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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Borislav Marusic (ranked 2114 p4p, 609 weight class) and Brody Parks (ranked 137 p4p, 49 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Borislav Marusic!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brody Parks!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marusic darts in and clinches Parks up against the cage.
Marusic lands an uppercut.
Parks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Parks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Parks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marusic.
A telegraphed right hand from Parks misses the target.
Marusic is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Parks.
Marusic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Parks thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've been hearing reports that Marusic has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Parks misses the target.
Marusic was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice defenses there by Parks.
Marusic stuns Parks with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marusic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Parks moves away.
Parks throws a hook but Marusic blocks it.
Parks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marusic doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Parks throws a jab but it's blocked by Marusic.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Parks moves out of range of the strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parks looks to land a right hand but Marusic moved out of range.
Parks swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Marusic.
Marusic swings for the body but Parks moves out of range.
Marusic misses with a hook to the body
and Parks counters with a straight right hand.
Marusic misses with an uppercut
and Marusic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marusic shoots in but no luck this time.
Brody Parks is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marusic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parks was well out of range. Poor timing from Marusic.
A swing and a miss from Parks.
A shot to the body from Marusic misses
and Parks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marusic is looking to wear down Parks with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Marusic just misses with a punch to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Marusic there.
Parks scores with a crisp jab that stopped Marusic in his tracks.
Marusic takes a swing at Parks's ribcage but misses.
Parks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marusic scores with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marusic ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The fighters circling - Parks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marusic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Parks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Parks might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Parks jabs Marusic to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Parks misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marusic.
Marusic works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Marusic looks to score with a jab to the body but Parks is just out of range.
Marusic rushes Parks and presses him up against the cage.
Marusic gets through Parks's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marusic has Parks pressed against the cage, preventing Parks from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Parks wants to get back to striking at distance but Marusic won't allow it.
Parks tries to break free but Marusic pushes him back against the cage.
Marusic lands a left hand.
Marusic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Parks's elbow.
Parks wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Parks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marusic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parks manages to avoid it.
Marusic gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Parks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Parks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parks swats away the attempt to clinch by Marusic.
Marusic misses with a right hand
and Parks counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marusic thinking.
Marusic scores with a hook.
Parks misses with a body shot.
Parks throws a big shot that misses.
Marusic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Marusic misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheers as Marusic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Parks doesn't seem phased though.
Parks connects with the punch.
Marusic avoids the body shot from Parks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parks slips a jab from Marusic.
Marusic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Parks.
Marusic is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Parks.
Marusic takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marusic is looking to clinch.
Marusic moves into the clinch.
Marusic lands a hook to the side of the head.
Parks wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marusic misses with a body punch.
Parks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've been informed that Parks has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Marusic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marusic stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Parks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marusic prevents Parks from breaking the clinch.
Marusic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Parks tries to break the clinch but Marusic is controlling the position.
Marusic misses with a short punch on the inside.
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 Borislav Marusic will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Marusic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brody Parks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Parks misses with a wild body shot.
Parks throws a hook but Marusic avoids it easily.
Parks throws a hook to the side of Marusic's head but Marusic sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marusic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marusic throws a big shot that misses.
Parks looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Parks looks to score with a jab to the body but Marusic is just out of range.
Marusic throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Parks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Parks was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marusic gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Parks.
Parks throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marusic connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Marusic throws a hook to the side of Parks's head but Parks sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Parks swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marusic has his takedown stuffed
and Parks counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marusic tries to clinch up
and Parks counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parks misses with a double jab.
Parks on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Marusic gets a clinch.
Marusic lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marusic has a couple of punches blocked by Parks.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Parks.
Good body shot from Marusic.
Marusic lands with a left to the head.
Parks tries to circle away but Marusic has him pinned against the cage.
Parks wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marusic lands a body shot.
Marusic has Parks pressed against the cage, preventing Parks from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Parks is trying to break the clinch but Marusic has him pressed against the cage.
Marusic misses with a punch on the inside.
Parks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marusic looks to throw the jab but Parks is out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parks misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marusic looks to score with a jab to the body but Parks is just out of range.
Marusic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Parks misses.
A punch combination from Parks misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parks scores with a hook.
Marusic scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marusic misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Parks counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marusic thinking.
