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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mick Marsden (ranked 1687 p4p, 2004 weight class) and Frank Whitaker (ranked 196 p4p, 222 weight class). Marsden kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Brick - Ben Folds Five. Frank Whitaker struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mick Marsden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Whitaker!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Whitaker takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A punch lands to the side of Whitaker 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Marsden throws out a loose jab but Whitaker uses good head movement to avoid it.
Whitaker swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Whitaker misses with a lunging right hand
and Whitaker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Whitaker swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marsden counters with an inside leg kick.
Whitaker swings for the body but Marsden moves out of range.
Marsden tried to counter with a leg kick but Whitaker avoided it.
No joy there for Whitaker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marsden scores with a sloppy right hand. Whitaker should have avoided that one.
Whitaker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marsden can pounce on him.
Whitaker takes a jab right on the kisser.
Whitaker misses with an uppercut.
Marsden looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marsden tests Whitaker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Whitaker lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Whitaker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsden moves away.
An attempted straight right counter from Marsden misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Whitaker throws a right hand that misses
and Marsden counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Whitaker misses the shot to the body.
Marsden with a jab.
Nice jab there from Marsden.
Whitaker throws a right hand that misses
and Whitaker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marsden fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Whitaker.
Marsden has Whitaker up against the cage in a clinch.
Marsden misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marsden lands a nice uppercut.
Marsden pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Marsden throws an elbow that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marsden just misses with a elbow thrown towards Whitaker's brow.
Marsden lands an elbow that stopped Whitaker in his tracks for a moment.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marsden goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Marsden is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Whitaker jumps guard but Marsden stands there with Whitaker around his waist. Whitaker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Whitaker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marsden stops a takedown attempt from Whitaker.
Mick Marsden has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Whitaker.
Marsden misses with a body punch.
Marsden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Whitaker takes an elbow to the temple.
Marsden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marsden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marsden comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Whitaker fails to pull guard.
Whitaker avoids the elbow strike from Marsden, against the cage.
Marsden lands with a right to the head.
Whitaker has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Marsden is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Marsden tries a body shot but Whitaker blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marsden.
Whitaker prevents a body shot from Marsden.
Marsden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Whitaker jumps guard but Marsden stands there with Whitaker around his waist. Whitaker gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Whitaker blocks a body shot from Marsden.
Marsden prevents Whitaker from breaking the clinch.
Marsden lands an elbow just above Whitaker 's eye.
Whitaker takes an elbow to the temple.
Marsden tries to work over Whitaker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marsden comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Whitaker is leaning against Marsden and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marsden presses Whitaker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Marsden lands a body punch.
A nice left hand lands by Marsden.
Marsden lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Whitaker backwards.
Whitaker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marsden misses with an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A short right from Marsden on the inside.
Marsden lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Whitaker blocks an elbow strike from Marsden.
Marsden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marsden throws an elbow but it misses.
Marsden lands with a light punch inside.
Marsden lands an elbow inside that Whitaker shrugs off.
Marsden tries a body shot but Whitaker blocks it.
Marsden struggles to land a body shot inside as Whitaker controls his hands.
Marsden lands an elbow inside that Whitaker shrugs off.
Marsden pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Whitaker tries for a takedown but Marsden manages to get underhooks.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Marsden takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marsden tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marsden lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Frank Whitaker has been cut.
Marsden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marsden tries a body shot but Whitaker blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mick Marsden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Frank Whitaker's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Whitaker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marsden counters with an outside leg kick.
Whitaker takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marsden connects with an inside leg kick.
Mick Marsden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marsden buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whitaker. Marsden does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marsden thinks about countering with a head kick.
A lazy left from Marsden finds it's target.
Marsden works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Marsden throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Whitaker misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Whitaker on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Marsden misses the shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden throws a leg kick which misses Whitaker's front leg but catches the back leg as Whitaker tries to avoid it.
Whitaker throws a big shot that misses.
A little feinted left hand from Marsden on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Whitaker. Marsden does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marsden is looking to counter punch.
Whitaker throws a shot from downtown. Marsden moves away and avoids it.
Marsden lands with an uppercut that bounces Whitaker off the cage and back into range.
Marsden misses with a kick to the body.
Marsden has managed to clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marsden just misses with a elbow thrown towards Whitaker's brow.
Whitaker has had enough of the clinch but Marsden keeps him there for the moment.
Whitaker is trying to push Marsden away but Marsden has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Whitaker wants to break free but Marsden has control.
Marsden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Whitaker avoids the elbow strike from Marsden, against the cage.
Whitaker wants a takedown but no success here.
Marsden keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Whitaker's efforts to push away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whitaker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marsden misses with an elbow strike.
Whitaker avoids a wild elbow strike from Marsden.
Marsden lands with a light punch inside.
Mick Marsden has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Whitaker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marsden ducks under a wild hook from Whitaker.
Mick Marsden is winning the standup battle so far.
A head kick by Marsden misses
and Whitaker counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marsden lands a really nice looking cross but Whitaker seems unphased.
Whitaker takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Whitaker misses with a straight right.
Whitaker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marsden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Whitaker can do to turn this around?
Whitaker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsden moves away.
A little feinted left hand from Marsden on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Whitaker on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsden staying out of range there.
Marsden scores with a nice strike.
Marsden tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marsden clinches up against the cage.
Marsden lands an elbow inside that Whitaker shrugs off.
Nice elbow from Marsden.
Marsden gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Whitaker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Whitaker tries to pull guard but Marsden won't allow it.
A short right from Marsden.
Marsden lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marsden looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Whitaker wants to break free but Marsden has control.
Marsden lands with a left to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marsden.
Whitaker is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marsden makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Whitaker is still on wobbly legs! Can Marsden finish him?
Marsden lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Whitaker or not.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden presses Whitaker against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Whitaker seems to have recovered his senses.
Whitaker is breathing heavily.
Marsden avoids a wild elbow strike from Whitaker.
Whitaker takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Marsden.
A short body shot lands from Marsden as the two fighters clinch.
Marsden lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Whitaker is trying to force a seperation but Marsden has the dominant position.
A body shot lands from Marsden.
Whitaker takes an elbow to the forehead.
A nice left hand lands by Marsden.
Marsden unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Whitaker! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Marsden is unloading with more strikes now! Whitaker drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mick Marsden!
A relieved looking Mick Marsden thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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