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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grant Hyde (ranked 347 p4p, 318 weight class) and Mick Marsden (ranked 39 p4p, 37 weight class). Hyde comes to the cage accompanied by Darkside-Neoni. Marsden has chosen Brick - Ben Folds Five as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Hyde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mick Marsden!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marsden manages to avoid it.
Hyde swings for the body but Marsden moves out of range.
Marsden slips under a jab from Hyde.
Hyde wants to slow Marsden down by chopping away at his legs.
Marsden avoids a kick to the body.
Marsden lands a jab to the head.
Hyde throws a right hand that misses
and Hyde takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hyde tries to keep at a distance but Marsden has taken the fight into the clinch.
Marsden lands a right hand.
Hyde avoids the elbow strike from Marsden, against the cage.
Marsden keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hyde's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyde breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hyde connects with a leg kick.
Marsden bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Hyde's head.
Hyde with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A lazy left from Marsden finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hyde sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hyde throwing a counter right hand but Marsden manages to avoid it.
Marsden staying out of range there.
Hyde changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hyde misses with a hook. Marsden ducked under it nicely.
Hyde has been working on his boxing with his coaches at 3Band MMA in the buildup to the fight.
A head kick by Hyde misses
and Marsden cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hyde with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Hyde throws the left hand but Marsden avoids the punch easily.
Hyde misses with a hook
letting Marsden counter with a right hand.
Marsden throws a body shot but no joy.
Hyde throwing a counter right hand but Marsden manages to avoid it.
Marsden avoids the head kick by Hyde.
Marsden moves away from the strike by Hyde.
Marsden misses with a straight left.
Hyde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marsden manages to avoid it.
Marsden cracks Hyde with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Marsden uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hyde.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden moves into the clinch successfully.
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 right hand to the body from Marsden.
Hyde wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marsden has him pressed against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marsden.
Marsden working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marsden lands an elbow inside that Hyde shrugs off.
Marsden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hyde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Hyde tries to score with a low kick but Marsden moves his leg out of the way.
Marsden dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hyde. That did some damage!
Marsden has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Hyde stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Marsden defending well as Hyde loads up on a big left hand.
Marsden connects with a jab.
Hyde digs a good hook to Marsden's body.
Good leg kick by Marsden.
A jab from Marsden misses.
An attempted straight right counter from Hyde misses the target.
Hyde throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsden instigates a clinch.
Hyde tries to break the clinch but Marsden is controlling the position.
Marsden lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Marsden lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hyde is trying to break the clinch but Marsden has him pressed against the cage.
Hyde is trying to push Marsden away but Marsden has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Marsden lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Grant Hyde has been cut.
Hyde looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Hyde takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marsden prevents Hyde from breaking the clinch.
Marsden tries to work over Hyde's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hyde can't break the clinch.
Marsden throws an elbow but it misses.
Marsden lands a nice uppercut.
Hyde is trying to break the clinch but Marsden is controlling him.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marsden.
Marsden lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hyde backwards.
Still in the clinch, Marsden scores with a nice short uppercut.
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!
Marsden creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hyde's defenses.
Marsden prevents Hyde from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden lands a damaging elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marsden creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marsden lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hyde wants to break free but Marsden has control.
Marsden lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Marsden can't find room to land a body shot as Hyde controls the action.
Marsden throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short uppercut from Marsden.
Marsden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Hyde is trying to force a seperation but Marsden has the dominant position.
Hyde tries to break free but Marsden pushes him back against the cage.
Hyde tries to circle away but Marsden has him pinned against the cage.
Marsden swings wildly with an uppercut but Hyde uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyde is trying to break the clinch but Marsden is controlling him.
Hyde's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hyde throws a right hand that misses
and Marsden counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hyde gets tackled into the cage by Marsden. Marsden maintains the clinch.
Hyde wants to break free but Marsden has control.
Marsden struggles to land a body shot inside as Hyde controls his hands.
Hyde breaks the clinch.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Marsden sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Decent striking displayed by Marsden there.
Marsden connects with an inside leg kick.
Hyde misses with a body shot
and Hyde takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hyde misses with a low kick.
Hyde swings for the body but Marsden moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Marsden lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hyde doesn't seem phased though.
Hyde uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marsden.
Marsden throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marsden has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Hyde.
Hyde takes one on the button.
Marsden gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hyde escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marsden throws a hook to the side of Hyde's head but Hyde sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Marsden moves in looking to clinch but Hyde pushes him off.
Hyde swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Marsden tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hyde swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marsden connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hyde. Hyde circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hyde throws a body kick that misses.
It seemed like Marsden was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Hyde throws a jab but it's blocked by Marsden.
Marsden tries to clinch there but Hyde circles away.
Marsden lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hyde's sensitive parts.
Hyde scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Marsden checks a leg kick.
Hyde dips to his left and cracks Marsden with an uppercut!
Hyde misses with a lunging right hand
and Marsden counters with a straight right hand.
Marsden jabs Hyde right on the nose. Hyde blinks but takes it well.
Marsden misses with a hook.
Marsden slips a straight right by Hyde.
Hyde throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hyde throws a hook but Marsden blocks it.
Marsden moves into range and clinches up with Hyde.
Hyde has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marsden lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hyde pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marsden throws a sloppy head kick and Hyde moves out of range easily.
Jab from Hyde.
Hyde misses with a low kick as Marsden jumps back.
Marsden throws a head kick that misses.
Hyde stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marsden.
Hyde tries a head kick but it misses.
Hyde takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hyde pivots, looking for a leg kick but Marsden is out of range and Hyde settles back down.
