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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rocco Marciano (ranked 332 p4p, 11 weight class) and Keith Bishop (ranked 877 p4p, 35 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Marciano might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Marciano is a stone cold pimp out there. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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261 lbs
12 - 3 - 3 |
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200 cm
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250 lbs
15 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 3 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rocco Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Keith Bishop!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano lands with a nice body kick.
Marciano takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Bishop missing with a left hand there. Marciano was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marciano throws a hook to the side of Bishop's head but Bishop sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marciano throws a sloppy head kick and Bishop moves out of range easily.
Bishop rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marciano counters with a slapping leg kick.
A low kick from Marciano misses
and Bishop counters with an inside leg kick.
Marciano connects with a crisp jab.
It looks like Keith Bishop has been cut.
Bishop throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marciano counters with a leg kick.
Marciano gets tackled into the ropes by Bishop. Bishop maintains the clinch.
Marciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marciano lands a body punch.
Bishop looks winded!
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Bishop controls his hands.
Marciano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Bishop.
Marciano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marciano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bishop's hands.
Bishop moves forwards but Marciano connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Bishop throws a jab but it's blocked by Marciano.
Bishop takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano lands a jab to the nose.
That has opened up Keith Bishop's cut even more.
Bishop misses with a body kick.
Marciano has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Convicted Fight Club in the buildup to the fight.
Marciano throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bishop is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Marciano with a body shot.
Marciano scores with a jab to the body.
Marciano throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bishop moves out of range as Marciano throws a body kick.
Marciano throws the kick towards the body but Bishop avoids it.
Marciano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bishop steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Marciano. That one must have hurt.
Bishop attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Marciano lands with a right hand.
Marciano throws a shot from downtown. Bishop moves away and avoids it.
Marciano tries to land a body kick
and Bishop moves into the clinch.
Bishop throws a head punch that misses.
Bishop tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bishop struggles to land a body shot inside as Marciano controls his hands.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The cut above Keith Bishop's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bishop.
Marciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marciano struggles to land a body shot inside as Bishop controls his hands.
Marciano tries a body shot but Bishop blocks it.
Bishop throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.
A short uppercut from Bishop.
Bishop tries to work over Marciano's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marciano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from Bishop.
Bishop struggles to land a body shot inside as Marciano controls his hands.
Marciano misses with some punches.
Bishop lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bishop has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Marciano seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Bishop can turn it around.
Bishop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Marciano fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Marciano.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bishop.
Marciano lands an uppercut.
Bishop working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Marciano.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.
Bishop misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marciano lands a shot to the body.
Marciano has a couple of punches blocked by Bishop.
Marciano lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Marciano scores with a nice short uppercut.
Bishop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marciano blocks a body shot from Bishop.
Marciano misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Marciano.
Marciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marciano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bishop doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bishop blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marciano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marciano misses with an uppercut. Bishop saw that one coming.
Marciano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Bishop's hands.
Keith Bishop's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Marciano pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bishop is out of range and Marciano settles back down.
Marciano throws a body kick that misses.
Bishop misses with a body shot.
Marciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bishop.
Marciano is looking to score with low kicks.
Marciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Bishop throws an off balance right hand
and Marciano counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bishop's knee momentarily.
Bishop throws a lazy right hand but Marciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body kick there by Bishop.
Marciano goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Bishop takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Keith Bishop's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rocco Marciano!
A very excited looking Rocco Marciano made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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