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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Patrick Matthew (ranked 17 p4p, 84 weight class) and Sledge Wrou (ranked 3 p4p, 11 weight class). Sledge Wrou told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Patrick Matthew!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Sledge Wrou!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wrou moves away from the strike by Matthew.
Wrou has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Wrou moves out of range as Matthew strikes.
Wrou flicks out a counter leg kick but Matthew steps away.
A swing and a miss from Wrou.
Matthew scores with a decent looking hook.
Matthew moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wrou lands a right hook to the body.
Matthew loads up on a big right hand but Wrou slips the punch.
Matthew swats away the attempt to clinch by Wrou.
Wrou swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Matthew.
Wrou has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Matthew.
Matthew lands with an overhand left.
Wrou ducks under a wild hook from Matthew.
Wrou is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Matthew with a body shot.
Matthew throws a jab but it's blocked by Wrou.
Matthew misses the jab.
Patrick Matthew seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Matthew throws a big shot that misses.
Wrou only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wrou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matthew.
Matthew throws a jab but it's blocked by Wrou.
Wrou uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matthew.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthew throws a looping overhand right but Wrou ducks down to avoid it.
Wrou feints a counter leg kick.
Matthew connects with the punch.
Matthew misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wrou.
Wrou connects with a solid leg kick.
Matthew throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Matthew fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wrou is looking to chop away at Matthew's legs.
Matthew misses with a lunging right hand
and Wrou cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wrou misses the shot to the body.
Matthew shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Matthew lands a jab-cross combination.
Matthew tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Wrou.
Matthew buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matthew has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Wrou finds it's way round the side to connect with Matthew's head.
Matthew takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab from Matthew misses.
Wrou uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Matthew.
Wrou misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthew gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wrou checks a low kick from Matthew.
Matthew needs to keep his hands up - Wrou had a free shot at his head there.
Matthew lands with a good body shot.
Matthew keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matthew lands a nice hook to Wrou's body. Wrou takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wrou cracks a nice hook into Matthew's ribs.
Wrou missing with a left hand there. Matthew was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wrou comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Wrou jabs Matthew to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Matthew lands a nice looking body shot.
A low kick from Wrou is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Wrou thows a body kick. Matthew tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Matthew looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wrou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matthew was well out of range. Poor timing from Wrou.
Matthew throwing a counter right hand but Wrou manages to avoid it.
Matthew thows a left - swing and a miss!
Matthew throws the left hand but Wrou avoids the punch easily.
Matthew fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Wrou looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Matthew.
Wrou is looking to slow Matthew down with leg kicks.
Wrou tries to land a leg kick but Matthew saw it coming and moves away.
Matthew misses with a straight right.
Matthew works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Wrou takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Wrou looks to land a left hand but Matthew moved out of range nicely.
A slapping leg kick lands for Wrou.
Nice body punch from Wrou.
Matthew misses with an uppercut.
Matthew throws an off balance right hand
and Wrou counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wrou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matthew moves away.
Wrou misses with a head kick.
Wrou avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wrou lands a nice shot to the body.
Wrou ducks under a wild hook from Matthew.
Matthew throws an off balance right hand
letting Wrou counter with a right hand.
Matthew lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matthew misses with a wild combination.
A telegraphed right hand from Matthew misses the target.
Matthew throws a shot from downtown. Wrou moves away and avoids it.
Wrou lands with a kick to the temple. Matthew shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Wrou throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Matthew misses with a right hand
and Wrou makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A combination from Wrou does no damage.
Matthew is looking to counter punch.
Wrou misses with a hook.
Matthew dips to his left and cracks Wrou with an uppercut!
Wrou takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Matthew misses with a straight right.
Matthew misses with a straight left.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matthew moves out of range as Wrou strikes.
Matthew was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Wrou is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Matthew had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Matthew pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matthew takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wrou misses with a looping left.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Patrick Matthew will probably get the nod.
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.
Wrou bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wrou bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wrou ducks under a wild hook from Matthew.
Matthew scores with a nice head shot.