Hyde scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
A low kick lands for Marsden.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Donk. Marsden catches Hyde right on the button with a cross.
Marsden scores with a kick to the midsection.
Grant Hyde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheers as Marsden lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hyde doesn't seem phased though.
Hyde buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hyde throws a right hand that Marsden ducks under and follows up with a left that Marsden also avoids with ease.
Hyde has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Marsden.
Hyde misses with a lunging right hand
and Marsden counters with a thumping low kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Marsden.
Marsden throws a hook but Hyde avoids it easily.
Marsden scores with a nice strike.
Marsden misses with a body shot.
Marsden connects with a nice looking jab.
Hyde takes a swing at Marsden's ribcage but misses.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Marsden misses.
Hyde takes a swing at Marsden's ribcage but misses.
Marsden appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Hyde connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Marsden momentarily.
Marsden missing with a left hand there. Hyde was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Hyde appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Marsden goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Marsden misses the jab.
Marsden is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Hyde had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Marsden looks to land a left hand but Hyde moved out of range nicely.
Hyde lunges at Marsden with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marsden's hand.
Marsden bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hyde's head backwards.
Hyde keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hyde throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marsden feints a counter leg kick.
Hyde tried to score with a low kick but Marsden checks it.
Marsden throws a good cross that connects.
Marsden walks into a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mick Marsden dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Grant Hyde's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A telegraphed right hand from Hyde misses the target.
Marsden looks to land a combination. Hyde sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Hyde takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hyde looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fighters circling - Marsden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marsden has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hyde fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Marsden looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Marsden throws a nice outside leg kick.
A jab from Marsden misses.
Marsden throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Hyde is looking to counter with a body kick.
Hyde slips a straight right by Marsden.
A nice inside leg kick there by Marsden. That's going to slow Hyde down.
Marsden connects with the punch.
Hyde throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marsden counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hyde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsden moves away.
Marsden moves out of range as Hyde throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde misses the jab.
Hyde lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A slow jab from Hyde misses its intended target.
Hyde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsden moves away.
Hyde connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Marsden's hands.
Marsden scores with a head kick.
Marsden gets a clinch.
Marsden misses with a punch to the body.
Mick Marsden seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
A shot in the inside from Marsden.
Hyde wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marsden has him pressed against the cage.
Marsden throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Marsden creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Marsden pushes Hyde back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Hyde avoids the elbow strike from Marsden, against the cage.
Marsden scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marsden lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hyde backwards.
Marsden creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marsden keeps control of Hyde as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Hyde wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hyde is trying to force a seperation but Marsden has the dominant position.
Marsden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hyde breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marsden tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Hyde is able to avoid easily.
Hyde swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Hyde catches Marsden with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Hyde throws a hook but Marsden blocks it.
Hyde tries a low kick but Marsden avoids it.
Hyde throws a head kick that misses.
Marsden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hyde.
Marsden connects with a looping right hand.
Marsden with a hook.
A slow jab from Hyde misses its intended target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Hyde.
Marsden defending well as Hyde loads up on a big left hand.
Marsden moves out of range of the strikes.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Marsden! But no joy.
Hyde throws a leg kick that misses.
Marsden lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Marsden scores with a leg kick.
Hyde moves away from the strike by Marsden.
A little feinted left hand from Hyde on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hyde misses with a hook.
Hyde ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hyde scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marsden scores with a push kick.
The fighters circling - Hyde throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Hyde lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Marsden misses with a hook. Hyde ducked under it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hyde is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Marsden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hyde.
Hyde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsden moves away.
Marsden works the jab nicely.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hyde throws out a loose jab but Marsden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marsden tries to clinch up.
Marsden tries to clinch there but Hyde circles away.
Marsden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hyde.
Marsden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hyde.
A jab lands there for Hyde.
A jab from Hyde misses.
Marsden looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Hyde misses with a straight left.
Marsden uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hyde.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Hyde takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Marsden lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Marsden lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Hyde just misses with a punch to the body.
Marsden on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Hyde checks the leg kick nicely there.
It looked like Hyde was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Marsden.
Hyde scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marsden doesn't seem bothered though.
Hyde throws a nice outside leg kick.
Hyde misses with an attempted mid kick.
Marsden ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Hyde cracks a nice hook into Marsden's ribs.
Hyde misses the jab.
Marsden wants to counter with a clinch but Hyde pushes him away.
Marsden throws a shot from downtown. Hyde moves away and avoids it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Marsden feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Hydes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hyde takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hyde throws an off balance right hand
and Marsden counters with a low kick, right behind Hyde 's knee.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marsden throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hyde throws an off balance right hand
and Marsden counters with a stiff right hand.
Hyde throws out a loose jab but Marsden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marsden uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hyde.
Hyde takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Marsden connects with an inside leg kick.
Hyde takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Hyde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hyde misses with a lunging right hand
and Marsden counters with a nice uppercut.
Hyde thows a leg kick but Marsden checks it
and Marsden counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Hyde.
Marsden appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Marsden connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hyde. Hyde circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Marsden misses with an uppercut.
Marsden takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheers as Hyde lands an impressive looking overhand right. Marsden doesn't seem phased though.
Hyde misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marsden.
Hyde throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Marsden to counter with a crisp jab.
Marsden connects with a high kick.
Hyde is rocked!
Marsden throws a nice head kick!
Oh Hyde is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marsden scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Hyde throws a body shot but no joy.
Marsden buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hyde misses with a hook
and Marsden connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Hyde swings widly with a right hand
and Marsden counters with a big right hand! Oh Hyde is in trouble here! Marsden follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mick Marsden!
After winning the bout, Mick Marsden 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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