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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eugene Markson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benedito Alves (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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192 cm
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190 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Eugene Markson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benedito Alves!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Markson shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Alves's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alves looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Markson avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Markson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Markson trying to control but Alves is working from the bottom.
Markson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
Markson lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Markson working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Alves's head.
Markson lands a couple of elbows.
Alves has a closed guard, preventing Markson from standing up.
Markson looking to pass the guard.
Alves controls Markson momentarily but Markson frees himself.
Markson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Markson drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Markson controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Markson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Markson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Markson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Markson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alves is keeping the position for now.
Markson is working Alves over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Markson works over Alves with some ground and pound from guard.
Alves looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Markson gets to his feet. Alves looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alves tries to keep at a distance but Markson has taken the fight into the clinch.
A short left from Markson.
Markson turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Markson moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Markson scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Alves to see if he's OK.
Alves struggling a bit here.
Markson works to advance to full mount. Alves defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Markson controlling from mount.
Alves keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Markson is landing with some decent strikes but Alves is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Markson prevents Alves from getting the reversal.
Markson landing strikes from the mount and Alves is in trouble!
Markson looking to finish Alves with some ground and pound. This is bad for Alves!
Markson controlling the position easily from mount.
Alves is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Markson looking to secure an arm triangle but Alves defends it well.
Markson looking to control but Alves is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Alves?
Markson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Markson with the ground and pound from mount.
Markson looking to control but Alves is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Markson with shots to the head and body - Alves looks very uncomfortable down there.
Markson wants to control the pace but Alves is squirming around nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Markson controlling from the full mount.
A nice elbow there by Markson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eugene Markson dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Markson gets the takedown into side control.
Alves taking a bit of punishment here - Markson scoring with strikes.
Markson controls the position from side control.
Alves is trying to improve his position.
Markson decides to stand back up. Markson steps back and let's Alves get back to his feet.
Markson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Alves has hold of Markson's hands but Markson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Markson working over Alves with some ground and pound. Alves looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Markson content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Markson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Markson works his way into full mount!
Alves tries to hold on but Markson pushes him away.
Markson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Markson prevents Alves from getting the reversal.
Markson landing strikes from the mount.
Markson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Alves on the ground.
Markson with shots to the head and body - Alves looks very uncomfortable down there.
Markson working Alves over with strikes here.
Markson controlling from mount.
Markson looking to finish Alves with some ground and pound. This is bad for Alves!
Markson with the ground and pound from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Markson working for a submission but Alves is keeping him at bay.
Eugene Markson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Alves can't escape the position.
Alves is squirming around, avoiding Markson's attempts to control the action.
Alves defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Markson.
Markson looking to control and managing it successfully.
Markson with good strikes from the mount here!
Alves really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Markson content just to control the position here.
The referee warns Alves that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Markson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Markson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Alves taking shots to the head.
Markson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Alves is looking to improve his position but Markson isn't that keen on the idea.
Markson controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Markson avoids the attempt from Alves to control.
Markson looking to control and managing it successfully.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Eugene Markson just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Alves has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Markson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Markson prevents Alves from improving his position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Markson slips a nice elbow through Alves's hands, connecting with Alves's forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eugene Markson dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Markson looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Markson is working Alves over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Markson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Markson decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Markson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Markson makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Markson stands and steps away. Alves gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Alves avoids the head kick by Markson.
Markson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Alves looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Alves with the active half guard here but Markson passes nicely into side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alves manages to work his way to half guard, despite Markson's best efforts.
Markson is tying to control. Alves wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Alves tries to get to full guard but Markson has control of the leg.
Markson gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Markson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Alves sprawls well initially but Markson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Markson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Alves looking for submissions off his back.
Alves is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Markson scores with a couple of nice shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Markson lands a nice short elbow.
Alves has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Markson is working away from the top position though.
Markson decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Markson looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Alves!
Markson avoids the attempt from Alves to control.
Markson lands a nice shot to the head.
Markson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Markson tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alves is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Alves in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Alves tries to hold on but Markson pushes him away.
Markson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Alves wants to hold on but Markson pushes him away.
Alves is in a horrible position here. Markson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Markson prevents Alves from getting the reversal.
Markson lands a big shot there that rocks Alves but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Alves can't escape the position.
Alves wants to control but Markson is having none of it.
Markson scoring with strikes but Alves is staying in there.
Markson content just to control the position here.
Benedito Alves has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Markson lands with some strikes.
Markson scoring with strikes but Alves is staying in there.
Eugene Markson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Alves keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Alves is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Markson controlling the pace for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Eugene Markson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Markson has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Tiny Johnson scores the fight 30:24
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eugene Markson!
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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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