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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marcin Sokol (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Renzo Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sokol comes to the cage accompanied by DMX - X gon' give it to Ya. Marcin Sokol could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Renzo Alves 's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcin Sokol!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
31 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Renzo Alves !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sokol swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Left hook, right uppercut from Sokol.
It looks like Renzo Alves has been cut.
Sokol throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Jab, jab by Alves - just one landing.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sokol paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Alves uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sokol.
Alves throws a hook to the side of Sokol's head but Sokol sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sokol seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Alves fails to land the takedown.
Sokol throws a counter high kick but Alves was just alert enough to avoid it.
Sokol lands with a thumping leg kick.
We've been informed that Alves has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Sokol scores with a one two! Alves had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Sokol has been working on his boxing with his coaches at School Of Fighting in the buildup to the fight.
Alves is looking to clinch.
Sokol tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sokol manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Alves takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Sokol moves in looking to clinch but Alves pushes him off.
Alves tries to clinch but Sokol is having none of it.
Alves tries to clinch there but Sokol circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves clinches with his opponent.
Alves lands a body shot in the clinch.
Alves wants to get back to striking at distance but Sokol won't allow it.
Sokol throws an elbow but it misses.
Alves is trying to break free.
Sokol lands a hook that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
Sokol misses with a punch on the inside.
Alves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Sokol throws a punch but it's blocked by Alves .
Sokol lands a left hand.
Alves blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sokol lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Sokol.
Alves breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Alves shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sokol as he jumps to the side.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sokol gets a clinch.
Alves breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sokol keeps the fight on the outside.
Sokol works Alves 's body with a nice hook.
Sokol scores with a jab.
Alves takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Alves rushes Sokol and presses him up against the cage.
Alves is looking for a takedown.
Marcin Sokol has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Alves .
Alves working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sokol.
A bit of stalling here from Sokol.
Sokol throws a head punch that misses.
Sokol misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short uppercut from Sokol.
Sokol effectively controlling the action here.
Sokol throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Sokol after a bit of a struggle.
Sokol lands with a left to the head.
Alves blocks an uppercut.
Alves misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Sokol.
Alves lands a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Sokol throws an elbow but misses.
Alves manages to break the clinch.
Alves misses with a looping right.
Sokol drives through and clinches with Alves against the cage.
Alves lands a shoulder strike.
Alves swings wildly with an uppercut but Sokol uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sokol.
Sokol keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Alves 's efforts to push away.
Alves landing knees to the head.
Sokol tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Alves avoids it.
Alves lands a hook that snaps the head of Sokol backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sokol avoids the elbow strike from Alves , against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alves breaks from the clinch.
Sokol scores with the left hand. Alves knows he should have avoided that one.
Sokol on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
It looks like Marcin Sokol has been cut.
Sokol closes the distance and clinches.
Alves misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Alves .
Sokol works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Alves is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sokol lands with a short shot to the head.
Alves manages to break the clinch.
Alves throws a looping overhand right but Sokol ducks down to avoid it.
Sokol dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Alves . That did some damage!
Sokol moves out of range of the strikes.
Alves avoids the head kick by Sokol.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Sokol connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Sokol connects with an inside leg kick.
Alves doesn't manage to clinch there - Sokol circles away.
Alves throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sokol.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcin Sokol dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Alves with a lazy takedown attempt
and Sokol counters with a nice uppercut.
Sokol keeps the fight on the outside.
Sokol misses with a series of wild punches.
Alves tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sokol throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Alves looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Alves moves into the clinch successfully.
Sokol misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sokol throws a punch but it's blocked by Alves .
Sokol tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alves lands a right hand.
A shot in the inside from Sokol.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alves lands a left hand.
Sokol doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sokol is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alves can do to turn this around?
Sokol pushes off an throws an elbow but Alves leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Sokol lands a right hand that snaps the head of Alves backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Alves has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Sokol is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Alves avoiding damage.