A low kick lands for Wrou.
Nice defenses there by Wrou.
Wrou will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Matthew throwing a counter right hand but Wrou manages to avoid it.
Wrou misses with a head kick.
It looked like Matthew was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wrou.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wrou.
Wrou moves out of range as Matthew strikes.
Wrou throws a solid leg kick but Matthew takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wrou.
Wrou throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matthew looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Matthew misses with a low kick.
Matthew throws the left hand but Wrou avoids the punch easily.
Matthew misses with a hook. Wrou ducked under it nicely.
Matthew throws a jab when Wrou was well out of range.
Matthew stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Wrou.
No joy there for Matthew, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Wrou tries a quick counter leg kick but Matthew is wise to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthew looks to land a right hand but Wrou moved out of range.
Wrou throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Matthew sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wrou misses with an attempted mid kick.
Matthew ducks under a wild hook from Wrou.
Matthew throws a low kick but Wrou avoids it.
Wrou misses with an uppercut. Matthew saw that one coming.
Matthew misses with an uppercut. Wrou saw that one coming.
A nice leg kick from Matthew, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wrou looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Wrou throws a lazy right hand but Matthew sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A lazy left from Matthew finds it's target.
Wrou misses with a straight left.
Wrou wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Wrou misses with the combination.
Matthew uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Wrou throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wrou chopping away at his opponent's legs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wrou throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wrou takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Matthew looks to throw the jab but Wrou is out of range.
Wrou avoids a punch combination nicely.
Matthew is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Matthew misses with a right hand
and Wrou counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Matthew misses with a low kick.
Matthew swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Wrou counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wrou misses with a wild body shot.
Wrou misses with a straight right.
Matthew was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Wrou ducks under a wild hook from Matthew.
Matthew is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Wrou lands with an overhand left.
Matthew's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wrou under the eye.
Wrou takes a swing at Matthew's ribcage but misses.
Matthew cracks Wrou with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthew misses with a right hand
and Wrou counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Matthew misses with an uppercut
enabling Wrou to counter with a crisp jab.
Wrou lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Matthew with a jab.
Wrou showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Matthew.
Matthew lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Matthew misses with a body shot.
Wrou attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A telegraphed right hand from Wrou misses the target.
The fighters circling - Wrou throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wrou uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matthew.
Matthew throws a lazy right hand but Wrou sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A nice side step and Wrou releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Matthew slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Wrou ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wrou slips a straight right by Matthew.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrou turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
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!
Matthew misses with a low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Matthew checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Matthew slips a straight right by Wrou.
Wrou swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Wrou lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Matthew has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Matthew and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Wrou takes a swing at Matthew's ribcage but misses.
Matthew appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Matthew bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wrou's head backwards.
A swing and a miss from Matthew.
Wrou throws a sloppy head kick and Matthew moves out of range easily.
Matthew avoids the body shot from Wrou.
Matthew lands a slapping body shot.
Matthew lands with a nice body punch.
Matthew connects with a single shot there.
Matthew misses with an uppercut
and Wrou counters with a nice uppercut.
Wrou stuns Matthew with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Matthew misses the jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Patrick Matthew will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Matthew throws a series of punches but Wrou moves out of range.
Wrou looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Matthew throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matthew misses with a low kick.
Wrou takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wrou keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matthew avoids the head kick by Wrou.
Matthew is looking to counter punch.
Matthew on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wrou slips under a jab.
Matthew throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice leg kick from Wrou, right into the meat of the thigh.
A left lands for Matthew.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wrou digs a good body shot into Matthew's ribs.
Wrou finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wrou has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Wrou throws a hook to the side of Matthew's head but Matthew sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wrou misses with a looping left.
Matthew fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wrou throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Matthew stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wrou moves in looking to clinch but Matthew pushes him off.
Wrou on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Wrou misses with an uppercut. Matthew saw that one coming.
Wrou takes a swing at Matthew's ribcage but misses.
Wrou misses with a body kick.
