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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brooke Marsden (ranked 2140 p4p, 2437 weight class) and Yamaoka Yukinobu (ranked 236 p4p, 258 weight class). Marsden comes to the cage accompanied by Lunatic Fringe. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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Excellent boxer
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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 11 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brooke Marsden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Yamaoka Yukinobu!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yuuki Gou and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marsden getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Yukinobu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marsden was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Marsden definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yukinobu looks to land a left hand but Marsden moved out of range nicely.
Marsden dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yukinobu. That did some damage!
Yukinobu on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yukinobu throws out a loose jab but Marsden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marsden went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Yukinobu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marsden.
Yukinobu tries to keep at a distance but Marsden has taken the fight into the clinch.
Marsden lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marsden lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marsden jumps guard.
Marsden looking for a sweep. Not yet Marsden, not yet.
Marsden looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Marsden is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yukinobu looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yukinobu does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Yukinobu trying to hold on to Marsden's head to control him but Marsden postures up.
Marsden trying to control the action but Yukinobu is working from the bottom.
Yukinobu trying to hold on to Marsden's head to control him but Marsden postures up.
Marsden seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Yukinobu does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marsden wants to free his trapped foot but Yukinobu is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Marsden stops Yukinobu from getting back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Marsden is trying to control the action in half guard but Yukinobu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Yukinobu pushes Marsden off looking to stand but Marsden dives back in and keeps control.
Marsden trying to control the pace.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Marsden defending well as Yukinobu loads up on a big left hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Marsden.
Marsden blocks a jab.
Nice body kick there by Yukinobu.
Marsden blocks a head kick by Yukinobu.
Yukinobu takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Yukinobu swinging wildly here.
Yukinobu swings widly with a right hand
and Marsden counters with an outside leg kick.
Yukinobu throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marsden cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Yukinobu throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marsden counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marsden darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Marsden scores with a nice right hand.
Marsden scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yukinobu lands a right hook to the body.
Yukinobu on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Yukinobu pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Marsden scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Yukinobu takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Yukinobu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Nice defenses there by Marsden.
Yukinobu misses with a lunging right hand
and Marsden counters with a nice leg kick.
Yukinobu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yukinobu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Marsden fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Marsden connects with a body shot that sends Yukinobu's belly button to the back.
Marsden connects with a single shot there.
Yukinobu swings widly with a right hand
and Marsden counters with a left to the body.
Marsden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Yukinobu.
Marsden lands a nice hook to Yukinobu's body. Yukinobu takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Yukinobu scores with a push kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden throws a head kick that misses.
Yukinobu with a nice cross.
Marsden gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marsden doesn't manage to clinch there - Yukinobu circles away.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yukinobu. Marsden does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marsden takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A lazy left from Yukinobu finds it's target.
Yukinobu takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Yukinobu, as that shot connected.
Marsden lands a nice shot that snaps Yukinobu's head back.
Marsden gets a double leg takedown into Yukinobu's guard.
Yukinobu keeping full guard, as Marsden tries to pass.
Yukinobu wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Marsden is now in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yukinobu is not content to let Marsden control the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brooke Marsden dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Yukinobu scores with a takedown into Marsden's guard.
Yukinobu avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Yukinobu wants to control from the top but Marsden keeps moving.
Marsden looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yukinobu wants to control from the top but Marsden keeps moving.
Marsden looking to hit a scissor sweep but Yukinobu is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden is looking to stand up but Yukinobu isn't so interested in that idea.
Yukinobu is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Yukinobu chips away with some ground and pound.
Marsden has his hands on Yukinobu's head, controlling the position.
Yukinobu trying to control but Marsden is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Yukinobu chips away with some ground and pound.
Yukinobu passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Yukinobu throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Yukinobu lands a few punches from side control.
Yukinobu is chipping away with strikes.
Marsden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yukinobu can do to turn this around?
Marsden is working to avoid the ground and pound but Yukinobu connects with a decent elbow.
Yukinobu lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Marsden down.
Yukinobu working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Marsden struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsden avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Yukinobu.
Yamaoka Yukinobu has got the better of the ground game so far.
Marsden takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Marsden being controlled for a moment.
Marsden tries to buck Yukinobu off but Yukinobu is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
A lull in the action here as Yukinobu stalls from top position.
Yukinobu working the head and body with strikes.
Marsden is looking for a sweep.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yukinobu controlling the position from side mount.
Yukinobu gets to mount! Marsden was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yamaoka Yukinobu showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. 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.
Marsden connects with a crisp jab.
Marsden tries to clinch but Yukinobu is having none of it.
Decent striking displayed by Marsden there.
Marsden looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Yukinobu lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Yukinobu just misses with a punch to the body.
Marsden takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Yukinobu takes one to the side of the head.
Yukinobu takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Marsden or perhaps it was just good defense by Yukinobu, which made it look bad.
Yukinobu throws a hook but Marsden blocks it.
Nice shot by Marsden.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Yukinobu throws a right hand that misses
letting Marsden counter with a right hand.
Marsden staying out of range there.
Marsden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yukinobu avoids the head kick by Marsden.
Marsden tries to clinch but Yukinobu is having none of it.
Yukinobu throws the kick towards the body but Marsden avoids it.
Marsden was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Yukinobu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice shot by Marsden.
The fighters circling - Yukinobu throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marsden throws a head kick that misses.
Yukinobu looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yukinobu gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Marsden.
Marsden misses with an uppercut. Yukinobu saw that one coming.
Yukinobu lands with a right hand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Marsden.
Yukinobu throws a hook but Marsden blocks it.
Marsden looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Yukinobu throws a big shot that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marsden thuds his right hand into Yukinobu's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Marsden is looking to clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden's corner calls for a 1-2. Marsden obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yukinobu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Yukinobu throws a low kick but Marsden moves out of range easily.
Marsden darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Marsden is working for a kimura but Yukinobu is defending it quite comfortably.
Yukinobu is trying to stand up here but Marsden is controlling him well.
Yukinobu is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Marsden is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Marsden trying to mount his opponent but Yukinobu defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yukinobu wants to get back to his feet.
Marsden wants to free his trapped foot but Yukinobu is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Yukinobu wants to get back to his feet.
Marsden wants to pass the guard but Yukinobu is defending well.
Marsden is trying to control. Yukinobu wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Marsden is looking to advance position but Yukinobu won't allow it.
That's four 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.
Yukinobu tries to kick Marsden off but Marsden keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
A slapping leg kick lands for Yukinobu.
Marsden with the inside leg kick.
Marsden will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Yukinobu drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Marsden defends it well.
Yukinobu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marsden's head backwards.
Marsden clinches up with Yukinobu and pushes him back against the cage.
Yukinobu is trying to break the clinch but Marsden has him pressed against the cage.
Marsden tries to throw a body punch but Yukinobu avoids it by throwing Marsden back against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Yukinobu's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A short uppercut from Marsden.
Marsden prevents Yukinobu from breaking the clinch.
Yukinobu has Marsden pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Marsden manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Marsden breaks the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brooke Marsden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marsden 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brooke Marsden!
Brooke Marsden gave a mention to Voodoo Nutrition in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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