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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Mathers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Willey Star (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mathers's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Anthem of Kings. Marshall Mathers has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 lbs
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155 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Marshall Mathers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Willey Star!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Columbo Gatti and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Star throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Star falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Mathers counter with a right hand.
Star wants to clinch.
Star fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Mathers lands with a slapping head kick.
Marshall Mathers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Star lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Mathers circles away quickly and effectively.
Mathers throws a series of punches but Star moves out of range.
Star misses with a combination
and Mathers counters with a body kick that stops Star in his tracks momentarily.
Star has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mathers.
Star lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Star.
Mathers cracks Star with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Mathers plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Star misses the jab.
Star shoots for a double leg takedown but Mathers sprawls well. He's pushed Star's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Star looks gassed!
Mathers turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Star throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mathers throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Star.
Good leg kick by Mathers there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Star misses with an uppercut
and Mathers counters with a low kick, right behind Star 's knee.
A solid body kick from Mathers.
Donk. Mathers catches Star right on the button with a cross.
Nice body kick there by Mathers.
Mathers plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Both fighters circling a little - Mathers finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Star doesn't manage to clinch there - Mathers circles away.
Star has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mathers throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Star on the side of the head.
Mathers lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Mathers connects with a body shot that sends Star's belly button to the back.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mathers.
Marshall Mathers is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Mathers lands a high kick!
Mathers lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Star sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Mathers throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Star's head.
Mathers dips to his left and cracks Star with an uppercut!
Mathers goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mathers lands a two punch combo.
A head kick from Mathers lands but Star takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers lands with a kick to the temple. Star shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Star is rocked!
Mathers lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Mathers thuds his shin into the meat of Star's side.
Star moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Mathers lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Star backs up against the cage.
Mathers scores with a head kick. Star tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mathers lands a high kick!
Mathers plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Mathers lands a head kick!
Mathers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Mathers displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Mathers throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mathers lunges at Star with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Star's hand.
A slapping leg kick lands for Mathers.
Star tries to move into range but Mathers moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mathers is working the combinations to good effect here.
Mathers lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mathers.
Mathers lands with a nice combination. Star backs away looking to recover.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers thuds his right hand into Star's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Mathers lands a high kick!
Mathers connects with an inside leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Mathers. That's going to slow Star down.
A head kick from Mathers lands but Star takes it in his stride.
Mathers cracks a nice hook into Star's ribs.
Star takes a kick to the side of the head.
Star looks to land a left hand but Mathers moved out of range nicely.
Mathers lands with a kick to the temple. Star shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mathers fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Star looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice combination there by Mathers.
Star closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Mathers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mathers throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mathers connects with a leg kick. Star looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Mathers is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A head kick from Mathers lands but Star takes it in his stride.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mathers.
Star misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Star eats them both and turns towards Mathers to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Mathers lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Mathers bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Star's head backwards.
Mathers looks to land a combination. Star sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Mathers moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Star has a takedown stuffed.
Marshall Mathers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willey Star.
Mathers looks to land a combination. Star sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
A left and a right from Mathers both land. Nice combination.
Mathers connects with a high kick.
Star has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Mathers.
Mathers lands with a kick to the temple. Star shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mathers feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Star's calf.
Star's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Left hook, right uppercut from Mathers.
Mathers lands a right hook to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Star takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mathers jabs at Star's body.
Star is trying desperately to land a takedown but Mathers is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Star.
Mathers jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Mathers throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marshall Mathers dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Star looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Mathers is fending him off so far but Star persists. Nope, Mathers circles away and we're back to standing.
Star takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Star throws a series of punches but Mathers moves out of range.
Star takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mathers connects with a high kick.
Mathers lands a nice hook to Star's body. Star takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Star just misses with a punch to the body.
Marshall Mathers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Mathers throws a quick inside leg kick.
Mathers feints a jab promting Star to slip. Mathers then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Star slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mathers.
Mathers throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Mathers with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Star might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Mathers has got the better of the exchanges.
Star takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
An inside leg kick lands from Mathers.
Mathers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Star can do to turn this around?
Mathers throws a front kick that sends Star stumbling back into the cage.
Mathers lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marshall Mathers is winning the standup battle so far.
Mathers explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mathers lands with a good body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mathers throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mathers connects with a body shot that sends Star's belly button to the back.
Mathers dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Star. That did some damage!
A chopping leg kick lands by Mathers.
Star 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.
Mathers lets loose with a powerful body kick. Star will feel that in the morning.
Star on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Mathers bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Star's head backwards.
Star takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Star takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mathers throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mathers lands a high kick!
Mathers throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Star.
