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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Mar 06, 2025 |
#R1#
A big left from Mathis misses.
Rice with a hook.
Rice lands a nice looking body shot.
Rice throws a hook but Mathis blocks it.
Rice uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mathis.
Henry Mathis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL#
Mathis closes the distance and clinches.
Rice comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Rice misses with an elbow over the top.
Mathis lands an elbow inside.
Rice is looking to control Mathis's arms but Mathis gets an underhook and turns him. Now Rice has his back to the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rice lands an elbow inside. #CUT2#It looks like Henry Mathis has been cut.
Mathis has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Rice after a bit of a struggle.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Mathis has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rice is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Rice creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Mathis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
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!
Rice gets underhooks to prevent Mathis's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Henry Mathis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mathis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Mathis pushes off an throws an elbow but Rice leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rice throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Mathis pushes off an throws an elbow but Rice leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rice avoids the elbow strike from Mathis, against the cage.
#T1#
Rice is trying to force a seperation but Mathis has the dominant position.
A short right from Rice.
Rice avoids the elbow strike from Mathis, against the cage.
Mathis dodges an elbow strike from Rice.
Mathis lands an elbow just above Rice 's eye.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Mathis as Rice tries to tie him up.
Rice takes an elbow to the forehead.
With the fighters up against the cage, Mathis throws an elbow but misses.
Rice is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Mathis is defending well.
Rice misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mathis is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Mathis misses with an elbow over the top.
Mathis drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rice throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Rice throws an elbow that misses.
Mathis lands with a left to the head. #BC#
Mathis breaks from the clinch.
Mathis displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mathis misses with a hook
letting Rice counter with a right hand. #T2#
Mathis throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mathis throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Rice uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mathis.
Mathis walks into a stiff left hand from Rice.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rice moves in looking to clinch but Mathis pushes him off.
Nice body punch from Rice.
Mathis misses with a straight right.
Mathis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.#CL2#
Rice clinches with his opponent.
Rice dodges an elbow strike from Mathis.
Mathis throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Mathis lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Mathis.
Mathis wants a takedown but no success here.
Rice throws an elbow but it misses.
#BC#
Mathis breaks the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Rice.
Mathis wants to clinch up but Rice keeps it at a distance.
Good shot there by Rice.
Rice ducks under a wild hook from Mathis.
Rice lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mathis circles away quickly and effectively.#T3#
Rice walks into a straight right hand from Mathis.
Rice lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Rice lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
The fight stays on the outside here - Mathis looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rice changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rice ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mathis throws a looping overhand right but Rice ducks down to avoid it.
Mathis steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rice.
Mathis gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Rice.
Rice waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mathis.
Rice stuns Mathis with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rice misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mathis.
Rice ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mathis moves away.#CL#
Mathis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Rice pushes off an throws an elbow but Mathis leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Rice throws an elbow but it's blocked.
#BC#
Mathis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#T4#
Rice lands with a hook. Mathis tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rice swats away the attempt to clinch by Mathis.
Rice fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Mathis scores with a nice strike.#CL#
Mathis has Rice up against the cage in a clinch.
Rice tries to pull guard but Mathis holds him up against the cage and eventually Rice drops back down to his feet.
Mathis lands a body punch.
Rice fails to pull guard.
Mathis lands a nice elbow.
Mathis lands a nice elbow from the clinch. #BC#
Mathis breaks from the clinch.
Mathis circles away from the clinch attempt.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.#CL2#
Rice takes the fight into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Mathis.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Rice trying to control the position but instead, Mathis has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rice into the cage.
Come on Rice - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nathan Rice will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Henry Mathis's cut.
That's time! Mathis's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Rice tries to clinch but Mathis moves out of range.
No joy there for Rice, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A telegraphed right hand from Rice misses the target.
Rice waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mathis.#CL#
Mathis closes the distance and clinches.
Rice tries to circle away but Mathis has him pinned against the cage.#TD#
Rice is fighting off a takedown attempt but Mathis is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Rice to the mat. Rice regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.#SUB2#
Mathis avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Mathis trying to control but Rice is working from the bottom.
Mathis sitting in guard here, content to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mathis continues to stall.#T1#
Mathis working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Rice's head.
Mathis pushes down on Rice's leg and manages to get into half guard.#SUB2#
Rice looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB2#
Rice looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mathis missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Mathis is stalling here. Rice is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mathis seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Rice has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Rice is chipping away with strikes.
#T2#
Rice lands a few punches from side control.
Rice misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Rice fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Rice creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Mathis sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Mathis wants to get back to his feet.
Rice in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Rice is working Mathis over with some ground and pound from side control.
Rice throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Rice looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Mathis is avoiding damage well.
Mathis avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Rice.
Rice landing a few strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mathis is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T3#
Rice throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Rice lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Mathis down.
Rice misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Mathis regains half guard, as Rice was trying to land strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Rice throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rice takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Mathis is trying to get back to full guard.
Mathis has hold of Rice's hands but Rice slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rice scoring with strikes to the body and head. #T4#
Rice tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Rice missing with the ground and pound from half guard. #SUB#
Mathis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rice 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.
Mathis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Nathan Rice has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rice looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mathis tries to get to full guard but Rice has control of the leg.
Rice not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rice thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Rice thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Rice showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Henry Mathis's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!#R3##CL#
Mathis instigates a clinch.
Mathis lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Rice misses with an elbow strike.
Mathis lands an elbow inside that Rice shrugs off.
Mathis misses with a punch to the body.
Rice is stalling here.
Rice throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rice creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rice misses with an elbow over the top.
Henry Mathis has scored more points in the clinch so far.#TD2#
Rice has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Mathis uses from the top position.
Mathis loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #SUB2#
Mathis got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rice has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Mathis has managed to get both his arms back between Rice's legs - danger averted.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mathis wants to control from the top but Rice keeps moving.
Mathis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mathis is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.#T1#
Mathis wants to control from the top but Rice keeps moving.
Mathis in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Mathis throwing strikes but missing.
Mathis with a flurry of punches that miss. #SUB2#
Rice has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Mathis can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Rice takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Mathis is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Mathis throws a strike but Rice rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
Rice throwing strikes from guard but Mathis blocks nicely. #SUB#
Mathis is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Rice defends well.#T2#
Rice passes into half guard.
Rice throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rice thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. #SUB#
Mathis is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rice pulls his head out easily. #SUB2#
Rice is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Mathis is trying to stand up here but Rice is controlling him well.
Rice thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas. #T3#
Rice thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Mathis's head.
Henry Mathis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rice sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Mathis defending well though.
Rice throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Rice missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Mathis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Rice.
Rice lands with a punch from half guard.
Rice throwing shots but Mathis is blocking nicely.
Rice thows a huge punch but Mathis dodges it nicely.
#SUB2#
Rice is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. #SUB#
Mathis looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#T4#
Rice not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Mathis tries to get to full guard but Rice has control of the leg.
Mathis is trying to stand back up but Rice is controlling him
Mathis has hold of Rice's hands but Rice slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Rice working over Mathis with some ground and pound. Mathis looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rice seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rice throwing shots but Mathis is blocking nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Mathis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Rice throws a strike but Mathis avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Rice scoring with some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nathan Rice comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rice winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Rice! |
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