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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Luke Lashley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malcolm Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lashley's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Hustlin. Marshall has chosen Written In The Stars - Tinie Tempah as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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153 lbs
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163 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luke Lashley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Malcolm Marshall!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Tiny Johnson and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lashley tries to clinch but Marshall moves out of range.
Lashley forces Marshall back against the cage and clinches.
A right hook to the body lands for Marshall.
Lashley is trying to break the clinch but Marshall is controlling him.
Lashley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Marshall lands a jab.
Some wild striking there from Lashley.
Lashley tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Marshall counters with a low kick, right behind Lashley 's knee.
Marshall uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lashley takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
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!
Lashley slips a straight right by Marshall.
Marshall connects with the punch.
Marshall checks a leg kick.
Lashley rushes Marshall and presses him up against the cage.
Lashley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Marshall tries a knee to the head but Lashley blocks it.
Marshall blocks a body shot from Lashley.
Marshall tries to land a knee to the head but Lashley blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lashley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Lashley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Marshall shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Marshall scores with a leg kick.
Lashley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marshall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lashley misses with a wild combination.
Marshall throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lashley misses with a few strikes there.
Marshall tries a head kick but it misses.
Lashley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Lashley wants to clinch.
Lashley thows a body shot but no joy.
Marshall scores with a head kick. Lashley tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Luke Lashley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lashley misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Lashley does it's job there.
Some wild striking there from Lashley.
Marshall bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Marshall with a hook.
Marshall throws a right and a left that Lashley avoids nicely.
Lashley moves into range and connects with a jab.
Lashley tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Marshall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lashley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lashley moves to clinch but Marshall breaks away
and Marshall makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Marshall thows a body kick. Lashley tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Lashley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marshall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lashley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Nice takedown defense from Marshall. No joy for Lashley on that attempt.
Lashley misses with the combination.
Lashley takes a swing at Marshall's ribcage but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Marshall.
Marshall circles away from the clinch attempt.
Malcolm Marshall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lashley misses with a wild body shot.
Marshall leaves Lashley with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Lashley tries to clinch up but Marshall circles away and keeps his distance.
Marshall feints and then cracks Lashley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lashley down.
Marshall clobbers Lashley with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Lashley throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Marshall makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Lashley really felt that one!
Lashley is breathing heavily.
Marshall dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marshall misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Marshall.
Marshall lands a nice looking body kick.
Marshall lands a big head kick that sends Lashley tumbling to the mat! Marshall takes a step backwards and waves Lashley back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Lashley is rocked!
It looks like Luke Lashley has been cut.
Lashley on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Oh Lashley is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall cracks Lashley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Marshall lands with an overhand left.
Lashley tries to bum rush Marshall with a series of wild strikes but Marshall uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Lashley is looking to clinch.
Lashley seems to have got his legs back now.
Lashley shoots in looking for a takedown. Marshall tries to sprawl out of it but Lashley keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Marshall manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Lashley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marshall scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Marshall scores with a nice right hand.
You can follow us on Twitter at...Ooooooh Lashley got wobbled bad by a big combination! Marshall presses forward with punches and knees until Lashley stumbles to the ground! The ref watches Lashley closely before deciding to step in and end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Malcolm Marshall!
A victorious Malcolm Marshall thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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