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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bald Martin (ranked 2550 p4p, 3074 weight class) and Malcolm King (ranked 334 p4p, 384 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Martin might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to I�m Bald And I Know It . The crowd seem to be enjoying King's choice of entrance music: YoungBoy Never Broke Again – White Teeth. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Malcolm King enters the cage!
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World class boxer
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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 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Bald Martin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Malcolm King!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
King has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Martin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
King throws a head kick but Martin moves out of range.
Martin takes the fight into the clinch.
Martin blocks a body shot from King.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
A short left from Martin.
Martin is pushing King up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Martin working aggressively here.
King with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Martin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
King working Martin over with knees to the body.
Martin's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Martin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martin avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A left hand lands to the body for King.
King struggles to land a body shot inside as Martin controls his hands.
Martin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hand to the body from King.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
Martin digs a right hand underneath King's ribcage. King let out a lung full of air as it connected.
King misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Martin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
A body shot lands from Martin.
King working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, King just misses with a elbow thrown towards Martin's brow.
Martin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Martin taking a breather.
Martin gets through King's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Martin lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin lands with a short head shot on the inside.
King scores with a shot to the side of Martin's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
King trying to land knees to the body.
Martin blocking some punches.
King trying to land knees to the body.
Martin avoids a wild elbow strike from King.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Martin.
King tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Martin tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin tries to throw a body punch but King avoids it by throwing Martin back against the cage.
Martin is working King over against the cage.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Martin blocks the elbow strike.
Martin misses with a hook from the clinch.
King pushes off an throws an elbow but Martin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
King tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
Martin blocks a body shot from King.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Martin blocks with his arms.
Martin misses with the head strike.
King looks to throw an elbow but misses.
King misses with a body punch.
Martin working aggressively here.
King misses with the head strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
King tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Martin working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Martin is trying to stall.
Martin is leaning against King and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Martin blocks an elbow strike from King.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
King tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Martin avoids it.
Martin tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Martin.
Martin dodges an elbow strike from King.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin is struggling to control the position.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
King misses with the head strike.
Martin scores with a shoulder strike.
A short left from Martin.
Martin pushes King back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
King lands an uppercut.
Martin misses with the head strike.
King missing with knees to the body.
King pushes off an throws an elbow but Martin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Martin lands a hook that snaps the head of King backwards.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Martin lands a body shot.
King tries to work over Martin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Malcolm King will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
King uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Martin.
King tries to close the distance and clinch but Martin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
King tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
Martin lands a lovely overhand right.
Martin lands a nice looking body shot.
King avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps King's head backwards.
Martin feints and then cracks King's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow King down.
King throws a right hand that Martin ducks under and follows up with a left that Martin also avoids with ease.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
Martin misses the jab.
King fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin lands a nice looking kick to the body. King takes a step back to recover.
King misses with a left hand
and Martin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
King keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Martin.
Martin takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King avoids the body shot from Martin.
Malcolm King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
We've been told by Martin's head coaches at Is It Avatary Enough? that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King rushes Martin and presses him up against the cage.
Malcolm King seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King throws an elbow but it misses.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Martin looking to slow down the pace here.
Martin lands with a left to the head.
King unloads a knee to the mid-section. Martin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
King tries to land a knee to the head but Martin blocks with his arms.
Martin cracks King with a nice body shot.
Martin scores with a hook to the body.
King takes a shot to the head.
King prevents a body shot from Martin.
Martin works on King's body with a couple of short punches.
Martin tries a body shot but King blocks it.
King blocks a body shot from Martin.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
King misses with a hook to the ribs.
King missing with knees to the body.
King pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
King lands an elbow inside.
Martin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of King backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
King lands a body shot in the clinch.
King misses with a shot to the kidneys.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Martin misses with the head strike.
King missing with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Martin.
Martin trying to control the position but instead, King has worked for underhooks and has pushed Martin into the cage.
King misses with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Martin scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Martin misses with the head strike.
Martin blocks the elbow strike.
Martin blocks an elbow strike.
Martin looking to slow down the pace here.
Martin blocks the elbow strike.
Martin dodges an elbow strike from King.
Martin misses with a hook to the ribs.
King is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Martin has a couple of punches blocked by King.
King misses with a hook from the clinch.
Martin blocks a body shot from King.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King missing with knees to the body.
King lands an elbow just above Martin 's eye.
Martin misses with the head strike.
King blocks an uppercut.
King misses with a punch to the body.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Martin tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martin avoiding damage as King throws knees to the body.
King throws a punch but it's blocked by Martin.
Martin tries a body shot but King blocks it.
Martin working aggressively here.
Martin managing to block the knees to the body from King.
Martin blocks an elbow strike from King.
King throws an elbow but it misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
King misses with an elbow strike.
Martin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Martin throws a punch but it's blocked by King.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
King takes a shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bald Martin dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Martin swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
King takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martin takes a swing at King's ribcage but misses.
Martin throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
King throws out a powerful jab.
Martin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
King lands a right hook to the body.
King pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Malcolm King is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Martin lands a high kick!
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martin swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martin quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin lands with a thumping leg kick.
King tries to clinch but Martin is having none of it.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin misses with a head kick.
King lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
King missing with a left hand there. Martin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bald Martin is winning the standup battle so far.
King misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Martin swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
King throws the left hand but Martin avoids the punch easily.
King avoids the body shot from Martin.
King doesn't manage to clinch there - Martin circles away.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Martin's shoulder, as Martin tries to avoid the shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Martin misses the target.
Martin paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
King throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
King scores with a decent looking hook.
Martin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Martin takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Nice shot by King.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
King misses with a head kick.
King tries a head kick but it misses.
King takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
King tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Martin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but King paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Martin throws a body punch but King moves out of range.
King raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
King throws a head kick that misses.
Martin appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Martin looks for the body kick but King saw that one coming.
Martin lands an overhand right.
King smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Martin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martin looks to score with a jab to the body but King is just out of range.
As Martin backs off King throws a huge counter combo but Martin manages to avoid it all.
King takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
King tries to clinch there but Martin circles away.
Martin just misses with a punch to the body.
Malcolm King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
King throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Martin on the side of the head.
Martin swats away the attempt to clinch by King.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King scores with a head kick.
Martin lands with a hook. King tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
King lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by King.
Martin is looking to wear down King with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Martin shoots in for a double leg but King sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
King closes the distance and pushes Martin back into the cage.
King is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Martin is defending well for now.
Martin lands a shot to the body.
Martin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters up against the cage, King throws an elbow but misses.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A right hand to the body from King.
King misses with a body punch.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
King throws an elbow but it misses.
Martin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
King lands a nice uppercut.
Martin working aggressively here.
King lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Martin backwards.
King tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Martin's elbow.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
Martin can't find room to land a body shot as King controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for King.
Martin lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of King backwards.
Martin dodges an elbow strike from King.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Martin uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malcolm King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think King has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malcolm King!
Malcolm King seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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