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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Metin Eroglu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Marsden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Eroglu's entrance music is No Worries. A fine choice. Marsden has chosen Feiticeira by Deftones as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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170 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Metin Eroglu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 18 - 1, fighting out of London, Brandon Marsden!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marsden wants to slow Eroglu down by chopping away at his legs.
Marsden shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Marsden blocks a low kick nicely.
Eroglu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A combination from Eroglu does no damage.
Marsden looking to score a takedown here. Eroglu is defending well but Marsden drives through and ends up in Eroglu's guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Marsden working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Marsden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Marsden trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Marsden passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Marsden tries to move into full mount but can't pass Eroglu's legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marsden keeps trying to improve his position.
Eroglu struggling a bit here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eroglu parries the strikes from Marsden easily there. Marsden is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Eroglu to escape.
Eroglu definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Marsden looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Eroglu is avoiding damage well.
Eroglu is looking for a sweep.
Marsden has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Marsden looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Eroglu wants to hold on but Marsden pushes him away.
A nice elbow there by Marsden.
Marsden fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Eroglu keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Marsden has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden with the ground and pound from mount.
Marsden with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Eroglu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
BOOM! Marsden connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Eroglu tries to hold on but Marsden postures up.
Marsden landing strikes from the mount.
Marsden connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
BOOM! Marsden connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Marsden lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Eroglu hang on?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eroglu tries to lock up and control but Marsden gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Marsden pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Eroglu takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Eroglu is in a horrible position here. Marsden smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Marsden cracks Eroglu with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Marsden cracks Eroglu with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Eroglu is rocked!
Marsden with the ground and pound from mount.
Oh Eroglu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marsden breaks from Eroglu's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Marsden throws some wild stikes that Eroglu manages to avoid easily.
Eroglu seems to have got his legs back now.
Marsden with shots to the head and body - Eroglu looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden landing shots from mount.
Marsden unloading with bombs!
Marsden is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Eroglu can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Eroglu tries to lock up and control but Marsden gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Marsden misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Eroglu is looking to improve his position but Marsden isn't that keen on the idea.
Eroglu wants to control but Marsden is having none of it.
Marsden lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Eroglu hang on?
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marsden cracks Eroglu with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Marsden dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Eroglu slips under a jab.
Eroglu feinted with a counter takedown.
Metin Eroglu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Eroglu throws a leg kick which misses Marsden's front leg but catches the back leg as Marsden tries to avoid it.
Eroglu just misses with a punch to the body.
Marsden misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marsden looks to score with a jab to the body but Eroglu is just out of range.
Marsden has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Eroglu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marsden.
Eroglu tries to counter with a takedown but Marsden is quick to defend against it.
Eroglu misses with a low kick.
Eroglu throws a low kick but Marsden avoids it.
Marsden avoids the body shot from Eroglu.
Marsden changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Eroglu tries to avoid it but Marsden manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Eroglu to the ground. Eroglu escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A punch lands to the side of Eroglu 's head but he takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eroglu misses with a low kick.
Eroglu does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
A bone on bone clash there as Marsden blocks the leg kick.
Eroglu takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Eroglu tries to work over Marsden's front leg with a kick but Marsden checks it.
Eroglu tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Marsden is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eroglu throws a solid leg kick but Marsden takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Eroglu.
Marsden misses with an uppercut. Eroglu saw that one coming.
Marsden blocks a leg kick.
Despite the aggression on Marsden's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Marsden throws a front kick aimed at Eroglu's knee but Eroglu avoids it well.
Eroglu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Marsden checks a leg kick nicely.
Marsden wants to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Marsden.
A head kick misses from Marsden.
Marsden waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Eroglu.
Brandon Marsden is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Eroglu checks the leg kick.
Eroglu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marsden plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Marsden.
Marsden misses with a hook.
Eroglu has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
A swing and a miss from Eroglu.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Excellent takedown into side control there by Marsden.
Marsden throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Eroglu is trying to get back to half guard.
Eroglu struggling a bit here.
Marsden has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Eroglu!
Marsden lands a big elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsden lands a couple of good shots and Eroglu has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Marsden scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Eroglu is looking for a way out.
Marsden lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Eroglu.
Eroglu rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Marsden works his way into full mount!
Eroglu regains half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Eroglu is trying desperately to improve position.
Marsden lands a nice shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Eroglu taking shots to the head.
Marsden raining down hammerfists from mount.
Marsden with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Marsden showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Marsden connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Eroglu momentarily.
That kick from Marsden tenderised Eroglu's leg. Eroglu is trying to keep his angry face on.
Eroglu avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Marsden misses with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Eroglu.
Eroglu misses with a low kick.
Eroglu throws out a loose jab but Marsden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marsden throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Eroglu sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Marsden is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Eroglu tries to counter with a takedown but Marsden is quick to defend against it.
Eroglu shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Eroglu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marsden misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Eroglu throws a front kick aimed at Marsden's knee but Marsden avoids it well.
A slapping body kick lands there for Marsden.
Marsden scores with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Eroglu there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden looks to land a right hand but Eroglu moved out of range.
Marsden misses with a low kick.
Brandon Marsden seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marsden buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Marsden tries to close the distance and clinch but Eroglu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marsden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eroglu.
Eroglu throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Marsden throws a sloppy head kick
so Eroglu counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Eroglu throws a big right hand that misses.
Eroglu content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Marsden is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Eroglu is aware though and is defending well.
Marsden has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Eroglu has passed into side control.
Eroglu creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Marsden sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden tries to improve position but can't.
Eroglu scoring with punches from side control.
Marsden manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Marsden tries to get to full guard but Eroglu has control of the leg.
Eroglu trying to control from half guard but Marsden is working away.
Marsden looking for submissions off his back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters are battling for position here. Marsden manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsden wants to sweep but no luck.
Eroglu connects with a couple of short punches.
Eroglu makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Metin Eroglu has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Eroglu chips away with some ground and pound.
Marsden has his foot on Eroglu's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Eroglu works his way back into a safe position though.
Eroglu trying to control but Marsden is working from the bottom.
Marsden has his foot on Eroglu's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Eroglu works his way back into a safe position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Eroglu is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Marsden.
Eroglu is chipping away with strikes.
Eroglu working the ground and pound.
Marsden tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Metin Eroglu showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Marsden has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Glass scores the fight 27:29
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 27:29
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 27:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Marsden!
Post fight, Brandon Marsden took to the microphone: 'A weakling like you doesn't deserve fists to fight with, now go fade to nothingness!'.
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