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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joost Van Buren (ranked 301 p4p, 51 weight class) and Jean-Claude Marceau (ranked 51 p4p, 8 weight class). Marceau has chosen Feist - Tout Doucement as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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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 34 - 19 - 1, fighting out of New York, Joost Van Buren!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 17 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean-Claude Marceau!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Buren displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Marceau throws out the jab.
It appears Van Buren was looking to counter with a kick there.
Van Buren closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A right hand to the body from Marceau.
Van Buren is looking to control Marceau's arms but Marceau gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Buren has his back to the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marceau.
Marceau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Buren can't find room to land a body shot as Marceau controls the action.
Van Buren breaks the clinch.
Marceau explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Marceau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Buren.
Marceau looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Van Buren takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A decent looking cross lands there for Van Buren.
Marceau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Buren.
Van Buren avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Buren throws a jab when Marceau was well out of range.
Van Buren clobbers Marceau with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Marceau takes the fight into the clinch.
Marceau tries to throw a body punch but Van Buren avoids it by throwing Marceau back against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Van Buren has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Marceau has a couple of punches blocked by Van Buren.
Van Buren swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Buren wants to break free but Marceau has control.
Marceau tries to work over Van Buren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Buren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marceau working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Marceau fails to land.
Van Buren breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Buren ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marceau moves away.
Van Buren misses with a low kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Marceau misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marceau moves into the clinch successfully.
Marceau misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marceau.
Marceau scores with a nice hook to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marceau can't find room to land a body shot as Van Buren controls the action.
Marceau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Buren's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Buren with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marceau goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Van Buren changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Marceau scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Van Buren doesn't seem bothered though.
Van Buren closes the distance and clinches.
Van Buren tries to stall but Marceau uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Van Buren.
Van Buren misses with a knee strike.
Van Buren's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Buren throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Buren misses with a looping right.
Van Buren throws a head kick but Marceau moves out of range.
Van Buren throws a hook but Marceau blocks it.
Van Buren misses with an uppercut.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marceau can't find room to land a body shot as Van Buren controls the action.
Van Buren blocking some punches.
Marceau's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marceau.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Marceau.
Van Buren blocks a body shot from Marceau.
Marceau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marceau misses with some punches.
Van Buren struggles to land a body shot inside as Marceau controls his hands.
Van Buren working aggressively here.
Marceau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Van Buren blocks a body shot from Marceau.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marceau blocks a body shot from Van Buren.
Van Buren has a couple of punches blocked by Marceau.
Marceau cracks Van Buren with a nice body shot.
Van Buren swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Buren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Buren throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Marceau is leaning against Van Buren and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Van Buren is breathing heavily.
Van Buren lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Van Buren is trying to break the clinch but Marceau has him pressed against the cage.
Marceau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marceau misses with a right hand
and Van Buren counters with a right hand to the body.
Van Buren attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jean-Claude Marceau will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Van Buren misses the shot to the body.
Marceau throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Van Buren counters with a nice uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Marceau 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Van Buren clinches with his opponent.
Van Buren misses with a hook to the ribs.
Van Buren has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Van Buren lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Marceau backwards.
Van Buren lands a shoulder strike.
Marceau throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Van Burens head.
A knee to the head by Van Buren.
It looks like Jean-Claude Marceau has been cut.
Van Buren misses with the head strike.
Marceau struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Buren controls his hands.
Marceau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marceau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Buren is struggling to control the position.
Marceau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marceau misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marceau tries to work over Van Buren's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short right from Marceau.
A right hook to the body lands for Van Buren.
Van Buren misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Marceau.
Marceau lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marceau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Van Buren misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Van Buren throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marceau's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Van Buren closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Van Buren lands with a short shot to the head.
Marceau scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marceau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Van Buren tries to throw a body punch but Marceau avoids it by throwing Van Buren back against the cage.
Marceau has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Van Buren seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Marceau can turn it around.
Van Buren tries to land a knee to the head but Marceau blocks with his arms.
