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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Philip Marcus (ranked 203 p4p, 500 weight class) and Kuromiya Hiro (ranked 22 p4p, 49 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Philip Marcus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 5 - 1, fighting out of London, Kuromiya Hiro!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Anthony Taglia and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hiro moves out of range of the strikes.
Marcus throws a nice looking combination but Hiro bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marcus slips a jab from Hiro.
Marcus throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hiro drops his hands momentarily and Marcus takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Hiro thuds a left hand into Marcus's body.
Hiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hiro blocks a leg kick.
Hiro fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hiro throws a hook but Marcus avoids it easily.
Hiro misses with a low kick as Marcus jumps back.
Hiro missing with a left hand there. Marcus was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marcus has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marcus there as he acknowledges the shot.
Marcus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marcus swings wildly with an uppercut but Hiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marcus lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hiro lands with a short punch from the clinch.
I was talking to Marcus's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Hiro working aggressively here.
Marcus looking to stall.
Hiro misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiro lands with a right to the head.
Marcus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hiro prevents a body shot from Marcus.
Marcus scores with a nice hook to the head.
Hiro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marcus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marcus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marcus blocks a body shot from Hiro.
Hiro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hiro lands with a left to the head.
Hiro lands a nice uppercut.
Marcus fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Marcus.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hiro struggles to land a body shot inside as Marcus controls his hands.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Hiro has a couple of punches blocked by Marcus.
Hiro blocks a body shot from Marcus.
Marcus tries a body shot but Hiro blocks it.
A hook to the body from Hiro.
A right hand to the body from Hiro.
Marcus misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hiro lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Marcus or not.
A bit of stalling here from Hiro.
Hiro works on Marcus's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hiro.
Marcus pushes Hiro back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Marcus tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hiro's elbow.
Marcus misses with a punch to the body.
Hiro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hiro takes a shot to the head.
Good body shot from Hiro.
Marcus misses with a body punch.
Hiro struggles to land a body shot inside as Marcus controls his hands.
A frustrated look appears on Marcus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Hiro is leaning against Marcus and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Hiro lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marcus misses with a body punch.
A left hand lands to the body for Marcus.
Hiro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hiro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hiro is working Marcus over against the cage.
Marcus is breathing heavily.
Marcus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Hiro is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Hiro.
Marcus blocks an uppercut.
Hiro gets through Marcus's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hiro can't find room to land a body shot as Marcus controls the action.
Marcus has a couple of punches blocked by Hiro.
Marcus misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hiro.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hiro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Hiro can't find room to land a body shot as Marcus controls the action.
Hiro stalls.
Hiro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marcus's efforts to push away.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hiro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Hiro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marcus scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marcus has a couple of punches blocked by Hiro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hiro lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Hiro.
Hiro has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Marcus seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Hiro can turn it around.
Hiro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marcus breaks from the clinch.
Marcus waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Hiro.
Marcus avoids the body shot from Hiro.
Marcus checks a leg kick.
Hiro throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Marcus stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A clash of legs there as Marcus blocks the low kick.
Marcus blocks a jab.
Marcus throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Hiro.
Hiro lands with a straight right. Marcus didn't see that one coming.
Marcus dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hiro. That did some damage!
Marcus walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Hiro lands with a straight right. Marcus didn't see that one coming.
Hiro throws a leg kick but Marcus sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marcus is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hiro throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Marcus counter with a right hand.
Hiro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kuromiya Hiro dominated that round.
That's time! Marcus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marcus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A jab from Hiro misses.
Marcus is looking to counter punch.
Marcus just misses with a punch to the body.
Hiro throws a leg kick
and Marcus counters with a stiff right hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Hiro throws a hook to the side of Marcus's head but Marcus sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hiro on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Marcus ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marcus on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hiro. Hiro obviously looking to wear him down.
Good standup being displayed there by Hiro as he connects with a hook.
Hiro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marcus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hiro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hiro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marcus was well out of range. Poor timing from Hiro.
Marcus connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Hiro momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hiro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marcus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A low kick lands for Hiro.
Hiro thows a left - swing and a miss!
A little feinted left hand from Marcus on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hiro throws a leg kick but Marcus moved away.
Hiro misses with a wild body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marcus attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Marcus on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hiro tries to score with a low kick but Marcus moves his leg out of the way.
Hiro avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hiro slips under a jab.
Hiro tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marcus was well out of range. Poor timing from Hiro.
Marcus throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hiro sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hiro swings for the body but Marcus moves out of range.
Hiro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Marcus.
Marcus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hiro was well out of range. Poor timing from Marcus.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hiro.
Hiro misses with an uppercut. Marcus saw that one coming.
Marcus is looking for a counter combo.
Hiro loads up on a big right hand but Marcus slips the punch.
Marcus looks to land a body kick but Hiro moved away.
Hiro moves out of range of the strikes.
Hiro misses with a hook
and Marcus counters with a thumping low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hiro.
Marcus takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Marcus has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hiro.
Kuromiya Hiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marcus scores with a nice head shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marcus throws a lazy right hand but Hiro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hiro.
Marcus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marcus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Hiro.
Hiro throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
A jab from Hiro misses.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Marcus checks a leg kick.
Marcus swings away with a leg kick that misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Hiro! But no joy.
Marcus checks a leg kick.
Marcus throws a looping overhand right but Hiro ducks down to avoid it.
