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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Battaglia (ranked 1711 p4p, 2378 weight class) and Yuxiang Wu (ranked 262 p4p, 335 weight class). Marco Battaglia has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Great low kicks
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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 6 - 7 - 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 7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Yuxiang Wu!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wu stuffs the takedown attempt from Battaglia. Battaglia gets slowly back to his feet.
Battaglia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Wu looking for submissions off his back.
Wu is looking to improve his position.
Wu gets back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Battaglia.
Wu has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Wu working for a triangle but Battaglia defends it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu is looking for a triangle but Battaglia pushes his legs off easily.
Battaglia trying to control but Wu is working from the bottom.
Battaglia wants to get up but he can't break Wu's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Wu is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wu looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wu is trying to control the position but Battaglia postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Wu is looking for a triangle but Battaglia pushes his legs off easily.
Wu looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wu keeping full guard, as Battaglia tries to pass.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Battaglia slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Battaglia.
Wu drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Battaglia defends it well.
Battaglia scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wu won't allow Battaglia to pass to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wu is trying to control but Battaglia manages to pass to mount!
Wu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Wu is wriggling around trying to escape.
Battaglia avoids the attempt from Wu to control.
Battaglia prevents Wu from getting the reversal.
Battaglia pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Battaglia can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Wu is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Wu is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Wu wants to control but Battaglia is having none of it.
Wu is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Battaglia is staying active.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wu is looking to get to half guard.
Battaglia controlling the pace for now.
Wu tries to reverse the position but Battaglia maintains control.
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.
Battaglia goes for a double leg but Wu avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Wu continues to drive forward.
Battaglia drags the fight down to the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Battaglia wants to stand but Wu is controlling the position.
Wu passes Battaglia's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Wu wants to free his trapped foot but Battaglia is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Battaglia regains full guard. Nicely done.
Wu takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Wu in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battaglia is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Wu looking to pass the guard.
Battaglia managing to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Battaglia working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Wu doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Wu manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Battaglia holds on and takes a little breather.
Wu trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wu wants to control from the top but Battaglia keeps moving.
Battaglia is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Wu pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Battaglia is keeping the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Battaglia is trying to keep Wu in close.
Wu wants to control from the top but Battaglia keeps moving.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Battaglia enables Wu to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Battaglia manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Wu passes Battaglia's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Wu sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Battaglia defending well though.
Battaglia kicks Wu off and gets back to his feet.
Wu defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Battaglia.
Battaglia scores with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wu takes a kick to the side of the head.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Wu enables Battaglia to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Wu manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Battaglia stopping the sweep attempt from Wu.
Wu looking for subs off his back but Battaglia has passed one foot through into half guard.
Wu is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Battaglia pulls his head out easily.
Wu looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Marco Battaglia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia prevents Wu from improving his position.
Wu actively working from the bottom here.
Wu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Battaglia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wu can do to turn this around?
Wu actively working from the bottom here.
Wu trying to control here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Battaglia is figuring out what he wants to do next.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wu manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Battaglia dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Battaglia tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Battaglia shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Wu counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wu is looking for a kimura but Battaglia is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wu to get the leverage.
Wu wants to lay and pray for a moment but Battaglia keeps working.
Battaglia won't allow Wu to pass to mount.
Wu is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Battaglia sees it coming and defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Battaglia is controlling Wu's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Wu is keen to just control but Battaglia is a slippery customer.
Wu keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wu is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Wu wants to work for an arm triangle but Battaglia is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Wu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Wu is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Battaglia looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Wu wants to free his trapped foot but Battaglia is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Wu seems to be working for a kimura but Battaglia defends the submission attempt.
Yuxiang Wu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Wu is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Wu is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Battaglia keeping hold of Wu's head, controlling as best he can.
Wu is looking for a kimura but Battaglia is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Wu to get the leverage.
Battaglia manages to get to full guard.
Battaglia pulls Wu in close to prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Battaglia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Battaglia slows the pace down in half guard.
Wu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Battaglia perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wu tries to get to full guard but Battaglia has control of the leg.
Wu is still trying to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wu looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Battaglia pushes past his half guard into mount!
Wu working to try and regain half guard.
Wu in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Battaglia tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Wu is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Battaglia working Wu over with strikes here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wu manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Wu actively working from the bottom here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marco Battaglia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Battaglia has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight for Marco Battaglia!
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight for Marco Battaglia!
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight for Marco Battaglia!
Marco Battaglia wins by unanimous decision!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Marco Battaglia made sure he mentioned Conviction, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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