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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Young (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Flavio Marcelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Young comes to the cage accompanied by You're The Best. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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221 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flavio Marcelo!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Seu Braga and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Young connects with an inside leg kick.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young checks a low kick from Marcelo.
Young checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Marcelo tried to score with a low kick but Young checks it.
Marcelo looks for the body kick but Young saw that one coming.
Marcelo takes one to the chin there.
Young lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Young misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Marcelo.
Young throws a right hand that Marcelo ducks under and follows up with a left that Marcelo also avoids with ease.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marcelo.
Marcelo throws a low kick but Young moves out of range easily.
Young takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Young tries a head kick but it misses.
Young blocks a leg kick.
Young lands a jab-cross combination.
Young throws a sloppy head kick and Marcelo moves out of range easily.
Marcelo ducks under a wild hook from Young.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young connects with a nice looking jab.
Marcelo tries to land a leg kick but Young saw it coming and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcelo scores with a kick to the body.
Young fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marcelo manages to avoid it.
Marcelo throws the kick towards the body but Young avoids it.
Marcelo misses with a head kick.
Young connects with a leg kick. Marcelo looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Young works Marcelo's body with a nice hook.
Young checks a leg kick.
Young avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Young misses with a straight right.
Young has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Marcelo.
Young avoids the body shot from Marcelo.
Young looks to throw the jab but Marcelo is out of range.
Marcelo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Marcelo throws a wild body kick that Young sees coming a mile off.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A head kick misses from Marcelo.
Nice uppercut lands for Young. That snapped Marcelo's head back.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marcelo tries to work over Young's front leg with a kick but Young checks it.
Young checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Marcelo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marcelo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Young is out of range and Marcelo settles back down.
Marcelo drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Young throws a right hand that Marcelo ducks under and follows up with a left that Marcelo also avoids with ease.
Young throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A slow jab from Young misses its intended target.
A big left from Young misses.
Young chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marcelo can pounce on him.
Young missing with a left hand there. Marcelo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marcelo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Young lands with a shot to the body.
Marcelo throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Marcelo misses with a low kick as Young jumps back.
Marcelo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Young's sensitive parts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Young connects with a jab.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but Young moved away.
Young misses with a straight left.
Young throws a right and a left that both miss.
Joe Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Young chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marcelo can pounce on him.
Young is breathing heavily.
Sloppy strikes from Young. Those never looked like landing.
Young tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marcelo is able to avoid easily.
Marcelo lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Marcelo throws a front kick aimed at Young's knee but Young avoids it well.
Marcelo has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Marcelo there as he acknowledges the shot.
Young tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Young thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marcelo connects with a high kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marcelo moves out of range as Young strikes.
Young loads up on a big right hand but Marcelo slips the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Marcelo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Marcelo pivots, looking for a leg kick but Young is out of range and Marcelo settles back down.
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Marcelo.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but Young moved away.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Young has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Marcelo.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but Young moved away.
Young misses with a leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Young.
Marcelo slips a jab and a cross from Young.
Young takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marcelo slips under a jab from Young.
Marcelo throws a low kick, looking for Young's leg but Young calmly moves out of range.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marcelo goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Marcelo tries to work over Young's front leg with a kick but Young checks it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Marcelo.
Marcelo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Flavio Marcelo dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Young checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young throws a half hearted mid kick.
Marcelo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Flavio Marcelo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marcelo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Young feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Marcelos jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Young throws an overhand right that lands on Marcelo's shoulder, as Marcelo tries to avoid the shot.
Marcelo looks to land a body kick but Young moved away.
Young throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Young misses with a series of wild punches.
Marcelo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Young swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marcelo counters with a nice low kick that buckles Young's knee momentarily.
Young tries a head kick but it misses.
Young lands with a cross.
Marcelo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Young tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcelo tries a head kick but it misses.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Marcelo.
Marcelo feints and then cracks Young's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Young down.
Marcelo throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Marcelo throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Marcelo motions for Young to come forward. Marcelo throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Young thows a body shot but no joy.
Marcelo throws a nice outside leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marcelo wants to land a leg kick but Young is out of range.
Marcelo tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Marcelo lands a front kick.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but Young moved away.
