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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Heath Marcum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Artur Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ross has chosen Pain - Shut your mouth as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Heath Marcum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Artur Ross!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Konstantin Menshow and Fedor Mirinova.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcum throws a lazy right hand but Ross sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marcum swats away the attempt to clinch by Ross.
Marcum shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Marcum sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Ross defending well though.
Ross keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marcum missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Marcum missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Marcum has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Ross keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marcum throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Ross keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marcum not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marcum missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcum is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Ross pulls Marcum in close to prevent any damage.
Marcum landing with the ground and pound.
Marcum missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Marcum won't allow Ross to sweep him here.
Marcum postures up in Ross's guard and throws a big left but Ross blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Marcum accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Ross is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Marcum wants to control from the top but Ross keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcum missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Ross looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marcum is one step ahead there.
Marcum trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Ross avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Marcum trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Marcum postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marcum postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marcum postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Marcum slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Marcum in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcum landing strikes.
Marcum lands a nice forearm strike.
Marcum working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Marcum is putting a hurting on Ross here, landing some big shots from side control.
Marcum postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Marcum in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Ross takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ross is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Ross is rocked!
Marcum trying to control the action but Ross is working from the bottom.
Marcum misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcum throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Marcum trying to control the action but Ross is working from the bottom.
The strikes coming from Marcum are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Marcum misses with the ground and pound.
Check out the look on Marcum's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Ross parries the strikes from Marcum easily there. Marcum is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Ross to escape.
Marcum scoring with punches and elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marcum tries to score with some ground and pound. Ross controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Ross taking a bit of punishment here - Marcum scoring with strikes.
Ross is still in real trouble! Can Marcum finish him?
Ross taking punishment in the form of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Heath Marcum dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Ross wants to clinch up but Marcum keeps it at a distance.
Ross seems to have recovered his senses.
Ross slaps away a takedown attempt from Marcum, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Marcum shoots in looking for a takedown. Ross tries to sprawl out of it but Marcum keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ross manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ross tries to clinch but Marcum moves out of range.
Ross tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Marcum manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ross tries to clinch there but Marcum circles away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Ross.
Ross tries to clinch there but Marcum circles away.
Marcum misses with the combination.
Ross forces Marcum back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ross takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Marcum is trying to pull guard but Ross has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Heath Marcum. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marcum drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ross gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Marcum has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ross avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ross pressing his opponent against the cage.
Marcum jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ross walks away with a smile on his face. Marcum gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Marcum keeps the fight on the outside.
Artur Ross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ross looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marcum tries for a takedown but Ross sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcum shoots in for a takedown but Ross shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ross tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marcum swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marcum throws a lazy right hand but Ross sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marcum tries for a takedown but Ross sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ross fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ross fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice takedown defense from Ross. No joy for Marcum on that attempt.
Marcum tries to keep at a distance but Ross has taken the fight into the clinch.
A knee to the head by Ross.
Marcum fails to pull guard.
Marcum fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcum is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ross digs a right hand underneath Marcum's ribcage. Marcum let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ross landing knees to the head.
It looks like Heath Marcum has been cut.
Ross has Marcum pressed against the cage.
Ross with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ross is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Ross misses with a knee strike.
Ross lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Marcum.
Ross scores with a knee to the head.
Marcum tries for a takedown. No joy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ross is pushing Marcum up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Ross lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marcum is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Ross to keep the fight standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcum tries for a takedown. No joy.
Marcum tries for a takedown but Ross manages to get underhooks.
A short right from Ross.
Ross lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marcum is rocked!
Ross working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oh Marcum is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ross will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Marcum up against the cage.
A short right from Ross.
Ross throws a big uppercut that drops Marcum! More strikes from Ross and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Marcum lies dazed against the cage as Ross celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Artur Ross!
A very excited looking Artur Ross made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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