Star has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Mathers connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Nice sprawl there from Mathers as Star shoots in.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Mathers, right into the meat.
Mathers lands a leg kick that knocks Star off balance momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mathers scores with a push kick.
Mathers fakes the leg kick and cracks Star in the body.
Star tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Star closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A head kick from Mathers lands but Star takes it in his stride.
Mathers lands a body shot.
Star has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Mathers.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mathers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Mathers throws a head kick that half lands.
Star looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Mathers cracks Star with a right hand to the side of the head.
Mathers delivers a nice body kick.
A good leg kick by Mathers.
Mathers throws a leg kick which misses Star's front leg but catches the back leg as Star tries to avoid it.
A head kick from Mathers lands but Star takes it in his stride.
Mathers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mathers lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Mathers lands a head kick!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers connects with a high kick.
Mathers throws a nice head kick!
Mathers scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Star doesn't seem bothered though.
Mathers fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Star has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Star misses with the combination.
Mathers throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Star shoots in and drives through. Mathers sprawls well.
Marshall Mathers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willey Star.
Mathers throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Star's head.
A right-left combo lands from Mathers.
Star throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mathers.
Mathers lands a jab to Star's midsection.
Mathers buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Mathers lands with a slapping head kick.
A head kick from Mathers lands but Star takes it in his stride.
Mathers lands a high kick!
Star throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Star. Mathers does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice jab there from Mathers.
Star tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Mathers moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Mathers avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Mathers throws a head kick that Star semi-blocks.
Mathers scores with a punch to the head.
Star misses with a left hand
enabling Mathers to counter with a crisp jab.
Mathers lands a nice looking body shot.
Mathers moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nice shot by Mathers.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mathers lands with a kick to the temple. Star shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Mathers throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Star.
Mathers steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Star.
Mathers lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marshall Mathers dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Star tries to score a power double leg takedown but Mathers sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Star somewhat.
Star takes the fight into the clinch.
Mathers breaks from the clinch.
Mathers 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 Mathers.
Star takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Some wild striking there from Star.
Mathers lands a high kick!
Mathers lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Star backs up against the cage.
A solid body kick from Mathers.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Star takes a kick to the side of the head.
Mathers lands a nice hook to Star's body. Star takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Star takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Mathers goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Star throws a hook to the side of Mathers's head but Mathers sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Mathers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Star with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Mathers to score with a decent uppercut.
Mathers lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Mathers.
Star throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Mathers counters with a good low kick that Star was not able to check.
Nice body punch from Mathers.
Mathers bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Star's head.
Mathers connects with a high kick.
Star is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Mathers lands a head kick!
Star throws an off balance right hand
and Mathers counters with a low kick, right behind Star 's knee.
Mathers goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Mathers tests Star's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Mathers connects with a high kick.
Star throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Star 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Star changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Mathers tries to avoid it but Star manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Mathers to the ground. Mathers escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Mathers wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice shot lands for Mathers.
Both fighters circling a little - Mathers finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Mathers lands a high kick!
Mathers throws a head kick that half lands.
Star chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Mathers can pounce on him.
Mathers lands a front kick.
Star has his takedown stuffed
and Mathers counters with a head kick. That will keep Star thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Marshall Mathers has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Willey Star.
Mathers throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Star takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Star shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Mathers defends it nicely.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mathers.
Star throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Star 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mathers throws a front kick that sends Star stumbling back into the cage.
Star misses with the combination.
Star takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mathers getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Star takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Mathers throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Star stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Mathers lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Mathers scores with a head kick. Star tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Mathers bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mathers.
Mathers scoring well with a low kick there.
Mathers lets loose with a powerful body kick. Star will feel that in the morning.
Star steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mathers. That one must have hurt.
Star shoots in and drives through. Mathers sprawls well.
Star swings away with a body shot that misses
and Mathers counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Star is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Mathers lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mathers lands with a thumping leg kick.
Mathers scores with a jab. Star acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Mathers ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mathers lands a nice leg kick that just misses Star's sensitive parts.
Mathers lands with a slapping head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Mathers.
Star misses with a looping right.
Mathers thuds a left hand into Star's body.
Mathers lands with a kick to the ribs.
Mathers jabs at Star's body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Mathers - that will leave a mark!
Willey Star has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Star takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Star takes a head kick and keeps coming.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Star throws the kick towards the body but Mathers avoids it.
Star walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Mathers lands a high kick!
Marshall Mathers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Star throws a nice looking combination but Mathers bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Mathers throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marshall Mathers showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Mathers, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Kavanagh scores the fight 30:25
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:24
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marshall Mathers!
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