Alves blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sokol's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Alves is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Marcin Sokol has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Renzo Alves .
Sokol trying to land knees to the body.
Alves is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Sokol swings wildly with an uppercut but Alves uses good head movement to avoid it.
Alves lands a hook that snaps the head of Sokol backwards.
Alves tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alves has a couple of punches blocked by Sokol.
Sokol trying to land knees to the body.
Sokol misses with a short punch on the inside.
Alves throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Alves is working Sokol over against the cage.
Alves wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Sokol.
Alves is trying to push Sokol away but Sokol has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sokol prevents a takedown attempt there.
A short right from Sokol.
Alves goes for a takedown attempt but Sokol pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Alves with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Sokol to score with a decent uppercut.
Alves throws the left hand but Sokol avoids the punch easily.
Alves tries to bum rush Sokol with a series of wild strikes but Sokol uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
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!
Sokol lands a jab to Alves 's midsection.
Alves keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Alves moves in looking to clinch but Sokol pushes him off.
Sokol blocks a head kick by Alves .
Sokol is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Sokol pushes Alves away with a front kick.
Sokol scores with a body shot.
Sokol scores with a nice body kick.
Alves is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves gets a clinch.
Alves looking to throw knees to the head but Sokol is blocking nicely.
Sokol keeps control of Alves as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Sokol will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Alves up against the cage.
Marcin Sokol has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Sokol scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Alves tries to throw a body punch but Sokol avoids it by throwing Alves back against the cage.
Alves blocking some punches.
Sokol blocks an uppercut.
Sokol prevents a takedown attempt there.
Alves misses with a hook from the clinch.
Alves breaks the clinch.
Sokol lands a right hook to the body.
Alves pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Alves tries to clinch up.
Sokol slips a jab and a cross from Alves .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sokol stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Alves throws a jab when Sokol was well out of range.
Alves fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sokol connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Sokol scores with a nice right hand.
Alves is rocked!
Alves misses with a straight left.
Alves is still on wobbly legs! Can Sokol finish him?
Sokol pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Alves back to the cage. Sokol follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Alves moves into the clinch.
Sokol fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Alves escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Alves moves in looking to clinch but Sokol pushes him off.
Alves moves into the clinch.
Sokol has a couple of punches blocked by Alves .
Alves seems to have recovered his senses.
Alves blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcin Sokol dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!
Sokol connects with an inside leg kick.
Sokol lands with a shot to the body.
Sokol fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Alves closes the distance and clinches up with Sokol, looking for a takedown. Alves pushes Sokol against the cage but Sokol circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Alves connects with a jab.
Sokol scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Alves tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sokol paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Sokol. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sokol.
Alves might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Nice defenses there by Alves .
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sokol, right into the meat.
Sokol lands with an uppercut that bounces Alves off the cage and back into range.
Alves throws a big shot that misses.
Alves throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sokol's waist but Sokol gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Alves off to one side.
Sokol misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sokol 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 Alves has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Alves and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Sokol tries to clinch there but Alves circles away.
Sokol lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves misses with a looping right.
Sokol thuds his shin into the meat of Alves 's side.
Alves misses with a hook
and Sokol counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Alves takes a jab right on the kisser.
Sokol looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A left lands for Sokol.
Alves darts in trying to clinch
and Sokol counters with a straight right hand.
Alves scores with a nice strike.
Alves takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Alves tries to move into range but Sokol moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Sokol tries to score with a low kick but Alves moves his leg out of the way.
Alves tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Sokol uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Alves .
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sokol connects with an inside leg kick.
A punch combination from Alves misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Alves has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A decent looking cross lands there for Sokol.
Alves wants to clinch but Sokol slips to the side
and Sokol counters with a low kick, right behind Alves 's knee.
Sokol uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Alves staying out of range there.
Sokol cracks Alves on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Alves falls backwards against the cage. Sokol follows up with more strikes that drop Alves to his knees. Sokol keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Alves ! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcin Sokol!
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