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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Hearns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aidan Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hearns comes to the cage accompanied by Prodigy - Firestarter. Aidan Marley struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 171.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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185 lbs
4 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Marvin Hearns!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aidan Marley!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hearns throws a right and a left that both miss.
No joy there for Hearns, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
No joy there for Hearns, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hearns.
Hearns jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hearns throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Hearns fails to land the takedown.
Sloppy strikes from Hearns. Those never looked like landing.
A telegraphed right hand from Hearns misses the target.
Hearns clinches up with Marley and pushes him back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hearns's efforts to push away.
Hearns working hard to break the clinch.
Marley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Hearns's efforts to push away.
Hearns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hearns throws out a loose jab but Marley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hearns tries to clinch but Marley moves out of range.
Hearns lands a head shot.
Hearns throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marley counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Marley working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hearns on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Marley is nestled in close to Hearns, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Marley missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hearns on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Hearns tries to get out of the position.
Marley working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hearns is controlling Marley's position as best he can from this difficult position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marley prevents Hearns from standing back up.
Hearns keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Marley stands up and beckons Hearns to join him on the feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hearns misses with a body shot
and Marley counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Hearns's guard now.
Marley makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Marley pushes down on Hearns's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Marley lands strikes from half guard.
Marley takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Marley is thwarting Hearns's attempts to control the position.
Hearns wants to get back to full guard.
Hearns is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marley scores with a couple of nice shots.
Marley working the head and body with strikes.
Hearns has hold of Marley's hands but Marley slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Hearns pushes Marley off looking to stand but Marley dives back in and keeps control.
Marley lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Marley stops Hearns from getting back to his feet.
Hearns is breathing heavily.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marley lands a nice short elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marley lands a nice short elbow.
Marley uses his free foot to push down on Hearns's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Hearns.
Hearns tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Marley lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
BOOM! Marley connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Marley scoring with strikes but Hearns is staying in there.
Marley has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Marley connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Marley landing shots from mount.
Hearns is trying desperately to improve position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marley avoids the attempt from Hearns to control.
Hearns taking shots to the head.
Hearns tries to hold on but Marley postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Hearns wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Marley lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Hearns hang on?
Marley lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hearns is looking to improve his position but Marley isn't that keen on the idea.
Marley working for a guillotine from mount but Hearns is in no mood to give up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hearns is working to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marley fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aidan Marley dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hearns thows a body shot but no joy.
Marley has his takedown stuffed
and Hearns counters with a straight right hand.
Hearns scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hearns moves out of range of the leg kick from Marley.
Marley fails with the takedown
and Hearns counters with a crisp right that sends Marley to the canvas! Hearns follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marvin Hearns!
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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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