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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Walter Mason (ranked 6208 p4p, 6557 weight class) and Matthew Quigley (ranked 657 p4p, 678 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Walter Mason!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Matthew Quigley!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quigley misses the shot to the body.
Mason fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Mason shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Quigley as he jumps to the side.
Quigley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Mason sprawls well. Mason wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Quigley gets slowly back to his feet.
Quigley displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Mason.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Walter Mason. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Mason tries to sprawl but Quigley drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Quigley is thwarting Mason's attempts to control the position.
Quigley tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mason knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mason gets full guard.
Quigley won't allow Mason to sweep him here.
Mason is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Quigley wants to control but Mason passes into side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason looks up at the clock and then as Quigley takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Mason smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Quigley struggling a bit here.
Quigley is looking to reverse the position.
Mason trying to control the position but Quigley is working away.
Mason works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Mason advances to full mount.
Quigley can't escape the position.
Mason lands a big elbow.
Mason wants to control the pace but Quigley is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Mason fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Mason landing strikes from the mount and Quigley is in trouble!
Mason 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.
Quigley is working to get back to half guard.
BOOM! Mason connects with a massive shot to the dome!
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!
Quigley is working to get back to half guard.
Quigley tries to lock up and control but Mason gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Quigley is squirming around, avoiding Mason's attempts to control the action.
Mason looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Mason lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Quigley is rocked!
Mason landing strikes from the mount.
Quigley is still in real trouble! Can Mason finish him?
Mason with good strikes from the mount here!
Quigley seems to have recovered his senses.
Quigley is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Mason trying to control but Quigley is having none of it.
Mason with shots to the head and body - Quigley looks very uncomfortable down there.
Mason lands a couple of good shots and Quigley has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Mason is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Quigley is taking damage to the body and head.
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!
Mason controls the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mason cracks Quigley with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Quigley from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
Quigley tries to escape the position.
Quigley is taking damage to the body and head.
Quigley tries to escape but Mason has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Quigley covers up after that shot from Mason.
Oooh a big shot gets through from Mason. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Quigley tries to break free.
Mason lands a shot to the head.
Mason throwing damaging strikes from the back! Quigley could be in trouble here!
Quigley trying to control but not successfully.
Mason throwing damaging strikes from the back! Quigley could be in trouble here!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Quigley prevents Mason from getting a body triangle.
Mason is landing with strikes. Quigley can't take much more of this.
Quigley rolls, trying to escape but Mason keeps control of the position.
Mason is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
I really don't envy Quigley right now.
Mason is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Quigley. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
I would not like to be Quigley right now.
I really don't envy Quigley right now.
Mason is landing with strikes from the back.
Mason scores with punches from the back.
Quigley trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Quigley looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Quigley looking very determined here, making life difficult for Mason.
Mason lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Quigley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Mason. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Quigley is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Mason cracks Quigley with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Quigley from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mason punches Quigley on the ear.
Mason lands punches and elbows.
Quigley looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Mason lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Mason.
Mason scores with punches and elbows.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mason is looking to finish with some ground and pound!
Quigley is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Mason throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Quigley!
Mason 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.
Mason scores with punches to the body.
Mason controlling well, preventing Quigley from escaping the position.
Mason lands a shot to the head.
Mason is working the ground and pound. Can Quigley escape?
I really don't envy Quigley right now.
Mason lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Quigley.
Mason softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Mason is punishing Quigley with strikes - can he finish him?!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Mason controlling the positon.
Can Quigley hold on?! Mason is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Can Quigley hold on?! Mason is landing more strikes to his hapless foe.
Quigley trying to control the position but Mason manages to sink in the hooks.
Mason lands punches and elbows.
Mason scores with punches and elbows.
Mason keeps control of the position as Quigley tries to break free.
Mason is loading up with his shots from the back and Quigley is in big trouble! Quigley taps out to strikes and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Walter Mason!
A very excited looking Walter Mason 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.
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