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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcello The Monkey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Duke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tyson Duke has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Marcello The Monkey's chin.
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205 lbs
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209 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Marcello The Monkey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tyson Duke!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duke misses with a low kick.
Duke has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as The Monkey is landing a low percentage of strikes.
The Monkey fails to land with a series of punches.
The Monkey tries to score a power double leg takedown but Duke sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten The Monkey somewhat.
The Monkey with a lazy takedown attempt
and Duke counters with a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick from Duke misses.
The Monkey shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Duke sprawls well. Duke wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. The Monkey gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcello The Monkey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duke tries to land a leg kick but The Monkey saw it coming and moves away.
The Monkey shoots in but Duke avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Monkey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Monkey tries to keep at a distance but Duke has taken the fight into the clinch.
The Monkey jumps guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke wants to stand but The Monkey has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Duke stopping the sweep attempt from The Monkey.
Duke would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
The Monkey is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Duke wants to get up but he can't break The Monkey's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Monkey is trying to keep Duke in close.
We're going to have a standup here because Marcello The Monkey wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
The Monkey shoots in for a takedown but Duke shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The Monkey closes this distance looking for a takedown but Duke circles away.
Duke looks to land a body kick but The Monkey moved away.
The Monkey shoots in but no luck this time.
The Monkey is breathing heavily.
A head kick misses from Duke.
Duke displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from The Monkey.
Duke throws out a leg kick but The Monkey moves out of range and Duke only half commits.
Duke forces The Monkey back against the cage and clinches.
Duke is trying to maintain a safe position but The Monkey gets an underhook and turns Duke into the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Monkey misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Duke.
The Monkey blocking some punches.
Duke misses with a hook to the ribs.
Duke tries to throw a body punch but The Monkey avoids it by throwing Duke back against the cage.
Duke is trying to stall.
Duke letting The Monkey take a breather here.
A frustrated look appears on Duke's face as he tries to break the clinch.
The Monkey keeps control of Duke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The Monkey tries to break the clinch but Duke is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Monkey is looking to take this one to the mat.
The Monkey breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Duke defends well against a solid takedown attempt from The Monkey.
The Monkey gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Duke counters with a head kick that drops The Monkey to the mat! The Monkey scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Monkey dives in for a single leg takedown but Duke sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
The Monkey keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Duke's efforts to push away.
Duke blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
The Monkey prevents Duke from breaking the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Duke wants to break free but The Monkey has control.
The Monkey drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Monkey is looking to take this one to the mat.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Duke dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The Monkey keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
The Monkey throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Duke pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The Monkey tries to close the distance and clinch but Duke swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The Monkey looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Duke throws a lazy head kick
and The Monkey finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Duke tries to clinch but The Monkey is having none of it.
Horrible takedown by The Monkey or perhaps it was just good defense by Duke which made him look bad.
Duke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Duke shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The Monkey tries to clinch up.
The Monkey fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Duke manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duke throws a low kick but The Monkey moves out of range easily.
Duke looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Duke misses with a kick to the body
and The Monkey finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
The Monkey tries to clinch but Duke is having none of it.
Duke stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcello The Monkey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The Monkey fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Duke has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Duke keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The Monkey will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The Monkey checks the leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as The Monkey checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Duke throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The Monkey avoids the head kick by Duke.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duke wants to clinch.
Duke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Monkey shoots in but no luck this time.
The Monkey avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Duke tries a head kick but it misses.
Duke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Duke is looking to land body kicks.
The Monkey fails with the takedown
and Duke counters with a big head kick but The Monkey shrugs it off.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The Monkey avoids the head kick by Duke.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Monkey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duke finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Duke throws a low kick but The Monkey avoids it.
Duke misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
The Monkey thows a body shot but no joy.
The Monkey doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Duke counters with a nice body kick.
The Monkey keeps the fight on the outside.
The Monkey shoots in but Duke avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Duke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Duke instigates a clinch.
Duke stalling in the clinch but The Monkey improves position.
The Monkey can't find room to land a body shot as Duke controls the action.
The Monkey fails to pull guard.
The Monkey keeps control of Duke as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Duke has had enough of the clinch but The Monkey keeps him there for the moment.
Duke trying to stall but The Monkey improves his position.
Duke looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Duke misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Monkey as Duke tries to tie him up.
The Monkey looking to slow down the pace here.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyson Duke showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Duke tries a head kick but it misses.
The Monkey misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Duke throws a sloppy head kick
and The Monkey finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Duke wants to land a leg kick but The Monkey is out of range.
The Monkey shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The Monkey moves into the clinch.
The Monkey breaks from the clinch.
The Monkey is looking to clinch.
Duke tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marcello The Monkey is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Duke does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Some wild striking there from The Monkey.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Monkey goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Duke tries a head kick but it misses.
The Monkey tries to close the distance and clinch up but Duke swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Duke fails in his attempt to clinch.
The Monkey fails with the takedown.
A head kick misses from Duke.
The Monkey with a lazy takedown attempt
and Duke counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcello The Monkey. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Duke tries to clinch there but The Monkey circles away.
The Monkey has his takedown stuffed
and Duke counters with a good low kick that The Monkey was not able to check.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Duke.
Duke tries to clinch but The Monkey moves out of range.
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch but The Monkey swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Duke misses with an attempted mid kick.
Duke tries to close the distance and clinch up but The Monkey swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The Monkey shoots in looking for a takedown. Duke tries to sprawl out of it but The Monkey keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Duke manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Duke misses with an attempted mid kick.
Duke misses with a head kick.
Duke is looking to clinch but The Monkey is avoiding it.
Duke is looking to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duke misses with a body kick.
The Monkey tries to clinch but Duke is having none of it.
Duke throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Duke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The Monkey shoots in for a takedown but Duke shows good takedown defense.
The Monkey moves out of range of the body kick.
Duke throws a head kick but The Monkey moves out of range.
The Monkey blocks a head kick by Duke.
The Monkey fails with a takedown attempt.
Duke misses with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Duke.
Duke slaps away a takedown attempt from The Monkey, before circling back to the center of the mat.
The Monkey moves out of range as Duke throws a body kick.
Duke wants to clinch.
Tyson Duke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Duke moves in looking to clinch but The Monkey pushes him off.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Duke throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Marcello The Monkey has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tyson Duke is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The Monkey throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Duke's waist but Duke gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing The Monkey off to one side.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyson Duke comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Duke has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyson Duke!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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