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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between nathan maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Royster (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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18
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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199 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, nathan maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Royster!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Royster has a takedown stuffed.
Royster will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Royster shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. maia defends it nicely.
nathan maia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Royster.
maia misses with a kick to the body.
Royster shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. maia is trying to defend but Royster finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
maia missing with punches from the bottom.
Royster is looking for a kimura here.
maia strikes from the bottom but Royster uses the opportunity to move to side control.
maia is looking to reverse the position.
Royster looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Royster looks gassed!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Royster wants to control but maia is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
maia is trying to get back to half guard.
The referee asks Royster politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Royster prefers to stall for the moment though.
Royster blocks the strikes from maia.
Royster avoids the strikes from the bottom by maia.
maia manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Royster is working for a submission of some sort.
maia wants to get back to full guard.
Royster is sneakily working for an arm triangle but maia sees it coming and defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
maia misses with some strikes from the bottom.
maia throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
maia tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
maia misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Royster is trying to control the action in half guard but maia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Royster moves out of range as maia throws a body kick.
Crunch! maia slams his shin into Royster's torso.
maia tries to clinch but Royster moves out of range.
maia wants to clinch.
Royster keeps the fight on the outside.
maia changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Royster tries to avoid it but maia manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Royster to the ground. Royster escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
maia looking to land some kicks to the body here.
maia tries to clinch up but Royster circles away and keeps his distance.
maia tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Royster paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Royster steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from maia. That one must have hurt.
Royster misses with a takedown
and maia counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Royster has his foot on maia's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. maia works his way back into a safe position though.
maia throws a big right hand that misses.
Royster working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from maia.
Royster has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but maia can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
maia knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Royster on the ground.
maia with a flurry of punches that miss.
Royster preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Royster looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
maia will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
maia loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
maia shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than maia was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
maia unloads with some shots from mount but Royster bucks and avoids them well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Royster is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Royster tries to hold on but maia postures up.
Royster gets back to half guard.
maia missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Royster has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for maia. Oh but Royster has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! maia goes limp - he's gone! Royster jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Marcus Royster!
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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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