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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between roger marsden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Muay Thai (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muay Thai is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, roger marsden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Muay Thai!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Reed Andrews and Anthony Taglia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thai throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Thai moves out of range as marsden strikes.
Thai slaps away a takedown attempt from marsden, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Thai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thai uses good head movement to avoid the hook from marsden.
Thai throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
marsden misses with an uppercut. Thai saw that one coming.
marsden fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Thai stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Thai wants it to stay on the feet.
Thai scores with a kick to the body.
Thai throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
marsden blocks a head kick by Thai.
marsden closes this distance looking for a takedown but Thai circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for roger marsden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thai scores with a nice body kick.
Thai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thai scores with a kick to the midsection.
marsden is breathing heavily.
Thai scoring well with a low kick there.
marsden shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Thai leaves marsden with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thai lands a nice leg kick that just misses marsden's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai keeps marsden at a distance using the push kick.
roger marsden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
marsden tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
marsden takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thai lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Thai throws a head kick but marsden moves out of range.
Thai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
An inside leg kick lands from Thai.
A nice inside leg kick there by Thai. That's going to slow marsden down.
Thai throws a nice outside leg kick.
Thai turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Thai throws a head kick that misses.
Thai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
marsden takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Thai connects with a solid leg kick.
marsden tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thai throws a head kick that marsden semi-blocks.
Thai changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
marsden doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai connects with an inside leg kick.
marsden on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Thai lands a nice leg kick that just misses marsden's sensitive parts.
marsden will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A slapping body kick lands there for Thai.
Thai scores with a leg kick.
marsden stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thai.
Thai avoids the body shot from marsden.
A good leg kick by Thai.
Thai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thai scoring well with a low kick there.
Thai lands a leg kick that knocks marsden off balance momentarily.
Thai lands a leg kick that knocks marsden off balance momentarily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Thai.
marsden is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Thai connects with a solid leg kick.
marsden tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Thai lands a nice looking kick to the body. marsden takes a step back to recover.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for marsden. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Thai thows a body kick. marsden tries to catch it but that hurt him.
marsden really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Thai explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Thai.
Thai feints and then cracks marsden's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow marsden down.
Thai tries a head kick but it misses.
Thai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
marsden stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thai.
Thai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
marsden has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Thai.
Thai scoring well with a low kick there.
Thai lands a leg kick that knocks marsden off balance momentarily.
marsden takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Thai delivers a nice body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thai lands a nice leg kick that just misses marsden's sensitive parts.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
The referee is keeping an eye on Thai - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Thai putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has marsden in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
marsden is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thai landing knees to the body.
marsden misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
marsden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
marsden is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Thai gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
marsden avoiding damage as Thai throws knees to the body.
marsden throws a head punch that misses.
Thai using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
marsden scores with a shot to the side of Thai's head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice elbow from Thai.
Thai prevents a takedown attempt there.
marsden wants to get back to striking at distance but Thai won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muay Thai dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Nice body kick from Thai.
Thai slaps away a takedown attempt from marsden, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Thai tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
roger marsden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
marsden lands with a nice combination. Thai backs away looking to recover.
marsden fails with a takedown attempt.
Thai cracks marsden with a right hand to the side of the head.
marsden shoots in for a double leg but Thai sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for roger marsden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Thai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
marsden swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
Thai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
marsden looks for a takedown but Thai sprawls well.
marsden misses with an uppercut. Thai saw that one coming.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
marsden shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Thai sprawls well. Thai wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. marsden gets slowly back to his feet.
Thai connects with an inside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thai throws a nice outside leg kick.
marsden shoots for a double leg takedown but Thai sprawls well. He's pushed marsden's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Thai lands a head kick!
Thai moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
marsden stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thai.
Thai chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A thudding body kick lands there by Thai!
Thai is looking to slow marsden down with leg kicks.
Thai throws a quick inside leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
marsden has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thai.
