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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cyrus Deangelo Queen (ranked 2508 p4p, 2560 weight class) and Malcolm King (ranked 318 p4p, 326 weight class). Queen comes into the arena with Go Hard blaring out of the sound system. King has chosen YoungBoy Never Broke Again – White Teeth as his entrance music. Cyrus Deangelo Queen could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Malcolm King's chin.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 22 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Cyrus Deangelo Queen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 24 - 0, fighting out of New York, Malcolm King!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King misses with a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Queen. Those never looked like landing.
King scoring well with a low kick there.
Queen walks into a jab.
King throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Queen.
Queen fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging King to the ground. Queen is now in King's guard.
Queen has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Queen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Queen controls from within his opponent's guard.
Queen seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down King for as long as he can get away with.
Queen trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen sitting in guard here, content to control.
Queen wants to pass the guard but King is keeping the position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Some wild striking there from King.
Queen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from King.
Queen shoots in and gets a takedown into King's guard.
Queen landing with the ground and pound.
Queen's corner is telling him to maintain position.
King wants to stand and escape but Queen is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Queen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Queen won't allow King to get back to his feet.
Queen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Queen is stalling in the full guard.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Queen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
King throws a sloppy head kick and Queen moves out of range easily.
Queen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Queen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Queen wants to stand but King is controlling his arm.
Queen trying to control the position but King is working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King is trying to get back to his feet.
Queen wants to control but King is keeping him busy.
Queen advances to full mount.
Queen goes for an armbar but King turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from King.
Queen is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Queen is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Queen looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Queen is working an open guard so King takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
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 Cyrus Deangelo Queen will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
King scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
King scores with a jab to the jaw.
King tries to work over Queen's front leg with a kick but Queen checks it.
Cyrus Deangelo Queen is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from King does no damage.
Queen throwing a counter right hand but King manages to avoid it.
King is looking to chop away at Queen's legs.
It looked like Queen was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Malcolm King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
King throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Queen defending well as King loads up on a big left hand.
King throws a head kick but Queen moves out of range.
Queen moves out of range of the body kick from King.
Queen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Queen lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but King circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Queen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from King.
King throws a combination that misses
and Queen counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Queen throws a combination but it was largely blocked by King.
King gets caught flat footed, as Queen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King keeping moving, preventing Queen from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Queen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
King is looking to stand up but Queen isn't so interested in that idea.
Queen trying to control but King is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Queen scoring with some ground and pound.
King is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Nice takedown defense from King. No joy for Queen on that attempt.
Malcolm King seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Queen scores with a takedown into King's guard.
King pushes Queen off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
King scores with a punch to the head.
Queen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Queen wants to stand but King is controlling his arm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queen wants to lay and pray for a moment but King keeps working.
Queen tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Queen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Queen tries to stand but King is controlling his head.
King wants to get back to his feet but Queen drags him back down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Queen is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
A looping hook to the body misses from King. Queen does a little dance to reset his feet.
King jabs at Queen's body.
Nice defenses there by Queen.
King pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
King lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
King stuns Queen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A thudding body kick lands there by King!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
King misses with a low kick.
Queen doesn't manage to clinch there - King circles away.
Queen tries to close the distance and clinch up but King swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Queen is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from King.
King works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Queen closes the distance and clinches up with King, looking for a takedown. Queen pushes King against the cage but King circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
King raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Malcolm King showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Queen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King throws a big shot that misses.
King throws a head kick that misses.
A momentary lapse in concentration from King enables Queen to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. King manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
King wants to stand and escape but Queen is having none of it.
Queen postures up in King's guard and throws a big left but King blocks it.
King is looking to stand up but Queen isn't so interested in that idea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Queen controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Queen in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
King is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Queen lands a jab to King's midsection.
King throws a jab but it's blocked by Queen.
King will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
King lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
King throws a nice looking combination but Queen bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Queen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Queen moves out of range of the body kick from King.
Queen closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Queen lands in his opponent's guard.
Queen works over King with some ground and pound from guard.
King is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Queen is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Queen wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
King wants to stand and escape but Queen is having none of it.
King pushes Queen off and gets back to his feet.
Queen dives in and scores a takedown into King's guard.
King scrambles and gets back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Queen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
King throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
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 powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Queen shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. King manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Queen working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
King is looking to stand back up but Queen counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by King.
Queen prevents King from standing back up.
Queen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that's the end of the fight!
Malcolm King comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think King has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Malcolm King!
After winning the bout, Malcolm King thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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