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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marc Marcus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oscar Alho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marc Marcus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Oscar Alho!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Alho throws a hook but Marcus avoids it easily.
Marcus looks to land a left hand but Alho moved out of range nicely.
Marcus displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alho throws out the jab.
Alho shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marcus pinned against the cage. Marcus gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
No joy there for Marcus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marcus feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Marcus is in close to Alho's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Alho avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Alho utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Alho is trying to control the position but Marcus postures up.
Marcus looking to pass the guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Marcus's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Marcus has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Marcus working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Marcus throwing strikes but missing.
Marcus is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus trying to control the position from guard on top but Alho is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marcus with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marcus postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Alho working for a triangle but Marcus defends it easily.
Marcus throwing strikes from guard but Alho blocks nicely.
Alho is trying to keep Marcus in close.
Alho avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Marcus content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Marcus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Marcus won't allow Alho to get back to his feet.
Marcus is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Alho trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus works over Alho with some ground and pound from guard.
Marcus with a nice head shot there.
Marcus landing with the ground and pound.
Marcus lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Marcus stands up over Alho, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Marcus distracts Alho with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Marcus lands a couple of digs.
Alho looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Alho looks gassed!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Marcus's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marcus lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Marcus postures up and lands a big shot to Alho's brow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alho wants to stand up but Marcus is controlling him.
Marcus connects with a couple of short punches.
Marcus makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus working some strikes from top position.
Marcus working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alho's head.
Marcus stands up over Alho, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Alho wants to stand but Marcus is controlling the position.
Marcus wants to control from the top but Alho keeps moving.
Alho has momentary wrist control but Marcus slips an elbow through the middle.
Marcus slips nicely into half guard.
Alho on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Marcus working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Marcus.
Alho taking some punishment here, with Marcus in his half guard.
Marcus working over Alho with some ground and pound. Alho looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Marcus connects with a nice short shot to Alho's temple.
Alho has hold of Marcus's hands but Marcus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alho is trying to stand back up but Marcus is controlling him
Alho is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marcus scores with a couple of nice shots.
Marcus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Marcus lands with a punch from half guard.
Alho has hold of Marcus's hands but Marcus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alho missing with punches from the bottom.
Marcus working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Alho tries to kick Marcus off but Marcus keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Marcus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marcus takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Marcus working the head and body with strikes.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marcus lands a nice short elbow.
Alho tries to kick Marcus off but Marcus keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marc Marcus dominated that round.
That's time! Marcus's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Marcus clobbers Alho with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nice shot by Marcus.
Marcus swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Alho.
Alho misses with a double jab
and Marcus counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Marcus looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Marcus is keen to just control but Alho is a slippery customer.
Alho has hold of Marcus's hands but Marcus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Marcus looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Marc Marcus overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Marcus is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Alho taking some punishment here, with Marcus in his half guard.
Marcus slips a nice elbow through Alho's hands, connecting with Alho's forehead.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marcus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Alho is trying to stand up here but Marcus is controlling him well.
Ground and pound from Marcus.
Marcus is trying to control the action in half guard but Alho is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Marcus working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Alho punching from the bottom.
Marcus scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Marcus lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Marcus slips a nice elbow through Alho's hands, connecting with Alho's forehead.
Marcus scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Alho actively working from the bottom here.
Alho is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Alho is not content to let Marcus control the position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marcus lands a nice short elbow.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Marcus connects with a nice short shot to Alho's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus lands strikes from half guard.
Alho missing with punches from the bottom.
Alho has hold of Marcus's hands but Marcus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alho taking some punishment here, with Marcus in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Marcus.
Alho tries to kick Marcus off but Marcus keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Marcus working Alho over with strikes.
Alho wants to get back to his feet.
Marcus lands with a punch from half guard.
Marcus is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Marcus slips a nice elbow through Alho's hands, connecting with Alho's forehead.
Alho wants to get back to his feet.
Marcus lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Marcus winds up and cracks Alho with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alho wants to get back to his feet.
Marcus lands strikes from half guard.
Alho trying to control here.
Alho has hold of Marcus's hands but Marcus slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Marcus lands with a punch from half guard.
Marcus working Alho over with strikes.
Marcus is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alho can do to turn this around?
Nice strikes from Marcus there.
Alho on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Marcus slips a nice elbow through Alho's hands, connecting with Alho's forehead.
Alho on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Alho is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marcus scores with a couple of nice shots.
Marcus slips a nice elbow through Alho's hands, connecting with Alho's forehead.
Marcus looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alho with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Ground and pound from Marcus.
Alho keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alho avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marcus.
Alho pushes Marcus off looking to stand but Marcus dives back in and keeps control.
Marcus seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Alho lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Marcus is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Alho's half guard.
Marcus lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Marcus missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Alho tries to get to full guard but Marcus has control of the leg.
Marcus passes to full mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marcus working Alho over with strikes here.
Marcus with a couple of short strikes.
Marcus with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marc Marcus dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Alho with a poor takedown
and Marcus counters with a stiff right hand.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Marcus.
Marcus looks up at the clock and then as Alho takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Marcus smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Marcus scoring with punches from side control.
Marcus cracks Alho with a big right hand but Alho just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
You can see the frustration on Alho's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Marcus lands a nice forearm strike.
Marcus lands some shots froms side control.
Marcus working the ground and pound.
Alho struggling a bit here.
Marcus is working Alho over with some ground and pound from side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marcus lands a decent elbow from side control.
Marcus trying to control the action but Alho is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alho wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Marcus working the ground and pound from side control.
Check out the look on Marcus's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Marcus lands a few punches from side control.
Marcus wants to control but Alho is keeping him busy.
Marcus looks up at the clock and then as Alho takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Marcus smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Marcus lands some shots froms side control.
Marcus grinds an elbow into Alho's temple.
Alho takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Marcus cracks Alho with a big elbow.
Marcus works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Marcus misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Marcus looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Alho is avoiding damage well.
Marcus throws an elbow but Alho slips to the side and avoids it well.
Marcus is trying to ground and pound but Alho uses the momentary lack of control by Marcus to regain half guard.
Marcus prevents Alho from standing back up.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marcus shoots for a double leg takedown but Alho sprawls well. He's pushed Marcus's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Alho misses with a looping left.
Alho with a poor takedown
and Marcus counters with a single leg into guard. Alho didn't expect that.
Marcus throws a big right hand that misses.
Marcus is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Marcus throws a strike but Alho rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Marcus scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus keeping moving, preventing Alho from controlling successfully.
Marcus lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Alho!
Alho is in a horrible position here. Marcus smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Marcus is landing with some decent strikes but Alho is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Marcus lands a big elbow.
Marcus prevents Alho from getting the reversal.
Marcus landing strikes from the mount.
Marcus lands with some strikes.
Marcus is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Marcus with shots to the head and body - Alho looks very uncomfortable down there.
Alho manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Alho manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus scoring with punches to the head and body.
Marcus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Marcus loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Alho wants to stand but Marcus is controlling the position.
Marcus lands a couple of digs.
Marcus working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alho's head.
Alho thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Oscar Alho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Marcus works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nice defenses there by Marcus.
Marcus fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Alho looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marc Marcus showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marcus has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Emerson Jorge scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:25
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marc Marcus!
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