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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Diego Macaco (ranked 1942 p4p, 1770 weight class) and Marlon Raynard (ranked 266 p4p, 246 weight class). Macaco's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Can’t Touch This. 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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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Diego Macaco!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marlon Raynard!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raynard closes the distance and pushes Macaco back into the cage.
Macaco has a couple of punches blocked by Raynard.
Macaco lands a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Raynard - that landed with a thud.
Raynard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raynard looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Macaco creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Raynard's defenses.
It looks like Marlon Raynard has been cut.
Macaco pushes off an throws an elbow but Raynard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Macaco pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Macaco misses with a punch to the body.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
Raynard jumps guard but Macaco turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Raynard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd cheers as Macaco lands an impressive looking overhand right. Raynard doesn't seem phased though.
Macaco throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Raynard counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Macaco catches Raynard with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raynard wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raynard fails with an attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Raynard checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A nice leg kick from Macaco, right into the meat of the thigh.
Raynard doesn't manage to clinch there - Macaco circles away.
It looked like Macaco wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Raynard throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Raynard tries to clinch there but Macaco circles away.
A slapping leg kick lands for Macaco.
Macaco motions for Raynard to come forward. Macaco throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Raynard ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Raynard takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Macaco connects with an inside leg kick.
Macaco misses with an uppercut.
Raynard missing with a left hand there. Macaco was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Macaco throwing a counter right hand but Raynard manages to avoid it.
Raynard is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Macaco.
Macaco appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Raynard checks a leg kick.
Raynard checks a low kick from Macaco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macaco lands a glancing blow to the side of Raynard's head.
Diego Macaco is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Raynard fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Macaco throws a sloppy head kick and Raynard moves out of range easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Macaco delivers a nice body kick.
Macaco waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Raynard.
Raynard gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Raynard is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Macaco is defending well.
Macaco creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Macaco throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
Macaco misses with a short punch on the inside.
Raynard jumps guard but Macaco stands there with Raynard around his waist. Raynard gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Diego Macaco has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marlon Raynard.
Raynard tries to score a body lock takedown but Macaco shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Raynard with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Macaco stops a takedown attempt from Raynard.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
Raynard has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Macaco seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Raynard can turn it around.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Macaco creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Macaco throws an elbow but it misses.
Macaco working aggressively here.
Raynard blocks an elbow strike.
Macaco misses with an elbow strike.
Raynard fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Raynard fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Raynard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Raynard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Macaco prevents the takedown attempt.
Raynard tries to pull guard but Macaco forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Raynard prevents a body shot from Macaco.
A right hand to the body from Macaco.
Raynard fails to pull guard.
Macaco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Macaco lands an elbow just above Raynard 's eye.
Macaco tries to work over Raynard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Macaco lands an elbow that stopped Raynard in his tracks for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macaco working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Macaco lands a nice elbow.
That has opened up Marlon Raynard's cut even more.
Macaco throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Macaco is leaning against Raynard and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Raynard lands an uppercut.
Raynard blocks an elbow strike.
Macaco misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Macaco pushes Raynard back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Raynard tries to pull guard but Macaco forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Raynard takes an elbow to the temple.
Macaco works on Raynard's body with a couple of short punches.
Macaco tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raynard is trying to break the clinch but Macaco is controlling him.
Raynard prevents a body shot from Macaco.
Macaco lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Macaco lands a hook that snaps the head of Raynard backwards.
The cut above Marlon Raynard's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A short left from Macaco.
Macaco tries to work over Raynard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Diego Macaco dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marlon Raynard's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Raynard tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Macaco manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Macaco paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Raynard tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Macaco counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Macaco fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Raynard.
Macaco fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Raynard lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Raynard throws a left and a right that both miss
and Macaco counters with a stiff right hand.
Macaco scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Macaco throws a leg kick but Raynard checks it.
Raynard rushes Macaco and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Macaco lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Raynard dodges an elbow strike from Macaco.
Raynard takes an elbow to the temple.
Macaco lands an elbow inside that Raynard shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Macaco.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Macaco.
Raynard blocks an elbow strike.
Macaco lands an elbow just above Raynard 's eye.
Marlon Raynard's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Raynard tries to pull guard but Macaco holds him up against the cage and eventually Raynard drops back down to his feet.
Macaco misses with a hook to the ribs.
Macaco pushes off an throws an elbow but Raynard leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
I was talking to Macaco's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Macaco misses with a body punch.
Raynard avoids a wild elbow strike from Macaco.
Raynard is trying to pull guard but Macaco has him pressed against the cage.
Raynard breaks from the clinch.
The fighters circling - Macaco throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A low kick lands for Macaco.
Diego Macaco is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab from Macaco.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macaco lands a jab.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Marlon Raynard's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Diego Macaco!
During a confident post fight interview, Diego Macaco thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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