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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jim Mack (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marvin Heemeyer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mack's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, DMX (Ruff Ryders Anthem). 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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214 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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181 cm
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200 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jim Mack!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marvin Heemeyer!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Skip Squint and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mack throws a jab but it's blocked by Heemeyer.
Mack tries to bum rush Heemeyer with a series of wild strikes but Heemeyer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Mack misses the shot to the body.
Heemeyer throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Mack.
It looks like Jim Mack has been cut.
Heemeyer is looking to clinch but Mack is avoiding it.
Heemeyer tries to clinch there but Mack circles away.
Mack throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed right hand from Mack misses the target.
Heemeyer moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A chopping leg kick lands by Heemeyer.
Heemeyer looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Mack looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Heemeyer scores with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mack avoids the head kick by Heemeyer.
Mack throws out a loose jab but Heemeyer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heemeyer forces Mack back against the cage and clinches.
Heemeyer lands a nice knee to the body.
A shot in the inside from Mack.
Mack misses with a body punch.
Heemeyer landing knees to the body.
Heemeyer tries a knee to the head but Mack blocks it.
Heemeyer scores a nice knee to the body.
Mack is breathing heavily.
Heemeyer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Heemeyer scores with a knee to the head.
Heemeyer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Heemeyer landing knees to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heemeyer lands a knee to the head.
Heemeyer connects with a knee to the head.
Heemeyer scores a nice knee to the body.
Mack takes a knee to the side of the body.
Heemeyer landing knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Heemeyer.
Knees to the body from Heemeyer.
Mack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Knees in the clinch landing for Heemeyer.
Heemeyer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mack's face.
Heemeyer crunches a lovely knee into Mack's ribcage.
Heemeyer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Heemeyer tries a knee to the head but Mack blocks it.
Mack jumps guard but Heemeyer stands there with Mack around his waist. Mack gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Heemeyer putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mack in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Heemeyer crunches a lovely knee into Mack's ribcage.
Heemeyer scores with a knee to the head.
Mack gets through Heemeyer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Heemeyer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mack throws a punch but it's blocked by Heemeyer.
Mack misses with a punch on the inside.
Mack avoiding damage as Heemeyer throws knees to the body.
Mack misses with a punch on the inside.
Mack throws a head punch that misses.
Heemeyer lands an elbow inside that Mack shrugs off.
Heemeyer tries to land knees in the clinch but Mack avoids the damage to the body.
Mack lands with a short shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heemeyer trying to land knees to the body.
Mack tightens his grip and picks Heemeyer up, before dumping him to the ground. Heemeyer manages to land in guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mack passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The ground and pound from Mack seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Mack lands a few punches from side control.
Heemeyer is trying to improve his position.
Mack misses with the ground and pound.
Heemeyer struggling a bit here.
Mack working the ground and pound but Heemeyer is defending the strikes.
Heemeyer manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Mack not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Heemeyer throws a jab when Mack was well out of range.
Heemeyer tries to close the distance and clinch but Mack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Heemeyer tries a head kick but it misses.
Mack misses with a looping right.
Mack jabs Heemeyer right on the nose. Heemeyer blinks but takes it well.
Heemeyer attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
The fighters circling - Mack throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mack moves out of range as Heemeyer throws a body kick.
Heemeyer with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mack to score with a decent uppercut.
Heemeyer looks to land a left hand but Mack moved out of range nicely.
Mack uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Mack takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Heemeyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heemeyer misses with a low kick.
Mack avoids the head kick by Heemeyer.
Heemeyer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Heemeyer throws a sloppy head kick and Mack moves out of range easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heemeyer looks for the body kick but Mack saw that one coming.
Mack throws a series of punches but Heemeyer moves out of range.
Heemeyer chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Mack thuds a left hand into Heemeyer's body.
Nice defenses there by Heemeyer.
Mack takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Mack!
Mack lands with a hook. Heemeyer tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mack rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Heemeyer moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mack scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Mack gets a clinch.
Mack lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heemeyer.
Heemeyer tries to land a knee to the head but Mack blocks with his arms.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Mack.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Heemeyer looking to throw knees to the head but Mack is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heemeyer.
Heemeyer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mack is defending well for now.
Heemeyer missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Mack creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mack lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mack tries a body shot but Heemeyer blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marvin Heemeyer dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jim Mack's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mack missing with a left hand there. Heemeyer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Heemeyer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heemeyer tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Heemeyer thumps Mack with a low kick.
Heemeyer moves in looking to clinch but Mack pushes him off.
Mack is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Heemeyer closes the distance and clinches.
Mack is leaning against Heemeyer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mack lands a body punch.
Mack softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mack lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Mack misses with a punch on the inside.
Marvin Heemeyer seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mack throws a punch but it's blocked by Heemeyer.
A short uppercut from Mack.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mack.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mack.
Good body shot from Mack.
Mack throws a punch but it's blocked by Heemeyer.
A head punch on the inside from Mack fails to land.
Heemeyer is breathing heavily.
Mack swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Heemeyer tries to land a knee to the head but Mack blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Heemeyer.
Mack throws a punch but it's blocked by Heemeyer.
Heemeyer misses with a knee strike.
Heemeyer tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mack avoids it.
Mack is leaning against Heemeyer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Mack has a couple of punches blocked by Heemeyer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mack lands a right hand.
