushes Seal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Devereaux tries to pull guard but Seal forces him back to his feet, against the cage.#TD2#
Devereaux ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Devereaux no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Devereaux keeping moving, preventing Seal from controlling successfully.
Seal is stalling in the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Seal trying to control but Devereaux is working from the bottom. #T1#
Devereaux not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Seal is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.#REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Seal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Devereaux.
Devereaux showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Seal.
Devereaux is looking to clinch.
Seal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Devereaux tries to clinch up but Seal circles away and keeps his distance.
Seal thows a left - swing and a miss!
Devereaux tries to close the distance and clinch up but Seal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Seal lands a nice shot to the body. #T2#
Seal stuns Devereaux with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Devereaux takes a jab right on the kisser.
Devereaux fails with a takedown attempt.
Seal's corner calls for a 1-2. Seal obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Matt Seal is winning the standup battle so far.
Devereaux avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Devereaux needs to keep his hands up - Seal had a free shot at his head there.
Devereaux walks into a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seal is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Devereaux. #CL2#
Devereaux has taken the fight to the clinch. #T3#
Devereaux jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Seal walks away with a smile on his face. Devereaux gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Matt Seal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Patrice Devereaux.
Devereaux moves away from the strike by Seal.
A decent looking cross lands there for Seal.
Devereaux needs to keep his hands up - Seal had a free shot at his head there.
Devereaux shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Seal as he avoids it easily.
Devereaux slips a straight right by Seal.
Patrice Devereaux has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Seal throws a body punch but Devereaux moves out of range.
Seal takes a swing at Devereaux's ribcage but misses.
Devereaux steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Seal.
Patrice Devereaux is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Seal lands a jab-cross combination.
Devereaux walks into a straight right hand from Seal.
Seal scores with a jab. Devereaux acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Seal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Devereaux.
Devereaux moves in looking to clinch but Seal pushes him off.
Seal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Seal throws a body punch but Devereaux moves out of range. #T4##CL2#
Devereaux rushes Seal and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.#TD#
Seal ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Seal no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Seal avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Seal working a defensive guard here. #SUB#
Seal throws his legs up looking for a submission but Devereaux uses it to pass to side control.
Devereaux wants to lay and pray for a moment but Seal keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Seal's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#SUB2#
Devereaux is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Seal is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Devereaux working away.
Devereaux sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Seal is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Devereaux working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.

And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Seal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Seal, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Seal!
Our winner, Matt Seal, 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.

Event: HFC 53: Caceres vs Akutagawa
Date: Jun 24, 2023

#R1#
Lo throws a body punch but Seal moves out of range.
Seal definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Lo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Seal slips a jab from Lo.
Matt Seal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A swing and a miss from Seal.
Lo takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice cross by Seal.
Lo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Seal moves away.
A big right from Seal misses.
Lo let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Seal throws a lazy right hand but Lo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Seal.
Seal looks to land a right hand but Lo moved out of range.
A nice side step and Lo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Lo takes a swing at Seal's ribcage but misses.
Lo misses with an uppercut. Seal saw that one coming.
Lo throws the left hand but Seal avoids the punch easily.
Lo throws an overhand right that lands on Seal's shoulder, as Seal tries to avoid the shot.
Seal was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Seal counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Seal misses with an uppercut. Lo saw that one coming.
Lo cracks Seal with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.#T1#
Lo thuds a left hand into Seal's body.
Lo fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Seal scores with a jab to the body.
Lo throws a hook but Seal avoids it easily.
Seal throws an overhand right that lands on Lo's shoulder, as Lo tries to avoid the shot.
Seal jabs Lo right on the nose. Lo blinks but takes it well.
A cross from Seal lands.
Seal lands an overhand right.
Lo misses with a hook to the body
and Seal counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Lo! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Seal!
Matt Seal thanked the fans post fight for their support.

Event: HFC 38:Taranin vs Caceres
Date: Mar 04, 2023

#R1#
Louis fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Seal avoids it really well and circles away.
Seal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Seal throws a good cross that connects.
Seal lands with an overhand left.#ROC#Louis is rocked!
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Louis has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Louis.
Seal seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Louis is still on wobbly legs! Can Seal finish him?
Seal steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Louis is out on his feet! Seal sets himself and nearly takes Louis's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Matt Seal!
Matt Seal decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.

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