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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ghoragdush Gro Kashug (ranked 24941 p4p, 4831 weight class) and Fox Marsh (ranked 714 p4p, 581 weight class). Fox Marsh will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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176
2 - 2 - 0 |
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170
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ghoragdush Gro Kashug!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Fox Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Winston Howard and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marsh throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gro Kashug counters with a nice double leg into side control. Marsh won't be happy with that.
Marsh is pushing Gro Kashug's head away, looking to escape. Gro Kashug manages to hold on to the position though.
Gro Kashug throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Gro Kashug throws a strike aimed at the side of Marsh's head but Marsh avoids it well.
Marsh defending against the ground and pound.
Marsh parries the strikes from Gro Kashug easily there. Gro Kashug is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Marsh to escape.
Marsh is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Gro Kashug 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.
Gro Kashug sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Marsh is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Gro Kashug advances to mount.
Marsh is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Marsh is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Marsh wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
Gro Kashug thowing shots but they're missing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marsh is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gro Kashug looking to finish with strikes here!
Marsh avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gro Kashug punching from mount but Marsh doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gro Kashug sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Gro Kashug throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gro Kashug thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Marsh is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Gro Kashug sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Marsh is trying to stand.
Gro Kashug misses with a head shot.
Marsh's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Gro Kashug thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Marsh wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
Marsh really wants to buck Gro Kashug off and get back to his feet.
Marsh holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Gro Kashug tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gro Kashug throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Marsh because Gro Kashug loaded up on that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gro Kashug throwing strikes here but Marsh is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Gro Kashug misses with a head shot.
Marsh wants to try and get back to his feet.
Marsh avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
Gro Kashug throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Marsh because Gro Kashug loaded up on that one.
Gro Kashug putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Marsh tries to buck Gro Kashug off but he can't manage it.
Marsh is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Gro Kashug looking to ground and pound but Marsh is blocking nicely.
Gro Kashug scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Marsh?
Marsh really wants to buck Gro Kashug off and get back to his feet.
Marsh wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
Marsh blocking the ground and pound.
Gro Kashug throws some wild stikes that Marsh manages to avoid easily.
Gro Kashug fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Gro Kashug throws some wild stikes that Marsh manages to avoid easily.
Marsh avoids a series of strikes thrown by Gro Kashug.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gro Kashug won't let Marsh get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gro Kashug punching from mount but Marsh doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Marsh's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Gro Kashug throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Marsh is trying to stand.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Gro Kashug thowing shots but they're missing.
Gro Kashug throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Gro Kashug throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Poor strikes thrown by Gro Kashug there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gro Kashug raining down shots from the mount!
Gro Kashug throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Marsh because Gro Kashug loaded up on that one.
Marsh trying desperately to get to his feet.
Gro Kashug thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Gro Kashug won't let Marsh get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Gro Kashug misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Marsh really wants to buck Gro Kashug off and get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marsh looks winded!
Poor strikes thrown by Gro Kashug there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gro Kashug landing strikes from the mount and Marsh is in trouble!
Marsh bucks up and throws Gro Kashug to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Fox Marsh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marsh swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gro Kashug decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Marsh's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gro Kashug wants to pass the guard but Marsh is keeping the position.
Marsh wants to stand up but Gro Kashug is controlling him.
Gro Kashug content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Gro Kashug throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Marsh working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Gro Kashug.
Gro Kashug postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Gro Kashug is looking to work some ground and pound but Marsh has wrist control.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gro Kashug throwing strikes but missing.
Marsh scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Marsh lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ghoragdush Gro Kashug dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Marsh scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gro Kashug is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marsh can do to turn this around?
Marsh pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gro Kashug back to the cage. Marsh follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Ghoragdush Gro Kashug has been cut.
Marsh swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gro Kashug drops down looking for a counter takedown but Marsh sprawls and moves away.
Gro Kashug finds himself stumbling back on wobbly legs after being clipped by a right hand. He's up against the cage, ducking and weaving under Marsh's strikes but an uppercut finds it's way through and Gro Kashug falls! - He's completely out of it and the ref jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Fox Marsh!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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