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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Van Pol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Marciano might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wu-Tang - . Rocky Marciano is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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157 lbs
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165 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
44 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rocky Marciano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Van Pol!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, Hugh Johnson and Darius Henderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Pol. Marciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marciano half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Marciano throws a jab when Pol was well out of range.
Marciano steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pol. That one must have hurt.
Marciano throws a hook to the side of Pol's head but Pol sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marciano seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Pol throws out a powerful jab.
Van Pol seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pol dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marciano. That did some damage!
Marciano moves out of range of the body kick.
Marciano takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Pol will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Marciano throws a hook but Pol blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marciano has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pol finds it's way round the side to connect with Marciano's head.
Marciano has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marciano there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pol throws a lazy head kick
so Marciano counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciano pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pol is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Pol keeping moving, preventing Marciano from controlling successfully.
Marciano tries to free his leg and advance position but Pol is retaining full guard.
Marciano seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Marciano throws a big elbow that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marciano throws a strike but Pol rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Marciano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Pol won't allow Marciano to sweep him here.
Marciano working a defensive guard here.
Marciano 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.
Pol tries to stand but Marciano is controlling from the bottom.
Pol postures up.
Pol trying to stand up but can't free himself from Marciano's guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Pol lands with a cross.
Marciano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Pol moves in looking to clinch but Marciano pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pol looks to land a body kick but Marciano moved away.
Marciano tries to counter with a takedown but Pol is quick to defend against it.
Marciano fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Pol takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pol moves in looking to clinch but Marciano pushes him off.
Marciano lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marciano cracks a nice hook into Pol's ribs.
Pol takes a swing at Marciano's ribcage but misses.
Pol closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marciano lands with a light punch inside.
Pol lands a left hand.
Pol is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Marciano breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pol tries to close the distance and clinch but Marciano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marciano lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Van Pol is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marciano paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marciano ducks under a wild hook from Pol.
Pol moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Pol misses with a straight left.
Pol lands the left hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Pol misses the target.
Marciano half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Marciano tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pol was well out of range. Poor timing from Marciano.
Pol motions for Marciano to come forward. Pol throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pol moves in looking to clinch but Marciano pushes him off.
Pol throws a lazy uppercut
and Marciano counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Marciano.
Pol lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Marciano 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Rocky Marciano will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Pol throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Pol seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pol throws an overhand right that lands on Marciano's shoulder, as Marciano tries to avoid the shot.
Pol swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Pol tries to clinch up but Marciano circles away and keeps his distance.
Pol lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
A jab from Marciano misses.
Pol scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marciano throws a hook to the side of Pol's head but Pol sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Pol connects with the punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pol takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pol throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pol.
Marciano takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pol tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Pol.
Marciano misses with an uppercut. Pol saw that one coming.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pol. Marciano shrugs it off though.
Marciano throws a jab when Pol was well out of range.
Pol shapes to counter with a head kick.
Pol fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Marciano on the side of the head.
Pol ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marciano on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Pol. Pol obviously looking to wear him down.
Pol is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marciano.
A head kick misses from Pol.
Pol tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marciano looking to score a takedown here. Pol is defending well but Marciano drives through and ends up in Pol's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pol keeping moving, preventing Marciano from controlling successfully.
Marciano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pol swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano wants to control from the top but Pol keeps moving.
Pol looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marciano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pol swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Pol is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marciano chips away with some ground and pound.
Marciano passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Pol sees it coming and defends easily.
Marciano throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pol keeping control of the position.
Marciano looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Marciano is thwarting Pol's attempts to control the position.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Pol is staying active underneath Marciano, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
A big right from Marciano misses.
Marciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marciano dives in and grabs Pol's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pol pushes down on Marciano's head and hops out.
Pol misses with a kick to the body.
Pol with a hook.
Pol misses with a head kick.
Pol on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Marciano. Marciano obviously looking to wear him down.
Marciano shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pol as he avoids it easily.
Pol misses with a head kick.
Marciano takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pol.
Pol displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marciano throws out the jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Van Pol showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Marciano's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Marciano scores with a leg kick.
Pol pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marciano half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Pol throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Marciano counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Marciano is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pol is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Marciano lands strikes from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pol desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Pol slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Pol throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Marciano drops back, looking for a kneebar! Pol looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Pol looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Pol!
Pol decides to stand back up. Pol steps back and let's Marciano get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pol.
Pol on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pol scores with a push kick.
Pol swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Pol waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Marciano.
Pol smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pol looks to throw the jab but Marciano is out of range.
Marciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice uppercut there from Marciano.
Marciano connects with a looping right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pol looks for the body kick but Marciano saw that one coming.
