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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Philip Marcus (ranked 577 p4p, 623 weight class) and Anthony Merel (ranked 49 p4p, 54 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Philip Marcus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Merel!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Robert Douchet and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The crowd cheers as Marcus lands an impressive looking overhand right. Merel doesn't seem phased though.
It looks like Anthony Merel has been cut.
Merel scores with a jab.
Merel dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Merel as he connects with a hook.
Merel throws a looping overhand right but Marcus ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Merel misses.
Merel jabs Marcus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Anthony Merel seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Merel swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marcus has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Infamous Duranto Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Merel lands a slapping body shot.
Merel scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marcus doesn't seem bothered though.
Merel has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Merel throws a jab when Marcus was well out of range.
Merel swings for the body but Marcus moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab from Marcus misses.
Marcus misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Merel displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Philip Marcus has been cut.
Marcus takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Merel misses with a straight left.
Marcus throwing a counter right hand but Merel manages to avoid it.
Marcus slips under a jab.
Merel lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Merel misses the jab.
Merel throws a poor cross that misses
and Marcus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A left and a right from Merel both land. Nice combination.
Nice straight punches there by Merel. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Merel.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Merel fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Marcus looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Merel misses with a looping right.
Merel throws an overhand right that lands on Marcus's shoulder, as Marcus tries to avoid the shot.
Merel lands a jab-cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus throws a lazy right hand but Merel sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Merel throws a sloppy body shot
and Marcus counters with a stiff right hand.
Merel slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Marcus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Merel ducks under a wild hook from Marcus.
Philip Marcus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Merel misses with a wild body shot.
Merel fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Marcus throwing a counter right hand but Merel manages to avoid it.
Merel misses with a shot to the body
and Marcus counters with a hugh head kick that removes Merel from consiousness! A brutal head kick knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Philip Marcus!
Our winner, Philip Marcus, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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FIGHT
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