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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rodrigo Marcon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yoshihiro Akyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yoshihiro Akyama acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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300 lbs
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295 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rodrigo Marcon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Yoshihiro Akyama!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marcon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Akyama.
Marcon changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Akyama tries to avoid it but Marcon manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Akyama to the ground. Akyama escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Marcon swinging wildly here.
Akyama tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Marcon swivels and escapes.
Akyama shoots in for a double leg but Marcon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Marcon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marcon takes a swing at Akyama's ribcage but misses.
Marcon rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Akyama moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marcon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Akyama.
Marcon stuffs the takedown attempt from Akyama. Akyama gets slowly back to his feet.
Rodrigo Marcon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihiro Akyama.
Marcon takes a swing at Akyama's ribcage but misses.
Akyama shoots in looking for a takedown but Marcon manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Akyama's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcon throws a body shot but no joy.
Akyama tries to score a power double leg takedown but Marcon sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Akyama somewhat.
Akyama is trying hard to land a takedown here. Marcon sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Marcon looks to land a combination but Akyama avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Akyama dodges the punch combination from Marcon.
Akyama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marcon.
Akyama slips a jab and a cross from Marcon.
Akyama moves away from the strike by Marcon.
Marcon just misses with a punch to the body.
Marcon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marcon misses with an uppercut.
Marcon has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Marcon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marcon throws a lazy right hand but Akyama sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Akyama avoids the head kick by Marcon.
Akyama closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Akyama in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Akyama working the ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The strikes coming from Akyama are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Marcon managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Akyama.
Akyama working the ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcon wants to get back to his feet.
Marcon has one of Akyama's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Akyama trying to control the position but Marcon is working away.
Akyama sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Marcon is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Marcon manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Akyama slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Akyama is trying to keep Marcon in close.
Marcon stopping the sweep attempt from Akyama.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcon postures up in Akyama's guard and throws a big left but Akyama blocks it.
Marcon lands a couple of digs.
Akyama will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Akyama keeping moving, preventing Marcon from controlling successfully.
Marcon looking to sit in guard and control but Akyama gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Marcon is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Akyama is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcon pulls Akyama in close to prevent any damage.
Akyama scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Akyama controlling from the top position.
Marcon keeping full guard, as Akyama tries to pass.
Marcon trying to control the position.
Akyama wants to control from the top but Marcon keeps moving.
Marcon will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Marcon dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Marcon fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Akyama avoids it really well and circles away.
Marcon swinging wildly here.
Akyama dodges the punch combination from Marcon.
Rodrigo Marcon is winning the standup battle so far.
Marcon stuffs the takedown attempt from Akyama. Akyama gets slowly back to his feet.
Akyama slips a jab from Marcon.
Marcon leaves Akyama with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
No luck for Akyama with that takedown attempt.
Rodrigo Marcon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Yoshihiro Akyama.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcon moves into the clinch.
Marcon goes for a takedown attempt but Akyama pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Some wild striking there from Marcon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcon leaves Akyama with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Marcon lands a right hook to the body.
Akyama shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Marcon defends it nicely.
Akyama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Akyama slips a jab and a cross from Marcon.
Marcon misses with a double jab.
Akyama shoots in but no luck this time.
A head kick misses from Marcon.
Rodrigo Marcon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Akyama ducks under a wild hook from Marcon.
Marcon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Akyama.
Marcon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Marcon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Akyama avoids the body shot from Marcon.
Marcon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A combination from Marcon does no damage.
Marcon swinging wildly here.
Marcon misses with a straight right.
Marcon throws a series of punches but Akyama avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marcon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Akyama manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Marcon throws out a powerful jab.
Akyama closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Akyama lands in his opponent's guard.
Akyama in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Akyama keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Marcon's head.
Akyama throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Akyama with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Akyama accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Marcon manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Akyama manages to get himself to full guard.
Marcon works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Akyama tries to roll over but Marcon keeps him under control.
Akyama has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Marcon is working away from the top position though.
Akyama is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marcon scores with a couple of nice shots.
Marcon is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Akyama has hold of Marcon's hands but Marcon slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcon is trying to control. Akyama wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Akyama gets full guard.
Marcon loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Marcon won't allow Akyama to sweep him here.
Marcon trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Akyama trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Akyama utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Marcon throws a big right hand that misses.
Marcon stopping the sweep attempt from Akyama.
Marcon is in close to Akyama's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Marcon postures up in Akyama's guard and throws a big left but Akyama blocks it.
Marcon wants to control from the top but Akyama keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rodrigo Marcon dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Akyama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Marcon.
Akyama fails to land the takedown.
Akyama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marcon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marcon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marcon misses with a looping left.
Marcon looks to throw the jab but Akyama is out of range.
Marcon tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marcon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Akyama manages to avoid it.
Akyama showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marcon.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Akyama shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Akyama was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Who's going to make the next move?
Akyama scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Marcon to see if he's OK.
Marcon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Akyama on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcon can't do much from the bottom here.
Marcon tries to bench press Akyama off him but Akyama keeps the position.
Akyama trying to control the action but Marcon is working from the bottom.
Akyama sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Marcon is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Marcon tries to bench press Akyama off him but Akyama keeps the position.
Akyama taking a breather here.
Yoshihiro Akyama has got the better of the ground game so far.
Marcon is pushing Akyama's head away, looking to escape. Akyama manages to hold on to the position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Akyama scores with a couple of short elbows.
Marcon is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Akyama asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Marcon is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Akyama's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Marcon punching from the bottom.
Akyama missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Akyama working the head and body with strikes.
Marcon is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Akyama can do to turn this around?
Akyama stops Marcon from getting back to his feet.
Akyama wants to lay and pray for a moment but Marcon keeps working.
Marcon on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Marcon tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcon is looking for a sweep. Akyama is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Marcon is working hard here to advance position.
Akyama prevents Marcon from standing back up.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Akyama shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Marcon is trying to defend but Akyama finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Marcon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marcon wants to get back to full guard.
Marcon keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Akyama trying to control from half guard but Marcon is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Akyama not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Marcon is looking to escape.
Akyama seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Akyama wants to control but Marcon is keeping him busy.
Akyama winds up and cracks Marcon with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Marcon wants to control the action here but instead Akyama manages to pass to full mount!
Akyama trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Akyama is in the full mount, landing strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Akyama lands a heavy elbow.
Marcon working to try and regain half guard.
Yoshihiro Akyama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rodrigo Marcon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marcon trying desperately to get to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yoshihiro Akyama comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Marcon has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 29:28
Judge Michael Johnstone scores the fight 29:28
Judge Santiago Holmes scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rodrigo Marcon!
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