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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Markus King (ranked 20530 p4p, 5063 weight class) and Jahmeir Myers (ranked 306 p4p, 280 weight class). Myers is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by No Role Model. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Markus King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jahmeir Myers!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Marco Blurstr�m and Roosa J�rvil�inen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Myers shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts King as he jumps to the side.
Myers keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Myers tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Myers throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
King tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Myers defends well and King ends up having to push Myers into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from King fails to land.
King goes for a takedown in the clinch but Myers prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Markus King. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Myers drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myers tries to circle away but King has him pinned against the ropes.
Myers is trying to pull guard but King has him pressed against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
King breaks the clinch.
Myers shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has King pinned against the ropes. King gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Myers has King up against the ropes in a clinch.
Knees to the body from King.
King breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
King is looking to clinch but Myers is avoiding it.
Myers displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from King.
Myers displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from King.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Myers darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A momentary lapse in concentration from King enables Myers to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. King manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
King tries to land a sweep but no joy.
King preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Myers throwing strikes from guard but King blocks nicely.
Myers with a flurry of punches that miss.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Myers content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Myers is looking to stand up but King won't let him.
King throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Myers throws a big elbow that misses.
Myers trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Myers is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Myers gets to his feet - King follows without any prompting.
We've been informed that Myers has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
King fails with the takedown.
King shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Myers but Myers pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Myers is clearly trying to counter these attacks from King with a body shot.
King is breathing heavily.
King needs to keep his hands up - Myers had a free shot at his head there.
Myers tries for a takedown but King sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Myers is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myers's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Myers duly obliges.
Myers blocks a leg kick.
Myers swinging wildly here.
Myers shoots for a takedown but King saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Myers misses with a series of wild punches.
Myers closes this distance looking for a takedown but King circles away.
King moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice sprawl there from King as Myers shoots in.
Myers looks to land a left hand but King moved out of range nicely.
Myers closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming King to the mat! King manages to get full guard.
King looking for a sweep. Not yet King, not yet.
Myers distracts King with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
King utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Myers has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of King is proving hard to escape from.
Myers postures up.
Myers decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on King, up you get!
King moves in looking to clinch but Myers pushes him off.
Myers closes the distance and clinches.
King keeps control of Myers as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Myers lands a nice shot to the body.
King is trying to stall.
Myers has had enough of the clinch but King keeps him there for the moment.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Myers goes for a takedown attempt but King pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jahmeir Myers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Myers closes this distance looking for a takedown but King circles away.
As Myers tries to get set, King tries to push him back and clinch up but Myers manages to avoid the attempt.
Myers misses with a few strikes there.
Myers has his takedown stuffed
and King counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
King tries to close the distance and clinch up but Myers swats him away and circles back towards the center.
King misses with a wild body shot.
Myers throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
King scores with a decent looking hook.
King throws the left hand but Myers avoids the punch easily.
Myers lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
King lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Myers circles away quickly and effectively.
King fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Myers has managed to clinch.
Myers pulls guard effortlessly.
Myers wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Myers looking to control.
Myers wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
King looking to sit in guard and control but Myers gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
King utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
King keeping moving, preventing Myers from controlling successfully.
Myers is working King over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Myers's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Myers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Myers stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Myers.
King shoots in but Myers avoids the takedown attempt easily.
King misses with a straight left.
Myers misses with a double jab.
Myers connects with a crisp jab.
Myers looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
No luck for King with that takedown attempt.
Myers connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Myers misses with a few strikes there.
King fails with the takedown.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jahmeir Myers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Myers 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Jahmeir Myers!
Judge Marco Blurstr�m scores the fight for Jahmeir Myers!
Judge Roosa J�rvil�inen scores the fight for Jahmeir Myers!
Jahmeir Myers wins by unanimous decision!
A relieved looking Jahmeir Myers thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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pop
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