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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Yonic (ranked 2844 p4p, 377 weight class) and Luiz Escobar (ranked 4690 p4p, 525 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Good takedowns
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcus Yonic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luiz Escobar!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, David Hoff and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Yonic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Escobar throws an off balance right hand
and Yonic counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Escobar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Yonic scoring with punches to the head and body.
Yonic stands up over Escobar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yonic with a nice head shot there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Escobar can do anything to dispel that myth.
Yonic prevents Escobar from getting back to his feet.
Escobar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yonic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yonic passes into half guard.
Escobar trying to control from the bottom.
Escobar is looking for a sweep. Yonic is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Yonic is taking a breather. Escobar says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Yonic lands with a punch from half guard.
Yonic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
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!
Escobar wants to get back to full guard.
Yonic is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Escobar is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcus Yonic!
During a confident post fight interview, Marcus Yonic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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