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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paul Sweeny (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gideon Marchant (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Sweeny's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Run This Town by Jay Z,Rihanna, and Kanye West. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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148 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Sweeny!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Gideon Marchant!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marchant connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
It looks like Paul Sweeny has been cut.
Sweeny wants to clinch up but Marchant keeps it at a distance.
Sweeny doesn't manage to clinch there - Marchant circles away.
Sweeny fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marchant manages to avoid it.
Marchant tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marchant closes the distance and clinches up with Sweeny, looking for a takedown. Marchant pushes Sweeny against the cage but Sweeny circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sweeny shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Sweeny throws a nice looking combination but Marchant bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marchant misses the shot to the body.
Sweeny ducks under a wild hook from Marchant.
Marchant bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Sweeny's head backwards.
Sweeny clinches.
Marchant can't get the takedown.
Sweeny keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marchant's efforts to push away.
Marchant throws an elbow that misses.
Marchant fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sweeny avoids a wild elbow strike from Marchant.
Sweeny wants a takedown.
Sweeny fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Marchant working hard to break the clinch.
Marchant breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sweeny avoids the body shot from Marchant.
Sweeny moves out of range as Marchant throws a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marchant tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sweeny was well out of range. Poor timing from Marchant.
Marchant throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sweeny shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marchant pinned against the cage. Marchant gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Paul Sweeny. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marchant closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Nice strikes from Marchant there.
Sweeny blocking the ground and pound attempt from Marchant.
Marchant sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Sweeny defending well though.
Sweeny keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marchant slips a nice elbow through Sweeny's hands, connecting with Sweeny's forehead.
Marchant throwing shots but Sweeny is blocking nicely.
Marchant thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Sweeny avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Marchant.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sweeny wants to improve his position but Marchant is controlling well.
Sweeny is breathing heavily.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Marchant connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Marchant scores with a nice head shot.
Marchant closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sweeny manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
The fighters are battling for position here. Marchant manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Marchant looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sweeny is one step ahead there.
Sweeny trying to control the position from guard on top but Marchant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marchant bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sweeny's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sweeny has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Marchant can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Marchant works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Marchant working over Sweeny with some ground and pound. Sweeny looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Marchant works his way into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marchant in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sweeny tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Marchant wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Check out the look on Marchant's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marchant is chipping away with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marchant lands an elbow.
Marchant working the head and body with strikes.
Marchant connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sweeny some visible discomfort.
Marchant working the ground and pound.
Sweeny is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Marchant working the head and body with strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marchant looks up at the clock and then as Sweeny takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Marchant smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sweeny is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gideon Marchant dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paul Sweeny's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Marchant swinging wilding here.
Marchant throws a sloppy body shot
and Sweeny counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sweeny stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Marchant swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marchant throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Sweeny works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Marchant is doing well to control the position and prevent Sweeny from advancing to side control.
Marchant is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweeny seems to be working for a kimura but Marchant defends the submission attempt.
Sweeny throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Marchant trying to control but Sweeny postures up.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Marchant misses with a wild body shot.
Marchant misses with a straight left.
Marchant throws a series of punches but Sweeny avoids them all with ease.
Paul Sweeny is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marchant fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Sweeny looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Sweeny gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Marchant postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Gideon Marchant has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marchant tries to free his leg and advance position but Sweeny is retaining full guard.
Marchant landing some decent shots from guard.
Marchant works over Sweeny with some ground and pound from guard.
Marchant stands up over Sweeny, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sweeny utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Marchant chips away with some ground and pound.
Marchant really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Sweeny. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Marchant throwing strikes from guard but Sweeny blocks nicely.
Marchant postures up and lands a big shot to Sweeny's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marchant scoring with some ground and pound.
Marchant lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Marchant accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Marchant lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Marchant content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sweeny wants to sweep but no luck.
Marchant throwing strikes but missing.
Marchant is in close to Sweeny's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Marchant postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marchant lands a couple of elbows.
Marchant makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Sweeny avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Marchant trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Marchant with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Sweeny looking to control.
Marchant postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Marchant scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Marchant in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Marchant makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gideon Marchant showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Paul Sweeny's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Marchant throws a body punch but Sweeny moves out of range.
Marchant ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sweeny moves away.
Sweeny shoots in and bounces Marchant off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Marchant is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Marchant has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Marchant avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Marchant holds on and takes a little breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sweeny throwing strikes from guard but Marchant blocks nicely.
Sweeny trying to control the position from guard on top but Marchant is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sweeny looking to pass the guard.
Marchant pulls Sweeny in close to prevent any damage.
Sweeny drops back, looking for a kneebar! Marchant looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Marchant looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Marchant!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Marchant landing a few strikes.
Marchant working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Sweeny taking a bit of punishment here - Marchant scoring with strikes.
Sweeny takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marchant in side control lands a decent elbow.
Sweeny is looking to reverse the position.
Sweeny takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Sweeny is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Marchant is putting a hurting on Sweeny here, landing some big shots from side control.
Gideon Marchant is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marchant works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Marchant taking a breather here.
Marchant working the head and body with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sweeny taking a bit of punishment here - Marchant scoring with strikes.
Marchant working the ground and pound from side control.
Marchant cracks Sweeny with a big elbow.
Marchant taking a breather here.
Marchant connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Sweeny some visible discomfort.
Marchant cracks Sweeny with a big right hand but Sweeny just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Sweeny takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Paul Sweeny has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Sweeny is trying to escape the position but Marchant is controlling the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gideon Marchant comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Marchant winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Atkins scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gideon Marchant!
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