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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Daryl Escarpe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Escarpe has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Marcus Wood will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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190 lbs
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200 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Daryl Escarpe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Wood!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Viktor Lagutenko and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Escarpe fails with the takedown.
Escarpe could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Escarpe looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe moves out of range.
Wood moves in looking to clinch but Escarpe pushes him off.
Nice sprawl there from Wood as Escarpe shoots in.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe is having none of it.
Escarpe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wood. Escarpe shrugs it off though.
Wood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Escarpe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch but Escarpe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wood scores with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escarpe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escarpe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Escarpe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Escarpe shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Daryl Escarpe. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escarpe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch but Escarpe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Wood lands a head kick!
Marcus Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood is looking to clinch but Escarpe is avoiding it.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escarpe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe is having none of it.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escarpe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Escarpe manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Escarpe swivels and escapes.
Wood scores with a one two! Escarpe had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wood tries to clinch there but Escarpe circles away.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe moves out of range.
Escarpe takes one on the button.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wood. Escarpe shrugs it off though.
Wood throws a series of punches but Escarpe avoids them all with ease.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe moves out of range.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe is having none of it.
Wood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe is having none of it.
Escarpe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wood doesn't manage to clinch there - Escarpe circles away.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Escarpe. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood shoots in but Escarpe avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe moves out of range.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Wood tries to clinch there but Escarpe circles away.
Wood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Wood tries to clinch up but Escarpe circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wood tries to clinch up but Escarpe circles away and keeps his distance.
Escarpe is trying hard to land a takedown here. Wood sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch but Escarpe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Escarpe eats them both and turns towards Wood to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe is having none of it.
Wood wants to clinch.
Escarpe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wood is looking to clinch.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Wood getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Wood lands a jab-cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood doesn't manage to clinch there - Escarpe circles away.
Wood is looking to clinch.
Escarpe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Wood dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Wood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wood scores with a leg kick.
Wood tries to clinch there but Escarpe circles away.
Wood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe moves out of range.
Wood doesn't manage to clinch there - Escarpe circles away.
Wood feints and then cracks Escarpe's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Escarpe down.
Wood with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Wood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Escarpe might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Wood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wood tries to clinch up but Escarpe circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood keeps Escarpe at a distance using the push kick.
Wood tries to clinch up but Escarpe circles away and keeps his distance.
Wood closes this distance looking for a takedown but Escarpe circles away.
Wood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wood connects with a high kick.
Wood fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wood doesn't manage to clinch there - Escarpe circles away.
Wood lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escarpe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marcus Wood seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wood is looking to clinch but Escarpe is avoiding it.
Wood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Escarpe keeps the fight on the outside.
Wood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Escarpe circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice combination there by Wood.
Escarpe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wood tries to clinch up but Escarpe circles away and keeps his distance.
Wood tries to clinch up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wood fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wood lands a lovely overhand right.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe moves out of range.
Wood throws a series of punches but Escarpe moves out of range.
Wood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wood tries to clinch up.
Wood wants to clinch up but Escarpe keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood tries to clinch there but Escarpe circles away.
Wood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wood wants to clinch up but Escarpe keeps it at a distance.
Escarpe on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Wood. Wood obviously looking to wear him down.
Wood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Escarpe has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe moves out of range.
Wood moves in looking to clinch but Escarpe pushes him off.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up but Escarpe swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Escarpe chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wood can pounce on him.
Wood moves in looking to clinch but Escarpe pushes him off.
Wood is looking to clinch but Escarpe is avoiding it.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Escarpe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wood tries to clinch up but Escarpe circles away and keeps his distance.
Wood clinches.
Wood with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Wood lands a knee to the head.
Wood unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wood.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Escarpe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Escarpe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Wood landing some nice looking knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Escarpe takes a knee to the side of the body.
A knee to the head by Wood.
A knee to the head by Wood.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Wood landing some nice looking knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Wood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Escarpe swats away the attempt to clinch by Wood.
Wood moves in looking to clinch but Escarpe pushes him off.
Escarpe on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Escarpe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Escarpe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Escarpe.
Escarpe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wood is looking to clinch but Escarpe is avoiding it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Escarpe circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wood lands a nice looking body kick.
Wood lands a head kick!
A lazy left from Wood finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The fight stays on the outside here - Wood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wood is looking to clinch but Escarpe is avoiding it.
Escarpe swats away the attempt to clinch by Wood.
Wood throws a nice head kick!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Wood.
Wood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wood throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Wood tries to clinch up but Escarpe circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood tries to close the distance and clinch but Escarpe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Daryl Escarpe is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Escarpe swats away the attempt to clinch by Wood.
Wood tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wood tries to clinch there but Escarpe circles away.
Wood tries to clinch up but Escarpe circles away and keeps his distance.
Wood tries to clinch there but Escarpe circles away.
Wood is looking to clinch but Escarpe is avoiding it.
Wood throws a right and a left that both miss.
Wood's corner calls for a 1-2. Wood obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Wood throws a one two combo.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe moves out of range.
Escarpe keeps the fight on the outside.
Escarpe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wood fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Wood is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Wood tries to clinch but Escarpe moves out of range.
Wood is looking to clinch but Escarpe is avoiding it.
Wood is looking to clinch but Escarpe is avoiding it.
Wood gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Wood lands a good knee to the midsection. Escarpe won't want to take too many of those.
Wood wants to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Wood.
A knee to the head by Wood.
Wood lands a good knee to the midsection. Escarpe won't want to take too many of those.
Wood lands a good knee to the midsection. Escarpe won't want to take too many of those.
Wood is looking to control Escarpe's arms but Escarpe gets an underhook and turns him. Now Wood has his back to the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Escarpe is trying to pull guard but Wood turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Wood scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Wood is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Wood comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Wood 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 24:30
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 25:30
Judge Fedor Mirinova scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Wood!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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