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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marquis Stewart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and George Bran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). George Bran has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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151 lbs
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172 cm
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Marquis Stewart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, George Bran!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ron Honeybunn and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bran goes for a double leg but Stewart avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Stewart continues to drive forward.
Bran wants to get back to striking at distance but Stewart won't allow it.
Bran breaks from the clinch.
Bran throws a combination that misses
and Stewart counters with a nice leg kick.
Stewart really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Stewart throws a good cross that connects.
Good work by Bran as he checks the leg kick.
Bran takes the fight into the clinch.
Stewart breaks from the clinch.
Stewart stuffs the takedown.
Bran throws a left and a right that both miss
and Stewart counters with a good, hard body kick but Bran shrugs it off.
Bran shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stewart but Stewart pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Marquis Stewart has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of George Bran.
Bran fails with the takedown
and Stewart makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Bran really felt that one!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stewart tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bran manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bran gets a clinch.
Bran pulls guard.
Stewart trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stewart trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Stewart throws a strike but Bran rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Stewart looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bran is one step ahead there.
Bran drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bran jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Stewart being controlled here, momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stewart throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Bran tries to stand but Stewart is controlling from the bottom.
Stewart working a defensive guard here.
Bran is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
George Bran has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Bran closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bran is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Bran tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Stewart wants to control but Bran is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Bran is trying to control the action in half guard but Stewart is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Stewart is trying to maintain the position but Bran is very close to passing his half guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Stewart is trying to get back to full guard.
Stewart is looking to get back to full guard here but Bran has managed to pass to side control instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stewart being controlled for a moment.
Bran stands up.
George Bran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bran avoids a kick to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Bran is defended easily by Stewart.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bran swats away the attempt to clinch by Stewart.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
George Bran dominated that round.
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.
Bran rushes Stewart and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Bran gets control of Stewart's arms and successfully pulls guard. Bran will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Bran has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Stewart can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Stewart chips away with some ground and pound.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Bran holds on and takes a little breather.
Stewart throwing strikes but missing.
Bran looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stewart is one step ahead there.
Stewart with a nice head shot there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bran is pulling down on Stewart's head. It's preventing any offense from Stewart, at least for the moment.
Bran manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Bran is landing with some decent strikes but Stewart is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bran lands a big elbow.
Bran postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Stewart badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Bran around the waist but Bran pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Bran is the winner by TKO! Bran jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). George Bran!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
52% |
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