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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Flavio Marcelo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asher Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcelo comes to the cage accompanied by Nicky Romero - Toulouse. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class 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
13 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Flavio Marcelo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Asher Lee!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcelo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marcelo lands a nice shot that snaps Lee's head back.
Lee wants to clinch.
Marcelo looks to land a body kick but Lee moved away.
Marcelo pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lee takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marcelo feints and then cracks Lee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lee down.
Lee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marcelo.
Lee throws a sloppy head kick and Marcelo moves out of range easily.
Lee misses with a head kick.
A shot to the liver by Lee. Beautiful body shot.
Lee throws a sloppy body shot
and Marcelo counters with an inside leg kick.
Marcelo buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Marcelo connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marcelo looks to score with a jab to the body but Lee is just out of range.
Marcelo misses with a body kick.
Lee checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcelo scores with a jab to the head.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marcelo.
Lee slips under a jab from Marcelo.
Marcelo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Marcelo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Marcelo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A slow jab from Lee misses its intended target.
Lee on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Marcelo. Marcelo obviously looking to wear him down.
Marcelo throws a head kick but Lee moves out of range.
Lee tries to clinch but Marcelo moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lee checks a leg kick.
Marcelo wants to slow Lee down by chopping away at his legs.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick from Marcelo.
Marcelo steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Lee with a jab.
Marcelo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee swinging wildly here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Marcelo.
Marcelo wants to slow Lee down by chopping away at his legs.
Marcelo throws a front kick that sends Lee stumbling back into the cage.
Marcelo swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marcelo lands with a thumping leg kick.
Marcelo works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Lee lands with a straight right. Marcelo didn't see that one coming.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick from Marcelo.
Lee's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Marcelo tried to score with a low kick but Lee checks it.
Marcelo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Marcelo throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marcelo connects with an inside leg kick.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Marcelo looks for the body kick but Lee saw that one coming.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Marcelo fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Lee is out of range.
Good leg kick by Marcelo there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Marcelo misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marcelo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A head kick misses from Marcelo.
Marcelo moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Lee doesn't manage to clinch there - Marcelo circles away.
Lee throws a head kick but Marcelo moves out of range.
Marcelo doesn't manage to clinch there - Lee circles away.
Marcelo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lee throws a good cross that connects.
Marcelo chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Marcelo throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marcelo stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee throws a series of punches but Marcelo avoids them all with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo ducks under a wild hook from Lee.
Marcelo tries to work over Lee's front leg with a kick but Lee checks it.
Marcelo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Marcelo misses with a kick to the body.
Marcelo lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Nice jab there from Lee.
Marcelo with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Marcelo was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Marcelo looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marcelo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Marcelo avoids the body shot from Lee.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marcelo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee defending well as Marcelo loads up on a big left hand.
Jab, jab by Lee - just one landing.
Some wild striking there from Lee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Flavio Marcelo dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Marcelo feints and then cracks Lee's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lee down.
Marcelo showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Marcelo tries to clinch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lee stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Marcelo.
Marcelo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lee fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Marcelo on the side of the head.
Marcelo cracks Lee with a good jab.
Flavio Marcelo is winning the standup battle so far.
Marcelo misses with an attempted mid kick.
Lee checks a low kick from Marcelo.
Crunch! Marcelo slams his shin into Lee's torso.
Marcelo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marcelo moves forwards but Lee connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Lee might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lee works over Marcelo's head and body with a nice combination.
Lee misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No joy there for Lee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
A good leg kick by Marcelo.
Lee chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marcelo can pounce on him.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lee keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marcelo.
Lee moves out of range as Marcelo throws a body kick.
Lee moves out of range of the body kick from Marcelo.
Lee fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marcelo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Nice body kick from Marcelo.
Lee connects with a nice looking jab.
Lee blocks a head kick by Marcelo.
Lee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Marcelo throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but Lee sees it coming and checks it nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but Lee moved away.
Lee lands with a nice body punch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marcelo moves away from the strike by Lee.
Danga de danga de dang - Lee scores with a four punch combination!
Lee tries to clinch but Marcelo is having none of it.
Lee lands a really nice looking cross but Marcelo seems unphased.
Marcelo throws a body kick that misses.
Marcelo throws a chopping leg kick but Lee manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lee needs to keep his hands up - Marcelo had a free shot at his head there.
Lee throws a jab when Marcelo was well out of range.
Marcelo misses with a low kick.
Lee misses with a hook. Marcelo ducked under it nicely.
Lee connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lee throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marcelo moves away from the strike by Lee.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marcelo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcelo doesn't manage to clinch there - Lee circles away.
Marcelo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Marcelo connects with a solid leg kick.
Lee misses with a few strikes there.
Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Marcelo.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Lee throws a jab when Marcelo was well out of range.
Lee lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marcelo circles away quickly and effectively.
Lee misses the jab.
Marcelo finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A cross from Marcelo lands.
Lee misses with a straight right.
Marcelo tries to clinch up but Lee circles away and keeps his distance.
Marcelo cracks Lee with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Lee moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee blocks a head kick by Marcelo.
Marcelo tries to score with a low kick but Lee moves his leg out of the way.
Marcelo tried to score with a low kick but Lee checks it.
Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marcelo throws a front kick that sends Lee stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marcelo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marcelo fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lee has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Marcelo gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marcelo attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lee scores with a hook.
Marcelo throws a leg kick but Lee moved away.
Marcelo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right-left combo lands from Lee.
Marcelo is rocked!
Lee tries to bum rush Marcelo with a series of wild strikes but Marcelo uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Oh Marcelo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lee tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Lee blocks a head kick by Marcelo.
Marcelo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Marcelo tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Flavio Marcelo will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Lee lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Marcelo falls backwards - clearly groggy! Lee dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Asher Lee!
A victorious Asher Lee thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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