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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Maximus Aeurelious (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Rash (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Maximus Aeurelious could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Matt Rash's chin.
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198 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Maximus Aeurelious!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Matt Rash!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rash misses with a body punch
and Aeurelious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rash misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Matt Rash seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aeurelious dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Aeurelious looks to land a combination but Rash avoids it well.
A shot to the body from Rash misses
and Aeurelious counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rash throws a lazy uppercut
and Aeurelious counters with a straight right hand.
Rash takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rash throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice uppercut.
Rash uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Aeurelious.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a straight right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rash throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rash thinking.
Rash rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Aeurelious counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Rash fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rash misses with a lunging right hand
and Aeurelious counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rash misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aeurelious.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rash scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice body shot.
Aeurelious changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rash throws a jab but it's blocked by Aeurelious.
Aeurelious throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Rash.
Rash misses with a left hand
and Aeurelious counters with a one-two to the body.
Aeurelious is looking to wear down Rash with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Aeurelious swings for the body but Rash moves out of range.
Rash misses with a body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice uppercut.
Rash misses with a body shot
and Aeurelious counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rash thinking.
Rash bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Aeurelious tries to bench press Rash off him but Rash keeps the position.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aeurelious tries to bench press Rash off him but Rash keeps the position.
Rash working the head and body with strikes.
Rash looks up at the clock and then as Aeurelious takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Rash smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Rash content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Check out the look on Rash's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Aeurelious is working to avoid the ground and pound but Rash connects with a decent elbow.
Aeurelious on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Aeurelious tries to get out of the position.
Aeurelious tries to buck Rash off but Rash is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rash in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Aeurelious taking punishment in the form of punches.
Rash works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Aeurelious is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rash content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Rash dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Aeurelious swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Rash counters with a stiff right hand.
Rash keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Aeurelious.
Rash misses the body punch
letting Aeurelious counter with a right hand.
Aeurelious takes a swing at Rash's ribcage but misses.
Rash tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Aeurelious swivels and escapes.
Aeurelious ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rash moves away.
Rash scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Rash throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Rash throws a jab but it's blocked by Aeurelious.
Rash misses the body punch
and Aeurelious counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rash throws an overhand right that lands on Aeurelious's shoulder, as Aeurelious tries to avoid the shot.
A shot to the body from Rash misses
and Aeurelious counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Maximus Aeurelious is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rash swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Aeurelious counters with a right hand to the body.
Aeurelious lands a right hook to the body.
Rash throws an off balance right hand
and Aeurelious counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rash connects with the punch.
Good work by Rash as he checks the leg kick.
Aeurelious tries a low kick but Rash avoids it.
Aeurelious listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rash throws a leg kick that misses.
Rash thows a body shot but no joy.
A shot to the body from Rash misses
and Aeurelious counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Aeurelious comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Rash throws an off balance right hand
and Aeurelious counters with a stiff right hand.
Rash works Aeurelious's body with a nice hook.
Aeurelious takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Rash misses with a hook to the body
letting Aeurelious counter with a right hand.
Rash misses with a body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rash thinking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rash throws a poor cross that misses
letting Aeurelious counter with a right hand.
Rash throws a sloppy body shot
and Aeurelious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rash throws a poor cross that misses
and Aeurelious counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Aeurelious keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Rash swings away with a body shot that misses
and Aeurelious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rash misses with a body punch
and Aeurelious counters with a nice body shot.
Rash steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Aeurelious.
Rash swings widly with a right hand
and Aeurelious connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A jab from Rash does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rash swings widly with a right hand
and Aeurelious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rash rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rash takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A shot to the body from Rash misses
enabling Aeurelious to counter with a crisp jab.
Aeurelious throws out a loose jab but Rash uses good head movement to avoid it.
Aeurelious thows a body shot but no joy.
Rash misses with a hook
and Aeurelious connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Aeurelious misses with a wild body shot.
A jab from Rash misses.
Rash throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Aeurelious on the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Matt Rash will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Rash ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Aeurelious moves away.
Aeurelious on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rash misses with a body punch
and Aeurelious counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rash misses with a body shot
letting Aeurelious counter with a right hand.
Rash swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Aeurelious stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Aeurelious wants it to stay on the feet.
Rash misses with a jab to the body
and Aeurelious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rash thinking.
Rash throws a predictable looking body shot
and Aeurelious counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Aeurelious throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Aeurelious throws a sloppy body shot
and Rash counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Aeurelious's guard now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aeurelious is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Aeurelious being controlled here, momentarily.
Rash sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Aeurelious's guard.
Rash looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Rash lands with a punch from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Nice strikes from Rash there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Aeurelious wants to get back to full guard but Rash has mounted him!
Rash sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aeurelious tries to hold on but Rash pushes him away.
Aeurelious is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rash working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rash looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aeurelious working to try and regain half guard.
Rash content just to control the position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Matt Rash was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Rash misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Rash changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Rash throws a hook but Aeurelious blocks it.
Rash misses with a body shot
and Aeurelious counters with a series of strikes. Rash will be more careful next time no doubt.
Rash lands a glancing blow to the side of Aeurelious's head.
Rash throws a lazy uppercut
and Aeurelious cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Maximus Aeurelious has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rash misses with a lunging right hand
and Aeurelious counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Rash thinking.
Matt Rash is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rash misses with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matt Rash comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Rash 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matt Rash!
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energy
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hype
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