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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harley King (ranked 542 p4p, 309 weight class) and Ezekiel Marley (ranked 88 p4p, 51 weight class). Marley has chosen EMOTIONALLY SCARRED as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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194 cm 32 216 22 - 16 - 0 |
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194 cm 26 212 10 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ World class boxer Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler World class MT Granite chin |
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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 22 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Harley King! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ezekiel Marley! The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Richard Clark and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! King misses with a body shot.
A jab from Marley does it's job there. King throws a hook to the side of Marley's head but Marley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. King paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
It looks like Ezekiel Marley has been cut. King throws a lazy uppercut
and Marley counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Marley scores with a decent looking hook. Marley lands a glancing blow to the side of King's head. King attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Marley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Good shot there by King. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. King throws an off balance right hand
and Marley counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps King thinking. King swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marley rushes King and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. King tries to work over Marley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. King on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
King throws a head punch that misses. King lands a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Marley blocking some punches.
Marley prevents a body shot from King. King struggles to land a body shot inside as Marley controls his hands.
King tries a body shot but Marley blocks it.
King tries to work over Marley's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King. A short uppercut from Marley. Marley prevents a body shot from King. A head punch blocked on the inside by Marley. Marley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Good standup being displayed there by Marley as he connects with a hook. Marley throws a jab when King was well out of range. A nice leg kick lands there from Marley. King connects with a crisp jab. King looks to throw the jab but Marley is out of range. Marley is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own. King misses with a wild body shot. Marley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. King swings widly with a right hand
and Marley counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Marley connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
King is rocked! King gets hit by the mother of all head kicks and drops to the canvas in a crumpled heap! Woooow, the Internet is going to be talking about this one for weeks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Ezekiel Marley! In his post fight interview, Ezekiel Marley started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception. In defeat, Harley King stepped up to the mic, saying '
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
65% |
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