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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Samwell Tarly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Corden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Corden has chosen Osmani Garcia - El Taxi as his entrance music. Mark Corden is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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151 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Samwell Tarly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mark Corden!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Dirk Anderson and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tarly has managed to clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Corden.
Tarly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Corden backwards.
Corden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tarly's elbow.
Tarly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tarly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tarly throws a punch but it's blocked by Corden.
Corden goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tarly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Corden stalling in the clinch but Tarly improves position.
Tarly has a couple of punches blocked by Corden.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Corden.
Corden pushes Tarly back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Corden looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Corden pushes Tarly back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tarly lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Corden backwards.
Corden misses with the head strike.
Corden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tarly lands a right hand.
Tarly throws a punch but it's blocked by Corden.
Corden blocks a body shot from Tarly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarly lands a nice uppercut.
Corden tries to stall but Tarly uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Tarly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tarly lands with a right to the head.
Tarly's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Tarly misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Corden scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tarly.
Tarly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Corden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Corden.
Tarly wants to stall.
Corden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Tarly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Corden manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Tarly struggles to land a body shot inside as Corden controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarly swings wildly with an uppercut but Corden uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corden prevents a body shot from Tarly.
Corden swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tarly goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tarly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tarly misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corden displaying some good clinch control by pressing Tarly up against the ropes.
Tarly looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Corden is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Corden tries to work over Tarly's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tarly throws a head punch that misses.
Tarly misses with a punch to the body.
Tarly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tarly misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarly can't find room to land a body shot as Corden controls the action.
Corden lands a body punch in the clinch.
Tarly misses with the head strike.
Corden lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Tarly backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Tarly fails to land.
Tarly throws a punch but it's blocked by Corden.
Tarly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tarly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tarly is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Corden lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tarly or not.
Corden is looking to control Tarly's arms but Tarly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Corden has his back to the ropes.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Corden looking to slow down the pace here.
Corden blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tarly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corden's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tarly.
Tarly misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Corden is looking to control Tarly's arms but Tarly gets an underhook and turns him. Now Corden has his back to the ropes.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Mark Corden.
Corden misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tarly.
Tarly tries to close the distance and clinch but Corden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Corden.
Corden swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Tarly throws a series of punches but Corden avoids them all with ease.
Corden looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Tarly has Corden up against the ropes in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Tarly throws a punch but it's blocked by Corden.
Tarly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Tarly lands an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tarly misses with a punch on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Samwell Tarly dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Tarly closes the distance and clinches.
Corden takes a shot to the head.
Tarly blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Corden blocks a body shot from Tarly.
Tarly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Corden is leaning against Tarly and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Tarly taking a breather.
Tarly is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Corden is keeping busy.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Corden throws a punch but it's blocked by Tarly.
Tarly working aggressively here.
Tarly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corden tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tarly's elbow.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Corden lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Corden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tarly misses with a body punch.
Corden tries to throw a body punch but Tarly avoids it by throwing Corden back against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tarly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Corden taking a breather.
Corden trying to control the position but instead, Tarly has worked for underhooks and has pushed Corden into the ropes.
Corden lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Corden can't find room to land a body shot as Tarly controls the action.
Tarly misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Tarly.
Tarly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tarly tries a body shot but Corden blocks it.
Tarly misses with a hook from the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Corden creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Corden swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Corden pushes Tarly back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Corden lands a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tarly throws a head punch that misses.
Corden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tarly misses with a punch on the inside.
Corden misses with a body punch.
Tarly stalling in the clinch.
Corden scores with a shoulder strike.
Corden wants to stall.
Tarly throws a punch but it's blocked by Corden.
Tarly throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cordens head.
Corden working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Tarly lands with a short shot to the head.
Tarly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tarly has a couple of punches blocked by Corden.
Tarly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tarly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Corden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tarly lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tarly lands a nice uppercut.
Corden blocks an uppercut.
Corden scores with a shot to the side of Tarly's head.
Come on Corden - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tarly lands a hook that snaps the head of Corden backwards.
Tarly letting Corden take a breather here.
Corden misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corden.
Tarly misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tarly lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Corden looking to stall.
Tarly is trying to stall.
Tarly misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corden swings wildly with an uppercut but Tarly uses good head movement to avoid it.
Corden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Corden is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tarly as Corden tries to tie him up.
Corden is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Tarly has denied him.
Corden looking to slow down the pace here.
Corden is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Corden swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Corden blocks an uppercut.
Corden stalling in the clinch but Tarly improves position.
Tarly misses with the head strike.
Corden leaning against his opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tarly pushes Corden back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tarly swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Samwell Tarly will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Good standup being displayed there by Corden as he connects with a hook.
Corden works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Corden ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Corden misses with a body shot.
Tarly closes the distance and clinches.
Tarly misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Corden.
Corden struggles to land a body shot inside as Tarly controls his hands.
Corden blocks a body shot from Tarly.
A hook to the body from Tarly.
A head punch on the inside from Tarly fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corden makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tarly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tarly tries to stall but Corden uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Corden working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tarly.
Tarly misses with a punch on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tarly.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Tarly makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Corden trying to stall but Tarly improves his position.
Tarly tries a body shot but Corden blocks it.
Tarly lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Corden backwards.
Still in the clinch, Corden scores with a nice short uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Corden creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tarly tries a body shot but Corden blocks it.
Tarly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Tarly fails to land.
Tarly misses with a punch on the inside.
Tarly being controlled against the ropes.
Tarly tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corden's elbow.
Mark Corden has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Corden blocking some punches.
A short right from Tarly.
Tarly cracks Corden with a nice body shot.
Tarly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tarly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tarly throws a head punch that misses.
Tarly doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Tarly lands a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Corden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tarly just leaning against Corden, taking a breather.
Tarly looking to slow down the pace here.
Tarly lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Corden lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Corden.
Tarly tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Corden stalling in the clinch but Tarly improves position.
Tarly lands with a light punch inside.
Tarly softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Corden tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Tarly throws a punch but it's blocked by Corden.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tarly.
Corden blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Corden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tarly has a couple of punches blocked by Corden.
Tarly misses with a punch on the inside.
Tarly misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Corden lands a shoulder strike.
Tarly misses with a hook from the clinch.
Corden lands a shot to the body.
Tarly tries a body shot but Corden blocks it.
Corden goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corden lands a nice shot to the body.
Tarly misses with a punch to the body.
Tarly fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Corden blocking some punches.
Corden lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tarly backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Tarly fails to land.
Samwell Tarly has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Tarly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Corden stalls.
Corden looking to slow down the pace here.
Corden gets through Tarly's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tarly works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Tarly misses with the head strike.
Tarly working aggressively here.
Corden lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Samwell Tarly is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tarly is rocked!
Corden tries to throw a body punch but Tarly avoids it by throwing Corden back against the ropes.
Oh Tarly is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Tarly blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Samwell Tarly.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tarly, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dirk Anderson scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Samwell Tarly!
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energy
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