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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between King Marvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yamapi Chan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marvin comes to the cage accompanied by King of Kings by Motorhead. The crowd seem to be enjoying Chan's choice of entrance music: Ikenai Tayou. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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163 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, King Marvin!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Yamapi Chan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Colin Fotheringham and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marvin lands a glancing blow to the side of Chan's head.
A big left from Chan misses.
Chan uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marvin.
Marvin takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Marvin is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Marvin misses with a straight left.
Chan keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marvin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marvin lands with a nice body punch.
Marvin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marvin missing with a left hand there. Chan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chan ducks under a wild hook from Marvin.
Chan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Marvin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Marvin missing with a left hand there. Chan was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chan's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Marvin connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Chan scrambles back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marvin gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marvin throws a lazy right hand but Chan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chan takes one on the button.
Marvin doesn't manage to clinch there - Chan circles away.
Chan cracks the inside of Marvin's front leg.
Marvin misses with a shot to the body
and Chan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like King Marvin has been cut.
Chan digs a good body shot into Marvin's ribs.
Marvin misses with a takedown attempt - Chan sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Marvin lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Marvin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chan gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan wants to sweep here but Marvin controlling him for the moment.
Marvin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Chan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Marvin doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Marvin manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Marvin chips away with some ground and pound.
Chan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Chan trying to control the position.
Marvin 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.
Chan wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Marvin is now in half guard.
Chan is not content to let Marvin control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Marvin pulls his head out easily.
Chan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marvin missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Marvin slows the pace down in half guard.
Marvin is trying to control the action in half guard but Chan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Chan is trying to get back to full guard.
Chan is refusing to be controlled, as Marvin sits in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chan gets back to full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Chan is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Chan keeping moving, preventing Marvin from controlling successfully.
Chan keeping full guard, as Marvin tries to pass.
Marvin wants to control from the top but Chan keeps moving.
Chan is looking for a triangle but Marvin pushes his legs off easily.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marvin missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that King Marvin will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on King Marvin's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Marvin has a takedown stuffed.
Chan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marvin throws a hook but Chan blocks it.
Chan slips under a jab.
Marvin avoids the head kick by Chan.
Chan fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Marvin.
Marvin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Marvin tries to clinch up but Chan circles away and keeps his distance.
Chan keeps the fight on the outside.
Marvin is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Marvin misses with an uppercut.
Chan keeps Marvin at a distance using the push kick.
Marvin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Chan keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Chan lands a nice looking kick to the body. Marvin takes a step back to recover.
Marvin works Chan's body with a nice hook.
Chan takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Chan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marvin's sensitive parts.
Chan misses with a body kick.
Chan catches Marvin with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marvin dives in and scores a takedown into Chan's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marvin trying to control but Chan is working from the bottom.
Marvin is in close to Chan's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Chan had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Marvin defends it easily.
Marvin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Marvin is working Chan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Chan working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Marvin has passed into half guard!
Marvin wants to lay and pray for a moment but Chan keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan tries to get to full guard but Marvin has control of the leg.
Marvin stalling.
Chan actively working from the bottom here.
Marvin drops an elbow to the side of Chan's head.
Marvin works his way into side control.
Chan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Marvin wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marvin is putting a hurting on Chan here, landing some big shots from side control.
Chan takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Chan is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marvin landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Marvin trying to control the position but Chan is working away.
Marvin lands a decent elbow from side control.
King Marvin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chan seems a little lost for a moment, as Marvin dominates the positioning.
Marvin wants to control but Chan is keeping him busy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marvin connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Chan some visible discomfort.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Marvin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on King Marvin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Marvin swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good standup being displayed there by Marvin as he connects with a hook.
Chan scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Marvin is looking to clinch.
Chan throws a leg kick
and Marvin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marvin is looking to clinch but Chan is avoiding it.
Chan needs to keep his hands up - Marvin had a free shot at his head there.
Marvin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chan slips a straight right by Marvin.
Marvin throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marvin lands a nice shot that snaps Chan's head back.
Marvin instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marvin throws a punch but it's blocked by Chan.
Chan taking a breather.
Chan prevents a body shot from Marvin.
Marvin lands with a light punch inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marvin.
Chan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Chan on the inside.
Chan wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marvin avoiding damage as Chan throws knees to the body.
Marvin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Chan's elbow.
Marvin can't get the takedown.
Chan pushes Marvin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A frustrated look appears on Marvin's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Marvin working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Marvin.
Marvin throws a head punch that misses.
Chan tries to circle away but Marvin has him pinned against the cage.
Marvin tries to work over Chan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan blocking some punches.
Chan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marvin digs a right hand underneath Chan's ribcage. Chan let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marvin can't find room to land a body shot as Chan controls the action.
