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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bud Kevin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marquez is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: who we be. Bud Kevin has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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165 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bud Kevin!
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, Ryan Marquez!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kevin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Marquez tries to clinch but Kevin moves out of range.
Marquez drives through and clinches with Kevin against the cage.
Marquez pushes Kevin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marquez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Marquez is trying to force a seperation but Kevin has the dominant position.
Marquez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marquez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kevin paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kevin closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Marquez did well to prevent Kevin getting side control.
Marquez wants to get back to full guard but Kevin has passed into side control.
Marquez is looking to get to half guard.
Kevin goes for an armbar but Marquez turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Marquez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez wants to stand but Kevin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Marquez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kevin is keeping the position for now.
Marquez passes Kevin's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Marquez is trying to control the action in half guard but Kevin is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Marquez misses with a head shot. Kevin uses the momentum to regain guard.
Kevin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marquez lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Marquez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kevin is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Marquez stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Marquez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Marquez passes into half guard.
Marquez missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kevin works his way to full guard. Good work.
Kevin really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Marquez landing with the ground and pound.
Kevin looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kevin wants to sweep but no luck.
Kevin is breathing heavily.
Kevin keeping full guard, as Marquez tries to pass.
Marquez throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kevin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Marquez throws a big right hand that misses.
Kevin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marquez tries to free his leg and advance position but Kevin is retaining full guard.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Marquez tries to clinch but Kevin moves out of range.
Kevin swats away the attempt to clinch by Marquez.
Marquez tries for a takedown but Kevin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
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.
Kevin blocks a head kick by Marquez.
Marquez scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marquez misses with a kick to the body.
Kevin tries to clinch but Marquez is having none of it.
Nice sprawl there from Kevin as Marquez shoots in.
Bud Kevin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Marquez.
Marquez is looking to clinch but Kevin is avoiding it.
Marquez with a poor takedown
and Kevin counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Marquez's guard now.
Kevin prevents Marquez from getting back to his feet.
Kevin trying to control but Marquez is working from the bottom.
Kevin stands up from guard. Let's bang!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Bud Kevin will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kevin throws a body punch but Marquez moves out of range.
Marquez misses with a few strikes there.
Kevin lands with a nice body kick.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Kevin.
Marquez misses with the combination.
Kevin fails with the takedown
and Marquez counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marquez is working for a kimura but Kevin is defending it quite comfortably.
Marquez is pressing down on Kevin's thigh, looking to free his foot. Kevin is holding on for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Marquez prevents Kevin from improving his position.
Marquez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kevin does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Marquez sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Kevin defending well though.
Kevin is not content to let Marquez control the position.
Kevin is trying to get back to full guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marquez looks to clinch
and Kevin counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Kevin avoiding damage as Marquez throws knees to the body.
Marquez cracks Kevin with a nice body shot.
Kevin can't break the clinch.
Marquez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kevin keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marquez's efforts to push away.
Marquez tries for a takedown. No joy.
Kevin tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bud Kevin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kevin tries to pull guard but Marquez won't allow it.
Marquez has had enough of the clinch but Kevin keeps him there for the moment.
Kevin prevents Marquez from breaking the clinch.
Marquez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Marquez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kevin has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Marquez uses from the top position.
Marquez won't allow Kevin to sweep him here.
Marquez trying to control but Kevin is working from the bottom.
Marquez looking to pass the guard.
Kevin keeping moving, preventing Marquez from controlling successfully.
Marquez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Marquez wants to control from the top but Kevin keeps moving.
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.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Marquez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Kevin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Marquez looking to pass the guard.
Marquez passes Kevin's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Kevin keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marquez tries to stand but can't do so whilst Kevin controls his leg.
Kevin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Marquez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Kevin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Kevin misses with a body kick.
Kevin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bud Kevin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kevin rushes Marquez and presses him up against the cage.
Marquez goes for a takedown attempt but Kevin pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Marquez misses with a few strikes there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Kevin pulls guard.
Kevin keeping moving, preventing Marquez from controlling successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kevin keeping full guard, as Marquez tries to pass.
Marquez wants to get up but he can't break Kevin's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Marquez trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Kevin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Ryan Marquez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Kevin is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Marquez can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Marquez is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Kevin thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Marquez is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Marquez avoids a series of strikes thrown by Kevin.
Marquez tries to lock up and control but Kevin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kevin goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Marquez is on top in guard.
Kevin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Marquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Kevin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kevin striking off his back but it's not causing Marquez any problems.
Marquez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kevin swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Marquez missing there with some ground and pound from the 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.
Kevin 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.
Kevin keeping moving, preventing Marquez from controlling successfully.
Kevin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marquez is stalling in the full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Marquez wants to clinch but Kevin slips to the side
and Kevin decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Marquez's guard.
Marquez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kevin is one step ahead there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marquez wants to get back to his feet but Kevin is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bud Kevin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kevin 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 George Francis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bud Kevin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
32% |
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