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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Solis (ranked 2722 p4p, 328 weight class) and Bayden Wood (ranked 3299 p4p, 375 weight class). Bayden Wood has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marco Solis's chin.
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185 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
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186 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Marco Solis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bayden Wood!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Vladimir Khabensky and Aleksandr Martynov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Solis.
Solis takes one on the button.
Wood with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wood drives through and clinches with Solis against the cage.
Solis has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Wood with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Solis jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Wood walks away with a smile on his face. Solis gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Solis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Solis is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Wood's half guard.
Solis is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wood is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Solis working the head and body with strikes.
Wood has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Solis escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Solis!
Solis has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Solis lands an elbow.
Solis will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solis in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wood is pushing Solis's head away, looking to escape. Solis manages to hold on to the position though.
Solis lands a nice forearm strike.
Wood is letting Solis control him for a moment.
Solis working the head with strikes.
Solis landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Solis controlling the position.
You can see the frustration on Wood's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Solis trying to control the action but Wood is working from the bottom.
Solis tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Solis has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood taking a bit of punishment here - Solis scoring with strikes.
Solis wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wood keeps working.
Wood is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Wood gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
A nice elbow there by Solis.
Solis working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wood takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Solis prevents Wood from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood is in a horrible position here. Solis smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Solis is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Wood can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Solis working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wood bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Solis looking to hit a scissor sweep but Wood is one step ahead there.
Solis thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Solis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Wood manages to get himself to full guard.
Solis passes Wood's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Solis trying to control the action but Wood is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solis prevents Wood from improving his position.
Solis is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Wood has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Iron mikes mma. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Solis working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Wood is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Solis jumps into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood struggling a bit here.
Solis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Wood struggling a bit here.
Solis lands a nice forearm strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Solis dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Solis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Wood misses with the combination.
It looked like Solis wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A swing and a miss from Wood.
Solis changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Solis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Wood jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Solis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wood can do to turn this around?
Solis gets the takedown into side control.
Solis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Solis controls the position.
Solis lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Solis scores with punches from side control.
Solis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Solis working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solis is putting a hurting on Wood here, landing some big shots from side control.
Solis thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wood is trying to improve his position.
Solis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Wood has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wood is looking to regain half guard here but Solis keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Solis thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Wood tries to improve position but can't.
Solis scoring with punches and elbows.
Wood tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Solis wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Solis scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Wood to see if he's OK.
Marco Solis overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Solis is looking to take a break and control but Wood is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wood taking a bit of punishment here - Solis scoring with strikes.
You can see the frustration on Wood's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Solis is looking to take a break and control but Wood is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solis looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Wood can't do much from the bottom here.
Solis cracks Wood with a big right hand but Wood just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wood trying to control but Solis flips him over like a cheap hooker and has his back!
You can see the frustration on Wood's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Solis is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Wood defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Solis working for a choke but Wood is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solis lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Wood hold on?!
Solis is working for the choke. I would put my money on him to finish from this position. He's rolled onto his back and has dragged Wood with him. Wood is trying to defend but Solis has an arm under the chin now! Wood grimaces and is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Marco Solis!
Marco Solis spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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