Mack misses with the head strike.
Mack scores with a shoulder strike.
Mack tries for a takedown. No joy.
Mack working aggressively here.
Heemeyer with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mack throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Heemeyers head.
Mack misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mack.
Mack scores with a shot to the side of Heemeyer's head.
Heemeyer lands a knee to the head.
Mack lands a right hand.
Heemeyer is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mack is defending well for now.
Heemeyer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mack misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mack has picked Heemeyer up - he's going for a ride! Mack dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Heemeyer wants to control but Mack is keeping busy.
Mack thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Heemeyer's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Heemeyer makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Heemeyer.
Mack being controlled here momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mack is in close to Heemeyer's body, working some short punches and elbows.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Heemeyer is on top in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Heemeyer accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Heemeyer thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mack working a defensive guard here.
Mack utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Heemeyer is looking to work some ground and pound but Mack has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heemeyer scoring with punches to the head and body.
Mack on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Mack tries to get out of the position.
Heemeyer postures up in Mack's guard and throws a big left but Mack blocks it.
Mack is looking to stand up but Heemeyer isn't so interested in that idea.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Mack takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Heemeyer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Mack swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Mack keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Heemeyer misses with a kick to the body.
Heemeyer takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Heemeyer throws a low kick, looking for Mack's leg but Mack calmly moves out of range.
Heemeyer tries to keep at a distance but Mack has taken the fight into the clinch.
Heemeyer misses with a knee strike.
Mack has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Heemeyer is trying to keep an underhook but Mack manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Mack thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Heemeyer's head.
Mack throwing shots but Heemeyer is blocking nicely.
Heemeyer is doing well to control the position and prevent Mack from advancing to side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heemeyer is trying to maintain the position but Mack is very close to passing his half guard.
Mack is looking to advance position but Heemeyer won't allow it.
Heemeyer wants to control but Mack is keeping busy.
Heemeyer is looking for a sweep. Mack is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Heemeyer looks to clinch
and Mack counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Heemeyer misses with a head kick.
Mack scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mack lands with a nice combination. Heemeyer backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Mack dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jim Mack's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Mack dips to his left and cracks Heemeyer with an uppercut!
Mack takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Heemeyer connects with a solid leg kick.
Mack tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heemeyer was well out of range. Poor timing from Mack.
Heemeyer closes the distance looking to clinch
and Heemeyer takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Heemeyer throws a leg kick which misses Mack's front leg but catches the back leg as Mack tries to avoid it.
An inside leg kick from Heemeyer misses.
Mack avoids the head kick by Heemeyer.
Heemeyer displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mack throws out the jab.
Mack tries to clinch there but Heemeyer circles away.
Mack checks a low kick from Heemeyer.
Heemeyer instigates a clinch.
Heemeyer unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mack lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mack takes a knee to the side of the body.
Heemeyer lands a good knee to the midsection. Mack won't want to take too many of those.
Heemeyer connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mack's face.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Heemeyer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heemeyer connects with a knee to the head.
Heemeyer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mack has a couple of punches blocked by Heemeyer.
Heemeyer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mack avoiding damage as Heemeyer throws knees to the body.
Mack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mack softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Mack misses with some punches.
Heemeyer landing knees to the body.
Mack doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Heemeyer using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Mack misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mack lands a right hand that snaps the head of Heemeyer backwards.
Heemeyer misses with a knee to the head.
Heemeyer misses with a knee to the head.
Mack has a couple of punches blocked by Heemeyer.
Mack misses with a punch to the body.
Mack misses with some punches.
Heemeyer lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Mack lands a body shot in the clinch.
Mack makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Heemeyer with a knee to the head.
Mack working aggressively here.
Heemeyer utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Mack.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mack on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Mack.
Heemeyer misses with a knee to the head.
Mack gets through Heemeyer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Heemeyer is pressed up against the cage. Mack has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Heemeyer down to the mat. Heemeyer avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Heemeyer.
Heemeyer lands a high kick!
Marvin Heemeyer seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Mack swats away the attempt to clinch by Heemeyer.
Mack scores with a decent looking hook.
Heemeyer throws a head kick but Mack moves out of range.
Mack connects with a nice looking jab.
Mack jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Heemeyer walks into a left hand.
Jim Mack is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slapping body kick lands there for Heemeyer.
Mack shoots in and bounces Heemeyer off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Heemeyer looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heemeyer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Heemeyer working a defensive guard here.
Mack has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Heemeyer working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Mack.
Mack wanted to stand there but Heemeyer had control of the position.
Heemeyer looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Mack postures up and lands a big shot to Heemeyer's brow.
Mack chips away with some ground and pound.
Heemeyer wants to sweep here but Mack controlling him for the moment.
Mack postures up in Heemeyer's guard and throws a big left but Heemeyer blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Mack is looking to work some ground and pound but Heemeyer has wrist control.
Heemeyer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Heemeyer scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Mack?
Mack tries to reverse the position but Heemeyer maintains control.
Mack slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Heemeyer is trying to control the action in half guard but Mack is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Heemeyer there.
Heemeyer seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mack is looking to escape.
Mack tries to get to full guard but Heemeyer has control of the leg.
Heemeyer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marvin Heemeyer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Heemeyer has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marvin Heemeyer!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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