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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Marley (ranked 1 p4p, 46 weight class) and Jason Hightower (ranked 1 p4p, 5 weight class). Marley comes to the cage accompanied by WANTED. The crowd seem to be enjoying Hightower's choice of entrance music: The Power. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 33 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ezekiel Marley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 45 - 14 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jason Hightower!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley moves into range and clinches up with Hightower.
Hightower tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hightower swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Marley.
Hightower with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Hightower misses with some punches.
Marley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hightower avoids it.
Hightower on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Hightower scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marley blocks a body shot from Hightower.
Hightower working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hightower.
Marley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Marley blocking some punches.
Hightower tries to land a knee to the head but Marley blocks with his arms.
Hightower tries to land a knee to the head but Marley blocks with his arms.
Marley lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hightower backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hightower in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Hightower looks winded!
Knees in the clinch landing for Marley.
Marley crunches a lovely knee into Hightower's ribcage.
Marley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hightowers head.
Marley landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hightower managing to block the knees to the body from Marley.
Marley lands a body punch in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hightower fails to land.
Marley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hightower.
Hightower doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marley lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marley pushes Hightower back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hightower.
Hightower on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marley missing with knees to the body.
Marley blocking some punches.
Marley lands a nice shot to the body.
Marley lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marley works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marley is leaning against Hightower and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marley lands a body punch in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Marley.
Marley lands a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marley is leaning against Hightower and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Marley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hightower backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Hightower missing with knees to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marley.
Marley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hightower in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marley crunches a lovely knee into Hightower's ribcage.
Hightower on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Hightower misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marley.
Marley putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Hightower in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marley lands a knee to the body.
Marley cracks Hightower with a nice body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marley.
Marley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hightower.
Marley managing to block the knees to the body from Hightower.
Marley lands with a short shot to the head.
Marley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Knees to the body from Marley.
Marley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hightower backwards.
Marley lands with a left to the head.
Marley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marley crunches a lovely knee into Hightower's ribcage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley lands a knee to the body.
Marley digs a right hand underneath Hightower's ribcage. Hightower let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marley lands with a short shot to the head.
Hightower throws a punch but it's blocked by Marley.
Marley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short right from Marley.
Knees to the body from Marley.
Marley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Hightower is defending well for now.
Hightower doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hightower on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marley crunches a lovely knee into Hightower's ribcage.
Hightower doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marley lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Marley.
A hook to the body from Marley.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hightower prevents a body shot from Marley.
Hightower on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marley utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marley lands an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley misses with a knee to the head.
Marley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Hightower or not.
A left hand lands to the body for Marley.
Marley tries to work over Hightower's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marley creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marley lands a body shot.
Marley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marley cracks Hightower with a nice body shot.
Marley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marley scores with a hook to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Marley.
Marley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marley misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hightower.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marley lands a right hand.
Marley scores with a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marley.
A short body shot lands from Marley as the two fighters clinch.
Marley crunches a lovely knee into Hightower's ribcage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ezekiel Marley dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Marley drops Hightower with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Hightower looks back up at him and smiles so Marley waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Marley throws a lazy right hand but Hightower sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hightower throws out a counter right but Marley avoids it with no problem.
Hightower walks into a jab.
Marley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hightower manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hightower doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
A low kick from Marley is predictable there
and Hightower cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Ezekiel Marley has been cut.
Hightower misses with a shot to the body
and Marley counters with a big right hand! Oh Hightower is in trouble here! Marley follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ezekiel Marley!
Ezekiel Marley retains his heavyweight title!
Ezekiel Marley thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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