Dustin Kimura out, Chris Beal meets Tateki Matsuda at UFN 50

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: JonnyRico
Date: August 29, 2014 at 09:07 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

The game of musical chairs has continued for
Chris Beal
at next week’s UFC Fight Night 50.
With
Dustin Kimura
(11-2 MMA, 2-2 UFC) now injured, Beal (9-0 MMA, 1-0 UFC) will meet
Tateki Matsuda
(10-5, 0-0 UFC) in a bantamweight bout on the preliminary card in Connecticut. Beal had been scheduled to face Rob Font before being paired up with Kimura, whose original opponent, Ian Entwistle, was injured as well. But now Kimura is out, paving the way for Matsuda.
UFC officials announced the change Friday morning at
UFC.com
. The nature of Kimura’s injury was not revealed.
Featuring a middleweight headliner between Ronaldo “Jacare” Souza and Gegard Mousasi, UFC Fight Night 50 takes place Sept. 5 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Ledyard, Conn. The card airs on FOX Sports 1.
Matsuda was a contestant on Season 14 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” but lost his elimination-round bout to get into the house, dropping a decision to Dustin Pague. But after that, the Boston-based product of Team Sityodtong’s Mark DellaGrotte has gone 4-2, including a pair of first-round stoppage wins.
Beal made his UFC debut in April and instantly became part of the promotion’s highlight reels thanks to a perfectly placed flying-knee knockout of Patrick Williams at UFC 172, which earned a “Performance of the Night” bonus. That kept the Californian, a product of Season 18 of “The Ultimate Fighter,” unbeaten in pro competition.
Kimura came to the UFC as an undefeated prospect but has had mixed results since then. In his UFC debut, he defeated Chico Camus, but he’s since alternated results, sandwiching losses to George Roop and Mitch Gagnon around a win over Jon delos Reyes. Now the Hawaiian puts his quest to get back in the win column on hold.
With the change, the new UFC Fight Night 50 lineup includes:
MAIN CARD (FOX Sports 1, 9 p.m. ET)
Gegard Mousasi vs. Ronaldo Souza
Alistair Overeem vs. Ben Rothwell
Derrick Lewis vs. Matt Mitrione
Michael Chiesa vs. Joe Lauzon
Nik Lentz vs. Charles Oliveira
John Moraga vs. Justin Scoggins
PRELIMINARY CARD (FOX Sports 1, 7 p.m. ET)
Rodrigo Damm vs. Al Iaquinta
Chris Camozzi vs. Rafael Natal
Chris Beal vs. Tateki Matsuda
Andre Fili vs. Sean Soriano
For more on
UFC Fight Night 50
, check out the
UFC Rumors
section of the site.
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[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Stoneface
Date: August 29, 2014 at 09:22 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

One of the worst signings in recent memory.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: themmasupreme
Date: August 29, 2014 at 09:53 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

Tateki Matsuda...... okay.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: KZUFCchamp2013
Date: August 29, 2014 at 10:07 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

Matsuda is... not good... at all. Even with such short notice they can do better than this. This fight went from a very intriguing battle of prospects, to a slightly less intriguing but still great fight, to the biggest mismatch on the card

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: Gogoplata85
Date: August 29, 2014 at 11:00 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

So we can expect another highlight reel KO from Beal?

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: KZUFCchamp2013
Date: August 29, 2014 at 11:14 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

Gogoplata85 said:
So we can expect another highlight reel KO from Beal?
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maybe maybe not. The only good thing I can say about Matsuda is that he's pretty tough, he's never been finished in his 5 losses. Beal should dominate the fight, finish or not

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: thedoop
Date: August 29, 2014 at 11:30 AM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

lol

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: BigSexyVreeland
Date: August 29, 2014 at 02:05 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

Seen Matsuda fight in person before. I'm all for getting local talent on the roster (since I'm from the area), but this one doesn't even make sense. Lots of better options out there.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: JonnyRico
Date: August 29, 2014 at 04:42 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

BigSexyVreeland said:
Seen Matsuda fight in person before. I'm all for getting local talent on the roster (since I'm from the area), but this one doesn't even make sense. Lots of better options out there.
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Does he train in the US? I do remember he tried out for TUF 14

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: themmasupreme
Date: August 29, 2014 at 04:51 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

JonnyRico said:
Does he train in the US? I do remember he tried out for TUF 14
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Yessir. Matsuda trains at Sityotdong Boston.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: JonnyRico
Date: August 29, 2014 at 04:53 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

themmasupreme said:
Yessir. Matsuda trains at Sityotdong Boston.
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Ok, it makes more sense to me now.

 

[Nastycrow]

Originally posted by: BigSexyVreeland
Date: August 29, 2014 at 05:46 PM
Source: https://forum.mmajunkie.com/threads/dustin-kimura-out-chris-beal-meets-tateki-matsuda-at-ufn-50.63774/

JonnyRico said:
Does he train in the US? I do remember he tried out for TUF 14
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themmasupreme said:
Yessir. Matsuda trains at Sityotdong Boston.
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Yup and he has been on a Bellator card in the area or two as well. Plus, he's a CES MMA guy