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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Quick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jean Marceau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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197 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marcus Quick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jean Marceau!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Quick changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Marceau tries to avoid it but Quick manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Marceau to the ground. Marceau escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Quick is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marceau.
Quick blocks a low kick nicely.
Quick tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Marceau counters with an outside leg kick.
Marceau pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Jab from Marceau.
Quick has Marceau up against the cage in a clinch.
Quick managing to block the knees to the body from Marceau.
Quick tries to stall but Marceau uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Quick gets underhooks to prevent Marceau's takedown attempt.
Marceau taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Marceau goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Quick swings wildly with an uppercut but Marceau uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marceau lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Quick blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marceau missing with knees to the body.
A right handed body shot lands from Quick.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marceau is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Quick working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marceau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Quick wants a takedown.
Marceau missing with knees to the body.
Quick lands a hook to the side of the head.
Quick managing to block the knees to the body from Marceau.
Marceau looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Quick has a couple of punches blocked by Marceau.
Marceau is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Quick lands a hook to the side of the head.
Marceau can't find room to land a body shot as Quick controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marceau is looking to control Quick's arms but Quick gets an underhook and turns him. Now Marceau has his back to the cage.
Quick lands a hook that snaps the head of Marceau backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marceau jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Quick walks away with a smile on his face. Marceau gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Marceau takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Quick scores with a decent looking hook.
Quick fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marceau tries a low kick but Quick avoids it.
Quick tries to clinch but Marceau is having none of it.
Marceau avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marceau fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Quick.
Jean Marceau is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A shot to the body from Quick misses
and Marceau makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Marceau keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Quick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marceau throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marceau tries to work over Quick's front leg with a kick but Quick checks it.
Marceau throws a head kick but Quick moves out of range.
Quick swings for the body but Marceau moves out of range.
Marceau looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Quick tries to score a power double leg takedown but Marceau sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Quick somewhat.
A punch combination from Quick misses.
Quick closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Marceau's guard.
Marceau looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marceau looking to hit a scissor sweep but Quick is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick trying to stand up but can't free himself from Marceau's guard.
Marceau not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Marceau had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Quick defends it easily.
Marceau looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quick wants to pass the guard but Marceau is keeping the position.
Marceau not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Quick dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Marceau slaps away a takedown attempt from Quick, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Marceau pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marceau uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Quick.
Marceau scores with a leg kick.
Marcus Quick is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A telegraphed right hand from Quick misses the target.
Marceau has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Marceau thumps Quick with a low kick.
Quick misses with a double jab
and Marceau counters with a nice leg kick.
Marceau throws a quick inside leg kick.
Marceau thows a body kick. Quick tries to catch it but that hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marceau moves out of range as Quick strikes.
Quick misses the shot to the body.
Quick closes the distance and clinches up with Marceau, looking for a takedown. Quick pushes Marceau against the cage but Marceau circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Marceau fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Quick.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Quick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Quick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Quick checks the leg kick nicely there.
Quick tries to bum rush Marceau with a series of wild strikes but Marceau uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marcus Quick is winning the standup battle so far.
Marceau attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Marceau throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Quick is looking to clinch but Marceau is avoiding it.
Quick throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Marceau. That's going to slow Quick down.
Quick scores with a takedown into Marceau's guard.
Quick passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Marceau is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Quick off and has taken his back!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quick wants to control his opponent's hands but Marceau gets his hands free.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marceau trying to control.
Quick has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Marceau.
Marceau is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Quick. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick breaks Marceau's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Marceau escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Quick gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Marceau lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Quick!
Marceau wants to control the pace but Quick is squirming around nicely.
Marceau is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Quick can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Quick tries to hold on but Marceau pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marceau is looking to work his way around to Quick's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Marceau can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Quick is looking to escape.
Quick bucks Marceau off and manages to get back to his feet!
Marceau stuffs the takedown.
Marceau misses with a kick to the body.
Quick scores with a crisp jab that stopped Marceau in his tracks.
Quick throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Marceau's waist but Marceau gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Quick off to one side.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Quick tries to close the distance and clinch but Marceau swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Quick is looking to clinch.
Quick shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marceau as he avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jean Marceau will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Marceau chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Quick is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marceau throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Quick throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Marceau looks to land a body kick but Quick moved away.
Marceau looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marceau keeps the fight on the outside.
Quick swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marceau counters with a low kick, right behind Quick 's knee.
Quick jabs Marceau to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Quick is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A telegraphed right hand from Quick misses the target.
Marceau looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quick throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marceau.
Marceau misses with a low kick as Quick jumps back.
Sloppy strikes from Quick. Those never looked like landing.
Quick avoids a kick to the body.
Marceau connects with a high kick.
Quick throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Marceau on the side of the head.
Quick closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Quick scores with a shot to the side of Marceau's head.
Marceau blocking some punches.
Quick swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Quick lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marceau jumps guard but Quick turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Marceau drops down looking for an ankle pick but Quick pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Quick connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Marceau throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Quick jabs Marceau to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marceau misses with a leg kick.
Quick tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marceau swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marceau moves out of range of the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Quick shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Marceau but Marceau pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Quick listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Quick wants to clinch.
Quick tries to bum rush Marceau with a series of wild strikes but Marceau uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marceau goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Quick throws a nice looking combination but Marceau bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Marceau throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Quick with a lazy takedown attempt
and Marceau counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Marceau stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Marceau wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Quick. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marceau lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Quick stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marceau.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Quick looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Marceau is fending him off so far but Quick persists. Nope, Marceau circles away and we're back to standing.
Marcus Quick seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marceau misses with a low kick.
Marceau finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Marceau fakes the leg kick and cracks Quick in the body.
Quick moves out of range as Marceau throws a body kick.
Marceau fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Quick is out of range.
Quick looks to throw the jab but Marceau is out of range.
Marceau fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Quick has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick from Marceau lands but Quick takes it in his stride.
Quick fails in his attempt to clinch.
A good leg kick by Marceau.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Marcus Quick.
I think Quick 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Quick!
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