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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ching Chang (ranked 25346 p4p, 5430 weight class) and Marley King (ranked 311 p4p, 288 weight class). Ching Chang has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ching Chang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marley King!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
King lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
King swings widly with a right hand
and King takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
King misses with a right hand
and Chang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chang takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
King throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
King looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Nice defenses there by Chang.
King digs a good hook to Chang's body.
King instigates a clinch.
King is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Chang tries to break free but King pushes him back against the cage.
King lands with a short shot to the head.
Chang definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The referee is keeping an eye on King - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Chang tries to work over King's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
King scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stalling in the clinch from King.
Chang being controlled against the cage.
Chang working hard to break the clinch.
King stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Chang has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
Chang is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from King.
Stalling in the clinch from King.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. King obliges.
King stalling.
Chang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chang lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Chang has a couple of punches blocked by King.
Chang has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
King lands with a light punch inside.
Chang is trying to force a seperation but King has the dominant position.
Chang tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
Chang is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Chang is trying to force a seperation but King has the dominant position.
A short uppercut from King.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chang is trying to force a seperation but King has the dominant position.
King pushes Chang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
King taking a breather.
Chang being controlled against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Chang's face as he tries to break the clinch.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chang backwards.
Come on King - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
King effectively controlling the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Marley King.
King defending well as Chang loads up on a big left hand.
King misses with an uppercut
and Chang counters with a left to the body.
Marley King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King misses with a left hand
enabling Chang to counter with a crisp jab.
King moves into range and clinches up with Chang.
King pushes Chang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chang can't break the clinch.
King working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chang misses with some punches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
King pushes off an throws an elbow but Chang leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
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!
Chang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Chang's face as he tries to break the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marley King dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chang.
Chang appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The fighters circling - King throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
King bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chang's head backwards.
Chang moves away from the strike by King.
King misses with a jab to the body
and Chang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
King takes a swing at Chang's ribcage but misses.
King clobbers Chang with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
King throws a hook to the side of Chang's head but Chang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marley King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Chang slips a straight right by King.
Chang seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
King looks to clinch
enabling Chang to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King misses the shot to the body.
It looked like Chang wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
King misses with a lunging right hand
and Chang counters with a left and a right that stings King.
Chang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
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!
King swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Chang counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King misses with a hook
and Chang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Chang avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A lazy left from Chang finds it's target.
King throws an off balance right hand
and Chang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
King misses with an uppercut
and Chang counters with a lovely straight right hand!
King is looking to clinch.
King looks to score with a jab to the body but Chang is just out of range.
Chang throwing a counter right hand but King manages to avoid it.
King keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Chang there.
King forces Chang back against the cage and clinches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by King.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as King takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
King pushes Chang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
King lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Chang backwards.
Stalling in the clinch from King.
King makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
King working some nice short punches in the clinch.
King lands an uppercut.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Chang's efforts to push away.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chang stalling in the clinch but King improves position.
King lands a right hand.
Chang is looking to break free of the clinch but King has double underhooks.
King stalling against the cage.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is struggling to control the position.
King effectively controlling the action here.
Chang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
King makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
King's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
King lands a body punch in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Chang fails to land.
Chang is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A nice right hand lands inside from King.
A right handed body shot lands from King.
King stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
King scores with a shoulder strike.
King has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
King has Chang pressed against the cage, preventing Chang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
King cracks Chang with a nice body shot.
King lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
This has been an exciting period of action!
King stalling against the cage.
A short right from King.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marley King showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
King misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chang.
King throws a big shot that misses.
Chang is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Good exchange - King coming out on top.
King throws an overhand right that lands on Chang's shoulder, as Chang tries to avoid the shot.
Chang is looking for a counter combo.
Chang takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
King darts in and clinches Chang up against the cage.
Chang is trying to break the clinch but King is controlling him.
King lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Chang misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Changs head.
King has Chang pressed against the cage.
A short uppercut from King.
Chang has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Chang up against the cage.
King scores with a shot to the side of Chang's head.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Chang's efforts to push away.
A shot in the inside from King.
King lands a body shot.
Chang tries to break free but King pushes him back against the cage.
King prevents Chang from breaking the clinch.
Nice body punch from King - that landed with a thud.
Chang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
King prevents Chang from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King prevents Chang from breaking the clinch.
Chang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marley King seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
King stalling in the clinch.
King stalling against the cage.
Ching Chang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
King effectively controlling the action here.
Chang wants to break free but King has control.
Chang tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
King lands a right hand that snaps the head of Chang backwards.
Chang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
Chang tries to break the clinch but King is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Changs head.
King is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Chang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
King keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Chang's efforts to push away.
King lands a left hand.
King blocking some punches.
Chang is trying to push King away but King has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Chang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Chang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
King will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Chang up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by King.
King avoiding damage.
Chang taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
King lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Still in the clinch, King scores with a nice short uppercut.
King lands with a light punch inside.
King has Chang pressed against the cage, preventing Chang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Chang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Chang is trying to break free.
Chang's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chang tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the cage.
Marley King is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
King lands an uppercut.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marley King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got King winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marley King!
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