Hiro misses with a left hand
and Hiro takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hiro throws out a leg kick but Marcus moves out of range and Hiro only half commits.
Hiro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hiro throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marcus counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hiro.
Hiro lands with a left to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hiro.
Hiro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hiro misses with a punch on the inside.
Marcus is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Hiro blocks a body shot from Marcus.
Marcus blocking some punches.
Hiro lands a body shot.
Hiro scores with a shoulder strike.
Marcus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marcus swings wildly with an uppercut but Hiro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marcus breaks the clinch.
A good leg kick by Hiro.
Hiro throws a leg kick but Marcus sees it coming and moves out of range.
Hiro just misses with a punch to the body.
Hiro tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Marcus cracks a nice hook into Hiro's ribs.
Nice jab there from Hiro.
Hiro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marcus doesn't seem bothered though.
Marcus throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hiro misses with a low kick.
Marcus misses with a wild combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marcus with a hook.
Hiro misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marcus.
Hiro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marcus has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A jab from Hiro finds it's way through Marcus's defenses.
Marcus avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good standup being displayed there by Marcus as he connects with a hook.
Marcus throws a front kick aimed at Hiro's knee but Hiro avoids it well.
Hiro blocks a jab.
Hiro throws a chopping leg kick but Marcus manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Marcus slips a straight right by Hiro.
Hiro connects with a leg kick.
Marcus checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Marcus throwing a counter right hand but Hiro manages to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hiro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marcus takes a swing at Hiro's ribcage but misses.
Marcus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hiro.
As Hiro looks to move away, Marcus throws a big counter combo but Hiro just gets out of the way.
Marcus checks a leg kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kuromiya Hiro showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Hiro takes a swing at Marcus's ribcage but misses.
Philip Marcus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marcus scores with a hook.
Hiro tries to land a leg kick but Marcus saw it coming and moves away.
Marcus slips a straight right by Hiro.
Marcus lands a jab to Hiro's midsection.
Hiro misses with a straight right.
Hiro throws a poor cross that misses
and Marcus counters with a straight right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Hiro.
Kuromiya Hiro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Hiro looks to score with a jab to the body but Marcus is just out of range.
Hiro lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Hiro lands a glancing blow to the side of Marcus's head.
Hiro moves forwards but Marcus connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hiro clobbers Marcus with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Marcus misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hiro.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A decent looking cross lands there for Hiro.
Hiro scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marcus connects with a leg kick.
Hiro lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Marcus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus throws a lazy right hand but Hiro sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A leg kick checked by Hiro.
Hiro is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Marcus with a body shot.
A big right from Marcus misses.
Hiro swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcus.
Marcus moves out of range as Hiro strikes.
Hiro swings for the body but Marcus moves out of range.
Hiro swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcus.
Hiro takes a swing at Marcus's ribcage but misses.
Hiro misses with a straight right.
Hiro lands with a thumping leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marcus.
Hiro throws a body punch but Marcus moves out of range.
Hiro just misses with a punch to the body.
Hiro connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Marcus's hands.
Hiro has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hiro there as he acknowledges the shot.
Marcus just misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus throws a nice head kick!
It looks like Kuromiya Hiro has been cut.
Marcus checks a leg kick.
As Hiro backs away, Marcus returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Marcus swings for the body but Hiro moves out of range.
Hiro is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Marcus with a body shot.
Hiro lands with a thumping leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marcus moves into the clinch.
Marcus blocks a body shot from Hiro.
Marcus blocks a body shot from Hiro.
Marcus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hiro uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marcus.
Hiro is looking to score with low kicks.
Marcus takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Marcus lands a lovely overhand right.
Marcus dips to his left and cracks Hiro with an uppercut!
Hiro lands with a nice body punch.
Marcus misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Marcus.
Marcus tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hiro manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marcus gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hiro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marcus manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus throws a low kick but Hiro avoids it.
Hiro throws a leg kick which misses Marcus's front leg but catches the back leg as Marcus tries to avoid it.
Marcus takes one to the chin there.
Marcus blocks a jab.
Hiro throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hiro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marcus slips under a jab from Hiro.
Hiro swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Marcus.
Hiro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hiro scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Marcus throws a hook to the side of Hiro's head but Hiro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marcus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Marcus works on Hiro's body with a couple of short punches.
A head punch on the inside from Marcus fails to land.
Marcus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marcus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hiro misses with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hiro scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hiro looks to land a left hand but Marcus moved out of range nicely.
Hiro connects with a solid leg kick.
Marcus lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Hiro jabs Marcus to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hiro walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Marcus slips a straight right by Hiro.
Hiro throws an overhand right that lands on Marcus's shoulder, as Marcus tries to avoid the shot.
Hiro throws the left hand but Marcus avoids the punch easily.
Hiro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marcus looks to score with a jab to the body but Hiro is just out of range.
Hiro lands with a straight right. Marcus didn't see that one coming.
Hiro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Hiro lands a nice looking kick to the body. Marcus takes a step back to recover.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hiro throws a jab but it's blocked by Marcus.
Marcus checks a leg kick nicely.
Hiro misses with a hook.
A jab lands there for Marcus.
Marcus rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hiro counters with a straight right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kuromiya Hiro comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Hiro has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 27:30
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kuromiya Hiro!
Kuromiya Hiro made sure to mention his sponsor, Ma Balls Is Hot Clothing in his post fight interview.
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