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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Riley Marshall (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiao Macale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshall's entrance music is I Shot the Sheriff by Eric Clapton. A fine choice. Macale is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life. Riley Marshall has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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185 lbs
12 - 11 - 0 |
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177 lbs
53 - 21 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Riley Marshall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
53 - 21 - 1, fighting out of New York, Tiao Macale!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, John Roberts and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Macale walks forward, straight into a front kick from Marshall.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marshall looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Macale, right into the meat.
Macale scores with a hook.
Marshall throws a head kick that misses.
Macale getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Macale lands with a thumping leg kick.
A shot to the liver by Marshall. Beautiful body shot.
Marshall's corner calls for a 1-2. Marshall obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macale lands with a kick to the ribs.
Macale misses with a double jab
and Marshall counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Marshall looks to land a right hand but Macale moved out of range.
We've been informed that Macale has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Macale throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Macale throws a push kick but Marshall slaps the foot to one side.
Marshall tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Macale was well out of range. Poor timing from Marshall.
Macale gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marshall throws a shot from downtown. Macale moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Macale circles away quickly and effectively.
Marshall tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Marshall throws a hook but Macale blocks it.
Macale feints and then cracks Marshall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marshall down.
Marshall misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Macale.
Macale throws a nice outside leg kick.
Marshall throws a hook to the side of Macale's head but Macale sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An inside leg kick lands from Macale.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Macale.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Macale.
Macale bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Macale throws a chopping leg kick but Marshall manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
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!
Some wild striking there from Macale.
Macale misses with an attempted mid kick.
Macale pushes Marshall away with a front kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Macale throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Marshall takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Macale moves out of range of the body kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Marshall checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Marshall takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Marshall looks to land a left hand but Macale moved out of range nicely.
Macale looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Macale looks to throw the jab but Marshall is out of range.
Macale dodges the punch combination from Marshall.
Marshall tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Macale misses with a head kick.
Marshall avoids a kick to the body.
Macale throws a jab when Marshall was well out of range.
Macale cracks the inside of Marshall's front leg.
Marshall has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Macale.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marshall misses with a hook
and Macale counters with an outside leg kick.
Marshall feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Macales jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Macale goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Marshall throws out a loose jab but Macale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Macale tried to score with a low kick but Marshall checks it.
Marshall misses with a lunging right hand
and Macale counters with a thumping low kick.
Macale swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marshall throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Macale.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Macale.
Macale cracks Marshall with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Marshall misses with a hook. Macale ducked under it nicely.
Marshall darts in and clinches Macale up against the cage.
Macale lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marshall is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Macale lands a body punch in the clinch.
Macale manages to break the clinch.
Marshall throws a big shot that misses.
Marshall has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Macale.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macale throws a body kick that misses.
Macale uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Marshall.
Marshall is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Macale throws out a powerful jab.
Macale feints and then cracks Marshall's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marshall down.
Macale lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marshall's sensitive parts.
Macale lands a nice leg kick that just misses Marshall's sensitive parts.
Macale chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Macale. That's going to slow Marshall down.
Macale defending well as Marshall loads up on a big left hand.
Macale is looking to land body kicks.
Marshall looks for the body kick but Macale saw that one coming.
Marshall on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A looping hook to the body misses from Marshall. Macale does a little dance to reset his feet.
Whack! Macale lands a heavy head kick that drops Marshall. The ref tackles Macale to stop the fight - a great save by the referee because Marshall was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Head Kick). Tiao Macale!
A less than humble Tiao Macale misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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