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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Riley Cooper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Marsden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marsden is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Feiticeira by Deftones. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
21 - 8 - 0 |
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176 cm
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170 lbs
17 - 14 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent MT
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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
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Riley Cooper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Marsden!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cooper scoring well with a low kick there.
Cooper takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marsden displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cooper tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marsden was well out of range. Poor timing from Cooper.
Cooper closes this distance looking for a takedown but Marsden circles away.
A head kick misses from Marsden.
Marsden tries to clinch but Cooper moves out of range.
Cooper circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cooper just misses with a punch to the body.
Marsden lands with a nice combination. Cooper backs away looking to recover.
Marsden misses the jab.
Marsden fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marsden takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nice shot by Cooper.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cooper walks into a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cooper scores with a jab to the head.
Cooper lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Brandon Marsden seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marsden is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Cooper's half guard.
Cooper wants to improve his position but Marsden is controlling well.
Marsden is thwarting Cooper's attempts to control the position.
Marsden wants to free his trapped foot but Cooper is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Cooper looking for a kimura from the bottom but Marsden passes into side control!
Marsden fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Marsden looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Marsden throws an elbow but Cooper slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden looks up at the clock and then as Cooper takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Marsden smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Marsden looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marsden advances nicely into full mount.
Cooper keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Marsden connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Marsden cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cooper wants to control but Marsden is having none of it.
Marsden scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Cooper tries to reverse the position but Marsden maintains control.
BOOM! Marsden connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsden looking to finish Cooper with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cooper!
Cooper wants to control but Marsden is having none of it.
Marsden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cooper tries to reverse the position but Marsden maintains control.
Marsden lands a heavy elbow.
Marsden in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Cooper is rocked!
Marsden cracks Cooper with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Marsden!
An intense looking Brandon Marsden took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'A weakling like you doesn't deserve fists to fight with, now go fade to nothingness!'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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