Wrou cracks Matthew with a right hand to the side of the head.
Matthew throws the left hand but Wrou avoids the punch easily.
Jab, jab by Matthew - just one landing.
Matthew is looking to chop away at Wrou's legs.
Matthew misses with a straight right.
Matthew avoids a kick to the body.
Matthew feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Matthew ducks under a wild hook from Wrou.
Nice uppercut there from Matthew.
Wrou keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Matthew throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wrou stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Matthew throws a low kick but it's checked well by Wrou.
Wrou throws out a counter right but Matthew avoids it with no problem.
Wrou throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthew misses with a wild body shot.
Patrick Matthew is winning the standup battle so far.
Wrou is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Matthew.
Matthew throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Wrou counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Matthew lands a nice hook to Wrou's body. Wrou takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Good exchange - Matthew coming out on top.
Matthew misses with a hook. Wrou ducked under it nicely.
Wrou closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Matthew is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Matthew misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Matthew blocking some punches.
Matthew is trying to push Wrou away but Wrou has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Wrou blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Wrou.
Matthew swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wrou.
I was talking to Matthew's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Matthew tries to throw a body punch but Wrou avoids it by throwing Matthew back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Matthew lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Matthew tries a body shot but Wrou blocks it.
Matthew misses with a short punch on the inside.
Matthew tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wrou's elbow.
Wrou tries to throw a body punch but Matthew avoids it by throwing Wrou back against the cage.
Wrou can't find room to land a body shot as Matthew controls the action.
Matthew throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Wrou working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Matthew wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Wrou has him pressed against the cage.
Matthew has a couple of punches blocked by Wrou.
Matthew misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Matthew.
Wrou blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wrou tries a body shot but Matthew blocks it.
Wrou lands a shot to the body.
Wrou cracks Matthew with a nice body shot.
Wrou working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrou lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Matthew backwards.
Wrou lands a nice shot to the body.
Wrou lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Matthew or not.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wrou pushes Matthew back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matthew blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sledge Wrou seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wrou lands a body shot in the clinch.
Wrou misses with some punches.
Wrou lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wrou misses with the head strike.
Wrou makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wrou fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Matthew swings wildly with an uppercut but Wrou uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matthew is trying to break the clinch but Wrou is controlling him.
Matthew looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wrou misses with a punch to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Matthew.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Sledge Wrou just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Matthew misses with a right hand
and Wrou counters with a straight right hand.
Wrou moves into range and connects with a jab.
Wrou connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wrou keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wrou looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Wrou takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wrou takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Wrou tries to clinch but Matthew moves out of range.
Wrou with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wrou uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Matthew.
Matthew throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Matthew looks to throw the jab but Wrou is out of range.
Wrou is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Matthew lands with a thumping leg kick.
Wrou throws out a powerful jab.
Matthew avoids the body shot from Wrou.
Wrou ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Matthew misses with an uppercut.
Matthew throws a body punch but Wrou moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wrou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wrou tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Matthew manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Matthew.
Matthew lands a glancing blow to the side of Wrou's head.
Wrou throws a body shot but no joy.
Wrou misses with a body shot.
Matthew takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Matthew misses with a two punch combination.
Wrou scores with a nice head shot.
Matthew throws the left hand but Wrou avoids the punch easily.
A jab from Matthew misses.
Wrou throws a leg kick which misses Matthew's front leg but catches the back leg as Matthew tries to avoid it.
Wrou throws a leg kick which misses Matthew's front leg but catches the back leg as Matthew tries to avoid it.
Matthew throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Matthew thows a left - swing and a miss!
Wrou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Matthew moves away.
Matthew swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matthew uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wrou.
Wrou misses with a hook.
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!
Matthew dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Wrou has taken the fight to the clinch.
Matthew has a couple of punches blocked by Wrou.
Wrou struggles to land a body shot inside as Matthew controls his hands.
Wrou misses with a body punch.
Matthew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Matthew ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wrou moves away.
A countering left hand to the body from Wrou misses.
