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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marty Friedman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Acevedes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Acevedes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Slayed kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marty Friedman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Acevedes!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Friedman keeps Acevedes at a distance using the push kick.
Friedman looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A head kick misses from Friedman.
Friedman changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Acevedes tries to avoid it but Friedman manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Acevedes to the ground. Acevedes escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Friedman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No luck for Friedman with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marty Friedman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Friedman shoots in for a takedown but Acevedes shows good takedown defense.
Acevedes stuffs the takedown.
Acevedes scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Friedman is breathing heavily.
Friedman tries to control but Acevedes manages to take his back.
Acevedes controlling the position well here. Friedman rolled but Acevedes kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Acevedes softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Acevedes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Acevedes has good solid back control here.
Acevedes has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Friedman has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Friedman holding both Acevedes 's hands and preventing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Acevedes controlling well, preventing Friedman from escaping the position.
Acevedes controls the action.
Friedman looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Friedman tries to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acevedes is riding his opponent, not letting Friedman buck him off.
Friedman avoids the strikes from Acevedes.
I would not like to be Friedman right now.
Friedman wants to escape the position.
Acevedes scores with strikes from the back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Acevedes slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Despite being in the dominant position, Marcus Acevedes just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Friedman rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Acevedes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Friedman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Friedman misses with a wild combination.
A slow jab from Acevedes misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Acevedes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Friedman moves out of range of the strikes.
Friedman misses with the combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Acevedes.
Acevedes drives through with a takedown into guard.
Friedman on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Friedman tries to get out of the position.
Acevedes trying to control the position from guard on top but Friedman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Acevedes sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Friedman's guard.
Acevedes is trying to control. Friedman wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Acevedes passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Friedman!
Acevedes content just to control the position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Friedman is wriggling around trying to escape.
Friedman trying desperately to get to his feet.
Acevedes controlling from mount.
Friedman is looking to get to half guard.
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.
Acevedes takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Friedman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Acevedes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Friedman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Acevedes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Friedman taking shots to the head.
Acevedes looking to control and managing it successfully.
Friedman sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Acevedes stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in the dominant position, Marcus Acevedes just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Friedman moves away from the strike by Acevedes.
Acevedes swats away the attempt to clinch by Friedman.
Marty Friedman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Friedman throws a right and a left that Acevedes avoids nicely.
Acevedes scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Friedman is trying to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Acevedes uses his free foot to push down on Friedman's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Friedman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Acevedes showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Friedman ducks under a wild hook from Acevedes.
Friedman fails with the takedown
and Acevedes counters with a takedown into side control.
Acevedes tries to move to mount but Friedman blocks the move with his legs.
Marcus Acevedes has got the better of the ground game so far.
Acevedes just content to control the position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Friedman is looking to reverse the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Acevedes lands a nice forearm strike.
Acevedes passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Friedman!
Friedman wants to control but Acevedes is having none of it.
Friedman is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Acevedes is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Acevedes controlling the pace for now.
Friedman takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Acevedes wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Acevedes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Acevedes avoids the attempt from Friedman to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Acevedes tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Friedman is in a horrible position here. Acevedes smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Friedman is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Acevedes controlling the position easily from mount.
Friedman keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Acevedes tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Let's hope that Acevedes has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's four 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.
Acevedes raining down shots from the mount!
Acevedes content just to control the position here.
Friedman is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Friedman knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Acevedes on the ground.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Acevedes tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Acevedes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Acevedes 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Acevedes!
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hype
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