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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Mark Misirlou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronnie Lott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Misirlou's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Drake- Over. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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145 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
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170 cm
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144 lbs
9 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Decent boxing
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Mark Misirlou!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ronnie Lott!
The judges for this bout are , and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Misirlou dives in and grabs Lott's left leg, looking for a takedown. Lott pushes down on Misirlou's head and hops out.
Misirlou bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Misirlou throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Misirlou is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lott has escaped the position, nice work there.
Misirlou 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.
Misirlou lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Misirlou misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Lott tries to escape but Misirlou is in control.
Misirlou landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Lott tries to improve position but can't.
Misirlou landing a few strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lott can't do much from the bottom here.
Lott is trying to get back to half guard.
Misirlou scoring with punches and elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Misirlou cracks Lott with a big elbow.
Misirlou tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Misirlou has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Misirlou tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Misirlou has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lott wants to control but Misirlou postures up.
Lott is trying to get back to half guard.
Misirlou scoring with punches from side control.
Lott is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lott wants to get back to his feet but Misirlou drags him back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misirlou trying to control the action but Lott is working from the bottom.
Misirlou working the head with strikes.
Lott manages to work his way to half guard, despite Misirlou's best efforts.
Misirlou controlling the pace.
Lott wants to improve his position but Misirlou is controlling well.
Misirlou looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Lott with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lott blocking the ground and pound attempt from Misirlou.
Lott is looking to improve his position.
Misirlou not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Misirlou is trying to control. Lott wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Misirlou trying to pass the guard but Lott defending well.
Lott on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Lott is refusing to be controlled, as Misirlou sits in half guard.
Misirlou not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Misirlou is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Lott has managed to free his arm - good work.
Misirlou winds up and cracks Lott with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
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.
Misirlou missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Misirlou prevents Lott from improving his position.
Lott wants to control but Misirlou is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Lott won't allow Misirlou to pass to mount.
Misirlou stops Lott from getting back to his feet.
Misirlou slows the pace down in half guard.
Lott tries to roll over but Misirlou keeps him under control.
Lott looks gassed!
Misirlou perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lott showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Misirlou.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Misirlou dominated that round.
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.
Lott moves in looking to clinch but Misirlou pushes him off.
Lott falls off balance throwing a combination
and Misirlou counters with a shoot takedown. Lott fights it but they end up in guard.
Misirlou wants to control from the top but Lott keeps moving.
Misirlou tries to free his leg and advance position but Lott is retaining full guard.
Lott throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Misirlou chips away with some ground and pound.
Misirlou scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lott working for a triangle but Misirlou defends it easily.
Misirlou looking to pass the guard.
Lott is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Misirlou throwing strikes from guard but Lott blocks nicely.
Mark Misirlou overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Lott working for a triangle but Misirlou defends it easily.
Misirlou looking to pass the guard.
Misirlou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Misirlou scoring with punches to the head and body.
Misirlou keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lott's head.
Lott keeping full guard, as Misirlou tries to pass.
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.
Lott is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Misirlou is controlling him.
Misirlou gets to his feet - Lott follows without any prompting.
Misirlou swinging wildly here.
Misirlou shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Lott manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Lott wants to get back to his feet but Misirlou is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Misirlou advances position into side control!
Check out the look on Misirlou's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Misirlou tries for a kimura but Lott is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misirlou creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Lott is looking for a sweep.
Misirlou stands up.
Lott tries for a takedown but Misirlou circles away easily
and Misirlou counters with a series of strikes. Lott will be more careful next time no doubt.
Mark Misirlou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice takedown defense from Lott. No joy for Misirlou on that attempt.
Lott shoots and misses
and Misirlou counters with a single leg into guard. Lott didn't expect that.
Lott working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Misirlou doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Misirlou manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Lott keeping moving, preventing Misirlou from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misirlou postures up and lands a big shot to Lott's brow.
Misirlou pushes down on Lott's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Misirlou looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Lott on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lott wants to control but Misirlou is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Misirlou wants to take a breather but Lott is having none of it.
Misirlou is really struggling to control Lott but he's trying to hold on to the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Misirlou dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Misirlou swinging wildly here.
Misirlou drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Lott working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Misirlou.
Misirlou wants to control from the top but Lott keeps moving.
Misirlou slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Misirlou is looking to take a break and control but Lott is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lott is working to avoid the ground and pound but Misirlou connects with a decent elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Misirlou scores with a couple of short elbows.
Lott bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Misirlou shoots for a takedown but Lott saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Misirlou stuffs the takedown.
Misirlou doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Lott counters with a nice double leg into side control. Misirlou won't be happy with that.
Lott decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Misirlou takes the fight into the clinch.
Misirlou prevents a takedown attempt there.
Misirlou breaks from the clinch.
Lott misses with a takedown attempt
and Misirlou counters by clinching up.
Ronnie Lott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mark Misirlou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ronnie Lott.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Misirlou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Misirlou closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Misirlou lands a nice short elbow.
Misirlou working the head and body with strikes.
Misirlou slows the pace down in half guard.
Misirlou is looking to stall here but Lott recovers full guard.
Misirlou distracts Lott with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lott wants to sweep but no luck.
Misirlou lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Misirlou tries to free his leg and advance position but Lott is retaining full guard.
Lott keeping moving, preventing Misirlou from controlling successfully.
Misirlou is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Lott is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Lott trying to keep a closed guard but Misirlou is proving a slippery customer.
Misirlou working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Misirlou postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Misirlou passes into half guard.
Lott pushes Misirlou off but Misirlou dives into side control.
Misirlou connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Lott some visible discomfort.
Lott takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Misirlou is putting a hurting on Lott here, landing some big shots from side control.
Lott gets back to half guard.
Misirlou lands strikes from half guard.
Misirlou is working for a submission of some sort.
Misirlou wants to work for an arm triangle but Lott is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Misirlou throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Misirlou lands strikes from half guard.
Misirlou working Lott over with strikes.
Mark Misirlou is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Misirlou thows a huge punch but Lott dodges it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Misirlou showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Misirlou has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Misirlou!
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energy
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RATING
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