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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joe Marr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magnus Magnuson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marr comes to the cage accompanied by Falls. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Marr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Magnus Magnuson!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marr lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Magnuson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Marr pinned against the cage. Marr gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Magnuson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Magnuson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Magnuson moves forwards but Marr connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marr looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Marr moves into the clinch successfully.
Marr lands a nice knee to the body.
Marr wants to break free but Magnuson has control.
Marr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marr throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marr with a knee to the head.
Magnuson jumps guard but Marr stands there with Magnuson around his waist. Magnuson gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnuson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Marr gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Joe Marr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Magnus Magnuson.
Marr breaks from the clinch.
Marr lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Marr fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Magnuson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marr.
Marr throws a head kick that misses.
Marr clinches.
Marr stalling in the clinch but Magnuson improves position.
Magnuson lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Magnuson is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marr is defending against the submission attempts here by Magnuson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnuson sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Marr defending well though.
Magnuson looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Magnuson seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Marr manages to get to full guard.
Magnuson trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marr is trying to control the position but Magnuson postures up.
Magnuson throwing strikes from guard but Marr blocks nicely.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Marr scores with a crisp jab that stopped Magnuson in his tracks.
Marr moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Magnuson walks into a left hand.
Marr lands a glancing blow to the side of Magnuson's head.
Marr fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marr is looking to slow Magnuson down with leg kicks.
Marr scores with the left hand. Magnuson knows he should have avoided that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Magnuson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Marr goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Nice shot by Marr.
Marr moves into the clinch successfully.
Magnuson manages to pull guard.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Magnuson is on top in guard.
Magnuson throwing strikes from guard but Marr blocks nicely.
Marr avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Magnuson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Marr is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Marr dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Marr tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marr scores with a jab.
Magnuson blocks a head kick by Marr.
Marr tries to close the distance and clinch but Magnuson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marr lands a nice looking body shot.
Marr clinches with his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marr with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Magnuson looking for a takedown.
Marr connects with a knee to the head.
Marr is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
A knee to the head by Marr.
Magnuson fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Magnuson avoiding damage as Marr throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marr landing knees to the body.
Magnuson manages to break the clinch.
Magnuson shoots in but no luck this time.
Joe Marr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Magnus Magnuson.
Magnuson is breathing heavily.
Marr throws a nice inside leg kick.
Marr misses with a kick to the body.
Marr lands a nice looking body kick.
A right-left combo lands from Marr.
Marr lands a jab-cross combination.
Marr throws a sloppy head kick and Magnuson moves out of range easily.
Magnuson takes a kick to the side of the head.
Marr throws a head kick that half lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magnuson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Magnuson cracks Marr with a big elbow.
Magnuson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Magnuson misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Magnuson throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Marr tries to buck Magnuson off but Magnuson is having none of it.
Magnuson trying to control the position but Marr is working away.
Magnuson tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Magnuson goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Marr has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Magnuson but great work by Marr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnuson is trying to work for a sweep but Marr has mounted him!
Magnuson reaches up to try and control the position but Marr seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Magnuson rolls and tries to escape and now Marr has his back!
Magnuson tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Magnuson is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Magnuson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Magnuson is squirming around, avoiding Marr's attempts to control the action.
Magnuson keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Magnuson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The fighters are battling for position here. Magnuson manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Joe Marr will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Magnuson looks for a takedown but Marr sprawls well.
Magnuson shoots in and drives through. Marr sprawls well.
Marr throws a head kick that misses.
Marr fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Marr as Magnuson shoots in.
Joe Marr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Magnus Magnuson.
Marr tries a head kick but it misses.
Magnuson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice uppercut lands for Marr. That snapped Magnuson's head back.
Marr scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Marr is thwarting Magnuson's attempts to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Magnuson can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Magnuson wants to get back to full guard.
Magnuson slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Magnuson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Magnuson keeping moving, preventing Marr from controlling successfully.
Magnuson looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marr is one step ahead there.
Marr trying to control but Magnuson is working from the bottom.
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.
Magnuson throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Magnuson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Marr controls the pace.
Magnuson trying to strike off his back.
Magnuson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Magnuson trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Magnuson is looking to stand up but Marr isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magnuson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Marr has passed into side control.
Magnuson tries to improve position but can't.
Magnuson gets back to half guard.
Magnuson is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Marr is tapping! Great win for Magnuson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Magnus Magnuson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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