A bone on bone clash there as Young blocks the leg kick.
Marcelo throws a push kick but Young slaps the foot to one side.
Marcelo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Young has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Marcelo misses with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Young as he checks the leg kick.
Marcelo throws a head kick but Young moves out of range.
Young will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marcelo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Young throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Young lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Young blocks a head kick by Marcelo.
Young misses with a hook.
Marcelo tried to score with a low kick but Young checks it.
Young checks a leg kick.
Young tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Young thows a body shot but no joy.
Young takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marcelo throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Young misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Young.
Marcelo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Young.
Marcelo avoids the head kick by Young.
Young misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Marcelo.
Marcelo is looking to land body kicks.
A jab lands there for Young.
Marcelo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Young avoids the head kick by Marcelo.
Marcelo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Marcelo will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Marcelo.
Marcelo turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A swing and a miss from Young.
Young scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Marcelo takes one to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo throws a front kick aimed at Young's knee but Young avoids it well.
Marcelo fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Young.
Marcelo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marcelo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Joe Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marcelo.
Marcelo tries to land a front kick but Young steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Young paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Young looks to land a left hand but Marcelo moved out of range nicely.
Marcelo fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Young checks it well.
Marcelo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marcelo lands a nice leg kick that just misses Young's sensitive parts.
Young is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Young attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Young fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marcelo manages to avoid it.
Marcelo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Marcelo tries to work over Young's front leg with a kick but Young checks it.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but Young sees it coming and checks it nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Flavio Marcelo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Marcelo moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Young missing with a left hand there. Marcelo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marcelo blocks a jab.
A head kick misses from Young.
Marcelo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Marcelo throws a sloppy head kick and Young moves out of range easily.
Young looks to land a body kick but Marcelo moved away.
Marcelo throws a head kick that misses.
A leg kick checked by Young.
Marcelo throws a low kick but Young avoids it.
Marcelo is looking to score with low kicks.
Young wants to slow Marcelo down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice body kick there by Marcelo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice straight punches there by Young. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Young.
Young turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A clash of legs there as Young blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice straight punches there by Young. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Young.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Marcelo, right into the meat.
A solid leg kick lands there for Marcelo.
Marcelo throws the kick towards the body but Young avoids it.
Young throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Marcelo cracks the inside of Young's front leg.
Young avoids a kick to the body.
Marcelo throws a low kick but Young avoids it.
Marcelo throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Nice jab there from Young.
Young checks a leg kick nicely.
Young checks a leg kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Young blocks the leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Marcelo misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young avoids a kick to the body.
Marcelo throws a chopping leg kick but Young manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Young connects with a jab.
Marcelo throws a hook but Young blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Marcelo.
Young throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marcelo moves away.
Marcelo has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Marcelo displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
A chopping leg kick lands by Marcelo.
Marcelo scores with a head kick.
Young ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marcelo moves away.
Young has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Marcelo.
A head kick misses from Young.
Young takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marcelo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Young keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marcelo misses with a low kick.
Young throws a right and a left that Marcelo avoids nicely.
Young looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Marcelo moves away from the strike by Young.
Young moves out of range of the body kick from Marcelo.
A jab from Young misses.
Marcelo is looking to chop away at Young's legs.
Marcelo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Marcelo cracks the inside of Young's front leg.
Marcelo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Young moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Marcelo staying out of range there.
Young moves out of range of the body kick.
Marcelo uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Young.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young stuns Marcelo with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crunch! Marcelo slams his shin into Young's torso.
Marcelo throws a low kick but Young avoids it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Marcelo. That's going to slow Young down.
Marcelo connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Young might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marcelo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Marcelo throws a front kick aimed at Young's knee but Young avoids it well.
Young throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marcelo counters with a head kick.
Marcelo feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Young's calf.
Young stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marcelo.
Marcelo throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marcelo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marcelo throws a right hand that Young ducks under and follows up with a left that Young also avoids with ease.
Young checks a low kick from Marcelo.
Young throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Joe Young has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Flavio Marcelo is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Young moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Flavio Marcelo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marcelo has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Flavio Marcelo!
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