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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Maestre (ranked 573 p4p, 1068 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 18 p4p, 29 weight class). I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luis Maestre!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Stone tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Maestre paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Maestre ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Maestre throws the left hand but St Stone avoids the punch easily.
A punch combination from Maestre misses.
The fighters circling - Maestre throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
St Stone closes the distance looking to clinch
and Maestre counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Maestre looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Maestre lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as St Stone backs up against the cage.
It looks like Marcus St Stone has been cut.
Maestre scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Maestre looks to land a combination but St Stone avoids it well.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Maestre circles away.
Maestre throws a right hand that St Stone ducks under and follows up with a left that St Stone also avoids with ease.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
St Stone fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Maestre manages to break the clinch.
Maestre misses with a few strikes there.
St Stone closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maestre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Maestre tries to throw a body punch but St Stone avoids it by throwing Maestre back against the cage.
Maestre scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Maestre has had enough of the clinch but St Stone keeps him there for the moment.
St Stone missing with knees to the body.
St Stone tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Maestre.
Maestre breaks the clinch.
Marcus St Stone seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Maestre connects with a single shot there.
St Stone moves into the clinch.
St Stone holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Maestre.
St Stone lands a damaging elbow.
Maestre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Maestre avoids the elbow strike from St Stone, against the cage.
Maestre misses with a punch to the body.
St Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
St Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Stone blocks a body shot from Maestre.
St Stone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
It looks like Luis Maestre has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Maestre can't find room to land a body shot as St Stone controls the action.
Maestre wants to break the clinch but can't.
St Stone misses with a hook to the ribs.
St Stone blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Maestre fails to land.
Maestre tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
St Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Maestre is trying to push St Stone away but St Stone has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Maestre lands a left hand.
Maestre prevents a body shot from St Stone.
St Stone lands an elbow that stopped Maestre in his tracks for a moment.
Maestre working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Maestre managing to block the knees to the body from St Stone.
St Stone looking to slow down the pace here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Stone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Maestre's brow.
Maestre struggles to land a body shot inside as St Stone controls his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maestre wants to break free but St Stone has control.
Maestre escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Maestre circles away.
St Stone tries to clinch
and St Stone takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
St Stone doesn't manage to clinch there - Maestre circles away.
Maestre circles away from the clinch attempt.
Maestre rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but St Stone moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
St Stone gets a clinch.
Maestre takes a knee to the side of the body.
St Stone blocking some punches.
St Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Stone.
Maestre avoids the elbow strike from St Stone, against the cage.
St Stone tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
St Stone creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
St Stone misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Maestre.
A head punch on the inside from Maestre fails to land.
St Stone misses with an elbow strike.
St Stone slows down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Stone trying to stall but Maestre improves his position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Stone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Maestre's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Maestre throws a punch but it's blocked by St Stone.
St Stone trying to stall but Maestre improves his position.
Maestre gets through St Stone's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That has opened up Marcus St Stone's cut even more.
We've been informed that St Stone has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Maestre lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Maestre pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
St Stone tries to clinch but Maestre moves out of range.
Maestre misses the shot to the body.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Maestre circles away.
It looked like Maestre was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
St Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
St Stone avoids a punch combination nicely.
St Stone walks into a jab.
St Stone gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Maestre gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luis Maestre!
In his post fight interview, Luis Maestre gave a big smile as he said 'UPSET OF THE FUCKING YEAR BABY'.
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hype
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