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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Marsden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vladimir Van Kirkland (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marsden comes to the cage accompanied by Feiticeira by Deftones. Van Kirkland comes into a darkened arena with his song building. DJ Vadim - The Terrorist kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Vladimir Van Kirkland has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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170 lbs
18 - 14 - 1 |
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180 cm
30
164 lbs
21 - 12 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent 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 lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Marsden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vladimir Van Kirkland!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Kirkland wants to slow Marsden down by chopping away at his legs.
Van Kirkland feints and then cracks Marsden's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marsden down.
Marsden avoids the head kick by Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Van Kirkland. That's going to slow Marsden down.
Van Kirkland swings for the body but Marsden moves out of range.
Marsden misses with a jab, cross combination.
Marsden closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Marsden shoots in for a takedown but Van Kirkland shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Marsden checks a low kick from Van Kirkland.
Van Kirkland throws a leg kick
and Marsden counters with a three punch combo that has Van Kirkland backing up. Van Kirkland nods at Marsden to acknowledge the strikes.
Marsden will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Van Kirkland misses with a few strikes there.
Van Kirkland fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marsden manages to avoid it.
Marsden gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marsden avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Marsden as he checks the leg kick.
Van Kirkland throws out a leg kick but Marsden moves out of range and Van Kirkland only half commits.
Van Kirkland shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
The crowd cheers as Marsden lands an impressive looking overhand right. Van Kirkland doesn't seem phased though.
A head kick from Marsden lands but Van Kirkland takes it in his stride.
Van Kirkland throws a leg kick that is checked
and Marsden counters with a stiff right hand.
Marsden looks to throw the jab but Van Kirkland is out of range.
Van Kirkland feints a jab promting Marsden to slip. Van Kirkland then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Marsden slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Marsden shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Marsden showed some decent athleticism there.
Marsden is looking to advance position but Van Kirkland won't allow it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marsden lands a nice short elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland wants to control but Marsden is keeping busy.
Marsden is looking to advance position but Van Kirkland won't allow it.
Marsden is working for a kimura but Van Kirkland is defending it quite comfortably.
Van Kirkland is in trouble now - Marsden has advanced to mount!
Marsden breaks from Van Kirkland's wrist control and lands an elbow.
It looks like Vladimir Van Kirkland has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland holds on, trying desperately to control.
Marsden misses with a head shot.
Van Kirkland working to try and regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van Kirkland slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Marsden throwing shots but Van Kirkland is blocking nicely.
Van Kirkland is controlling Marsden's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Marsden is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Van Kirkland reverses the position - he's now on top in Marsden's guard.
Marsden wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Kirkland wants to control from the top but Marsden keeps moving.
Marsden looking for a guillotine here but Van Kirkland defends easily.
Van Kirkland stands and steps away. Marsden gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Van Kirkland looking to land some kicks to the body here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marsden tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Van Kirkland was well out of range. Poor timing from Marsden.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Kirkland tries to score with a low kick but Marsden moves his leg out of the way.
Marsden throws a right and a left that Van Kirkland avoids nicely.
Van Kirkland throws a hook but Marsden blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Brandon Marsden will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Vladimir Van Kirkland's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Marsden throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Kirkland scores with a leg kick.
Brandon Marsden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Van Kirkland stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Van Kirkland wants it to stay on the feet.
Van Kirkland throws a leg kick but Marsden sees it coming and moves out of range.
Van Kirkland looks to land a right hand but Marsden moved out of range.
Marsden shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Van Kirkland napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Van Kirkland sneaks back into half guard.
Marsden frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Marsden with good strikes from the mount here!
Marsden throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Van Kirkland wants to hold on but Marsden pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden looking to ground and pound but Van Kirkland is blocking nicely.
Marsden cracks Van Kirkland with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Marsden avoids the attempt from Van Kirkland to control.
Marsden is landing with some decent strikes but Van Kirkland is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Marsden prevents Van Kirkland from getting the reversal.
Marsden 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.
Marsden lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
We've been hearing that Marsden has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Marsden lands with some strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Marsden.
Poor strikes thrown by Marsden there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Marsden landing strikes from the mount and Van Kirkland is in trouble!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Kirkland tries to lock up and control but Marsden gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Marsden scoring with strikes but Van Kirkland is staying in there.
Van Kirkland is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Marsden! Van Kirkland is hurt baaadly! Marsden is firing away with more strikes - Van Kirkland is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brandon Marsden!
Post fight, an emotional Brandon Marsden said '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
63% |
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