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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between rocky marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Olof (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). marciano comes to the cage accompanied by would you still love me even with a spotty arse?. Olof has chosen I am a poor lonesome cowboy as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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146 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
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169 cm
26
140 lbs
12 - 9 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, rocky marciano!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, John Olof!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
marciano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Olof moves away.
marciano looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Olof holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
marciano not landing any meaningful shots this time.
marciano drops an elbow to the side of Olof's head.
marciano sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Olof defending well though.
marciano winds up and cracks Olof with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
marciano throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Olof wants to get back to full guard.
Olof blocking the ground and pound attempt from marciano.
Nice strikes from marciano there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Olof is defending against the submission attempts here by marciano.
marciano throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Olof keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Olof avoiding damage under a succession of punches from marciano.
marciano throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
marciano frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Olof tries to hold on but marciano postures up.
marciano throws some wild stikes that Olof manages to avoid easily.
Olof is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Olof wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Olof tries to hold on but marciano postures up.
marciano throws some wild stikes that Olof manages to avoid easily.
Olof avoids a series of strikes thrown by marciano.
marciano landing strikes from the mount.
Olof really wants to buck marciano off and get back to his feet.
marciano sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Olof tries to hold on but marciano postures up.
marciano goes for an armbar but Olof turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Olof.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
marciano seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Olof stopping the sweep attempt from marciano.
Olof wants to stand and escape but instead marciano has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
marciano slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Olof tries to improve position but can't.
marciano scores with a couple of short elbows.
Olof parries the strikes from marciano easily there. marciano is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Olof to escape.
Olof defending against the ground and pound.
Olof is not content to let marciano control the position.
You can see the frustration on Olof's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
rocky marciano dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
marciano darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
marciano swats away the attempt to clinch by Olof.
Olof throws a right hand that marciano ducks under and follows up with a left that marciano also avoids with ease.
marciano lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
marciano leaves Olof with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Olof throws a nice looking combination but marciano bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Olof, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
marciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Olof has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Olof there as he acknowledges the shot.
A left lands for marciano.
Olof is rocked!
Good shot there by marciano.
Olof is still on wobbly legs! Can marciano finish him?
John Olof is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Are you kidding me?! marciano ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Olof clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). rocky marciano!
rocky marciano retains his bantamweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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