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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Action Bastard (ranked 1523 p4p, 1183 weight class) and Brooke Marsden (ranked 168 p4p, 134 weight class). Bastard comes to the cage accompanied by Japanese And Lovely - Jucifer. Marsden comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Lunatic Fringe kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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169 cm 39 150 30 - 19 - 4 |
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170 cm 28 143 10 - 7 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ World class boxer Granite chin |
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Good wrestler World class boxer Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 30 - 19 - 4, fighting out of Los Angeles, Action Bastard! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brooke Marsden! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bastard lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marsden at a distance.
Bastard misses with a hook. Marsden slips under a jab. Marsden slips a straight right by Bastard. Marsden tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Bastard swivels and escapes. Bastard tries to work over Marsden's front leg with a kick but Marsden checks it. Bastard lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Bastard lands a nice shot that snaps Marsden's head back.
Bastard cracks Marsden with an open hand slap. Bastard throws a wild body kick that Marsden sees coming a mile off. Nice cross by Marsden. Bastard throws a body kick that misses. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Bastard, as that shot connected.
Bastard thows a left - swing and a miss! Bastard takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Bastard misses with a body kick. Bastard misses with a wild body shot. Bastard has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Silverback MMA in the buildup to the fight. Marsden misses with an uppercut
enabling Bastard to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Marsden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bastard. Bastard throws a jab when Marsden was well out of range. Marsden clinches up with Bastard and pushes him back against the cage. A head punch blocked on the inside by Marsden. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bastard. Marsden blocks an uppercut.
Marsden lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Bastard breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A nice inside leg kick there by Bastard. That's going to slow Marsden down. A slow jab from Marsden misses its intended target. Marsden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bastard. Bastard misses with a kick to the body enabling Marsden to counter with a crisp jab. A big right from Marsden misses. Marsden rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Bastard moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Bastard connects with a right hand. Marsden shakes it off. Marsden looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Action Bastard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. A decent looking body kick lands there for Bastard.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bastard throws a jab when Marsden was well out of range. Marsden moves out of range as Bastard strikes. Marsden needs to keep his hands up - Bastard had a free shot at his head there. Action Bastard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Marsden throws a big shot that misses. A jab from Marsden misses. Marsden jabs at Bastard's body. Bastard throws a right hand that misses
and Marsden makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bastard really felt that one! Marsden takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bastard moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Bastard fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Marsden checks it well. Marsden is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own. Bastard is really peppering his opponent's head with punches. This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marsden. Bastard slips a straight right by Marsden. Marsden throws a hook to the side of Bastard's head but Bastard sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Bastard ducks under a wild hook from Marsden. Bastard explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Marsden checks a low kick from Bastard.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Marsden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bastard.
Bastard blocks a head kick by Marsden.
Marsden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bastard. Bastard misses the jab. Bastard lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Bastard lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Marsden shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Bastard looks to throw a body kick and Marsden counters with a straight right hand. Bastard closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Marsden to the mat! Marsden manages to get full guard. Bastard slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Bastard looking to pass the guard. Marsden looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Bastard wants to control from the top but Marsden keeps moving. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Bastard's corner is telling him to maintain position. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Marsden holds on and takes a little breather. Marsden is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Bastard stays in close to Marsden's body and controls the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up. Marsden is looking to score with low kicks. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Bastard throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Bastard uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marsden.
Bastard scores with a decent looking hook. Marsden pivots, looking for a leg kick but Bastard is out of range and Marsden settles back down. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Action Bastard dominated that round. That's time! Bastard's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Marsden slips a jab from Bastard. Action Bastard is winning the standup battle so far. Marsden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bastard. Bastard looks to land a body kick but Marsden moved away. Marsden lands a glancing blow to the side of Bastard's head. Bastard throws a jab when Marsden was well out of range. Bastard swings widly with a right hand
and Marsden counters with a straight punch to the midsection. Bastard looks to land a body kick but Marsden moved away. Marsden uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bastard. Marsden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Bastard. A nice side step and Marsden releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Marsden moves out of range of the leg kick from Bastard. Bastard misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Bastard misses the jab. Marsden takes a jab right on the kisser.
Bastard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marsden can do to turn this around? Bastard clobbers Marsden with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. A jab from Bastard misses. Bastard throws a hook to the side of Marsden's head but Marsden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Marsden let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bastard misses with a looping left. Marsden shapes to counter with a head kick. Marsden blocks a jab. Marsden shoots in looking for a takedown. Bastard tries to sprawl out of it but Marsden keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bastard manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Bastard takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Bastard thows a left - swing and a miss! Bastard fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marsden manages to avoid it. Bastard lands a glancing blow to the side of Marsden's head. Marsden drives through with a takedown into Bastard's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Marsden trying to control the position from guard on top but Bastard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Marsden is fighting to break Bastard's control of his arms but Bastard is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Marsden trying to control but Bastard is working from the bottom. Marsden controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Marsden pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bastard is keeping the position for now. Marsden won't allow Bastard to sweep him here. Bastard lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Marsden working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bastard doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Marsden is tightening it up a little... Bastard has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Bastard reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Bastard taps out! Nice BJJ there by Marsden!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Brooke Marsden! Brooke Marsden very nearly forgot to thank Voodoo Nutrition amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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