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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jacory Kato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Tyson Marquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Juan Tyson Marquez will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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135 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jacory Kato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Juan Tyson Marquez!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kato takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
It looks like Jacory Kato has been cut.
Marquez checks a leg kick nicely.
Kato dives in and scores a takedown into Marquez's guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Marquez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Kato avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
Marquez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Marquez looking for subs off his back but Kato has passed one foot through into half guard.
Marquez tries to get to full guard but Kato has control of the leg.
Kato is looking for a kimura but Marquez is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kato to get the leverage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Marquez has managed to free his arm - good work.
Kato is trying to work for a kimura but Marquez is defending well.
Marquez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Marquez is looking to improve his position.
Marquez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kato avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kato decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
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!
Marquez works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Marquez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marquez fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kato misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kato fails to land with a series of punches.
Marquez lands with a straight right. Kato didn't see that one coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marquez. Kato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Kato walks into a left hand.
Marquez sizes up Kato with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Marquez feints a jab promting Kato to slip. Marquez then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kato slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Marquez bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Kato's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marquez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Kato was well out of range. Poor timing from Marquez.
Marquez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Kato misses with a kick to the body.
Kato changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Marquez tries to avoid it but Kato manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Marquez to the ground. Marquez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kato really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Sloppy strikes from Kato. Those never looked like landing.
Marquez keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Marquez avoids a punch combination nicely.
A shot to the liver by Marquez. Beautiful body shot.
Kato misses with a wild combination.
Kato just misses with a punch to the body.
Marquez lands a body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Kato misses with a wild combination.
Kato has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacory Kato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kato is breathing heavily.
Kato takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Marquez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Kato on the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kato looks to land a combination but Marquez avoids it well.
Marquez digs a good hook to Kato's body.
Kato decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marquez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Marquez is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Kato pulls his head out easily.
Marquez makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Marquez.
Marquez is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Kato is aware though and is defending well.
Marquez looking for a guillotine here but Kato defends easily.
Kato got a little sloppy there for a moment and Marquez has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Kato has managed to get both his arms back between Marquez's legs - danger averted.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Tyson Marquez dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacory Kato's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Marquez scores with a jab.
Marquez takes a swing at Kato's ribcage but misses.
Marquez tries to close the distance and clinch but Kato swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Kato throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Marquez's waist but Marquez gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kato off to one side.
Marquez scores with a crisp jab that stopped Kato in his tracks.
Kato throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marquez jabs Kato to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Marquez lands with a good body shot.
A shot to the liver by Marquez. Beautiful body shot.
Marquez jabs at Kato's body.
Marquez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kato is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Marquez.
Kato takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Marquez works Kato's body with a nice hook.
Kato looks to land a combination but Marquez avoids it well.
Kato throws a head kick but Marquez moves out of range.
Marquez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Jacory Kato is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marquez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kato.
Juan Tyson Marquez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kato tries to move into range but Marquez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Marquez avoids the body shot from Kato.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marquez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kato.
Marquez avoids the head kick by Kato.
Marquez tries to keep at a distance but Kato has taken the fight into the clinch.
Marquez scores a nice knee to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Marquez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kato.
Marquez unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marquez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kato's face.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A knee to the head by Marquez.
Marquez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marquez obliges.
Marquez crunches a lovely knee into Kato's ribcage.
Marquez working Kato over with knees to the body.
Marquez digs a right hand underneath Kato's ribcage. Kato let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marquez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kato lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marquez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Kato or not.
Marquez working Kato over with knees to the body.
Marquez using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marquez working Kato over with knees to the body.
Marquez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kato lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marquez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Marquez landing knees to the head.
Marquez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kato in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Kato is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Marquez is defending well.
Marquez unloads a knee to the mid-section. Kato lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Juan Tyson Marquez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Marquez lands a good knee to the midsection. Kato won't want to take too many of those.
Marquez pushes Kato back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Marquez working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marquez lands a knee to the body.
Marquez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marquez obliges.
Marquez scores with a knee to the head.
Marquez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Kato takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Juan Tyson Marquez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Kato walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Marquez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Marquez lands a nice hook to Kato's body. Kato takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marquez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Marquez swinging wildly here.
Marquez tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kato throws a head kick that misses.
Kato has Marquez up against the cage in a clinch.
Marquez scores with a knee to the head.
Kato takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marquez scores a nice knee to the body.
Marquez lands a good knee to the midsection. Kato won't want to take too many of those.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez scores with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kato takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marquez misses with a knee strike.
Marquez tries to throw a body punch but Kato avoids it by throwing Marquez back against the cage.
Kato goes for a takedown in the clinch but Marquez prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacory Kato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kato looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marquez utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marquez connects with a nasty looking knee right to Kato's face.
Marquez lands a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marquez with a knee to the head.
Kato on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Marquez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marquez scores a nice knee to the body.
Kato wants to break the clinch but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Tyson Marquez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jacory Kato's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A telegraphed right hand from Kato misses the target.
Marquez connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Kato's hands.
Kato throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marquez scores with a jab to the body.
Marquez lands an overhand right.
Marquez misses with a body shot.
Marquez misses with a wild body shot.
Kato misses with a few strikes there.
Kato uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marquez.
Marquez gets tackled into the cage by Kato. Kato maintains the clinch.
Marquez landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marquez obliges.
Marquez with a knee to the head.
Marquez is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kato takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marquez lands a good knee to the midsection. Kato won't want to take too many of those.
Marquez lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Marquez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kato tries to circle away but Marquez has him pinned against the cage.
Marquez keeps control of Kato as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marquez lands a good knee to the midsection. Kato won't want to take too many of those.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marquez.
Kato takes a knee to the side of the body.
Kato wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Marquez obliges.
Marquez digs a right hand underneath Kato's ribcage. Kato let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marquez scores with a knee to the head.
Kato tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marquez lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Kato jumps guard but Marquez stands there with Kato around his waist. Kato gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Kato is trying to force a seperation but Marquez has the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marquez putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kato in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Marquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kato closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Marquez is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kato throwing shots but Marquez is blocking nicely.
Marquez gets full guard.
Kato is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Marquez has a closed guard, preventing Kato from standing up.
Marquez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Kato defends it easily.
Marquez throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kato uses it to pass to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kato is trying to get an arm triangle but Marquez is defending well.
Marquez is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Kato's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Jacory Kato has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marquez actively working from the bottom here.
Kato is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Marquez is just riding it out for now. Kato eventually gives up the hold.
Kato knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Marquez on the ground.
It looks like Kato is going to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marquez looking for submissions off his back.
Kato wants to work for an arm triangle but Marquez is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marquez looking for submissions off his back.
Kato is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Marquez is just riding it out for now. Kato eventually gives up the hold.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Tyson Marquez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marquez 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Tyson Marquez!
An out of breath Juan Tyson Marquez thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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