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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gabby Obertan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Matthews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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190 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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192 lbs
4 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gabby Obertan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matthew Matthews!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick misses from Matthews.
Obertan lands with a nice body punch.
Matthews tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Obertan was well out of range. Poor timing from Matthews.
Obertan dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Obertan is looking to score with low kicks.
Obertan lands a body shot.
Obertan motions for Matthews to come forward. Obertan throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Obertan closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Matthews to the mat! Matthews manages to get full guard.
Obertan trying to control the position from guard on top but Matthews is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Matthews is trying to keep Obertan in close.
Matthews preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Matthews keeping moving, preventing Obertan from controlling successfully.
Matthews lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Obertan!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthews connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
BOOM! Matthews connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Matthews landing strikes, looking to finish!
Obertan working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Matthews looking to finish with strikes here!
Matthews has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Matthews unloading with bombs!
Matthews dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Obertan that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Matthews postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Obertan looks a forlorn figure.
Obertan is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Obertan blocking the ground and pound.
Matthews lands a big shot there that rocks Obertan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Matthews working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Oh Obertan is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Obertan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Matthews connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Obertan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Matthews lands a heavy elbow.
Matthews scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Obertan?
Obertan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Matthews raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Obertan is trying to escape the mount.
Obertan seems to have got his legs back now.
Matthews lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Matthews lands a nice shot to the head.
Matthews lands a big elbow.
Matthews is landing with some decent strikes but Obertan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Obertan can't escape the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Obertan taking shots to the head.
Matthews postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Obertan out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Matthews goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Matthew Matthews!
Matthew Matthews is the new middleweight champion!
Our winner, Matthew Matthews, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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