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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Hakeem Adderley (ranked 558 p4p, 1136 weight class) and Mikey Marciano (ranked 78 p4p, 157 weight class). Adderley comes to the cage accompanied by Genesis. Hakeem Adderley has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Adderley
vs
Marciano

187 cm
28
177
10 - 6 - 0

186 cm
28
176
4 - 0 - 0

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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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hakeem Adderley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mikey Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Adderley tries to clinch up but Marciano circles away and keeps his distance.
Marciano looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Adderley moves out of range of the body kick.

Adderley has Marciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Adderley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marciano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marciano prevents Adderley from breaking the clinch.
Marciano trying to land knees to the body.

Adderley breaks from the clinch.
Adderley wants to clinch.
Adderley pivots, looking for a leg kick but Marciano is out of range and Adderley settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Marciano clinches with his opponent.
Marciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
Adderley tries to throw a body punch but Marciano avoids it by throwing Adderley back against the cage.

Adderley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marciano with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Marciano misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Adderley.
Adderley thuds his right hand into Marciano's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Adderley throws out a powerful jab.

Adderley gets a clinch.
Our sources have told us that Adderley has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Knees to the body from Marciano.
Adderley wants to break free but Marciano has control.
A nice left hand lands by Marciano.
Nice body punch from Adderley - that landed with a thud.
Adderley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Adderley throws an elbow that misses.
Marciano crunches a lovely knee into Adderley's ribcage.
Marciano tries to work over Adderley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Adderley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marciano has him pressed against the cage.
Marciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adderley backwards.
Adderley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marciano lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Adderley has had enough of the clinch but Marciano keeps him there for the moment.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marciano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Adderley is trying to break the clinch but Marciano is controlling him.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Marciano.
Marciano lands with a right to the head.

Adderley breaks from the clinch.
Hakeem Adderley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marciano misses with an uppercut. Adderley saw that one coming.
Marciano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Adderley clinches up with Marciano and pushes him back against the cage.
Adderley's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Adderley throws a head punch that misses.
Marciano blocking some punches.
Marciano pushes Adderley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Marciano - that landed with a thud.

Adderley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marciano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marciano tries to clinch but Adderley moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Marciano checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Marciano swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Adderley tries to clinch up but Marciano circles away and keeps his distance.
Marciano throws a body shot but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Marciano misses.
Marciano moves out of range as Adderley strikes.
Marciano looks like he wants to counter punch here.
A left lands for Adderley.
Adderley closes the distance looking to clinch
and Marciano counters with an inside leg kick.
Marciano rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Adderley moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Adderley defending well as Marciano loads up on a big left hand.
Adderley on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Marciano. Marciano obviously looking to wear him down.
Adderley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marciano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Adderley lands with a slapping head kick.
Adderley misses the shot to the body.
Adderley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano scores with a jab to the jaw.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Adderley misses with a body punch
and Marciano counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Marciano has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano prevents a body shot from Adderley.
Marciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Marciano.
Marciano lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Adderley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Adderley misses with the head strike.
Marciano throws a punch but it's blocked by Adderley.
Marciano lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Marciano.
Adderley takes a shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Marciano.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marciano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Adderley avoids it.
Marciano throws a head punch that misses.

Adderley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Adderley tries to work over Marciano's front leg with a kick but Marciano checks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Mikey Marciano dominated that round.
That's time! Adderley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Marciano moves away from the strike by Adderley.
A little jabbing left from Marciano on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A decent looking cross lands there for Marciano.
Mikey Marciano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marciano throws a right and a left that Adderley avoids nicely.
Adderley is looking to clinch but Marciano is avoiding it.
Adderley checks the leg kick.
Marciano closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Marciano takes one to the chin there.
Adderley tries to clinch but Marciano moves away
enabling Marciano to counter with a crisp jab.
Marciano throws a head kick but Adderley moves out of range.
Marciano throws a body punch but Adderley moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marciano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The fighters circling - Marciano throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Adderley. That's going to slow Marciano down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Adderley lands with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Adderley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Marciano is out of range.
Marciano misses with a straight right.
Adderley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marciano.
Adderley misses with a looping left.
Adderley scores with the left hand. Marciano knows he should have avoided that one.
Marciano circles away from the clinch attempt.

Adderley closes the distance and pushes Marciano back into the cage.
Adderley prevents a body shot from Marciano.
Marciano swings wildly with an uppercut but Adderley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marciano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adderley or not.
Adderley is trying to break the clinch but Marciano has him pressed against the cage.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marciano lands a good knee to the midsection. Adderley won't want to take too many of those.
Marciano works on Adderley's body with a couple of short punches.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marciano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Adderley throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Adderley has had enough of the clinch but Marciano keeps him there for the moment.
Adderley looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Adderley has a couple of punches blocked by Marciano.
Marciano gets through Adderley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marciano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Adderley misses with some punches.
Good body shot from Marciano.
A frustrated look appears on Adderley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marciano throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marciano prevents a body shot from Adderley.
Marciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Adderley backwards.
Marciano blocks an elbow strike.
Marciano scores with a nice hook to the head.
Still in the clinch, Marciano scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marciano.
Marciano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marciano scores with a shoulder strike.

Adderley is rocked!
Marciano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Oh Adderley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marciano scores with a shoulder strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano scores with a hook to the body.
Marciano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Adderley or not.
Marciano lands with a light punch inside.
A short left from Marciano.
Marciano dips a shoulder and cracks Adderley with a mighty uppercut! Adderley falls back against the cage and Marciano unloads with a barrage of strikes! Adderley is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Marciano screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikey Marciano!
Mikey Marciano decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.