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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Corden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rock Mountain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corden comes to the cage accompanied by Osmani Garcia - El Taxi . These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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145 lbs
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147 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mark Corden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rock Mountain!
The judges for this bout are Peter Branson, Daniel Franklin and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mountain throws a low kick but Corden moves out of range easily.
Corden ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mountain moves away.
Nice shot by Mountain.
Mountain on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Mountain tries to close the distance and clinch up but Corden swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Corden swinging wildly here.
Corden waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Mountain.
We've been informed that Mountain has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Mountain throws a right hand that Corden ducks under and follows up with a left that Corden also avoids with ease.
Corden definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Mountain has taken the fight to the clinch.
Corden is pushing Mountain up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Corden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mountain is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Corden is keeping busy.
Mountain scores with a nice hook to the head.
Mountain working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Corden.
Mountain misses with a punch on the inside.
Corden pressing his opponent against the cage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Corden blocks an uppercut.
Corden stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mountain.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Corden.
Corden scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Corden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mountain is struggling to control the position.
Corden slows down the pace here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain trying to stall but Corden improves his position.
Corden is leaning against Mountain and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Corden - that landed with a thud.
Corden stalling against the cage.
Corden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corden.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corden.
Corden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Corden working aggressively here.
Corden lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Mountain or not.
Mountain looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Mountain tries to stall but Corden uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Corden lands a hook to the side of the head.
Corden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Corden lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Corden.
Mountain misses with a hook from the clinch.
Corden avoiding damage.
Corden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Corden tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mountain blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Corden has Mountain pushed against the cage.
Mountain working aggressively here.
Mountain working aggressively here.
Corden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Corden holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Corden dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Mountain throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Corden avoiding damage.
Corden goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Mountain fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Corden.
Mountain lands with a left to the head.
Mountain swings wildly with an uppercut but Corden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corden blocking some punches.
Mountain tries to work over Corden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Corden is pushing Mountain up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Corden holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mountain has a couple of punches blocked by Corden.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Corden dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Corden throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corden throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Corden ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Mountain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Corden wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Corden thows a left - swing and a miss!
Corden lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Corden misses with an uppercut.
Mountain moves out of range as Corden strikes.
Corden is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mountain can do to turn this around?
Mountain keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Corden.
Mountain staying out of range there.
Corden misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corden throws a combination. Mountain tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Mountain tries to clinch but Corden is having none of it.
Rock Mountain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mountain misses with a right hand
enabling Corden to counter with a crisp jab.
Mountain is rocked!
Mountain looks up at the clock. Bad move! Corden lands a right hand from hell, dropping Mountain. Corden pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Corden!
A victorious Mark Corden thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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