Chan escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chan. That's going to slow Marvin down.
Marvin is looking to clinch but Chan is avoiding it.
Chan slips under a jab.
Marvin ducks under a wild hook from Chan.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Marvin.
Chan scores with a body shot.
The fighters circling - Marvin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marvin getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Some wild striking there from Marvin.
Marvin misses with a looping left.
Marvin avoids the head kick by Chan.
Chan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Chan misses with a low kick.
Marvin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Marvin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Chan throws a hook to the side of Marvin's head but Marvin sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chan plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Yamapi Chan seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marvin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Chan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Marvin misses the jab.
Chan throws a sloppy head kick and Marvin moves out of range easily.
A slapping leg kick lands for Chan.
Marvin throws an off balance right hand
and Chan counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marvin defending well as Chan loads up on a big left hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chan uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marvin.
Marvin closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Marvin lands in his opponent's guard.
Chan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Marvin can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but King Marvin did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
The cut man is working on King Marvin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Marvin throws a hook to the side of Chan's head but Chan sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Marvin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chan.
Marvin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Chan circles away.
Chan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Chan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chan tries to work over Marvin's front leg with a kick but Marvin checks it.
Marvin scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A big right from Chan misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Chan.
Chan scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marvin keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chan.
The fighters circling - Marvin throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chan stuffs the takedown.
Marvin throws a hook but Chan blocks it.
Yamapi Chan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chan.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Chan.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Marvin walks into a jab.
Marvin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chan moves away.
Marvin misses with a right hand
and Chan counters with a head kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marvin shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Marvin fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Marvin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chan throws out a powerful jab.
Marvin misses with a straight left.
Chan misses with a kick to the body.
Chan lands a leg kick that knocks Marvin off balance momentarily.
Marvin throws a jab but it's blocked by Chan.
Marvin misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Chan looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Chan ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
No luck for Marvin with that takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marvin takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Marvin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marvin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Chan as he jumps to the side.
A good leg kick by Chan.
King Marvin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Donk. Chan catches Marvin right on the button with a cross.
Marvin looks to land a left hand but Chan moved out of range nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chan.
Chan pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marvin throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marvin lands a nice hook to Chan's body. Chan takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Marvin shoots in and drives through. Chan sprawls well.
Chan lands a leg kick that knocks Marvin off balance momentarily.
Chan lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chan misses with an uppercut.
Chan walks into a jab.
Marvin misses with a lunging right hand
and Chan makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body kick from Chan.
Jab by Marvin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Yamapi Chan dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on King Marvin's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Marvin chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Chan can pounce on him.
Chan on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Marvin throws a body punch but Chan moves out of range.
Marvin has a takedown stuffed.
Marvin needs to keep his hands up - Chan had a free shot at his head there.
Chan displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Marvin.
Marvin bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chan's head backwards.
Marvin misses with an uppercut.
Chan fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chan moves out of range of the strikes.
Chan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Marvin slips a jab from Chan.
Chan takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Chan throws a shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Chan.
Chan walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Marvin checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Chan dips to his left and cracks Marvin with an uppercut!
Chan throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Marvin misses the shot to the body.
Marvin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Chan's hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marvin darts in and clinches Chan up against the cage.
Marvin is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Chan misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marvin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marvin misses with a body punch.
A short uppercut from Chan.
Chan breaks the clinch.
Chan pivots, looking for a leg kick but Marvin is out of range and Chan settles back down.
Marvin takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chan needs to keep his hands up - Marvin had a free shot at his head there.
Chan misses with a looping right.
Marvin wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No luck for Marvin with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for King Marvin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marvin scores with a punch to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chan lands a head kick!
Chan uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marvin.
Chan is looking to chop away at Marvin's legs.
King Marvin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Marvin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Chan circles away.
Marvin throws the left hand but Chan avoids the punch easily.
Chan lands with an uppercut that bounces Marvin off the cage and back into range.
Marvin throws a jab but it's blocked by Chan.
Chan staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marvin clobbers Chan with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Yamapi Chan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Marvin throws a lazy right hand but Chan sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Marvin throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Chan sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Chan takes a swing at Marvin's ribcage but misses.
Chan tries to work over Marvin's front leg with a kick but Marvin checks it.
Chan throws the left hand but Marvin avoids the punch easily.
Chan throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marvin misses with a hook
enabling Chan to counter with a crisp jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Chan throws a hook but Marvin avoids it easily.
Chan swats away the attempt to clinch by Marvin.
Chan tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marvin is able to avoid easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yamapi Chan comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Marvin has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 48:47
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 48:47
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 48:47
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Marvin!
King Marvin is the new lightweight champion!
King Marvin thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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