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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and adolfo padilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). padilla has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. adolfo padilla looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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189 cm
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215 lbs
8 - 7 - 0 |
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194 cm
23
205 lbs
6 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcus Long! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, adolfo padilla! The judges for this bout are William Gold, Steven Brown and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Long gets in close and instigates a clinch. padilla looks gassed! Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on padilla's face as he tries to break the clinch. Long breaks from the clinch.
Long throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Long moves into the clinch. Long lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like adolfo padilla has been cut. padilla blocks an elbow strike from Long.
Long scores with a hook to the body. Long misses with an elbow strike.
Long putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has padilla in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. This has been an exciting period of action! Long tries a knee to the head but padilla blocks it.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but padilla is blocking nicely.
Long trying to land knees to the body.
Long looking to throw knees to the head but padilla is blocking nicely.
Long misses with a knee strike.
Long throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but padilla blocks it with crossed arms. Long tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Long lands an elbow inside that padilla shrugs off. Long lands an elbow that stopped padilla in his tracks for a moment. Long pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Left hook, right uppercut from Long. Long rushes padilla and presses him up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round. Long works on padilla's body with a couple of short punches. Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but padilla has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long with a knee to the head.
That has opened up adolfo padilla's cut even more. Long lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Long. Long lands a knee to the head.
Long lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through padilla's defenses. Long lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of padilla backwards. Long throws an elbow that misses.
Long trying to land knees to the body.
padilla takes an elbow to the temple. padilla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. Long lands with a left to the head. With the fighters up against the cage, Long throws an elbow but misses. Long looks to throw an elbow but misses. padilla managing to block the knees to the body from Long.
Long lands a nice elbow. Long tries to land knees in the clinch but padilla avoids the damage to the body. Long throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
padilla has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Long misses with an elbow over the top. Long unloads a knee to the mid-section. Long throws an elbow but it misses.
padilla wants to break free but Long has control.
Long lands with a left to the head. Long using the Thai plumb to throw knees but padilla has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Long lands an elbow that stopped padilla in his tracks for a moment. padilla dodges an elbow strike from Long.
Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through padilla's defenses. Long with a knee to the head.
A nice left hand lands by Long.
Long throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
padilla is trying to drag Long to the mat but Long just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there. Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Long clinches up against the cage. Long creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through padilla's defenses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. padilla misses with an elbow strike.
Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Long connects with a knee to the head.
padilla fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Long is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body. Long lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. padilla looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Long throws a knee to the head but misses.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but padilla blocks with his arms.
padilla changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Long fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Marcus Long has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of adolfo padilla. padilla avoids the body shot from Long.
Long wants to clinch up but padilla keeps it at a distance. Long fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but padilla is out of range. Long throws a series of strikes that have padilla backpedaling.
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. Long misses with the combination.
padilla takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
padilla on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
padilla takes a body punch but keeps moving. Long moves into the clinch. Long connects with a knee to the head.
Long tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Long misses with a knee to the head. padilla blocks an elbow strike. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Long lands a nice elbow from the clinch. Nice elbow from Long. Long comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. padilla blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning. padilla drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Long working padilla over with knees to the body. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Long dominated that round. The cut man is working on adolfo padilla's cut. That's time! Long's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Long lands a straight punch to the body, keeping padilla at a distance.
The fighters circle momentarily. Long darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch. padilla takes a jab right on the kisser.
Long connects with a solid leg kick. Long throws a right and a left that both miss. Long has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ. Long misses with a two punch combination.
Long lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Long rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but padilla moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Long scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. padilla drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. padilla goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. padilla is breathing heavily. Long moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The cut above adolfo padilla's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Long lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. A right-left combo lands from Long.
padilla is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round. Long throws an overhand right that drops padilla like a sack of potatoes! Long dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Long!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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