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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gal Dove (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gal Dove!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jeremy Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano misses with a hook. Dove ducked under it nicely.
Marciano takes one to the side of the head.
Marciano tries to clinch but Dove moves out of range.
Dove works over Marciano's head and body with a nice combination.
Marciano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dove swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Jeremy Marciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dove blocks a jab.
Marciano lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dove tests Marciano's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Jab by Marciano.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dove walks into a jab.
Marciano misses with a double jab
and Dove counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Marciano manages to break the clinch.
Marciano fails with the takedown
and Dove makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Marciano throws a combination that misses
and Dove counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Marciano misses with a jab to the body
and Dove makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Marciano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dove counters with a nice double leg into side control. Marciano won't be happy with that.
Marciano looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dove lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Marciano down.
Dove looks up at the clock and then as Marciano takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Dove smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Dove works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dove working the ground and pound from side control.
Dove lands an elbow.
Dove has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Marciano taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dove connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Marciano some visible discomfort.
Dove working the head and body with strikes.
Marciano is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Dove works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Dove scoring with punches and elbows.
Dove scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Marciano to see if he's OK.
Dove working the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dove working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Dove scores with punches from side control.
Dove scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Marciano to see if he's OK.
Dove in side control lands a decent elbow.
Marciano tries to bench press Dove off him but Dove keeps the position.
Dove connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Marciano some visible discomfort.
Dove working the head and body with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marciano gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Dove slips a nice elbow through Marciano's hands, connecting with Marciano's forehead.
Marciano is trying to stand up here but Dove is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Dove scores with a couple of nice shots.
Marciano tries to kick Dove off but Dove keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Dove drops an elbow to the side of Marciano's head.
Dove working Marciano over with strikes.
Dove sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Marciano defending well though.
Dove could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Dove thows a huge punch but Marciano dodges it nicely.
Marciano moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dove lands a couple of elbows.
Dove scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Dove stands up over Marciano, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Dove working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Marciano's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dove missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dove content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dove postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dove lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Dove stops Marciano from standing up.
Marciano utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Dove working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Marciano's head.
Dove prevents Marciano from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dove working some strikes from top position.
Dove is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dove is looking to work some ground and pound but Marciano has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gal Dove dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Marciano tries to clinch up
and Dove counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marciano thinking.
Marciano throws a body kick the misses
and Dove counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Marciano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Dove landing with the ground and pound.
Dove stops Marciano from standing up.
Dove in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Marciano looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dove is one step ahead there.
Dove passes Marciano's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dove seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dove working over Marciano with some ground and pound. Marciano looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Marciano is trying to stand back up but Dove is controlling him
Dove is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Marciano pushes Dove off looking to stand but Dove dives back in and keeps control.
Dove is nestled in close to Marciano, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dove seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dove working Marciano over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Dove.
Marciano tries to roll over but Dove keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dove is nestled in close to Marciano, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Marciano taking some punishment here, with Dove in his half guard.
Dove is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Dove working the head and body with strikes.
Dove working over Marciano with some ground and pound. Marciano looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dove seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dove lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dove takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dove scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dove throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dove sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Marciano defending well though.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dove lands a nice short elbow.
Dove working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dove stops Marciano from getting back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dove connects with a nice short shot to Marciano's temple.
Marciano wants to control but Dove is keeping busy.
Marciano might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Dove kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Dove connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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.
Dove throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A punch combination from Dove misses.
Marciano with a poor takedown
and Dove counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dove's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dove keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Marciano's head.
Dove content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dove stops Marciano from standing up.
Dove postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Dove postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Marciano is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gal Dove dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Dove throws a nice looking combination but Marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dove scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Marciano misses with a takedown
and Dove counters with a nice uppercut.
Dove closes the distance and lands a one-two.
A left lands for Dove.
Marciano misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Dove counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dove keeps control of Marciano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dove keeps control of Marciano as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Dove gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Dove takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dove wants to pass to mount but Marciano is defending the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marciano wants to control but Dove is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dove lands with a punch from half guard.
Dove lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Dove working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dove takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Dove working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Marciano is looking to escape.
Dove throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marciano on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dove slips a nice elbow through Marciano's hands, connecting with Marciano's forehead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dove working the head and body with strikes.
Dove is nestled in close to Marciano, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Dove is nestled in close to Marciano, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Marciano has hold of Dove's hands but Dove slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Dove prevents Marciano from standing back up.
Marciano taking some punishment here, with Dove in his half guard.
Marciano has hold of Dove's hands but Dove slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Dove there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dove lands a nice short elbow.
Dove throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dove stops Marciano from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Marciano throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marciano takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Dove throws a combination. Marciano tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marciano misses with a combination
and Dove counters with a one-two to the body.
Marciano falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dove counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Dove with a nice head shot there.
Dove with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dove is working Marciano over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Marciano wants to sweep here but Dove controlling him for the moment.
Dove postures up and lands a big shot to Marciano's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dove lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gal Dove overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Marciano kicks Dove off and gets to his feet.
Marciano gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Dove counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dove throws a right hand that Marciano ducks under and follows up with a left that Marciano also avoids with ease.
Marciano throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Dove stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Dove on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Marciano takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dove is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marciano can do to turn this around?
Marciano waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Dove.
Dove closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marciano wants to break free but Dove has control.
Dove gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Jeremy Marciano has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Gal Dove is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dove lands with a punch from half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gal Dove showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Dove, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Skip Squint scores the fight 30:26
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 30:26
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gal Dove!
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hype
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