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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ima Yerface (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yerface's entrance music is In Flames - Like You Better Dead. A fine choice. Marciano has chosen Kid Charlemagne as his entrance music. Ima Yerface is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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214 lbs
28 - 13 - 2 |
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215 lbs
22 - 15 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
28 - 13 - 2, fighting out of New York, Ima Yerface!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rocky Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Chad Campbell and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A chopping leg kick lands by Yerface.
Marciano uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Yerface.
Yerface looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Yerface throws a good cross that connects.
Yerface misses with a series of wild punches.
Yerface throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Yerface looks to land a left hand but Marciano moved out of range nicely.
Yerface feints and then cracks Marciano's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marciano down.
Yerface avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marciano swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A jab lands there for Yerface.
Yerface swinging wildly here.
Marciano clinches with his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Yerface misses with an elbow over the top.
Yerface with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marciano is trying to trip Yerface. He has hold of a leg but Yerface is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Marciano persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Marciano trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Yerface looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Marciano puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Yerface tries to get to full guard but Marciano has control of the leg.
Marciano seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Yerface is trying to maintain the position but Marciano is very close to passing his half guard.
Yerface tries to get to full guard but Marciano has control of the leg.
Marciano content to control rather than advance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano wants to stand up but Yerface is controlling the position.
Yerface holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Marciano fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marciano throws a looping overhand right but Yerface ducks down to avoid it.
Yerface on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Yerface pushes Marciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Yerface misses with a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yerface just leaning against Marciano, taking a breather.
Yerface manages to break the clinch.
Marciano tried to score with a low kick but Yerface checks it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Marciano.
Marciano misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano is looking to clinch but Yerface is avoiding it.
Marciano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Yerface.
A looping hook to the body misses from Yerface. Marciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Yerface is looking to clinch but Marciano is avoiding it.
Marciano misses with an uppercut
and Yerface counters with a stiff right hand.
Yerface tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Marciano counters with a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Yerface swats away the attempt to clinch by Marciano.
Marciano avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Marciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
Yerface misses with a low kick.
Marciano lands with a nice body punch.
Marciano wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marciano moves into the clinch.
Yerface manages to break the clinch.
Yerface walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Yerface tries to land a leg kick but Marciano saw it coming and moves away.
Marciano defending well as Yerface loads up on a big left hand.
Yerface rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marciano moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marciano fails to land with a series of punches.
Yerface tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marciano swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yerface closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Marciano takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yerface walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Marciano connects with a leg kick. Yerface looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Marciano dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Marciano gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marciano throws a hook but Yerface blocks it.
Marciano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Yerface.
Yerface ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Yerface with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marciano on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Yerface throws an overhand right that lands on Marciano's shoulder, as Marciano tries to avoid the shot.
Marciano fails with the takedown.
Rocky Marciano seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Marciano is defended easily by Yerface.
Yerface scores with a sloppy right hand. Marciano should have avoided that one.
Yerface uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marciano.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano looks to score with a jab to the body but Yerface is just out of range.
Marciano feints and then cracks Yerface's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Yerface down.
Marciano scores with a push kick.
Marciano sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Marciano misses the jab.
Yerface throws a jab but it's blocked by Marciano.
Yerface takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Yerface bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marciano's head.
Marciano swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Marciano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marciano goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Yerface scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Marciano throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marciano misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Yerface.
Yerface tries to keep at a distance but Marciano has taken the fight into the clinch.
Yerface misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yerface.
Yerface gets underhooks to prevent Marciano's takedown attempt.
Ima Yerface has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Marciano.
Marciano is looking to take this one to the mat.
Yerface misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marciano misses with some punches.
Marciano tries to pull guard but Yerface forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Marciano wants to break free but Yerface has control.
Yerface avoiding damage.
Marciano tries to land knees in the clinch but Yerface avoids the damage to the body.
Marciano can't get the takedown.
Yerface trying to stall but Marciano improves his position.
Yerface misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yerface scores with a hook to the body. Marciano takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Yerface throws a lazy right hand but Marciano sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Yerface pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Yerface checks a low kick from Marciano.
Yerface throws a series of punches but Marciano moves out of range.
Yerface fails with the takedown.
Marciano throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Marciano.
Marciano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Yerface swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Yerface swats away the attempt to clinch by Marciano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yerface misses with a head kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Yerface.
Yerface connects with the punch.
Marciano scores with a jab. Yerface acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Yerface, right into the meat.
Marciano throws a hook but Yerface blocks it.
Yerface turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marciano thows a left - swing and a miss!
Yerface lands a jab.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano darts in and clinches Yerface up against the cage.
Marciano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marciano is leaning against Yerface and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Rocky Marciano will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Marciano blocks a head kick by Yerface.
Yerface throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marciano keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Yerface misses with a hook
and Marciano counters with a stiff right hand.
Yerface misses with a low kick as Marciano jumps back.
Marciano sets himself and throws a head kick that knocks Yerface to the ground! Marciano dives into full mount looking to finish!
It looks like Ima Yerface has been cut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marciano prevents Yerface from getting the reversal.
Marciano is trying to take his opponent's back.
Yerface can't escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marciano takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Marciano is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yerface tries to improve his position but instead Marciano has taken his back!
Marciano gets his hands free as Yerface looks to control.
I really don't envy Yerface right now.
Marciano controls the position.
Marciano tries to keep control of the position but Yerface is staying busy.
Marciano biding his time, looking for the opening.
Yerface looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Marciano is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yerface tries to break free.
Yerface trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Marciano tries to get the hooks in deep but Yerface pushed the leg off.
Yerface looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Marciano fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marciano fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Marciano connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Ima Yerface has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rocky Marciano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yerface lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marciano's sensitive parts.
Yerface misses with the combination.
Yerface tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Marciano manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marciano throws a shot to the body.
Yerface swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Yerface throws a leg kick
and Marciano holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Yerface looking to slow down the pace here.
Marciano slows down the pace here.
Yerface throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano pushes off an throws an elbow but Yerface leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Yerface lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marciano backwards.
Yerface blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yerface misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yerface goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marciano breaks the clinch.
Rocky Marciano is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marciano lands with a nice body kick.
Marciano dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Yerface. That did some damage!
Yerface ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marciano moves away.
Yerface drops his hands momentarily and Marciano takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Marciano feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Yerface's calf.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Yerface pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yerface throws a head kick that misses.
Marciano wants to clinch up but Yerface keeps it at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Marciano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Marciano 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 Russell Pearce scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Marciano!
After the fight, Rocky Marciano was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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