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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luke Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Liam O Connor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). O Connor has chosen You'll Never Beat The Irish as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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182 cm
25
191 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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183 cm
25
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luke Marshall! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Liam O Connor! The judges for this bout are , and .
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Marshall misses with a left hand and O Connor counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Marshall lands a jab to the head.
O Connor drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. A punch combination from Marshall misses. O Connor takes a body punch but keeps moving. Marshall throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and O Connor counters with a lovely straight right hand! Marshall throws a hook to the side of O Connor's head but O Connor sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Marshall rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but O Connor moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Marshall keeps the fight on the outside. O Connor defending well as Marshall loads up on a big left hand. A telegraphed right hand from Marshall misses the target. Marshall throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting O Connor counter with a right hand. Marshall throws a right hand that misses
letting O Connor counter with a right hand. A punch combination from Marshall misses. Donk. Marshall catches O Connor right on the button with a cross. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Marshall misses with a hook.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. Marshall throws a lazy uppercut
and O Connor counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Marshall misses with an uppercut
and O Connor counters with a combination of strikes to the head and body that crumple Marshall!
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Marshall is rocked! 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!
O Connor is trying to work for a kimura but Marshall is defending well.
Oh Marshall is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
O Connor seems to be looking for submissions.
O Connor stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being. Marshall seems to have got his legs back now. O Connor uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marshall. O Connor wants to clinch up but Marshall keeps it at a distance. Marshall jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
O Connor uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marshall.
O Connor slips under a jab from Marshall. O Connor staying out of range there. Marshall is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Marshall dodges the punch combination from O Connor.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Marshall digs a good body shot into O Connor's ribs. O Connor slips a jab and a cross from Marshall.
Marshall misses with a few strikes there.
Marshall looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. O Connor takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. O Connor on the wrong end of a nice hook. Marshall will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marshall scores with a decent looking hook. A slow jab from Marshall misses its intended target. A telegraphed right hand from Marshall misses the target.
O Connor gets a clinch. O Connor lands a right hand. A nice left hand lands by O Connor.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Connor gets control of Marshall's arms and successfully pulls guard. O Connor will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back. Marshall wants to stand but O Connor has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
O Connor working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Marshall doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but O Connor is tightening it up a little... Marshall has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Marshall reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Marshall taps out! Nice BJJ there by O Connor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Liam O Connor! Liam O Connor really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Tidal Wave Nutrition logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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