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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Renan Marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Thomas Cumming (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marques comes to the cage accompanied by Helloween - Oriental Journey. The crowd seem to be enjoying Cumming's choice of entrance music: Penny Arcade. Renan Marques has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Renan Marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Thomas Cumming!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marques misses with a kick to the body.
Marques throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Renan Marques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marques throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marques scores with a jab to the head.
Marques throws a wild body kick that Cumming sees coming a mile off.
Marques tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marques tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cumming avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cumming fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Marques to the ground. Cumming is now in Marques's guard.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Cumming throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cumming working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cumming accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cumming is looking to work some ground and pound but Marques has wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cumming postures up in Marques's guard and throws a big left but Marques blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cumming accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cumming throwing strikes but missing.
Marques is breathing heavily.
Cumming lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cumming throwing strikes but missing.
Marques preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cumming with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marques working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cumming.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cumming is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cumming postures up in Marques's guard and throws a big left but Marques blocks it.
Marques avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cumming lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cumming lands a couple of decent looking shots.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cumming lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Marques has momentary wrist control but Cumming slips an elbow through the middle.
Cumming landing some decent shots from guard.
Cumming scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cumming works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cumming lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Cumming there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cumming is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Cumming lands with a punch from half guard.
Cumming thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Marques's head.
Cumming missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cumming lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cumming looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cumming has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cumming throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cumming thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Marques's head.
Cumming working Marques over with strikes.
Cumming throwing shots but Marques is blocking nicely.
Cumming lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cumming is nestled in close to Marques, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Cumming working over Marques with some ground and pound. Marques looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Marques blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cumming.
Cumming winds up and cracks Marques with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cumming scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Marques avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cumming.
Cumming lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cumming throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cumming throwing shots but Marques is blocking nicely.
Cumming not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Cumming dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cumming blocks a head kick by Marques.
Renan Marques is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cumming manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Marques on his heels. He'll look to pass Marques's guard now, I'm sure.
Cumming lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cumming working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Marques's head.
Cumming loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cumming postures up and lands a big shot to Marques's brow.
Cumming landing some decent shots from guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cumming throwing strikes from guard but Marques blocks nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cumming throwing strikes but missing.
Cumming scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cumming is in close to Marques's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cumming accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cumming postures up and lands a big shot to Marques's brow.
Cumming has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cumming throws a big right hand that misses.
Cumming working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Marques's head.
Cumming is in close to Marques's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cumming lands a couple of elbows.
Cumming missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cumming trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cumming chips away with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cumming lands a couple of digs.
Cumming trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cumming throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marques works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cumming is looking to work some ground and pound but Marques has wrist control.
Cumming scoring with some ground and pound.
Cumming landing some decent shots from guard.
Cumming in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cumming's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cumming in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cumming with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cumming throws a big right hand that misses.
Cumming working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cumming lands a couple of elbows.
Cumming throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marques works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cumming lands a couple of elbows.
Cumming with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cumming landing with the ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cumming's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cumming lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Thomas Cumming has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cumming postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cumming stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Marques swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cumming working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cumming throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marques works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cumming throwing strikes from guard but Marques blocks nicely.
Cumming throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marques works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cumming lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cumming in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cumming keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Marques's head.
Marques preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cumming postures up.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cumming's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cumming loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thomas Cumming showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Cumming gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cumming's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marques looks for the body kick but Cumming saw that one coming.
Cumming avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cumming blocks a head kick by Marques.
Marques fails to land with a series of punches.
Marques throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cumming shoots in and bounces Marques off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cumming landing some decent shots from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cumming's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cumming working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cumming's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cumming throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Marques works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cumming throwing strikes from guard but Marques blocks nicely.
Cumming throws a big elbow that misses.
Marques wants to stand but Cumming is controlling the position.
Cumming throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cumming trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cumming makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cumming working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cumming postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cumming working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cumming connects with a couple of short punches.
Cumming scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cumming chips away with some ground and pound.
Cumming is looking to work some ground and pound but Marques has wrist control.
Cumming with a nice head shot there.
Cumming with a nice head shot there.
Cumming throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cumming is in close to Marques's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cumming landing with the ground and pound.
Cumming missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cumming with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Marques working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cumming.
Cumming scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cumming landing some decent shots from guard.
Cumming stands up over Marques, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cumming accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cumming slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Renan Marques has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cumming scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Marques to see if he's OK.
Marques is rocked!
Cumming looks up at the clock and then as Marques takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Cumming smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Cumming working the head with strikes.
Oh Marques is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cumming creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Marques taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cumming grinds an elbow into Marques's temple.
A big shot lands for Cumming! That's hurt Marques! Will he recover? Cumming fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Thomas Cumming!
Thomas Cumming decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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