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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Eliah Marshal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roman Yakimyuk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshal comes to the cage accompanied by Remember the name. This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eliah Marshal!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Roman Yakimyuk!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yakimyuk connects with a body shot that sends Marshal's belly button to the back.
Marshal moves into range and connects with a jab.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Yakimyuk has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Yakimyuk moves out of range as Marshal throws a body kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Marshal.
Marshal lands a leg kick that knocks Yakimyuk off balance momentarily.
Marshal blocks the body kick.
Yakimyuk connects with a good right hand that stumbles Marshal. Marshal circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Marshal bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Yakimyuk.
Marshal scores with a sloppy right hand. Yakimyuk should have avoided that one.
Yakimyuk misses with a hook.
Marshal ducks under a wild hook from Yakimyuk.
Marshal ducks under a wild hook from Yakimyuk.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marshal throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Yakimyuk on the side of the head.
Yakimyuk throws a looping overhand right but Marshal ducks down to avoid it.
Yakimyuk avoids the body shot from Marshal.
Yakimyuk fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakimyuk throws a hook but Marshal blocks it.
Marshal is looking to clinch.
Marshal avoids a kick to the body.
Marshal missing with a left hand there. Yakimyuk was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marshal throws a body kick that misses
and Yakimyuk counters with a nice double leg into side control. Marshal won't be happy with that.
Yakimyuk tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Yakimyuk trying to control the position but Marshal is working away.
Yakimyuk throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Marshal works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Marshal keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Marshal is looking to control Yakimyuk's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Marshal avoid being mounted?
Yakimyuk slows the pace down in half guard.
Yakimyuk is keen to just control but Marshal is a slippery customer.
Marshal is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Demon's Progym, LOP, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Yakimyuk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Yakimyuk misses with a head shot. Marshal uses the momentum to regain guard.
Yakimyuk engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Yakimyuk throwing strikes from guard but Marshal blocks nicely.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Yakimyuk tries a low kick but Marshal avoids it.
A lazy left from Yakimyuk finds it's target.
Yakimyuk scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Marshal throws a lazy right hand but Yakimyuk sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yakimyuk slips a jab from Marshal.
Marshal gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Yakimyuk decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Marshal's guard.
Yakimyuk throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshal wants to sweep but no luck.
Yakimyuk working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Marshal's head.
Yakimyuk missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Marshal holds on and takes a little breather.
Yakimyuk trying to control but Marshal is working from the bottom.
Yakimyuk slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Yakimyuk throws a strike but Marshal rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yakimyuk looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Yakimyuk dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Marshal has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marshal there as he acknowledges the shot.
Marshal lands a glancing blow to the side of Yakimyuk's head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Marshal. Yakimyuk shrugs it off though.
Roman Yakimyuk seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marshal takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Yakimyuk fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marshal manages to avoid it.
Marshal walks forward, straight into a front kick from Yakimyuk.
Marshal stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Yakimyuk swinging wildly here.
Yakimyuk ducks under a wild hook from Marshal.
Yakimyuk throws a right hand that misses
and Marshal counters with a nice body shot.
Marshal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yakimyuk.
Marshal misses with a wild body shot.
Yakimyuk misses with an uppercut. Marshal saw that one coming.
Marshal thuds his right hand into Yakimyuk's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Yakimyuk has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marshal throws out a powerful jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshal looks to land a left hand but Yakimyuk moved out of range nicely.
Yakimyuk bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Marshal is not content to let Yakimyuk control the position.
Yakimyuk landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Yakimyuk looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Marshal tries to improve position but can't.
Yakimyuk throws an elbow but Marshal slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk cracks Marshal with a big right hand but Marshal just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Marshal takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Marshal is trying to control Yakimyuk's posture but Yakimyuk avoids it.
Yakimyuk works to advance to full mount. Marshal defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Yakimyuk avoids the attempt from Marshal to control.
Marshal is looking to improve his position but Yakimyuk isn't that keen on the idea.
Yakimyuk has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Marshal regains half guard.
Yakimyuk throwing shots but Marshal is blocking nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Yakimyuk is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Yakimyuk not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Yakimyuk throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Marshal to regain full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yakimyuk throws a big right hand that misses.
Marshal trying to control the position.
Yakimyuk trying to control the position from guard on top but Marshal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yakimyuk is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
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.
Marshal keeping moving, preventing Yakimyuk from controlling successfully.
Yakimyuk slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Yakimyuk works the jab nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Marshal misses the target.
Yakimyuk moves out of range as Marshal strikes.
Yakimyuk moves out of range as Marshal throws a body kick.
Yakimyuk tried to score with a low kick but Marshal checks it.
Yakimyuk jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marshal scoring well with a low kick there.
Marshal misses the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Roman Yakimyuk will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action!
Marshal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yakimyuk moves away.
Yakimyuk throws a hook but Marshal avoids it easily.
Yakimyuk fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Marshal looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yakimyuk. Marshal does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice cross by Marshal.
Marshal throws a right hand that misses
and Yakimyuk counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Marshal!
Marshal is trying to escape the position but Yakimyuk is controlling the position.
Marshal tries to escape but Yakimyuk is in control.
Marshal defending against the ground and pound.
Yakimyuk working away.
Marshal tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Yakimyuk wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Yakimyuk scores with punches from side control.
Marshal is trying to control Yakimyuk's posture but Yakimyuk avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakimyuk working the head and body with strikes.
Yakimyuk scores with punches from side control.
Marshal prevents Yakimyuk from improving position.
Yakimyuk lands a nice forearm strike.
Yakimyuk in side control lands a decent elbow.
Yakimyuk works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Yakimyuk scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Marshal to see if he's OK.
