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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Malcolm Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jai Setright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshall comes to the cage accompanied by Tech N9ne - On The Bible. Setright has chosen The Dagger as his entrance music. Jai Setright has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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143 lbs
14 - 5 - 0 |
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185 lbs
21 - 7 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Malcolm Marshall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jai Setright!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshall uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Setright.
Marshall tries to clinch there but Setright circles away.
Marshall lands a nice looking body kick.
Setright takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Sloppy strikes from Setright. Those never looked like landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Marshall misses the target.
Setright thows a left - swing and a miss!
Setright blocks a jab.
Setright flicks out a counter leg kick but Marshall steps away.
Marshall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Setright.
Setright finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Setright throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Setright lands the left hand.
Marshall connects with a jab.
Marshall ducks under a wild hook from Setright.
A telegraphed right hand from Marshall misses the target.
Setright steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Marshall. That one must have hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Setright throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marshall throwing a counter right hand but Setright manages to avoid it.
Marshall loads up on a big right hand but Setright slips the punch.
Setright moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marshall throws a big shot that misses.
Setright throws out a leg kick but Marshall moves out of range and Setright only half commits.
Setright darts in and clinches Marshall up against the cage.
Marshall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Setright is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Setright tries to work over Marshall's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marshall scores with a shot to the side of Setright's head.
Marshall misses with a punch to the body.
Setright misses with the head strike.
Marshall presses Setright against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Setright tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marshall managing to block the knees to the body from Setright.
Marshall has Setright pressed against the cage, preventing Setright from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marshall digs a right hand underneath Setright's ribcage. Setright let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A short right from Marshall on the inside.
Setright keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marshall's efforts to push away.
Marshall scores with a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall manages to break the clinch.
Marshall with a nice cross.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marshall gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marshall throws a series of punches but Setright moves out of range.
Setright swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Setright tries to clinch up.
Setright looks to land a left hand but Marshall moved out of range nicely.
Marshall throws a looping overhand right but Setright ducks down to avoid it.
Setright moves away from the strike by Marshall.
Marshall dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Setright. That did some damage!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marshall, right into the meat.
Marshall swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Setright lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Setright misses with a double jab
and Marshall counters with a stiff right hand.
Setright scores with a nice head shot.
Marshall thows a left - swing and a miss!
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Setright! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Marshall!
Setright takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Setright throws a lazy uppercut
and Setright takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Setright slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Marshall throws the left hand but Setright avoids the punch easily.
A head kick from Marshall lands but Setright takes it in his stride.
Setright looks to land a left hand but Marshall moved out of range nicely.
Setright throws a series of punches but Marshall moves out of range.
Marshall misses with a low kick.
Setright takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Setright throws a right hand that misses
and Marshall counters with a leg kick.
Marshall scores with a push kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall tries to clinch but Setright is having none of it.
Marshall with a jab.
Setright feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marshall's calf.
Setright attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Setright takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Marshall throws the kick towards the body but Setright avoids it.
Setright darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Marshall throws out a loose jab but Setright uses good head movement to avoid it.
Setright pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marshall has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marshall tries to throw a body punch but Setright avoids it by throwing Marshall back against the cage.
Marshall managing to block the knees to the body from Setright.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Marshall misses with a body punch.
Marshall avoiding damage as Setright throws knees to the body.
Marshall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marshall avoiding damage as Setright throws knees to the body.
Marshall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marshall attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Marshall jabs at Setright's body.
Setright throws a leg kick but Marshall moved away.
Marshall throwing a counter right hand but Setright manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malcolm Marshall dominated that round.
That's time! Marshall's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Setright moves out of range of the body kick from Marshall.
Setright throws a jab but it's blocked by Marshall.
Setright misses with a looping left.
Marshall throwing a counter right hand but Setright manages to avoid it.
Marshall lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Marshall scoring well with a low kick there.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Marshall here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Setright scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Setright takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marshall takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marshall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Malcolm Marshall is winning the standup battle so far.
Marshall lands with a thumping leg kick.
Setright throws an overhand right that lands on Marshall's shoulder, as Marshall tries to avoid the shot.
Setright cracks Marshall with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Marshall swats away the attempt to clinch by Setright.
Setright scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
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!
