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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Edgar Wizard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rory Markman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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186 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edgar Wizard!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rory Markman!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Alyssa Summers and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markman darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wizard taking some punishment here, with Markman in his half guard.
Wizard is trying to get back to full guard.
Markman landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wizard is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Markman scores with a couple of nice shots.
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. Markman connects with a nice short shot to Wizard's temple.
Wizard has hold of Markman's hands but Markman slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Markman looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wizard with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Markman is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Wizard is rocked!
Markman is trying to control the action in half guard but Wizard is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Oh Wizard is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wizard wants to improve his position but Markman is controlling well.
Wizard seems to have got his legs back now.
Wizard on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
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. Markman connects with a nice short shot to Wizard's temple.
Wizard moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Markman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Markman's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Markman won't allow Wizard to sweep him here.
Markman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Markman cracks Wizard with a solid left hand.
Markman lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Markman scoring with punches to the head and body.
Markman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Markman wants to control from the top but Wizard keeps moving.
Markman stands up over Wizard, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Markman lands a couple of elbows.
Markman connects with a couple of short punches.
Markman stays in close to Wizard's body and controls the position.
Markman is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Markman lands a couple of elbows.
Wizard is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wizard manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Markman manages to get himself to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markman pulls Wizard in to control the position.
Markman utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wizard preventing the sweep.
Markman is trying to keep Wizard in close.
Wizard throwing strikes from guard but Markman blocks nicely.
Markman 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.
Wizard throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markman wants to get back to his feet but Wizard is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Markman drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Markman has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Markman cracks Wizard with a big right hand but Wizard just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Wizard is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Markman off and has taken his back!
Wizard is breathing heavily.
Wizard gets his hands free as Markman looks to control.
Markman rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Wizard missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Wizard missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markman keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Wizard thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Wizard working Markman over with strikes.
Wizard throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Markman is pressing down on Wizard's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Markman pushes Wizard off and scrambles back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A solid body kick from Markman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rory Markman dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Markman throws a shot to the body.
Rory Markman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Markman drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Markman is chipping away with strikes.
Markman wants to control but Wizard is keeping him busy.
Markman connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Wizard some visible discomfort.
Markman is putting a hurting on Wizard here, landing some big shots from side control.
Markman landing strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Markman working the head and body with strikes.
Markman lands a nice forearm strike.
Markman is chipping away with strikes.
Wizard taking punishment in the form of punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wizard is looking to reverse the position.
Markman in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Wizard looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Markman turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rory Markman! Rory Markman retains his middleweight title!
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