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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Primo Marcello (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ichiro Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Chan's choice of entrance music: Spartan X. Ichiro Chan is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Primo Marcello!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ichiro Chan!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Alexandre Firmino.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice body kick there by Chan.
Marcello avoids a kick to the body.
Chan throws out a leg kick but Marcello moves out of range and Chan only half commits.
Marcello bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Chan wants to control but Marcello postures up.
Chan is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Marcello's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Marcello wants to pass the guard but Chan is defending well.
Chan trying to control from the bottom.
Marcello looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Marcello prevents Chan from improving his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan is defending against the submission attempts here by Marcello.
Chan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Marcello is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, Chan has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Chan throws out a leg kick but Marcello moves out of range and Chan only half commits.
Marcello misses with a wild combination.
Marcello darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Marcello seems to be working for a kimura but Chan defends the submission attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcello is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Chan actively working from the bottom here.
Chan tries to roll over but Marcello keeps him under control.
Marcello is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Marcello is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Marcello is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan is defending against the submission attempts here by Marcello.
Marcello is working for a kimura but Chan is defending it quite comfortably.
Marcello wants to work for an arm triangle but Chan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Chan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chan staying out of range there.
Nice body kick there by Chan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan lands a nice looking body kick.
Chan scoring well with a low kick there.
Marcello has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Chan.
Chan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Primo Marcello has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chan thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Marcello if he has to take too many more of those.
Marcello takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chan.
Chan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marcello's sensitive parts.
Chan lands a two punch combo.
Chan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chan throws a leg kick which misses Marcello's front leg but catches the back leg as Marcello tries to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Chan there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Chan moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chan throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Marcello steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Chan. That one must have hurt.
Chan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Marcello shoots in for a takedown but Chan shows good takedown defense.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chan.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ichiro Chan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Primo Marcello's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Chan lands a high kick!
Chan throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Marcello's head.
Marcello throws a left and a right that both miss
and Chan counters with a leg kick.
Marcello is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Chan throws out a leg kick but Marcello moves out of range and Chan only half commits.
Marcello will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Chan lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chan throws a head kick that misses.
Chan throws a quick inside leg kick.
Chan throws a head kick that misses.
Ichiro Chan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marcello misses with a double jab
enabling Chan to counter with a crisp jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Chan, right into the meat.
Marcello throws a nice looking combination but Chan bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Chan moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chan throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marcello.
A nice leg kick lands there from Chan.
Chan is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcello scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Marcello looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Chan wants to improve his position but Marcello is controlling well.
Marcello maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Chan could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Marcello has cracked it and Chan is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Marcello!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Primo Marcello!
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hype
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pop
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