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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jayden Marion (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Kendall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kendall has chosen Kool Moe Dee - I Go To Work as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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198 lbs
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190 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jayden Marion!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kurt Kendall!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, John Kavanagh and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kendall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marion with a lazy takedown attempt
and Marion takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kendall takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Kendall throws a hook but Marion blocks it.
Donk. Marion catches Kendall right on the button with a cross.
Marion shoots and misses
and Kendall counters with a nice uppercut.
Kendall throws a predictable looking body shot
and Marion counters with a nice low kick that buckles Kendall's knee momentarily.
Kendall avoids the head kick by Marion.
Kendall throws a body punch but Marion moves out of range.
Marion ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Kendall throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kendall lands with a cross.
Marion throws a combination that misses
and Kendall counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Marion with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marion throws a leg kick
and Kendall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marion wants to slow Kendall down by chopping away at his legs.
Kendall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Marion just misses with a punch to the body.
Kendall throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marion misses with an uppercut
and Kendall counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Kendall takes a jab right on the kisser.
Marion shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Kendall pinned against the cage. Kendall gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jayden Marion. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kendall with a poor takedown
and Marion counters with a nice uppercut.
Marion fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kendall, as that shot connected.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marion throws a lazy head kick
and Kendall makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Kendall.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Marion is defended easily by Kendall.
Marion shoots and misses
and Kendall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kendall misses with a right hand
and Marion counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Marion throws a leg kick
and Kendall counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Marion!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kendall wants to control the pace but Marion is squirming around nicely.
Kendall wants to control but instead Marion manages to regain half guard.
Marion is looking to get back to is feet but Kendall passes into side control.
Marion is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marion is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Kendall asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Kendall looks up at the clock and then as Marion takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Kendall smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kendall has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
A low kick from Marion misses
and Kendall counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marion, right into the meat.
Kendall 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.
Marion takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Marion tries for a takedown but Kendall circles away easily
and Kendall counters with a right hand to the body.
Marion swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Kendall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kendall misses with a right hand
and Marion counters with a low kick, right behind Kendall 's knee.
Marion changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Marion scores with a spinning back kick!
Marion misses with a takedown
and Kendall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Marion tests Kendall's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Marion throws a sloppy body shot
and Kendall counters with a nice uppercut.
Marion fails with the takedown
and Marion takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kendall jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marion misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Kendall counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kurt Kendall dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Kendall lands a nice looking body kick.
Jayden Marion is winning the standup battle so far.
Marion has his takedown stuffed
and Kendall counters with a straight right hand.
Marion throws a right hand that misses
and Kendall counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Kendall takes one to the chin there.
Marion has a takedown stuffed.
Kendall uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Marion has time to react.
Marion throws an off balance right hand
and Kendall counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Kendall checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Kendall tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Marion manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marion scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Check out the look on Marion's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Kendall tries to improve position but can't.
Marion trying to control the action but Kendall is working from the bottom.
Kendall is looking to reverse the position.
Kendall is working to avoid the ground and pound but Marion connects with a decent elbow.
Marion throwing strikes but Kendall manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Kendall really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Marion. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
The ground and pound from Kendall seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kendall cracks Marion with a big right hand but Marion just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Marion is looking to reverse the position.
Kendall trying to control the position but Marion is working away.
Kendall tries to stand but Marion is controlling his head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Marion can't do much from the bottom here.
The ground and pound from Kendall seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Marion manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kendall tries to stand but can't do so whilst Marion controls his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marion has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kendall is working away from the top position though.
Marion kicks Kendall off and gets back to his feet.
Kendall throws a right hand that misses
enabling Marion to counter with a crisp jab.
Kendall keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marion tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Kendall misses with a right hand
and Marion counters with a single leg into guard. Kendall didn't expect that.
Marion with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marion pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Kendall is keeping the position for now.
Marion trying to control the position from guard on top but Kendall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marion postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Marion missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Marion 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.
Kendall is looking to stand up but Marion isn't so interested in that idea.
Marion trying to control but Kendall is working from the bottom.
Marion postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jayden Marion dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Marion throws a leg kick
and Kendall counters with a thumping low kick.
Marion misses with an uppercut
and Kendall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Kendall misses with a right hand
and Marion counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Marion throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marion trying to control from half guard but Kendall is working away.
Marion throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Kendall is refusing to be controlled, as Marion sits in half guard.
Marion misses with a head shot. Kendall uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marion prevents Kendall from getting back to his feet.
Marion with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marion working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Marion with a flurry of punches that miss.
Kendall looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marion passes into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Kendall tries to kick Marion off but Marion keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Kendall is staying active underneath Marion, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Kendall is looking for a sweep. Marion is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Marion missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Kendall looks like he's trying to stand up.
Marion is looking to advance position but Kendall won't allow it.
Marion is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marion working Kendall over with strikes.
Marion throws a strike but Kendall avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Marion tries to free his leg and advance position but Kendall is retaining full guard.
Kendall utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Marion won't allow Kendall to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Marion throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marion throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Marion with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marion trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Marion throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kendall is looking to stand up but Marion isn't so interested in that idea.
Marion trying to control the position from guard on top but Kendall is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jayden Marion showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marion has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 John Roberts scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jayden Marion!
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energy
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hype
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