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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rex The Stoner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gonzaga Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Stoner comes to the cage accompanied by Rebirth of Slick. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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205 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rex The Stoner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Gonzaga Marquez!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marquez takes the fight into the clinch.
Marquez manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Marquez crunches a lovely knee into The Stoner's ribcage.
Marquez tries for a takedown but The Stoner manages to get underhooks.
Marquez breaks the clinch.
Gonzaga Marquez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Marquez - that will leave a mark!
Marquez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Stoner, pushing him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Marquez.
Marquez landing knees to the body.
Marquez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Stoner stalling in the clinch but Marquez improves position.
The Stoner wants to get back to striking at distance but Marquez won't allow it.
Marquez manages to break the clinch.
Marquez clinches with his opponent.
The Stoner is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
The Stoner misses with some punches.
Marquez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marquez moves out of range as The Stoner throws a body kick.
Marquez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Stoner, pushing him back against the cage.
The Stoner tries to score a body lock takedown but Marquez shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Marquez scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marquez goes for a takedown attempt but The Stoner pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez lands a jab-cross combination.
Marquez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The Stoner wants to clinch
and Marquez counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Marquez.
Marquez is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. The Stoner can't fight it off and eventually Marquez manages to take the fight to the floor. The Stoner looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Marquez stopping the sweep attempt from The Stoner.
Marquez wants to control from the top but The Stoner keeps moving.
Marquez must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Marquez throwing strikes from guard but The Stoner blocks nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Stoner throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Marquez stops The Stoner from standing up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The Stoner controls Marquez momentarily but Marquez frees himself.
Marquez trying to control the position from guard on top but The Stoner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The Stoner slips a jab and a cross from Marquez.
The Stoner wants to clinch.
The Stoner with a lazy takedown attempt
and Marquez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Marquez stalling in the clinch.
Marquez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of The Stoner backwards.
The Stoner is breathing heavily.
Marquez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Marquez throws a nice head kick!
Marquez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Stoner's calf.
The Stoner keeps the fight on the outside.
Marquez drives through and clinches with The Stoner against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez scores with a knee to the head.
Marquez is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. The Stoner can't fight it off and eventually Marquez manages to take the fight to the floor. The Stoner looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Marquez stands and steps away. The Stoner gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
The Stoner shoots in for a double leg but Marquez sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rex The Stoner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marquez closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming The Stoner to the mat! The Stoner manages to get full guard.
The Stoner throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The Stoner working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Marquez.
The Stoner is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Marquez throws and elbow that misses. The Stoner uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Marquez's guard. Nice move by The Stoner!
The Stoner cracks Marquez with a solid left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez has a closed guard, preventing The Stoner from standing up.
The Stoner working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The Stoner avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The Stoner works a leg free and moves into half guard.
The Stoner controlling the action here.
The Stoner wants to lay and pray for a moment but Marquez keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marquez wants to get back to full guard.
The Stoner is controlling the pace.
Marquez is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gonzaga Marquez dominated that round.
That's time! The Stoner's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The Stoner throws a head kick but Marquez moves out of range.
Nice takedown defense from Marquez. No joy for The Stoner on that attempt.
The Stoner wants to clinch up but Marquez keeps it at a distance.
Marquez clinches with his opponent.
The Stoner tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marquez just stands there and leans against the cage.
The Stoner tries to break the clinch but Marquez is controlling the position.
The Stoner throws a head punch that misses.
Marquez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Marquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The Stoner fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Marquez sprawls well initially but The Stoner persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Marquez moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
The Stoner wants to stand and escape but instead Marquez has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Marquez looking to sit in guard and control but The Stoner gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marquez wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez seems keen to control The Stoner's posture.
Marquez throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The Stoner stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Marquez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The Stoner would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Marquez holds on and takes a little breather.
Marquez looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The Stoner stands up from Marquez's guard - The Stoner perhaps looking for a knockout.
Marquez closes the distance and clinches.
Marquez unloads a knee to the mid-section. The Stoner lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez lands an uppercut.
Marquez scores with a shoulder strike.
Marquez is stalling here.
Marquez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The Stoner looks to clinch
and Marquez counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Marquez pushes The Stoner up against the cage in a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Marquez.
Marquez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marquez gets caught flat footed, as The Stoner shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Marquez throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
The Stoner slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The Stoner passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The Stoner gets to mount! Marquez was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
The Stoner is standing up, even though he is in mount.
The Stoner scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Stoner scores with a takedown into Marquez's guard.
Marquez keeping moving, preventing The Stoner from controlling successfully.
The Stoner slips nicely into half guard.
The Stoner takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The Stoner throwing shots but Marquez is blocking nicely.
The Stoner stalling.
Marquez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Marquez.
The Stoner stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Stoner shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Marquez's guard.
Marquez looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but The Stoner puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
The Stoner passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Marquez!
The Stoner trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Marquez tries to hold on but The Stoner pushes him away.
Marquez is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but The Stoner is staying active.
Marquez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marquez is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
The Stoner avoids the attempt from Marquez to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rex The Stoner dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
Marquez gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Marquez jumps guard.
The Stoner showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Marquez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Marquez manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Marquez is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Marquez pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The Stoner looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The Stoner trying to control the action but Marquez just sinks the hooks in.
The Stoner fending off the submission attempt from Marquez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez is looking to control The Stoner but The Stoner is wriggling around and keeping busy.
The Stoner fending off the submission attempt from Marquez.
Marquez looking for the RNC.
Marquez trying to control.
The Stoner avoids the strikes from Marquez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
The Stoner wants to escape the position.
Marquez is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. The Stoner knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften The Stoner for a finish.
The Stoner trying to control the position but Marquez manages to sink in the hooks.
Marquez biding his time, looking for the opening.
Marquez is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but The Stoner has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
The Stoner defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Marquez's arms.
The Stoner prevents Marquez from getting a body triangle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Stoner breaks Marquez's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Marquez controls The Stoner momentarily but The Stoner frees himself.
Marquez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The Stoner trying to control but Marquez is working from the bottom.
Marquez working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because The Stoner has passed into half guard!
The Stoner missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
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.
The Stoner controlling the action here.
Marquez tries to get to full guard but The Stoner has control of the leg.
Marquez pushes The Stoner off but The Stoner dives into side control.
The Stoner misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Marquez has control of an arm but The Stoner manages to advance to The Stoner's back!
You can see the frustration on Marquez's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Marquez turns into The Stoner and is now in his guard.
The Stoner wants to stand but Marquez is controlling the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Marquez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Stoner swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gonzaga Marquez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Marquez 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gonzaga Marquez!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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