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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between James Cardigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Marr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marr comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Falls kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! On his way into the cage it seems that James Cardigan has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily James Cardigan seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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182 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, James Cardigan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Marr!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cardigan misses with a wild body shot.
Cardigan tries to close the distance and clinch but Marr swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cardigan doesn't manage to clinch there - Marr circles away.
Marr throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cardigan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marr fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cardigan looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cardigan tries to clinch but Marr is having none of it.
Cardigan throws the kick towards the body but Marr avoids it.
Cardigan misses with a jab to the body
and Marr counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Marr closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Marr lands in his opponent's guard.
Cardigan looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Marr puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Marr is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cardigan regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardigan keeping moving, preventing Marr from controlling successfully.
Cardigan trying to control the position.
Marr has gone for a leg lock! Cardigan slips out almost immediately though and dives into Marr's guard.
Cardigan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two 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.
Marr looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cardigan has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Marr working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Cardigan doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Cardigan manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Marr wants to sweep here but Cardigan controlling him for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marr manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cardigan manages to get himself to full guard.
Cardigan pulls Marr in close to prevent any damage.
Cardigan wants to stand but Marr is controlling the position.
Marr postures up.
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.
Cardigan is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Cardigan is on top in guard.
Cardigan sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cardigan won't allow Marr to sweep him here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marr is trying to keep Cardigan in close.
Cardigan trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Marr dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cardigan throws a combination that misses
and Marr counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Cardigan is controlling Marr's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Marr wants to control but Cardigan is keeping him busy.
Cardigan keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Marr wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cardigan keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cardigan controlling the position for now.
Marr is looking to pass Cardigan's guard but actually Cardigan recovers to full guard.
Cardigan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marr is one step ahead there.
That's two 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.
Cardigan pulls Marr in close to prevent any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marr loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cardigan seems keen to control Marr's posture.
The referee stands the fighters back up. James Cardigan just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cardigan moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cardigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marr connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cardigan's face.
Marr is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cardigan misses with an elbow strike.
Marr tries to land knees in the clinch but Cardigan avoids the damage to the body.
Marr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marr misses with the head strike.
Marr is breathing heavily.
Marr scores a nice knee to the body.
Marr is trying to stall.
Cardigan looking to throw knees to the head but Marr is blocking nicely.
Cardigan scores with a knee to the head.
Cardigan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cardigan tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cardigan looking to throw knees to the head but Marr is blocking nicely.
Cardigan landing knees to the body.
Marr has had enough of the clinch but Cardigan keeps him there for the moment.
Cardigan scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cardigan throws an elbow but it misses.
Marr has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cardigan is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Cardigan scores with a knee to the head.
Cardigan tries to land a knee to the head but Marr blocks with his arms.
Marr is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Marr throws an elbow but it misses.
A knee to the head by Cardigan.
Marr blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cardigan throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marr blocks it with crossed arms.
Marr misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cardigan.
Marr takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cardigan lands a nice knee to the body.
Cardigan crunches a lovely knee into Marr's ribcage.
Marr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cardigan tries to clinch but Marr moves away
and Marr counters with a lovely shot to the body.
No joy there for Cardigan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cardigan throws a head kick that Marr semi-blocks.
Cardigan swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Marr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Marr throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marr will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cardigan up against the cage.
Cardigan with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cardigan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marr lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cardigan backwards.
Cardigan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marr landing knees to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A hook to the body from Cardigan.
Marr lands a knee to the head.
Cardigan lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marr trying to land knees to the body.
Marr unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cardigan lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marr tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Cardigan smiles and moves away.
Marr gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Joe Marr will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Marr ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cardigan throws a body kick the misses
and Marr makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cardigan really felt that one!
Cardigan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marr's sensitive parts.
Cardigan wants to clinch but Marr slips to the side
and Marr counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marr throws a series of punches but Cardigan moves out of range.
A lazy left from Marr finds it's target.
Marr tries a head kick but it misses.
Cardigan throws a lazy head kick
and Marr counters with a nice body shot.
Cardigan misses with a body shot
and Marr counters with a good low kick that Cardigan was not able to check.
Marr connects with a high kick.
Cardigan wants to clinch
and Marr counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cardigan tries to clinch up
and Marr counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cardigan is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Marr closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Marr lands in his opponent's guard.
Marr trying to control but Cardigan is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marr controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Marr trying to control but Cardigan is working from the bottom.
Cardigan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Marr passes into half guard.
Cardigan is staying active underneath Marr, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Marr tries to pass to full mount but Cardigan defends it.
Cardigan gets full guard.
Cardigan keeping moving, preventing Marr from controlling successfully.
Cardigan is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Cardigan keeping moving, preventing Marr from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cardigan pulls Marr in close to his closed guard and prevents Marr from doing any damage or advancing position.
Marr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's four 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.
Cardigan has Marr pulled in close to control his posture.
Marr wants to control from the top but Cardigan keeps moving.
Cardigan is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Marr wants to control from the top but Cardigan keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Marr comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marr has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ackerman scores the fight for Joe Marr!
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight for Joe Marr!
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight for Joe Marr!
Joe Marr wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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