Thai lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Thai lands a leg kick that knocks marsden off balance momentarily.
Muay Thai seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Thai dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on marsden. That did some damage!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thai.
Thai feints and then cracks marsden's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow marsden down.
Thai cracks the inside of marsden's front leg.
marsden takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai feints and then cracks marsden's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow marsden down.
Thai throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
marsden on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Thai. Thai obviously looking to wear him down.
Thai scoring well with a low kick there.
Thai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
An inside leg kick lands from Thai.
Thai has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Thai scores with a push kick.
Good leg kick by Thai there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Thai throws a leg kick which misses marsden's front leg but catches the back leg as marsden tries to avoid it.
Both fighters circling a little - Thai finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Thai connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Thai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good leg kick by Thai there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thai connects with a solid leg kick.
Thai scores with a kick to the midsection.
Thai throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Thai scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
marsden closes the distance and clinches up with Thai, looking for a takedown. marsden pushes Thai against the cage but Thai circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Thai gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Thai keeps the fight in the clinch, despite marsden's efforts to push away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thai is pushing marsden up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Thai prevents a body shot from marsden.
marsden is trying to force a seperation but Thai has the dominant position.
marsden is trying to break the clinch but Thai is controlling him.
Thai unloads a knee to the mid-section.
marsden is trying to break the clinch but Thai has him pressed against the cage.
Thai gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from marsden.
marsden is working for takedown but Thai is calmly controlling the position for now.
marsden is trying to force a seperation but Thai has the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Thai landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thai escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
marsden fails with a takedown attempt.
Thai throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Thai connects with a solid leg kick.
marsden shoots in but no luck this time.
Thai fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and marsden has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thai lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Thai throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Thai doesn't manage to clinch there - marsden circles away.
marsden fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Thai looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A head kick misses from Thai.
Thai throws a quick inside leg kick.
Thai with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
marsden takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Muay Thai showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Thai throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
marsden shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than marsden was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
marsden won't let Thai get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
marsden looking to ground and pound but Thai is blocking nicely.
Thai is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
marsden thowing shots but they're missing.
Thai tries to buck marsden off but he can't manage it.
marsden jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Thai manages to avoid the submission attempt.
An elbow from marsden crashes against the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
marsden tries to advance to mount but can't.
marsden cracks Thai with an elbow. That is naaassty.
marsden misses with the ground and pound.
marsden tries for a kimura but Thai is defending well.
marsden is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Thai knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
marsden tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no marsden has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
marsden working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thai parries the strikes from marsden easily there. marsden is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Thai to escape.
Thai pushes marsden away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, marsden gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Thai parries the strikes from marsden easily there. marsden is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Thai to escape.
marsden is trying to get an arm triangle but Thai is defending well.
Thai wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
marsden looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
marsden is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Thai is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thai taking a bit of punishment here - marsden scoring with strikes.
marsden decides to stand back up. marsden steps back and let's Thai get back to his feet.
Thai lands a leg kick that knocks marsden off balance momentarily.
Horrible takedown by marsden or perhaps it was just good defense by Thai which made him look bad.
marsden paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thai.
Thai avoids the body shot from marsden.
Muay Thai is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
marsden fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Thai avoids it really well and circles away.
A head kick misses from Thai.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thai displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from marsden.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for roger marsden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck with that takedown attempt from marsden.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
marsden has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Thai.
No luck with that takedown attempt from marsden.
Thai throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Thai thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on marsden if he has to take too many more of those.
marsden looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Thai is fending him off so far but marsden persists. Nope, Thai circles away and we're back to standing.
marsden fails to land the takedown.
roger marsden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thai connects with an inside leg kick.
Thai dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on marsden. That did some damage!
Thai buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
marsden swats away the attempt to clinch by Thai.
And that's the end of the fight!
roger marsden showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Thai has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alyssa Summers scores the fight 26:29
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 26:29
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 26:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Muay Thai!
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