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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Randy War (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricci Marconi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marconi has chosen Grounds for Divorce as his entrance music. Randy War has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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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
4 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Randy War!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricci Marconi!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marconi connects with a solid leg kick.
Marconi misses with a head kick.
Marconi misses with a double jab.
Marconi keeps the fight on the outside.
Marconi has closed the distance and engaged War in a clinch.
War stalling against the cage.
War avoiding damage as Marconi throws knees to the body.
Marconi throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
War trying to land knees to the body.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but War blocks with his arms.
War tries to pull guard but Marconi holds him up against the cage and eventually War drops back down to his feet.
Marconi stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Marconi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but War has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marconi trying to land knees to the body.
Marconi stalling against the cage.
Marconi lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt War or not.
Marconi with a knee to the head.
Marconi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
War looking for a takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
War managing to block the knees to the body from Marconi.
Marconi is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Marconi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from War.
The referee calls for Marconi to work.
Marconi prevents War from breaking the clinch.
Marconi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marconi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but War blocks it with crossed arms.
Marconi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but War blocks it with crossed arms.
War wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
War managing to block the knees to the body from Marconi.
Marconi lands a knee to the body.
Marconi crunches a lovely knee into War's ribcage.
Marconi gets underhooks to prevent War's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy War. That's going to take a lot out of him.
War can't break the clinch.
War tries for a takedown but Marconi manages to get underhooks.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but War blocks with his arms.
A bit of stalling here from Marconi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
War is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marconi lands a shoulder strike.
Marconi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marconi tries to land knees in the clinch but War avoids the damage to the body.
Marconi looks gassed!
Good body shot from Marconi.
Marconi gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from War.
War letting Marconi take a breather here.
Marconi unloads a knee to the mid-section. War lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
War blocks an elbow strike.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but War blocks with his arms.
Marconi tries a knee to the head but War blocks it.
War is trying to break the clinch but Marconi has him pressed against the cage.
War managing to block the knees to the body from Marconi.
Marconi unloads a knee to the mid-section. War lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
War lands an elbow just above Marconi 's eye.
Marconi gets underhooks to prevent War's takedown attempt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marconi.
War wants to break free but Marconi has control.
Marconi with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marconi lands an elbow inside.
Marconi scores with a hook to the body.
Marconi looking to throw knees to the head but War is blocking nicely.
Marconi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but War blocks it with crossed arms.
War can't break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marconi.
War wants to get back to striking at distance but Marconi won't allow it.
Marconi lands an elbow that stopped War in his tracks for a moment.
Marconi misses with a knee strike.
War manages to break the clinch.
War closes this distance looking for a takedown but Marconi circles away.
Marconi fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Marconi instigates a clinch.
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.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to War's face.
Marconi misses with the head strike.
War avoiding damage as Marconi throws knees to the body.
War wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marconi has him pressed against the cage.
Marconi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
War tries to pull guard but Marconi won't allow it.
Marconi using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marconi connects with a nasty looking knee right to War's face.
Marconi tries a knee to the head but War blocks it.
A nice right hand lands inside from War.
War on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
War manages to pull guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marconi trying to move into half guard but instead War has managed to sweep!
Marconi 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.
Marconi lands an upkick as War stands over him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricci Marconi dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A lazy left from Marconi finds it's target.
War throws an overhand right that lands on Marconi's shoulder, as Marconi tries to avoid the shot.
Marconi rushes War and presses him up against the cage.
Marconi softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marconi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marconi lands a hook to the side of the head.
War takes an elbow to the forehead.
War throws an elbow but it misses.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but War blocks with his arms.
Marconi with a knee to the head.
Marconi lands a nice knee to the body.
Marconi throws a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
War tries to land knees in the clinch but Marconi avoids the damage to the body.
Marconi stops a takedown attempt from War.
Marconi holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Marconi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marconi misses with an elbow over the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
War tries to land a knee to the head but Marconi blocks with his arms.
Marconi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but War blocks it with crossed arms.
Marconi lands a hook that snaps the head of War backwards.