Matthew swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wrou works the jab nicely.
Wrou walks into a left hand.
Wrou avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Matthew ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matthew lands a jab to Wrou's midsection.
Matthew throws a jab when Wrou was well out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrou's corner calls for a 1-2. Wrou obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wrou throws a hook to the side of Matthew's head but Matthew sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Matthew throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wrou walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Matthew ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wrou moves away.
Wrou moves out of range as Matthew strikes.
Wrou throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Matthew.
Matthew goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Wrou on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wrou closes the distance and clinches.
Matthew is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Wrou blocks an uppercut.
Wrou can't find room to land a body shot as Matthew controls the action.
Matthew misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wrou misses with a punch on the inside.
Matthew tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wrou's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Matthew.
Matthew lands an uppercut.
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!
Wrou lands a right hand.
Wrou throws a punch but it's blocked by Matthew.
Wrou throws a head punch that misses.
Matthew manages to break the clinch.
Matthew uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wrou.
Matthew tries to bum rush Wrou with a series of wild strikes but Wrou uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Matthew throws the left hand but Wrou avoids the punch easily.
Wrou throws a nice outside leg kick.
Matthew throws a body shot but no joy.
Matthew does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Wrou pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Matthew throws a hook to the side of Wrou's head but Wrou sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Wrou stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wrou drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Patrick Matthew will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Matthew throws a right and a left that both miss.
Patrick Matthew is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Wrou fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Matthew, pushing him back against the cage.
Wrou lands with a short shot to the head.
Wrou misses with a body punch.
Wrou has a couple of punches blocked by Matthew.
Wrou misses with some punches.
Wrou scores with a hook to the body.
Wrou lands a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wrou goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Matthew working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Wrou misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sledge Wrou has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthew fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wrou.
Wrou struggles to land a body shot inside as Matthew controls his hands.
Wrou tries to throw a body punch but Matthew avoids it by throwing Wrou back against the cage.
Matthew blocks a body shot from Wrou.
A short uppercut from Matthew.
Wrou tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Matthew prevents a body shot from Wrou.
Wrou throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Matthews head.
Matthew prevents a body shot from Wrou.
Wrou works on Matthew's body with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wrou struggles to land a body shot inside as Matthew controls his hands.
A right handed body shot lands from Wrou.
Matthew misses with a body punch.
Wrou swings wildly with an uppercut but Matthew uses good head movement to avoid it.
Matthew breaks the clinch.
Matthew misses with a wild body shot.
Wrou slips under a jab.
Matthew takes one on the button.
Matthew avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
It looked like Matthew wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wrou lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Matthew waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wrou.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wrou works Matthew's body with a nice hook.
Matthew avoids the body shot from Wrou.
Matthew with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wrou takes one on the button.
Matthew misses with a looping right.
Wrou tried to score with a low kick but Matthew checks it.
Wrou blocks a jab.
Wrou throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Matthew stalks Wrou and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Wrou's face. Wrou staggers backwards, shaken.
Matthew connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Matthew throws a series of punches but Wrou moves out of range.
Matthew throws a low kick but Wrou avoids it.
Good work by Wrou as he checks the leg kick.
Matthew misses with a hook. Wrou ducked under it nicely.
Wrou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Matthew was well out of range. Poor timing from Wrou.
Matthew uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wrou.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wrou throws a shot from downtown. Matthew moves away and avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Wrou. Matthew does a little dance to reset his feet.
Matthew takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Wrou scores with a body shot.
Matthew tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Wrou is able to avoid easily.
Wrou on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Matthew throws a jab but it's blocked by Wrou.
Matthew lands with a good body shot.
Wrou fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Matthew, pushing him back against the cage.
Wrou can't find room to land a body shot as Matthew controls the action.
Matthew breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Matthew ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Matthew pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Matthew keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wrou.
Wrou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sledge Wrou.
I think Matthew has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge William Gold scores the fight 48:48
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 48:47
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Patrick Matthew!
Patrick Matthew retains his lightweight title!
After the fight, Patrick Matthew was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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