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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marques Roy (ranked 981 p4p, 1897 weight class) and Nick Santorino (ranked 119 p4p, 248 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Marques Roy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nick Santorino!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Roy fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
No joy there for Santorino, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Roy attempts a counter takedown but Santorino avoids it well and moves away.
Roy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santorino.
Roy changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Santorino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Roy has been working on his balance at Freaky Fight Club, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Santorino.
Roy tries for a takedown but Santorino circles away easily
and Santorino counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marques Roy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santorino is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roy.
Santorino lands a jab to the nose.
Roy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Nice shot lands for Santorino.
Santorino changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Nick Santorino is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santorino throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Santorino swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jab from Santorino.
Santorino looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Santorino misses with a double jab
and Roy counters with a nice double leg into side control. Santorino won't be happy with that.
Santorino really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Roy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Roy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Santorino taking punishment in the form of punches.
Santorino on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Roy scores with punches from side control.
Roy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Santorino takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Santorino throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roy lands some shots froms side control.
Roy controlling the position from side mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roy working the body and head with strikes.
Roy is working Santorino over with some ground and pound from side control.
Santorino tries to bench press Roy off him but Roy keeps the position.
Roy lands an elbow.
Roy connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Santorino some visible discomfort.
Roy lands a few punches from side control.
Roy 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.
Roy scoring with punches from side control.
Roy is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Roy cracks Santorino with a big elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santorino tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Roy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Santorino wants to control but Roy postures up.
Santorino taking punishment in the form of punches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Santorino takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Roy slows the pace down.
Roy is putting a hurting on Santorino here, landing some big shots from side control.
Roy cracks Santorino with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Roy in side control lands a decent elbow.
Roy works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Marques Roy will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Roy looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Roy is nestled in close to Santorino, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Santorino is trying to control but can't.
Roy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roy working over Santorino with some ground and pound. Santorino looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Santorino tries to roll over but Roy keeps him under control.
Ground and pound from Roy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Roy lands a nice short elbow.
Roy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santorino is looking to get back to is feet but Roy passes into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Roy lands a decent elbow from side control.
Roy scores with punches from side control.
Roy working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Roy landing a few strikes.
Roy creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Santorino is rocked!
A big shot lands for Roy! That's hurt Santorino! Will he recover? Roy fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marques Roy!
Our winner, Marques Roy, 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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