Marconi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but War has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marconi is pressed up against the cage. War has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Marconi down to the mat. Marconi avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
War falls off balance throwing a combination
and Marconi counters with a good low kick that War was not able to check.
Marconi cracks the inside of War's front leg.
Marconi darts in and clinches War up against the cage.
Marconi unloads a knee to the mid-section. War lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
War on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marconi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marconi is leaning against War and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
War avoids the elbow strike from Marconi, against the cage.
Marconi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marconi unloads a knee to the mid-section. War lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Marconi.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Marconi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but War has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
War blocks an elbow strike from Marconi.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
War manages to break the clinch.
A good leg kick by Marconi.
Marconi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Marconi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
War throws a big shot that misses.
Nice sprawl there from Marconi as War shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy War. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marconi stalks War and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into War's face. War staggers backwards, shaken.
War avoids the head kick by Marconi.
Marconi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marconi pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Marconi thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on War if he has to take too many more of those.
War misses with the combination.
Marconi clinches up with War and pushes him back against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marconi landing knees to the body.
War wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marconi lands a knee to the head.
Marconi gets through War's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marconi lands an elbow inside that War shrugs off.
Marconi tries a knee to the head but War blocks it.
Marconi crunches a lovely knee into War's ribcage.
Marconi with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
War breaks from the clinch.
Marconi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marconi rushes War and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Marconi landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marconi lands a knee to the body.
War jumps guard but Marconi stands there with War around his waist. War gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
War avoiding damage as Marconi throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Marconi misses with a knee strike.
War takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marconi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marconi misses with a knee to the head.
War blocks the elbow strike.
War managing to block the knees to the body from Marconi.
War on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marconi.
Marconi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but War has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marconi missing with knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marconi throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marconi landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marconi using the Thai plumb to throw knees but War has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marconi throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but War blocks it with crossed arms.
War escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricci Marconi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
A slapping leg kick lands for Marconi.
War clinches up with Marconi and pushes him back against the cage.
Marconi's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Marconi scores a nice knee to the body.
Marconi lands a left hand that snaps the head of War backwards.
Nice body punch from War.
War wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marconi has him pressed against the cage.
Marconi keeps control of War as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marconi tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The is referee keeping an eye on Marconi - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marconi throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marconi lands a knee to the body.
War wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but War blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marconi missing with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
War managing to block the knees to the body from Marconi.
War wants to get back to striking at distance but Marconi won't allow it.
War blocks an elbow strike from Marconi.
War breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marconi scores with a head kick.
War throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marconi throws a right hand that War ducks under and follows up with a left that War also avoids with ease.
War tries to clinch up.
Marconi is looking to land body kicks.
War takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Marconi throws a head kick that War semi-blocks.
A head kick misses from Marconi.
War tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ricci Marconi is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marconi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marconi throws a head kick that War semi-blocks.
Ricci Marconi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A combination from War does no damage.
Randy War is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
War is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marconi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.
Marconi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marconi misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from War.
War has had enough of the clinch but Marconi keeps him there for the moment.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
War is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marconi comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
War tries to pull guard but Marconi won't allow it.
Marconi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good body shot from Marconi.
War throws a head punch that misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marconi.
Marconi with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
War drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Marconi gets the underhooks and prevents it.
War is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marconi lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
War breaks from the clinch.
Marconi throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marconi buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
War on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Marconi!
War shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Randy War. That's going to take a lot out of him.
War takes a kick to the side of the head.
Marconi darts in and clinches War up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
War can't break the clinch.
Marconi pushes War back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A knee to the head by Marconi.
Marconi misses with a knee to the head.
Marconi tries to land a knee to the head but War blocks with his arms.
War managing to block the knees to the body from Marconi.
Knees to the body from Marconi.
Marconi lands a nice uppercut.
War looking to slow down the pace here.
Marconi lands a body punch.
Marconi scores with a knee to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Marconi keeps control of War as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Randy War has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marconi just leaning against War, taking a breather.
Marconi avoiding damage as War throws knees to the body.
Marconi takes an elbow to the temple.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marconi.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricci Marconi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Marconi winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricci Marconi!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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