Setright is looking to score with low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Setright swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Setright takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Setright lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Marshall has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marshall and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Setright digs a good hook to Marshall's body.
Marshall paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Setright takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab from Marshall does it's job there.
Marshall looks to throw the jab but Setright is out of range.
Marshall throws a jab when Setright was well out of range.
Marshall fails to land with a series of punches.
Setright moves out of range as Marshall strikes.
Marshall takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Setright moves out of range as Marshall strikes.
Setright misses with a hook
and Marshall counters with a three punch combo that has Setright backing up. Setright nods at Marshall to acknowledge the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshall scores with a jab to the body.
A slow jab from Marshall misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall slips a jab and a cross from Setright.
Setright's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Marshall connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Setright scrambles back to his feet.
Setright feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marshall's calf.
Marshall thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marshall closes the distance and pushes Setright back into the cage.
Setright's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Setright lands a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Setright misses with a knee strike.
A nice left hand lands by Marshall.
Marshall pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Setright takes one to the side of the head.
Marshall misses with the combination.
Setright moves out of range of the leg kick from Marshall.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Marshall lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Setright has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Setright and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Setright swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Setright throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marshall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Setright throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Setrights jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Setright throws a hook but Marshall avoids it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Setright!
Marshall scores with a leg kick.
Marshall throws a leg kick but Setright checks it.
Setright steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Setright misses with a hook. Marshall ducked under it nicely.
Marshall throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Marshall throws a shot from downtown. Setright moves away and avoids it.
Setright throws a right hand that Marshall ducks under and follows up with a left that Marshall also avoids with ease.
Marshall looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Marshall plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Marshall swats away the attempt to clinch by Setright.
Setright missing with a left hand there. Marshall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Setright swings for the body but Marshall moves out of range.
Setright punishes Marshall's body with a nice straight punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall moves in looking to clinch but Setright pushes him off.
Setright has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Marshall.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Setright looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marshall drives through and clinches with Setright against the cage.
Setright pushes off an throws an elbow but Marshall leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Setright working Marshall over with knees to the body.
Marshall lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Setright is breathing heavily.
Marshall breaks the clinch.
Marshall buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Setright throws a chopping leg kick but Marshall manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Setright loads up on a big right hand but Marshall slips the punch.
Marshall scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Setright doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Setright walks into a left hand.
Marshall swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marshall misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Malcolm Marshall dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Setright looks to score with a jab to the body but Marshall is just out of range.
Marshall scores with the left hand. Setright knows he should have avoided that one.
Setright scores with a kick to the midsection.
Marshall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A little jabbing left from Setright on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Setright slips under a jab.
The fighters circling - Setright throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marshall throws a counter high kick but Setright was just alert enough to avoid it.
Setright misses with a wild combination.
A cross from Marshall lands.
Setright walks forward, straight into a front kick from Marshall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marshall misses with an uppercut.
Marshall lands a high kick!
Setright tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marshall was well out of range. Poor timing from Setright.
Marshall connects with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Marshall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall connects with a looping right hand.
Marshall connects with a looping right hand.
Setright throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Setright lands a high kick!
Setright lands a jab-cross combination.
Setright takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
A chopping leg kick lands by Marshall.
Setright on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Setright has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Marshall.
Marshall looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A decent looking cross lands there for Marshall.
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!
Setright looks to land a combination but Marshall avoids it well.
Setright tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marshall swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marshall defending well as Setright loads up on a big left hand.
Setright tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marshall is able to avoid easily.
Setright misses with an uppercut. Marshall saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Setright paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marshall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The fighters circling - Setright throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marshall appears to be looking for a big counter.
Marshall tests Setright's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Setright is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marshall.
The fighters circling - Setright throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marshall throwing a counter right hand but Setright manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Setright, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marshall wants to clinch.
Marshall fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Setright looks to clinch
and Marshall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Setright steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Marshall.
Marshall is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Setright can do to turn this around?
Marshall throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Setright has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Marshall finds it's way round the side to connect with Setright's head.
Marshall connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Setright momentarily.
Setright is rocked!
Setright walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Setright is still on wobbly legs! Can Marshall finish him?
Marshall cracks Setright with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Setright falls to his knees and Marshall doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malcolm Marshall!
Malcolm Marshall took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'Finally a win!'.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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