Marceau blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marceau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Van Buren swings wildly with an uppercut but Marceau uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Buren breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Van Buren tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
It seemed like Marceau was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Crunch! Van Buren slams his shin into Marceau's torso.
Van Buren looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marceau lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Van Buren misses with a straight right.
Van Buren throws an overhand right that lands on Marceau's shoulder, as Marceau tries to avoid the shot.
Van Buren throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Buren misses with an attempted mid kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Marceau misses.
Marceau swinging wildly here.
Van Buren is looking to counter the offense by Marceau and move into the clinch.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marceau thuds a left hand into Van Buren's body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marceau drives through and clinches with Van Buren against the cage.
Marceau lands a left hand.
Marceau misses with the head strike.
Marceau misses with a punch to the body.
Marceau works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Van Buren misses with a body punch.
Marceau tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Buren blocks a body shot from Marceau.
Van Buren misses with a punch to the body.
Van Buren prevents a body shot from Marceau.
Marceau swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Buren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Buren blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marceau pushes Van Buren back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Van Buren swings wildly with an uppercut but Marceau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marceau can't find room to land a body shot as Van Buren controls the action.
Marceau cracks Van Buren with a nice body shot.
Marceau struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Buren controls his hands.
Van Buren misses with the head strike.
Van Buren tries to break free but Marceau pushes him back against the cage.
Marceau can't find room to land a body shot as Van Buren controls the action.
Marceau scores with a shot to the side of Van Buren's head.
Marceau lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Van Buren pushes off an throws an elbow but Marceau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Marceau lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Jean-Claude Marceau seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Marceau softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Van Buren prevents a body shot from Marceau.
Marceau lands a right hand.
Marceau swings wildly with an uppercut but Van Buren uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marceau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marceau misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jean-Claude Marceau will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jean-Claude Marceau's cut.
That's time! Van Buren's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Marceau scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marceau scores with a jab to the jaw.
Van Buren moves out of range as Marceau strikes.
Van Buren moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Van Buren avoids a kick to the body.
Van Buren walks into a stiff left hand from Marceau.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Buren jabs Marceau to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Van Buren lands a nice shot to the body.
Van Buren clobbers Marceau with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marceau ducks under a wild hook from Van Buren.
Marceau avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Van Buren comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Marceau moves out of range of the body kick.
It seemed like Marceau was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marceau dips to his left and cracks Van Buren with an uppercut!
Van Buren throws the left hand but Marceau avoids the punch easily.
Marceau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Buren.
Marceau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Buren works Marceau's body with a nice hook.
Joost Van Buren has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marceau uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Buren.
Marceau throws a shot from downtown. Van Buren moves away and avoids it.
Marceau tries a head kick but it misses.
Marceau avoids the body shot from Van Buren.
A big left from Van Buren misses.
Marceau moves out of range as Van Buren strikes.
Van Buren misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marceau.
Marceau ducks under a wild hook from Van Buren.
Marceau now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Jean-Claude Marceau is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Buren misses with a straight left.
Marceau throws a jab but it's blocked by Van Buren.
Marceau swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Van Buren.
Marceau fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marceau gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Van Buren tries to work over Marceau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Van Buren taking a breather.
Marceau lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Van Buren backwards.
A shot in the inside from Van Buren.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marceau.
Van Buren tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Van Buren misses with a punch on the inside.
Marceau struggles to land a body shot inside as Van Buren controls his hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marceau swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Van Buren lands a nice elbow.
Marceau breaks from the clinch.
Van Buren tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marceau was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Buren.
Marceau now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Van Buren throws a predictable looking body shot
and Marceau counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marceau bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Decent striking displayed by Marceau there.
Marceau avoids the body shot from Van Buren.
Marceau throws a counter combo.
Van Buren misses with a body kick.
A nice side step and Marceau releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Van Buren misses with a straight left.
Marceau looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Van Buren misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Marceau counters with a nice body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Jean-Claude Marceau.
I've got Marceau winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yasuomi Hirokawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Jean-Claude Marceau!
After winning the bout, Jean-Claude Marceau thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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