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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Motts (ranked 6685 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anthony Romeo (ranked 693 p4p, 89 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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205 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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184 cm
26
214 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marcus Motts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Anthony Romeo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Santiago Holmes and Dirk Anderson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Romeo throws a body shot but no joy.
Romeo throws a series of punches but Motts avoids them all with ease.
Motts tries to counter with a takedown but Romeo is quick to defend against it.
Romeo misses with a straight right.
Motts closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Romeo to the mat! Romeo manages to get full guard.
Romeo keeping moving, preventing Motts from controlling successfully.
Romeo has control of Motts's left arm, preventing Motts from doing any damage.
Motts pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Romeo is keeping the position for now.
Romeo is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Motts passes Romeo's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Motts tries to pass the half guard into mount. Romeo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Motts is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Romeo sees it coming and defends easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romeo pushes Motts off looking to stand but Motts dives back in and keeps control.
Motts takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Motts is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Romeo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Motts.
Romeo trying to control here.
Romeo felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Motts is looking to take a break and control but Romeo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Romeo makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Motts ducks under a wild hook from Romeo.
Romeo fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Motts changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Romeo lands with a nice body punch.
A decent looking cross lands there for Romeo.
It looks like Marcus Motts has been cut.
Romeo looks to throw the jab but Motts is out of range.
A quick step to the side and Motts tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Romeo throws a hook to the side of Motts's head but Motts sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Romeo lands a lovely overhand right.
Romeo pounces like a tiger and cracks Motts with a vicious hook! Motts is down but not out! Romeo follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Anthony Romeo!
An out of breath Anthony Romeo thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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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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