Marusic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Parks walks into a left hand.
Parks lands a head shot.
Marusic gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Parks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Borislav Marusic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marusic lands a body shot.
Marusic uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Parks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marusic closes the distance and clinches.
Parks tries to break free but Marusic pushes him back against the cage.
Parks breaks the clinch.
Parks just misses with a punch to the body.
Marusic swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Parks.
Marusic darts in and clinches Parks up against the cage.
Parks blocks a body shot from Marusic.
Marusic lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Parks gets full guard.
Marusic won't allow Parks to sweep him here.
Marusic postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Parks has momentary wrist control but Marusic slips an elbow through the middle.
Marusic scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parks pulls Marusic in close to his closed guard and prevents Marusic from doing any damage or advancing position.
Marusic throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Parks works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parks wants to sweep here but Marusic controlling him for the moment.
Marusic trying to control the position from guard on top but Parks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Parks is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Marusic trying to control the position from guard on top but Parks is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marusic makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Marusic has gone for a leg lock! Parks slips out almost immediately though and dives into Marusic's guard.
Marusic looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Borislav Marusic will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Marusic misses with a body shot.
Parks swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Marusic shoots and misses
and Parks counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Parks misses with a few strikes there.
Marusic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parks manages to avoid it.
Parks takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Jab from Parks.
Parks misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Marusic counters with a nice uppercut.
Marusic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Parks counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Marusic thinking.
Marusic looks for a takedown but Parks sprawls well.
Parks looks like he wants to counter punch here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marusic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marusic connects with a right hand. Parks shakes it off.
Parks cracks Marusic with a right hand to the side of the head.
Marusic throws a poor cross that misses
and Marusic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parks pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marusic looks to throw the jab but Parks is out of range.
Marusic drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Parks manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Marusic turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Marusic manages to end up in side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parks prevents Marusic from improving position.
Parks is trying to get back to his feet.
Parks tries to improve position but can't.
Marusic is looking to take a break and control but Parks is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Marusic lands a few punches from side control.
Parks can't do much from the bottom here.
Parks takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parks is looking to regain half guard here but Marusic keeps moving and retains side control.
Marusic misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Marusic wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Parks, who protects the arm well.
Marusic wants to lay and pray for a moment but Parks keeps working.
Marusic tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Marusic is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Parks knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Parks is working to avoid the ground and pound but Marusic connects with a decent elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parks manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Marusic tries to get to full guard but Parks has control of the leg.
Parks tries to stand but can't do so whilst Marusic controls his leg.
Parks seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Parks trying to control the action but Marusic is working from the bottom.
Marusic tries to get to full guard but Parks has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parks stands up out of the half guard.
Marusic fails with an attempt to clinch.
Parks catches Marusic with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marusic throws a big shot that misses.
Parks misses with a body shot.
Marusic is looking to counter punch.
Marusic throws a poor cross that misses
and Parks counters with a nice body shot.
Marusic takes a swing at Parks's ribcage but misses.
Marusic throws an off balance right hand
and Parks counters with a straight right hand.
Marusic moves into the clinch.
Marusic scores with an uppercut up the middle.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Brody Parks just about did enough to take it.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Parks throws a combination. Marusic tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marusic connects with a right hand. Parks shakes it off.
Parks scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Parks throws a big shot that misses.
Parks just misses with a punch to the body.
Marusic connects with a crisp jab.
Marusic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Parks doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Marusic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Parks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Parks lands an overhand right.
Parks fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marusic manages to avoid it.
Marusic clinches with his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A right hand to the body from Marusic.
Parks breaks from the clinch.
Marusic throws a body shot but no joy.
Parks stuffs the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Parks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marusic was well out of range. Poor timing from Parks.
Marusic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Marusic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Parks manages to avoid it.
Marusic closes the distance looking to clinch
and Parks counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Marusic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Parks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Parks gets tackled into the cage by Marusic. Marusic maintains the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marusic.
Borislav Marusic has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Parks blocking some punches.
Marusic lands a hook that snaps the head of Parks backwards.
Parks gets underhooks to prevent Marusic's takedown attempt.
Marusic lands a hook that snaps the head of Parks backwards.
Marusic struggles to land a body shot inside as Parks controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marusic has him pressed against the cage.
