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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tazawa Matsu (ranked 22917 p4p, 581 weight class) and Romulus Gerber (ranked 2230 p4p, 273 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Solid boxing
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tazawa Matsu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Romulus Gerber!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Paul Aken and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A leg kick checked by Gerber.
Matsu shoots in and drives through. Gerber sprawls well.
Tazawa Matsu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matsu fails with the takedown
and Gerber counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Matsu thinking.
Matsu tries to clinch there but Gerber circles away.
Gerber now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Matsu fails to land the takedown.
Gerber has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Matsu is landing a low percentage of strikes.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tazawa Matsu. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Matsu is breathing heavily.
Gerber throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Matsu.
It looks like Tazawa Matsu has been cut.
Matsu shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gerber but Gerber pushes him off and we're back to square one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matsu will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Gerber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gerber dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Matsu. That did some damage!
Gerber scores with a jab to the head.
Gerber moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Matsu closes this distance looking for a takedown but Gerber circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerber keeps the fight on the outside.
Gerber lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Gerber cracks a nice hook into Matsu's ribs.
Matsu shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gerber as he avoids it easily.
Gerber connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Matsu crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Gerber - the referee stops the clock and Matsu gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Gerber. Matsu manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Gerber lands with a right that hurts Matsu. Matsu looks to clinch but Gerber throws a short knee that drops Matsu. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Romulus Gerber!
Romulus Gerber seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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