Marciano feinted with a counter takedown.
Marciano throws a chopping leg kick but Pol manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Pol! But no joy.
Marciano with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano dives in and scores a takedown into Pol's guard.
Marciano looking to sit in guard and control but Pol gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Marciano is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Pol looking to pass the guard.
Pol looking to sit in guard and control but Marciano gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pol utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano trying to control the position from guard on top but Pol is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Pol is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Pol avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rocky Marciano overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Marciano with a flurry of punches that miss.
Pol preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pol is trying to control the position but Marciano postures up.
Marciano wants to control from the top but Pol keeps moving.
Pol trying to keep a closed guard but Marciano is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Marciano clearly takes that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Marciano throws the left hand but Pol avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Pol misses.
Pol throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Marciano's head.
Marciano moves out of range as Pol throws a body kick.
Marciano jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big left from Pol misses.
Pol throws a jab but it's blocked by Marciano.
Pol shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A big right from Marciano misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pol rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pol ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.
Marciano checks the leg kick nicely there.
Marciano keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano throws a low kick but Pol moves out of range easily.
Pol takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Pol takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Pol lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Pol misses with an uppercut.
Pol tries to close the distance and clinch but Marciano swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pol tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marciano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marciano attempts a counter takedown but Pol avoids it well and moves away.
Pol moves away from the strike by Marciano.
Marciano lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Marciano is looking to slow Pol down with leg kicks.
A big right from Marciano misses.
A good leg kick by Pol.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pol misses the shot to the body.
Marciano blocks the body kick.
Pol throws a push kick but Marciano slaps the foot to one side.
Pol misses with a body kick.
Pol throws a head kick that misses.
Marciano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pol throws out the jab.
Pol tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marciano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pol's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pol tries to land a front kick but Marciano steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Pol tries a head kick but it misses.
Pol tries to work over Marciano's front leg with a kick but Marciano checks it.
Pol swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marciano avoids the body shot from Pol.
Marciano takes a swing at Pol's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Pol at a distance.
Pol throws a leg kick but Marciano sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Marciano attempts a counter takedown but Pol avoids it well and moves away.
A jab from Pol misses.
Pol misses with a body kick.
Pol slaps away a takedown attempt from Marciano, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Pol misses with a looping right.
Marciano staying out of range there.
Marciano scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pol throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marciano.
Pol lands a nice looking body kick.
Pol throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pol misses with the combination.
Pol misses with an uppercut.
Marciano slips a straight right by Pol.
Marciano appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Pol goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Marciano changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Marciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pol throws a push kick but Marciano slaps the foot to one side.
Marciano has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pol.
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!
Marciano cracks Pol with an open hand slap.
Pol throws a wild body kick that Marciano sees coming a mile off.
A swing and a miss from Pol.
Pol takes a shot to the body in his stride.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Van Pol dominated that fourth round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Pol uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marciano.
Pol rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marciano counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pol won't be happy with that.
Marciano throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Marciano creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Pol sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Marciano thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
You can see the frustration on Pol's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marciano throws an elbow but Pol slips to the side and avoids it well.
Marciano working the ground and pound but Pol is defending the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Pol is looking to regain half guard here but Marciano keeps moving and retains side control.
Marciano working the ground and pound from side control.
Pol manages to work his way to half guard, despite Marciano's best efforts.
Pol is trying to get back to full guard.
Marciano is trying to control. Pol wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pol is trying to stand up here but Marciano is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Pol keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
A slow jab from Pol misses its intended target.
Pol on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Marciano. Marciano obviously looking to wear him down.
Marciano avoids the head kick by Pol.
Marciano attempts a counter takedown but Pol avoids it well and moves away.
Pol scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Marciano checks a leg kick.
Pol misses with a hook. Marciano ducked under it nicely.
A big left from Marciano misses.
Marciano takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Pol misses with a hook. Marciano ducked under it nicely.
Marciano motions for Pol to come forward. Marciano throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Pol was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Pol scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Marciano.
Marciano steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Pol. That one must have hurt.
Pol scores with a head kick. Marciano tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Pol tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marciano paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pol tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marciano bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pol.
Marciano bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Pol's head.
Pol swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marciano decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pol's guard.
Marciano stays in close to Pol's body and controls the position.
Marciano stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Pol swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pol is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Marciano is controlling him.
Marciano controlling from the top position.
Pol bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Marciano's guard.
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!
Marciano trying to keep a closed guard but Pol is proving a slippery customer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Marciano showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marciano 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 48:48
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 48:47
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Rocky Marciano!
Rocky Marciano retains his lightweight title!
A less than humble Rocky Marciano misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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hype
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