Marusic misses with some punches.
Marusic misses with some punches.
Marusic misses with a body punch.
Parks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marusic has him pressed against the cage.
Marusic throws a punch but it's blocked by Parks.
Parks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Parks throws a shot from downtown. Marusic moves away and avoids it.
Marusic throws a big shot that misses.
Parks gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parks misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marusic takes a swing at Parks's ribcage but misses.
A nice side step and Parks releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Marusic moves into range and clinches up with Parks.
Marusic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marusic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Parks is trying to push Marusic away but Marusic has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parks prevents a body shot from Marusic.
Marusic lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marusic goes for a takedown in the clinch but Parks prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Borislav Marusic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marusic can't find room to land a body shot as Parks controls the action.
Parks is trying to break the clinch but Marusic is controlling him.
Parks is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marusic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Parks breaks the clinch.
Marusic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Parks momentarily.
Parks throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Parks walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A jab from Marusic misses.
Parks swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marusic ducks under a wild hook from Parks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Parks closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Marusic connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Parks momentarily.
Parks swings widly with a right hand
letting Marusic counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marusic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Parks.
Marusic misses with a wild body shot.
Parks defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Marusic.
Marusic slips a jab from Parks.
A swing and a miss from Parks.
Marusic is looking to counter punch.
Marusic misses with a hook
letting Parks counter with a right hand.
Marusic throws a poor cross that misses
and Parks counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Parks misses the shot to the body.
Parks swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Marusic counter with a right hand.
Marusic is looking to clinch but Parks is avoiding it.
Parks is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Marusic with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Borislav Marusic will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Parks swings for the body but Marusic moves out of range.
Borislav Marusic is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Parks takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Parks bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marusic lands a body shot.
Marusic uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Parks has time to react.
Marusic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marusic lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Parks ducks under a wild hook from Marusic.
Parks looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Marusic fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marusic ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Parks moves away.
Marusic misses with a wild body shot.
Parks tests Marusic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Parks avoids the body shot from Marusic.
Parks works Marusic's body with a nice hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marusic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Parks throws out the jab.
A cross from Parks lands.
Marusic takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Parks dodges the punch combination from Marusic.
Marusic sizes up Parks with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Marusic jabs Parks to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Parks misses with an uppercut.
The fighters circle momentarily. Marusic darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Parks throws a shot from downtown. Marusic moves away and avoids it.
A shot to the liver by Marusic. Beautiful body shot.
Marusic misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Parks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Parks throws a body punch but Marusic moves out of range.
Marusic uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Parks.
Marusic avoids the body shot from Parks.
Marusic throws a shot to the body.
Parks staying out of range there.
Brody Parks has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Parks moves away from the strike by Marusic.
Parks lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Marusic fails to land with a series of punches.
Parks throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marusic lands with a straight right. Parks didn't see that one coming.
Parks misses with a straight left.
Marusic scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Marusic at a distance.
Parks moves away from the strike by Marusic.
It seemed like Parks was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Parks throws a series of punches but Marusic moves out of range.
Marusic lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
A big right from Marusic misses.
Parks scores with a hook.
Marusic tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parks was well out of range. Poor timing from Marusic.
Parks thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marusic feinted with a counter takedown.
Parks takes a swing at Marusic's ribcage but misses.
Marusic throws a hook but Parks blocks it.
It seemed like Parks was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Marusic avoids the body shot from Parks.
Parks walks into a jab.
A jab from Marusic misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marusic misses with a body shot
and Parks counters with a nice uppercut.
Marusic keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Marusic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marusic throws a jab but it's blocked by Parks.
Marusic takes a swing at Parks's ribcage but misses.
Marusic misses with a wild body shot.
Marusic lands a nice hook to Parks's body. Parks takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Parks. Marusic does a little dance to reset his feet.
Parks takes a swing at Marusic's ribcage but misses.
Parks throws a body shot but no joy.
Marusic lands with a nice body punch.
Marusic throws a body shot but no joy.
Parks throws a body shot but no joy.
Sloppy strikes from Parks. Those never looked like landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Borislav Marusic showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marusic has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 49:46
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 49:46
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 49:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Borislav Marusic!
Borislav Marusic is the new bantamweight champion!
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