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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nemean Athos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Marcos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Athos's entrance music is Thundercats. A fine choice. Marcos has chosen Psyko - Konnan w/ Mad One as his entrance music. Athos is coming into this fight with a significant injury, which will no doubt have an effect on his cardio. Ricardo Marcos will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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181 lbs
21 - 6 - 0 |
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217 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Nemean Athos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ricardo Marcos!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcos gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Athos is breathing heavily.
Marcos stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Athos breaks the clinch.
Marcos thows a body shot but no joy.
Athos tries to clinch up
and Marcos counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Marcos lands with a shot to the body.
Marcos clinches up with Athos and pushes him back against the cage.
Athos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marcos lands a right hand.
Marcos tries a body shot but Athos blocks it.
Marcos tries to work over Athos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Marcos.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Marcos.
Marcos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marcos tries to throw a body punch but Athos avoids it by throwing Marcos back against the cage.
Marcos swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcos tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Athos blocking some punches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marcos.
A right hand to the body from Marcos.
Athos blocking some punches.
Marcos has a couple of punches blocked by Athos.
Marcos will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Athos up against the cage.
Marcos tries to stall but Athos uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marcos tries to land a knee to the head but Athos blocks with his arms.
Athos wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marcos has him pressed against the cage.
Marcos misses with a punch to the body.
Marcos looking to stall.
Athos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Athos being controlled against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcos trying to land knees to the body.
Marcos misses with a body punch.
Marcos struggles to land a body shot inside as Athos controls his hands.
Marcos can't find room to land a body shot as Athos controls the action.
Marcos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Athos prevents a body shot from Marcos.
Marcos lands a hook that snaps the head of Athos backwards.
Marcos lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marcos misses with a punch to the body.
Marcos softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Marcos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A short right from Marcos.
Marcos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Marcos can't find room to land a body shot as Athos controls the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcos lands a left hand.
Marcos misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marcos tries to work over Athos's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marcos lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Athos or not.
Marcos tries to land a knee to the head but Athos blocks with his arms.
Marcos tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marcos trying to land knees to the body.
Marcos misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Athos blocking some punches.
Athos has had enough of the clinch but Marcos keeps him there for the moment.
Marcos working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Marcos throws a head punch that misses.
Marcos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Marcos holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short left from Marcos.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcos looking to slow down the pace here.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marcos.
Marcos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marcos lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marcos struggles to land a body shot inside as Athos controls his hands.
Athos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marcos throws a punch but it's blocked by Athos.
Marcos misses with some punches.
Marcos lands an uppercut.
Marcos misses with some punches.
Marcos misses with a hook from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marcos digs a right hand into Athos's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Athos's gas tank.
Marcos scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Athos blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Marcos dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Marcos looks for the body kick but Athos saw that one coming.
Marcos thows a body shot but no joy.
Marcos looks to throw the jab but Athos is out of range.
Marcos throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marcos rushes Athos and presses him up against the cage.
Athos blocking some punches.
Athos blocks the elbow strike.
Marcos lands a left hand.
Marcos looking to throw knees to the head but Athos is blocking nicely.
Athos wants to get back to striking at distance but Marcos won't allow it.
Athos is looking to break free of the clinch but Marcos has double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Marcos.
Athos is rocked!
Marcos tries to land a knee to the head but Athos blocks with his arms.
Oh Athos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marcos lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Marcos.
Marcos misses with some punches.
Marcos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Athos blocks it with crossed arms.
Athos blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcos tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Athos's elbow.
Marcos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Marcos - that landed with a thud.
Marcos goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marcos misses with some punches.
Marcos lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Athos to his knees! Marcos keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricardo Marcos!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Ricardo Marcos made sure he mentioned RAW Nutrition * Recovery 159 : 60$ *, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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