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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Daniel Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Casey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring eachother down here, as James Casey enters the cage!
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185 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Daniel Marquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Casey!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Casey throws a nice head kick!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Marquez looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Marquez slips a jab from Casey.
Casey misses with a low kick.
Marquez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Casey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Marquez.
Marquez dodges the punch combination from Casey.
Casey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marquez.
Casey ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
A punch combination from Casey misses.
A big left from Casey misses.
A punch combination from Casey misses.
Casey rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marquez moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marquez looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Casey is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez wants to control from the top but Casey keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Casey throws a nice outside leg kick.
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.
Casey misses with a wild combination.
Casey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Casey.
Casey's corner calls for a 1-2. Casey obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Casey throws a hook to the side of Marquez's head but Marquez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Casey lands a leg kick that knocks Marquez off balance momentarily.
Casey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Casey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marquez manages to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Casey misses the target.
Marquez avoids a punch combination nicely.
No joy there for Casey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marquez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Casey.
A jab from Casey finds it's way through Marquez's defenses.
Casey throws a looping overhand right but Marquez ducks down to avoid it.
Marquez blocks a jab.
Casey misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Casey.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marquez circles away quickly and effectively.
Marquez slips a jab and a cross from Casey.
Marquez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Casey.
Casey misses with an uppercut.
No joy there for Casey, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Casey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
James Casey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Casey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Casey explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Marquez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Marquez shoots in but Casey avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A combination from Casey does no damage.
Marquez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Casey lands a nice looking body kick.
Casey throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marquez.
Casey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marquez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Casey lands with an overhand left.
Marquez slips a jab from Casey.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casey displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Marquez.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Marquez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Casey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Casey misses with a two punch combination.
Some wild striking there from Casey.
Casey scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Casey lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Marquez backs up against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Marquez fails with a takedown attempt.
Casey throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marquez.
The fighters circling - Casey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Casey slaps away a takedown attempt from Marquez, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Casey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marquez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Casey pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marquez defending well as Casey loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Casey dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Decent striking displayed by Casey there.
Daniel Marquez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Casey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marquez circles away quickly and effectively.
Marquez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Casey.
Casey throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marquez.
Casey throws a series of punches but Marquez avoids them all with ease.
Marquez moves in looking to clinch but Casey pushes him off.
Casey lands a nice looking body kick.
Casey throws a shot from downtown. Marquez moves away and avoids it.
Marquez gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Casey lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Casey fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Casey swinging wildly here.
Casey misses with a few strikes there.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Casey lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marquez takes a kick to the side of the head.
Casey is looking to slow Marquez down with leg kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Casey throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marquez slips a jab and a cross from Casey.
Casey throws the left hand but Marquez avoids the punch easily.
Casey tests Marquez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Casey turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Casey misses with an uppercut.
Casey misses with a head kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Casey.
Marquez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Casey.
Casey throws a right and a left that Marquez avoids nicely.
Marquez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Casey.
Casey lets loose with a powerful body kick. Marquez will feel that in the morning.
Casey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Casey misses with a few strikes there.
Good shot there by Casey.
Casey misses with a few strikes there.
Casey throws a leg kick which misses Marquez's front leg but catches the back leg as Marquez tries to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Casey lands a high kick!
Casey thumps Marquez with a low kick.
Marquez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Casey.
Casey paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Marquez steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Casey. That one must have hurt.
Casey feints and then cracks Marquez's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marquez down.
Marquez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Casey.
Casey connects with a solid leg kick.
Marquez has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Casey.
Marquez shoots in for a takedown but Casey shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Casey throws a jab but it's blocked by Marquez.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Marquez.
Casey connects with a solid leg kick.
Casey throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Casey.
Casey thumps Marquez with a low kick.
Casey throws a nice looking combination but Marquez bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Casey just misses with a punch to the body.
Marquez shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Casey pinned against the cage. Casey gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Marquez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That kick from Casey tenderised Marquez's leg. Marquez is trying to keep his angry face on.
James Casey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Casey with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A swing and a miss from Casey.
Marquez tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Good leg kick by Casey there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Casey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Casey throws an overhand right that lands on Marquez's shoulder, as Marquez tries to avoid the shot.
Casey throws a leg kick which misses Marquez's front leg but catches the back leg as Marquez tries to avoid it.
Marquez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Casey can pounce on him.
Casey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marquez circles away quickly and effectively.
Marquez 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.
Casey throws a series of punches but Marquez moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Casey throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Casey.
Marquez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Casey throws a looping overhand right but Marquez ducks down to avoid it.
Casey waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Marquez.
Casey throws a nice outside leg kick.
A punch combination from Casey misses.
Casey throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marquez sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marquez tries to close the distance and clinch but Casey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Casey ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marquez moves away.
Casey lands a head kick!
Marquez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marquez avoids the body shot from Casey.
Casey misses with a head kick.
Marquez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Casey defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Marquez.
Casey misses with the combination.
Marquez moves away from the strike by Casey.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Casey showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Casey looks to score with a jab to the body but Marquez is just out of range.
Marquez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Casey.
Casey misses with an uppercut. Marquez saw that one coming.
Marquez slips a jab and a cross from Casey.
Casey just misses with a punch to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Casey. Those never looked like landing.
Casey throws a big shot that misses.
Casey throws a head kick that misses.
Casey swinging wildly here.
James Casey seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Casey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Marquez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Casey swinging wildly here.
Marquez moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Casey swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marquez is trying to drag Casey to the mat but Casey just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Casey is trying to break free.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez prevents Casey from breaking the clinch.
Marquez goes for a takedown in the clinch but Casey prevents it.
Casey's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marquez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Casey moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Casey fails to land with a series of punches.
Casey lands with a kick to the temple. Marquez shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's two 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.
Casey fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Casey connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Marquez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Casey misses with a body shot.
Casey connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Some wild striking there from Casey.
Marquez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Casey.
Marquez shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Casey defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daniel Marquez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marquez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marquez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Casey.
Casey throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marquez 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.
Casey swings for the body but Marquez moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez slips a straight right by Casey.
Casey lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marquez circles away quickly and effectively.
Marquez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Casey.
Casey scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Casey buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Marquez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Casey fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A jab lands there for Casey.
Casey cracks the inside of Marquez's front leg.
Casey misses with a wild combination.
Marquez slips a jab and a cross from Casey.
Marquez moves away from the strike by Casey.
Marquez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Casey.
Casey looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marquez slips under a jab.
Casey throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marquez shoots in looking for a takedown. Casey tries to sprawl out of it but Marquez keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Casey manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
James Casey is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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.
Marquez takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Horrible takedown by Marquez or perhaps it was just good defense by Casey which made him look bad.
Casey throws a quick inside leg kick.
Casey scores with a head kick. Marquez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Casey is looking to slow Marquez down with leg kicks.
Casey sizes up Marquez with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Casey throws out a powerful jab.
Marquez avoids a punch combination nicely.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Casey.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Casey throws a right and a left that Marquez avoids nicely.
That kick from Casey tenderised Marquez's leg. Marquez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Casey throws a jab but it's blocked by Marquez.
Daniel Marquez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Casey misses with a two punch combination.
Casey looks to land a combination but Marquez avoids it well.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Casey comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Casey winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Casey!
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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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