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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonardo Narushima (ranked 956 p4p, 1086 weight class) and Luka Marka (ranked 29 p4p, 37 weight class). Narushima comes to the cage accompanied by Chemistry - Heartbeat (Deepforces Remix). Marka has chosen HADES as his entrance music. Luka Marka is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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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 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Leonardo Narushima !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Luka Marka!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Narushima throws a jab when Marka was well out of range.
Marka changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Narushima throws a hook but Marka blocks it.
Marka with the counter takedown but Narushima avoids it easily.
Marka throws a predictable looking body shot
and Narushima counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Marka scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Narushima sends Marka crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Narushima is motioning to the referee to let Marka up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Marka is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marka lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Narushima throws out a loose jab but Marka uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marka throws a jab when Narushima was well out of range.
It looked like Narushima wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marka throws a hook but Narushima blocks it.
A little feinted left hand from Narushima on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Narushima slips under a jab.
Narushima scores with a decent looking hook.
Marka scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Marka ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narushima avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice uppercut there from Marka.
It looks like Leonardo Narushima has been cut.
Marka throws a body shot but no joy.
Marka just misses with a punch to the body.
Marka closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A slow jab from Narushima misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Narushima throws a hook but Marka blocks it.
Marka with the counter takedown but Narushima avoids it easily.
Marka scores with a body shot.
Marka misses with a looping right.
Marka misses the jab.
Narushima lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Narushima bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
It looked like Narushima wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marka steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Narushima .
Marka looks to throw the jab but Narushima is out of range.
Narushima throws a good cross that connects.
Narushima misses with a wild body shot.
Marka tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Narushima lands a big right hand that sends Marka crashing to the mat! Narushima stays standing though and waves Marka back to his feet!
Marka is still on wobbly legs! Can Narushima finish him?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy left from Marka finds it's target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leonardo Narushima dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leonardo Narushima 's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Marka lands with a cross.
Marka seems to have recovered his senses.
Marka throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Narushima connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Narushima is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Marka takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Narushima looks to land a body kick but Marka moved away.
The fighters circling - Narushima throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marka throws a big shot that misses.
Narushima was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Marka misses with a left hand
and Narushima counters with a straight right hand.
Narushima is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marka can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marka cracks Narushima with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Marka lands with a right hand.
Marka tests Narushima 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A big left from Narushima misses.
Marka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marka tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Marka swings widly with a right hand
and Narushima counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marka bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marka scores with the left hand. Narushima knows he should have avoided that one.
Narushima is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The fighters circling - Narushima throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Marka might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Narushima has got the better of the exchanges.
Narushima throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marka misses with a looping left.
Narushima throws out a loose jab but Marka uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marka tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marka throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Narushima sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Narushima swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Marka looks to land a right hand but Narushima moved out of range.
Narushima is looking to counter punch.
Marka connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Narushima momentarily.
Narushima moves away from the strike by Marka.
A little feinted left hand from Narushima on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Marka throws a jab but it's blocked by Narushima .
An attempted straight right counter from Narushima misses the target.
A big left from Narushima misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Marka, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marka misses with a left hand
and Narushima counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Narushima takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Marka slips a straight right by Narushima .
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big right from Marka misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Luka Marka showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Leonardo Narushima 's cut.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Marka throws a lazy right hand but Narushima sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marka misses with a body shot
and Marka takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Narushima looks to land a left hand but Marka moved out of range nicely.
Marka is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The fighters circling - Marka throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Narushima misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marka throws a series of punches but Narushima moves out of range.
Narushima avoids the body shot from Marka.
A little feinted left hand from Narushima on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Narushima swings widly with a right hand
so Marka counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Marka wants to pass the guard but Narushima is keeping the position.
Narushima has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Narushima 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.
Narushima is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Narushima on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Narushima tries to get out of the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Narushima is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Narushima pulls Marka in close to prevent any damage.
Narushima has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Nice cross by Marka.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marka misses the shot to the body.
Narushima cracks Marka with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Marka looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Narushima finish him?
Marka is rocked!
Marka misses with an uppercut. Narushima saw that one coming.
A little feinted left hand from Narushima on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Narushima looks to land a left hand but Marka moved out of range nicely.
And Marka tries to counter it with a takedown but Narushima pushes his down on his head and steps out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Narushima moves out of range as Marka strikes.
Narushima quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Marka misses with a looping left.
Narushima swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Marka fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Narushima manages to avoid it.
Marka on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Narushima misses with a hook. Marka ducked under it nicely.
Marka changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've been told by Narushima 's head coaches at KFA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Narushima connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that's the end of the fight!
Leonardo Narushima showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Narushima has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Narushima !
Leonardo Narushima 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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