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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Whitey Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mike Stevens has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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210 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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183 cm
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198 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Whitey Marsh !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Stevens!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens lands an overhand right.
It looks like Whitey Marsh has been cut.
Stevens swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marsh tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stevens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marsh looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Stevens!
Marsh is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Stevens has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Stevens!
Marsh working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stevens doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stevens manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Marsh looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marsh working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Stevens doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Stevens manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Stevens controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Marsh is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Stevens is aware though and is defending well.
Stevens stands up from Marsh 's guard - Stevens perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens cracks a nice hook into Marsh 's ribs.
Stevens lands a hook that stumbles Marsh back into the cage. Stevens follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Marsh to the canvas! Stevens pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Marsh has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Mike Stevens!
Mike Stevens is the new light heavyweight champion!
Mike Stevens seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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FIGHT
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