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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Blake Souza (ranked 2575 p4p, 3897 weight class) and Marley King (ranked 171 p4p, 236 weight class). Blake Souza has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Blake Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marley King!
The judges for this bout are Ron Honeybunn, John Mangel and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King moves in looking to clinch but Souza pushes him off.
Souza moves away from the strike by King.
Souza throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A slow jab from King misses its intended target.
King throws a big shot that misses.
King throws a big shot that misses.
King waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Souza.
King waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Souza.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
King fails with an attempt to clinch.
King tries to clinch up but Souza circles away and keeps his distance.
Souza gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by King there.
Souza has closed the distance and engaged King in a clinch.
Souza blocks a punch to the side of the head.
King manages to break the clinch.
Marley King is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Souza shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Souza showed some decent athleticism there.
King is refusing to be controlled, as Souza sits in half guard.
Souza is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Souza missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
King felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Souza is working away from the top position though.
Souza missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Souza working King over with strikes.
King avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Souza.
King is staying active underneath Souza, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
King wants to control but Souza is keeping busy.
Souza trying to work for an americana but King has managed to regain full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Souza trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Souza with a flurry of punches that miss.
King can't keep his opponent in guard - Souza advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
King keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Souza throwing shots but King is blocking nicely.
Souza performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
King taking some punishment here, with Souza in his half guard.
Souza working the head and body with strikes.
Souza 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King won't allow Souza to pass to mount.
Souza controlling the action here.
Souza missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Souza seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Souza is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Souza 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.
Souza thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed King's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Souza seems to be looking for submissions.
King tries to roll over but Souza keeps him under control.
Souza wants to pass to mount but King is defending the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Souza 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.
Souza gets the takedown into side control.
Souza is working King over with some ground and pound from side control.
Souza creates some space and throws a big elbow, but King sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
King is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Blake Souza overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Souza is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. King knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Souza working the ground and pound but King is defending the strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Souza works to advance to full mount. King defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Poor strikes thrown by Souza there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if King can do anything to dispel that myth.
Souza controlling the pace for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. Souza locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! King is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Blake Souza!
A victorious Blake Souza thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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