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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Keke Rosberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Royston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus Royston is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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280 lbs
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260 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Keke Rosberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Royston!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royston swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rosberg looks for a takedown but Royston sprawls well.
Rosberg shoots in for a takedown but Royston shows good takedown defense.
Rosberg tries for a takedown but Royston sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keke Rosberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Royston misses with a double jab.
Royston has managed to clinch.
Royston misses with some punches.
Royston is pressed up against the cage. Rosberg has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Royston down to the mat. Royston avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rosberg shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Royston as he avoids it easily.
Rosberg looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Royston is fending him off so far but Rosberg persists. Nope, Royston circles away and we're back to standing.
Rosberg shoots for a double leg takedown but Royston sprawls well. He's pushed Rosberg's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Rosberg is breathing heavily.
Royston looks to land a combination but Rosberg avoids it well.
Royston tries to clinch up.
Royston has Rosberg up against the cage in a clinch.
Rosberg is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Royston is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosberg takes a shot to the head.
Rosberg tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Royston smiles and moves away.
Rosberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Royston.
Royston clinches.
Royston managing to block the knees to the body from Rosberg.
Rosberg fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Rosberg breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Royston gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Royston looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rosberg is looking for a sweep. Royston is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Royston is controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royston seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Rosberg is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Royston frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Royston content just to control the position here.
Royston is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Rosberg has managed to escape the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royston stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Royston clinches.
Royston breaks the clinch.
Rosberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Royston.
Rosberg shoots in but no luck this time.
Rosberg moves away from the strike by Royston.
Royston tries to clinch there but Rosberg circles away.
Royston takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Royston dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Royston fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marcus Royston seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rosberg swats away the attempt to clinch by Royston.
Rosberg fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rosberg avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Royston doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosberg circles away.
Rosberg shoots in but Royston avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Royston throws a looping overhand right but Rosberg ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Royston has closed the distance and engaged Rosberg in a clinch.
Royston misses with a hook to the ribs.
Royston tries a body shot but Rosberg blocks it.
Rosberg is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosberg looking for a takedown.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Royston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Royston can't find room to land a body shot as Rosberg controls the action.
Royston is trying to break the clinch but Rosberg has him pressed against the cage.
Rosberg tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keke Rosberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Royston slows down the pace here.
Rosberg blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Royston in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Royston tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Royston misses with a punch on the inside.
Royston misses with a body punch.
Royston lands a body punch.
Rosberg drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Royston tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rosberg's elbow.
Royston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Royston.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rosberg.
Royston lands a right hand.
Rosberg tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Royston just stands there and leans against the cage.
Rosberg wants to break free but Royston has control.
Rosberg changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Royston fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Royston clinches with his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Royston wants to stall.
Royston wants a takedown but no success here.
Rosberg changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Royston fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Royston stuffs the takedown attempt from Rosberg. Rosberg gets slowly back to his feet.
Royston clinches but Rosberg breaks the clinch
and Rosberg counters with a shoot takedown. Royston fights it but they end up in guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Royston keeping moving, preventing Rosberg from controlling successfully.
Royston working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rosberg.
Rosberg is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royston looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Rosberg wants to control from the top but Royston keeps moving.
Rosberg tries to free his leg and advance position but Royston is retaining full guard.
Royston wants to stand up but Rosberg is controlling him.
Rosberg stands up from Royston's guard - Rosberg perhaps looking for a knockout.
Royston closes the distance but Rosberg moves to the side
and Rosberg counters by moving into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Royston fails to land.
Rosberg pulls guard successfully.
Royston trying to control the position from guard on top but Rosberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Royston preventing the sweep.
Royston gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rosberg shoots for a double leg takedown but Royston sprawls well. He's pushed Rosberg's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Royston closes the distance looking to clinch
and Rosberg counters with a nice double leg into side control. Royston won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rosberg trying to control the position but Royston is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Keke Rosberg dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Royston is looking to clinch.
The fighters circling - Royston throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice sprawl there from Royston as Rosberg shoots in.
Royston throws a jab but it's blocked by Rosberg.
Rosberg looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Royston pushes Rosberg off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Rosberg shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Royston as he avoids it easily.
Rosberg is looking to clinch but Royston is avoiding it.
Royston wants to clinch
and Rosberg counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Rosberg has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rosberg wants to get up but he can't break Royston's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Royston bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rosberg's guard.
Royston slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Royston stands up and beckons Rosberg to his feet.
Keke Rosberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rosberg slips under a jab.
Royston stuffs the takedown attempt from Rosberg. Rosberg gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Keke Rosberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Royston tries to clinch up but Rosberg circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rosberg shoots in but no luck this time.
Royston doesn't manage to clinch there - Rosberg circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Rosberg.
Royston tries to clinch
and Rosberg counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Royston's guard now.
Rosbergis looking to pass into half guard but Royston pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Royston is in guard.
Royston trying to control the position from guard on top but Rosberg is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rosberg wants to sweep here but Royston controlling him for the moment.
Rosberg wants to stand and escape but Royston is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royston gets to his feet. Rosberg looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Rosberg takes the fight into the clinch.
Rosberg prevents Royston from breaking the clinch.
Royston tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Royston doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Royston swings wildly with an uppercut but Rosberg uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rosberg tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Rosberg is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Royston is looking to break free of the clinch but Rosberg has double underhooks.
Royston pressing his opponent against the cage.
Rosberg blocking some punches.
Rosberg is looking to break free of the clinch but Royston has double underhooks.
Royston misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rosberg tries to pull guard but Royston holds him up against the cage and eventually Rosberg drops back down to his feet.
Rosberg wants to get back to striking at distance but Royston won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rosberg tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Royston wants to break the clinch but can't.
Royston throws a head punch that misses.
Stalling in the clinch from Royston.
Royston throws a punch but it's blocked by Rosberg.
Royston turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Royston manages to end up in side control.
Rosberg is looking to regain half guard here but Royston keeps moving and retains side control.
Rosberg looks to move to half guard but instead Royston has passed into mount! Damn!
Royston controlling from mount.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rosberg really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Keke Rosberg showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Rosberg 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Keke Rosberg!
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