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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Marvin Zerkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaleo Makua (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kaleo Makua has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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161 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Marvin Zerkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kaleo Makua!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Roger Salmon and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Makua does no damage.
Zerkle scores with a crisp jab that stopped Makua in his tracks.
Makua misses with a body kick.
Makua pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Makua. Zerkle does a little dance to reset his feet.
Makua tries to score a power double leg takedown but Zerkle sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Makua somewhat.
Makua misses with a takedown
and Zerkle counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Zerkle.
Zerkle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Makua backwards.
I was talking to Zerkle's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Zerkle landing knees to the body.
Zerkle pulls Makua into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Makua wants to control from the top but Zerkle keeps moving.
Makua preventing the sweep.
Makua gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zerkle stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Zerkle wants it to stay on the feet.
Marvin Zerkle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaleo Makua.
Zerkle darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Zerkle is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zerkle lands strikes from half guard.
Zerkle is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Makua sees it coming and defends easily.
Zerkle seems to be working for a kimura but Makua defends the submission attempt.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Zerkle stands up out of the half guard.
Makua lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Makua.
Makua misses with a leg kick.
Makua tries to work over Zerkle's front leg with a kick but Zerkle checks it.
Zerkle takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Makua tries for a takedown but Zerkle circles away easily
and Zerkle counters by moving into the clinch.
Zerkle lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Makua backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zerkle crunches a lovely knee into Makua's ribcage.
Zerkle lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Makua wants to stand back up but Zerkle manages to pass into side control.
Makua looks winded!
Zerkle tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Zerkle has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Zerkle is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Makua has escaped the position, nice work there.
Makua takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
You can see the frustration on Makua's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makua is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Zerkle cracks Makua with a big elbow.
Zerkle thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Zerkle landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Zerkle is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Makua knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Zerkle wants to lay and pray for a moment but Makua keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zerkle working away.
Makua tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've been informed that Makua has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Zerkle tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Zerkle cracks Makua with an elbow. That is naaassty.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zerkle working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zerkle stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Makua tries for a takedown but Zerkle circles away easily
and Zerkle counters by clinching up.
Makua jumps guard but Zerkle stands there with Makua around his waist. Makua gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marvin Zerkle dominated that round.
That's time! Zerkle's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Nice takedown defense from Zerkle. No joy for Makua on that attempt.
Makua goes for a double leg but Zerkle avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Zerkle continues to drive forward.
Makua has Zerkle pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Zerkle manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Marvin Zerkle has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kaleo Makua.
Makua wants to break free but Zerkle has control.
Zerkle lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Makua has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Makua has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Zerkle lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zerkle lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Zerkle is working for a submission of some sort.
Zerkle scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Zerkle wants to take a breather but Makua is having none of it.
Makua looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zerkle lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Zerkle is working for a kimura but Makua is defending it quite comfortably.
Zerkle wants to take a breather but Makua is having none of it.
Zerkle missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Makua trying to control here.
Zerkle has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Zerkle works his way into side control.
Makua is looking to reverse the position.
Zerkle cracks Makua with a big right hand but Makua just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Makua is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Makua is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zerkle tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Zerkle has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Zerkle trying to control the action but Makua is working from the bottom.
Makua regains half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Zerkle is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Makua defends it well.
Zerkle trying to mount his opponent but Makua defends it.
Zerkle is looking for a kimura here.
Makua wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Makua is defending against the submission attempts here by Zerkle.
Marvin Zerkle overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zerkle is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Makua sees it coming and defends easily.
Makua gets back to full guard.
Makua is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Makua working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Zerkle has passed into half guard!
Zerkle is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Makua is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marvin Zerkle!
An out of breath Marvin Zerkle thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
Kaleo Makua was interviewed post fight and said 'THANKS TO MY LORD JAH ALL THANKS AND PRAISES GO OUT TO HIM ALL DAY EVERYDAY.'.
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