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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marlin Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sid Crush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sid Crush has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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201 cm
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205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marlin Ray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sid Crush!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crush scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Oooh a lovely combination from Crush sends Ray down but not out. Crush dives into side control looking to finish.
Ray is rocked!
It looks like Marlin Ray has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ray struggling a bit here.
Ray holds on tight, trying to prevent any damage.
Ray gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Ray is trying is best to control the position here.
Crush thows a huge punch but Ray dodges it nicely.
Ray gets full guard.
Crush throwing strikes from guard but Ray blocks nicely.
Ray lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ray works over Crush with some ground and pound from guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crush looking to control but Ray passes into half guard.
Crush taking some punishment here, with Ray in his half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Crush can do anything to dispel that myth.
Ray throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Crush missing with punches from the bottom.
Ray working the head and body with strikes.
Ray has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ray drops an elbow to the side of Crush's head.
Crush is trying to escape back to his feet but Ray uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Ray lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crush is working to avoid the ground and pound but Ray connects with a decent elbow.
Ray working the head and body with strikes.
Ray lands some shots froms side control.
Ray really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Ray lands an elbow.
Crush bucks up and tries to throw Ray off but instead Ray has got his back!
Ray lands shots from the back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ray is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Ray gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Ray gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Ray apologises and we restart here on the feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ray gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ray stops Crush from getting back to his feet.
Ray scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Crush is trying to stand up here but Ray is controlling him well.
Ray slips a nice elbow through Crush's hands, connecting with Crush's forehead.
Ray seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ray throwing shots but Crush is blocking nicely.
Ground and pound from Ray.
Ground and pound from Ray.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Crush on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ray lands strikes from half guard.
Crush taking some punishment here, with Ray in his half guard.
Crush is trying to escape back to his feet but Ray uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ray lands a few punches from side control.
Crush wants to get back to his feet but Ray is dominant here and he's now got Crush's back!
Crush trying to control but not successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marlin Ray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marlin Ray's cut.
That's time! Ray's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Crush lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Ray circles away quickly and effectively.
Ray seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Crush throws a head kick that misses.
Crush throws a sloppy head kick and Ray moves out of range easily.
Marlin Ray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Sloppy strikes from Crush. Those never looked like landing.
Sid Crush seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crush bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Ray wants to control but Crush postures up.
Ray manages to work his way to half guard, despite Crush's best efforts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ray controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Ray regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Crush.
Crush is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Crush got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ray has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Crush has managed to get both his arms back between Ray's legs - danger averted.
Crush must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Ray controlling the position.
Ray lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Ray content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ray loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray chips away with some ground and pound.
Ray distracts Crush with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Ray with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ray scoring with some ground and pound.
Ray is looking to work some ground and pound but Crush has wrist control.
Ray lands a couple of digs.
Crush really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ray. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ray won't allow Crush to get back to his feet.
Ray working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Crush's head.
Ray lands a couple of digs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray stands up over Crush, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Ray working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Crush doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Ray scoring with some ground and pound.
Ray connects with a couple of short punches.
Ray preventing the sweep.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Crush drives through with a takedown into guard.
Ray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crush can do to turn this around?
Crush loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ray is controlling Crush's posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Crush's guard.
Ray lands a couple of digs.
Ray lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Ray with a nice head shot there.
Ray content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Ray is working Crush over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ray makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ray lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marlin Ray dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marlin Ray's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Crush tries to close the distance and clinch but Ray swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crush scores with a one two! Ray had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Crush fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crush has Ray up against the cage in a clinch.
Ray lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ray struggles to land a body shot inside as Crush controls his hands.
Crush wants to break the clinch but can't.
Crush prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ray tries for a takedown but Crush manages to get underhooks.
Ray manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Ray seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Ray escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Crush gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Crush wants to stand and escape but instead Ray has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Ray decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Crush, up you get!
Crush fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Ray to the ground. Crush is now in Ray's guard.
Crush takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ray pulls Crush in close to prevent any damage.
Ray has a closed guard, preventing Crush from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray is pulling down on Crush's head to control his posture.
Crush trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ray controlling Crush's posture.
Ray escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Crush gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Crush working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ray holds on and takes a little breather.
Crush is looking to work some ground and pound but Ray has wrist control.
Ray has his feet on Crush's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Ray clinches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ray tightens his grip and picks Crush up, before dumping him to the ground. Crush manages to land in guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ray's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Marlin Ray overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Crush is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Ray dives into side control.
Crush trying to control but Ray flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
Crush is trying to get back to his feet but Ray has full control of the position and if anything, Crush has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Crush trying to control the hands but Ray breaks the grip.
Sid Crush has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ray scores with punches to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crush is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marlin Ray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Ray, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marlin Ray!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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