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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Battaglia (ranked 2172 p4p, 2834 weight class) and Incredible Muay Thai (ranked 305 p4p, 391 weight class). Incredible Muay Thai is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marco Battaglia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Incredible Muay Thai!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muay Thai throws a sloppy head kick and Battaglia moves out of range easily.
Battaglia connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Battaglia throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Muay Thai uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Battaglia.
Battaglia tries to land a front kick but Muay Thai steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Muay Thai throws a sloppy head kick and Battaglia moves out of range easily.
Muay Thai fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Battaglia comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muay Thai closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Battaglia did well to prevent Muay Thai getting side control.
Muay Thai sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Battaglia defending well though.
Battaglia wants to get back to full guard.
Battaglia is looking to control Muay Thai's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Battaglia avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Battaglia moves into full guard.
Battaglia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Muay Thai wants to control from the top but Battaglia keeps moving.
Battaglia had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Muay Thai defends it easily.
Muay Thai thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Muay Thai slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Battaglia has his foot on Muay Thai's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Muay Thai works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Muay Thai must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Muay Thai stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Battaglia swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Muay Thai forces his way into half guard.
Battaglia is pressing down on Muay Thai's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Battaglia working for a triangle but Muay Thai defends it easily.
Muay Thai trying to control the position from guard on top but Battaglia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Battaglia trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muay Thai trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Muay Thai wants to control from the top but Battaglia keeps moving.
Battaglia is looking for a triangle but Muay Thai pushes his legs off easily.
Battaglia has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Muay Thai can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Battaglia throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Battaglia has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Muay Thai can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia has his foot on Muay Thai's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Muay Thai works his way back into a safe position though.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Muay Thai accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Muay Thai trying to control but Battaglia is working from the bottom.
Battaglia is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Battaglia is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Muay Thai is aware though and is defending well.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Muay Thai trying to control but Battaglia is working from the bottom.
Muay Thai is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Battaglia keeping moving, preventing Muay Thai from controlling successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Battaglia dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
A head kick misses from Muay Thai.
Muay Thai throws a lazy head kick
and Battaglia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Muay Thai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Muay Thai throws a head kick that misses.
Muay Thai shoots in looking for a takedown but Battaglia manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Muay Thai's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Battaglia drops down looking for a counter takedown but Muay Thai sprawls and moves away.
Muay Thai is looking to clinch but Battaglia is avoiding it.
A head kick misses from Muay Thai.
Battaglia fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Nice sprawl there from Battaglia as Muay Thai shoots in.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muay Thai fails with the takedown.
Battaglia looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Marco Battaglia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Incredible Muay Thai.
Muay Thai misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Muay Thai throws a head kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muay Thai takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Muay Thai takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Muay Thai's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Battaglia connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Muay Thai scrambles back to his feet.
Battaglia moves out of range of the body kick.
Battaglia misses with a body kick.
Muay Thai doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Muay Thai pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Battaglia fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Muay Thai sprawls well initially but Battaglia persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Battaglia lands a nice short elbow.
Marco Battaglia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Battaglia lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Battaglia slows the pace down in half guard.
Muay Thai is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muay Thai is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Battaglia not doing much here.
Muay Thai taking some punishment here, with Battaglia in his half guard.
Battaglia wants to pass to mount but Muay Thai is defending the position.
Battaglia is thwarting Muay Thai's attempts to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Muay Thai is trying to get back to full guard.
Muay Thai has hold of Battaglia's hands but Battaglia slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Battaglia drops an elbow to the side of Muay Thai's head.
Battaglia lands with a punch from half guard.
Muay Thai is trying to get back to full guard.
Nice strikes from Battaglia there.
Battaglia drops an elbow to the side of Muay Thai's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muay Thai wants to get back to full guard but Battaglia has mounted him!
Muay Thai working to try and regain half guard.
Battaglia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Muay Thai can do to turn this around?
Battaglia tries to control but Muay Thai wriggling away.
Battaglia throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Muay Thai has his hands clasped together but Battaglia breaks the hold and Muay Thai is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Battaglia!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Marco Battaglia!
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