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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kenji Yomata (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Quavious Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshall is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Migos-Emmit Smith. Kenji Yomata has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Kenji Yomata!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Quavious Marshall!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Bart Greer and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshall drives through with a takedown into guard.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Marshall sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Yomata is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marshall wants to get up but he can't break Yomata's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Yomata is trying to control the position but Marshall postures up.
Marshall content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Marshall preventing the sweep.
Marshall trying to control but Yomata is working from the bottom.
Yomata has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Marshall can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Yomata working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yomata looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marshall is one step ahead there.
Marshall wants to control from the top but Yomata keeps moving.
Yomata throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Marshall wants to stand but Yomata has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Yomata is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Yomata is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Marshall defends well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall trying to control the position from guard on top but Yomata is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yomata trying to control the position.
Marshall works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marshall slips a nice elbow through Yomata's hands, connecting with Yomata's forehead.
Marshall is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Marshall is trying to control the action in half guard but Yomata is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Yomata is looking to improve his position.
Yomata regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Marshall slips nicely into half guard.
Marshall wants to pass to mount but Yomata is defending the position.
Marshall not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Yomata moves into full guard.
Marshall stopping the sweep attempt from Yomata.
Marshall passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yomata tries to improve position but can't.
Yomata is trying to control Marshall's posture but Marshall avoids it.
Marshall trying to control the action but Yomata is working from the bottom.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Quavious Marshall dominated that round.
That's time! Yomata's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Yomata misses with a kick to the body.
Yomata misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Yomata misses with an uppercut. Marshall saw that one coming.
Yomata on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yomata decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Marshall slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Marshall looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Yomata sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Marshall's guard.
Marshall trying to hold on to Yomata's head to control him but Yomata postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall is looking for a sweep. Yomata is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Yomata sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Marshall defending well though.
Marshall is not content to let Yomata control the position.
Yomata is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Marshall is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Yomata prevents Marshall from standing back up.
Marshall gets full guard.
Marshall looking to control.
Yomata sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Marshall's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall is looking for a sweep. Yomata is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Yomata lands with a punch from half guard.
Marshall is looking to get back to is feet but Yomata passes into side control.
Marshall is breathing heavily.
Yomata scores with punches from side control.
Marshall is trying to get back to half guard.
Yomata wants to lay and pray for a moment but Marshall keeps working.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yomata cracks Marshall with a big right hand but Marshall just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Marshall is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Yomata throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Yomata tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yomata controlling from side mount.
Marshall parries the strikes from Yomata easily there. Yomata is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Marshall to escape.
Marshall keeping his opponent close.
Yomata tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Yomata working the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall is not content to let Yomata control the position.
Yomata tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Marshall tries to control but Yomata manages to take his back.
Marshall defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Yomata is hanging on to Marshall's back as he tries to escape.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marshall holding both Yomata 's hands and preventing any damage.
Yomata is looking for a rear naked choke here but Marshall reverses the position brilliantly into Yomata's guard!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenji Yomata dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Yomata.
Yomata thows a body shot but no joy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yomata looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marshall tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Yomata looks to score with a jab to the body but Marshall is just out of range.
Marshall ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yomata moves away.
Marshall shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Marshall wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yomata keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yomata moves into full guard.
Yomata trying to keep a closed guard but Marshall is proving a slippery customer.
Marshall decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Yomata, up you get!
Marshall looking to score a takedown here. Yomata is defending well but Marshall drives through and ends up in Yomata's guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Yomata holds on and takes a little breather.
Yomata wants to sweep here but Marshall controlling him for the moment.
Yomata is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Yomata holds on and takes a little breather.
Yomata keeping moving, preventing Marshall from controlling successfully.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Yomata moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yomata gets caught napping as Marshall dives in and scores a takedown. Yomata manages to retain guard.
Marshall stopping the sweep attempt from Yomata.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yomata pulls Marshall in close to prevent any damage.
Yomata wants to sweep here but Marshall controlling him for the moment.
Yomata trying to keep a closed guard but Marshall is proving a slippery customer.
Marshall sitting in guard here, content to control.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Quavious Marshall was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Marshall pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Yomata wants to clinch.
Marshall scores with a takedown into Yomata's guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yomata is on top in guard.
Marshall tries to land a sweep but no joy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yomata trying to control but Marshall is working from the bottom.
Marshall is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Yomata is controlling him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Quavious Marshall comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marshall has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Quavious Marshall!
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hype
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pop
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