Yakimyuk postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshal regains half guard.
Yakimyuk trying to control from half guard but Marshal is working away.
Marshal wants to control but Yakimyuk is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Marshal avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Yakimyuk.
Roman Yakimyuk has got the better of the ground game so far.
Yakimyuk scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Marshal wants to get back to full guard.
Marshal is looking to control Yakimyuk's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Marshal avoid being mounted?
Yakimyuk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Marshal gets full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk trying to control the position from guard on top but Marshal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Marshal is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Yakimyuk.
Marshal keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Marshal throws a leg kick which misses Yakimyuk's front leg but catches the back leg as Yakimyuk tries to avoid it.
Yakimyuk tries to work over Marshal's front leg with a kick but Marshal checks it.
Yakimyuk misses with a takedown attempt - Marshal sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Yakimyuk scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk takes a swing at Marshal's ribcage but misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marshal.
Yakimyuk thows a leg kick but Marshal checks it
and Marshal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big right from Marshal misses.
Marshal misses with a straight left.
Marshal misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marshal lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Yakimyuk lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Marshal staying out of range there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yakimyuk gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marshal throws a nice looking combination but Yakimyuk bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Yakimyuk throws a shot to the body.
Yakimyuk tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Yakimyuk really dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Marshal ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Yakimyuk listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Yakimyuk throws a push kick but Marshal slaps the foot to one side.
Yakimyuk throws a hook but Marshal blocks it.
Marshal throws a leg kick but Yakimyuk sees it coming and moves out of range.
Yakimyuk keeps the fight on the outside.
Yakimyuk shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marshal pinned against the cage. Marshal gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Marshal's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Yakimyuk connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Marshal scrambles back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yakimyuk keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marshal ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Yakimyuk moves away.
Yakimyuk looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Marshal is fending him off so far but Yakimyuk persists. Nope, Marshal circles away and we're back to standing.
Yakimyuk throws a hook but Marshal avoids it easily.
Eliah Marshal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakimyuk throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Marshal on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Yakimyuk. Yakimyuk obviously looking to wear him down.
Marshal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yakimyuk throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Yakimyuk looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yakimyuk moves out of range as Marshal strikes.
Yakimyuk throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Marshal ducks under a wild hook from Yakimyuk.
Yakimyuk scores with a shot to the body.
Yakimyuk scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Yakimyuk goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Marshal misses with an uppercut.
Yakimyuk slips under a jab from Marshal.
Yakimyuk shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Yakimyuk was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshal avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Yakimyuk.
Marshal gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Yakimyuk throwing shots but Marshal is blocking nicely.
Marshal wants to get back to full guard.
Yakimyuk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yakimyuk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Yakimyuk wants to lay and pray for a moment but Marshal keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshal wants to get back to full guard.
Yakimyuk thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Marshal's head.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Yakimyuk misses with a body shot
and Marshal counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marshal swings widly with a right hand
and Yakimyuk counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Marshal keeping moving, preventing Yakimyuk from controlling successfully.
Marshal is controlling Yakimyuk's posture.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Yakimyuk's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk stays in close to Marshal's body and controls the position.
Marshal thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Yakimyuk lands a couple of decent looking shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Yakimyuk accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Marshal has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Marshal bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Roman Yakimyuk dominated that fourth 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!
Marshal goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Yakimyuk misses with a kick to the body
and Marshal cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marshal uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yakimyuk.
Marshal takes a swing at Yakimyuk's ribcage but misses.
Marshal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marshal misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yakimyuk.
Marshal misses with a double jab.
Marshal takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Yakimyuk avoids the body shot from Marshal.
Yakimyuk cracks Marshal with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yakimyuk staying out of range there.
Yakimyuk slips under a jab.
Yakimyuk bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marshal struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yakimyuk working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Yakimyuk postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Yakimyuk misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Yakimyuk working the ground and pound.
Yakimyuk working the ground and pound from side control.
Yakimyuk misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Marshal takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Yakimyuk wants to control but Marshal is keeping him busy.
Yakimyuk in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakimyuk is looking to take a break and control but Marshal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Yakimyuk throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Yakimyuk trying to control the position but Marshal is working away.
Yakimyuk working the strikes but Marshal uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Marshal trying to control from the bottom.
Marshal is looking for a sweep. Yakimyuk is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshal misses with a head kick.
Marshal misses with a low kick.
Marshal works over Yakimyuk's head and body with a nice combination.
Yakimyuk lands a glancing blow to the side of Marshal's head.
Marshal misses with an attempted mid kick.
Yakimyuk misses with a body shot.
Yakimyuk stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marshal.
Marshal digs a good body shot into Yakimyuk's ribs.
Yakimyuk blocks the body kick.
Yakimyuk dives in and grabs Marshal's left leg, looking for a takedown. Marshal pushes down on Yakimyuk's head and hops out.
Yakimyuk 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.
Yakimyuk keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marshal.
Marshal moves in looking to clinch but Yakimyuk pushes him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Yakimyuk misses.
A left lands for Yakimyuk.
Eliah Marshal has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marshal slips under a jab from Yakimyuk.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Yakimyuk shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marshal pinned against the cage. Marshal gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Marshal closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yakimyuk lands a head kick. Marshal smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Yakimyuk uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Marshal.
Good exchange - Yakimyuk coming out on top.
Marshal jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Yakimyuk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yakimyuk on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Marshal. Marshal obviously looking to wear him down.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Roman Yakimyuk.
I've got Yakimyuk 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 45:50
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 45:50
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roman Yakimyuk!
Roman Yakimyuk is the new lightweight champion!
Roman Yakimyuk decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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