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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Noir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Spadafora (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Noir's entrance music is Pride. A fine choice. Danny Spadafora will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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170 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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179 cm
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164 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Prefers standup |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marshall Noir!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Spadafora!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Columbo Gatti and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spadafora scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Spadafora throws a right and a left that Noir avoids nicely.
Spadafora lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Noir circles away quickly and effectively.
Spadafora misses with an uppercut. Noir saw that one coming.
Spadafora fails to land with a series of punches.
Noir slips a jab and a cross from Spadafora.
Spadafora throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Noir shoots for a double leg takedown but Spadafora sprawls well. He's pushed Noir's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Spadafora stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Spadafora wants it to stay on the feet.
Spadafora lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Noir circles away quickly and effectively.
Spadafora fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spadafora looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spadafora throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spadafora throws a leg kick but Noir moved away.
Spadafora fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Noir closes this distance looking for a takedown but Spadafora circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marshall Noir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spadafora throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Noir.
Spadafora throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spadafora looks to land a combination but Noir avoids it well.
No joy there for Spadafora, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Noir shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Spadafora but Spadafora pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Spadafora misses with a wild combination.
Spadafora stuffs the takedown.
No joy there for Spadafora, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Spadafora just misses with a punch to the body.
Spadafora wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Noir dodges the punch combination from Spadafora.
No luck for Noir with that takedown attempt.
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.
Spadafora swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Noir misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Spadafora swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Spadafora rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Noir moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A left and a right from Spadafora both land. Nice combination.
Danny Spadafora is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Noir shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Spadafora's guard.
Spadafora avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Noir tries to free his leg and advance position but Spadafora is retaining full guard.
Spadafora controls Noir momentarily but Noir frees himself.
Spadafora looking for a sweep. Not yet Spadafora, not yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spadafora is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Noir is controlling him.
Noir thows a big elbow that misses.
Noir pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Spadafora is keeping the position for now.
Noir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Noir scoring with some ground and pound.
Noir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Spadafora keeping full guard, as Noir tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Spadafora looking to control.
Noir looking to sit in guard and control but Spadafora gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Noir manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
BOOM! Noir connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Noir punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marshall Noir dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Noir shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Spadafora as he avoids it easily.
It looks like Danny Spadafora has been cut.
Spadafora throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Noir shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Spadafora as he avoids it easily.
Noir tries for a takedown but Spadafora sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marshall Noir. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Spadafora looks to land a combination but Noir avoids it well.
Spadafora rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Noir moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Spadafora throws a sloppy head kick and Noir moves out of range easily.
Spadafora throws a right and a left that Noir avoids nicely.
Spadafora throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spadafora throws a right and a left that Noir avoids nicely.
Some wild striking there from Spadafora.
Spadafora fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir slips a jab and a cross from Spadafora.
Spadafora throws a right and a left that Noir avoids nicely.
Noir slips a jab and a cross from Spadafora.
Danny Spadafora seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Noir checks a leg kick.
Spadafora throws a low kick but Noir moves out of range easily.
Some wild striking there from Spadafora.
Spadafora throws a series of punches but Noir avoids them all with ease.
Noir showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Spadafora.
Spadafora throws a right hand that Noir ducks under and follows up with a left that Noir also avoids with ease.
Spadafora lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Spadafora misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two 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.
Some wild striking there from Spadafora.
Noir shoots for a takedown but Spadafora saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Spadafora misses with a few strikes there.
Spadafora looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Spadafora throws a series of punches but Noir moves out of range.
Spadafora throws a series of punches but Noir avoids them all with ease.
Spadafora misses with a two punch combination.
Noir shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Spadafora pinned against the cage. Spadafora gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Noir throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Spadafora was covering up waiting for the punch and Noir finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Noir thows a big elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Spadafora keeping moving, preventing Noir from controlling successfully.
Noir has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Noir throws and elbow that misses. Spadafora uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Noir's guard. Nice move by Spadafora!
Noir throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Noir looking for a guillotine here but Spadafora defends easily.
Noir on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Noir tries to get out of the position.
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.
Noir working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Spadafora doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Spadafora manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Noir looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Noir had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Spadafora defends it easily.
Noir looking to hit a scissor sweep but Spadafora is one step ahead there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Marshall Noir will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Danny Spadafora's cut.
That's time! Noir's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Spadafora throws a right and a left that Noir avoids nicely.
Noir slips a jab and a cross from Spadafora.
Spadafora swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Spadafora looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Noir shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Spadafora defends it nicely.
Spadafora connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Danny Spadafora is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spadafora throws the left hand but Noir avoids the punch easily.
Spadafora throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Spadafora swinging wildly here.
Noir drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Noir trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Noir is looking to work some ground and pound but Spadafora has wrist control.
Noir wants to control from the top but Spadafora keeps moving.
Noir throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Spadafora works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Noir loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Noir stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Spadafora swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two 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.
Noir stands and throws Spadafora's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Noir working the ground and pound but Spadafora is defending the strikes.
Spadafora prevents Noir from moving into mount.
An elbow from Noir crashes against the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Noir in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Noir working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Noir misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Noir is working Spadafora over with some ground and pound from side control.
Spadafora takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Spadafora gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Noir looking to finish with strikes here!
A nice elbow there by Noir.
Noir thowing shots but they're missing.
Marshall Noir is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Noir looking to control but Spadafora is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Noir throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Noir tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Noir wants to control the pace but Spadafora is squirming around nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marshall Noir showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Noir, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Steve Montenegro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marshall Noir!
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