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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stevie Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Marduk (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marduk comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Trick Daddy- Lets Go kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Bruce Marduk has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Stevie Stevens's chin.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stevie Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bruce Marduk!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens shoots in but no luck this time.
Bruce Marduk seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marduk is looking to clinch but Stevens is avoiding it.
Stevens slips a jab from Marduk.
Stevens gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but Stevens blocks it.
Marduk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stevens's face.
It looks like Stevie Stevens has been cut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Stevens just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marduk's brow.
Stevens tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stevens is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Marduk landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stevens is breathing heavily.
Marduk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A knee to the head by Marduk.
Stevens fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stevie Stevens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marduk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stevens blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marduk.
Marduk scores with a knee to the head.
Stevens wants a takedown but no success here.
Stevens takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marduk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marduk landing knees to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marduk.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marduk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stevens's brow.
Marduk landing knees to the body.
Marduk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stevens lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marduk scores with a knee to the head.
Marduk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Marduk pushes off an throws an elbow but Stevens leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marduk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stevens tries to score a body lock takedown but Marduk shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Marduk landing knees to the head.
Stevens breaks from the clinch.
Stevens shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marduk as he avoids it easily.
Marduk clinches with his opponent.
Marduk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stevens has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marduk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marduk connects with a knee to the head.
Stevens is looking to break free of the clinch but Marduk has double underhooks.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stevens goes for a takedown attempt but Marduk pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Stevens fails with the takedown.
Marduk forces Stevens back against the cage and clinches.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but Stevens blocks with his arms.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marduk prevents a takedown attempt there.
Marduk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stevens wants to break free but Marduk has control.
Stevens tries to stall but Marduk uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marduk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stevens lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marduk landing knees to the head.
Stevens wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Stevens works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Marduk tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Stevens stops Marduk from standing up.
Marduk is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Marduk decides to stand and escape the position.
Stevens misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marduk wants to slow Stevens down by chopping away at his legs.
Stevens feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marduk's calf.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marduk is looking to clinch.
Marduk tries to clinch there but Stevens circles away.
Bruce Marduk is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marduk stuffs the takedown attempt from Stevens. Stevens gets slowly back to his feet.
Marduk stuffs the takedown.
Stevens dodges the punch combination from Marduk.
The fight stays on the outside here - Stevens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marduk misses with a wild body shot.
Marduk closes the distance but Stevens moves to the side
and Stevens counters with a three punch combo that has Marduk backing up. Marduk nods at Stevens to acknowledge the strikes.
Marduk wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Stevens rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marduk moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marduk swats away the attempt to clinch by Stevens.
Marduk wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Marduk moves into the clinch successfully.
Marduk connects with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but Stevens blocks it.
Stevens avoids the elbow strike from Marduk, against the cage.
Marduk misses with a knee to the head.
Stevens tries to pull guard but Marduk won't allow it.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Stevens tries to stall but Marduk uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marduk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marduk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marduk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
Marduk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stevens tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stevens tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marduk smiles and moves away.
Marduk tries to clinch up
and Stevens moves into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Marduk dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Stevie Stevens's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Marduk clinches.
Stevens wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marduk connects with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marduk.
Marduk scores with a knee to the head.
Stevens takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but Stevens blocks with his arms.
Marduk looking to throw knees to the head but Stevens is blocking nicely.
Stevens changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Marduk fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Marduk scores with a head kick.
Marduk rushes Stevens and presses him up against the cage.
Marduk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stevens blocks it with crossed arms.
Stevens blocks an elbow strike from Marduk.
Marduk prevents a takedown attempt there.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but Stevens blocks it.
Marduk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stevens blocks it with crossed arms.
Stevens blocks the elbow strike.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but Stevens blocks with his arms.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Stevens is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens wants to get back to striking at distance but Marduk won't allow it.
Stevens wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stevie Stevens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stevens tries to stall but Marduk uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Marduk lands a knee to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Marduk just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stevens's brow.
Stevens tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Marduk just stands there and leans against the cage.
Marduk prevents the takedown attempt.
Stevens tries to land knees in the clinch but Marduk avoids the damage to the body.
Marduk creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bruce Marduk seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stevens tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marduk smiles and moves away.
Stevens shoots in looking for a takedown. Marduk tries to sprawl out of it but Stevens keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Marduk manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stevens changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Marduk tries to avoid it but Stevens manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Marduk to the ground. Marduk escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Stevens shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Marduk as he avoids it easily.
Stevens tries to close the distance and clinch but Marduk swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marduk throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Stevens has closed the distance and engaged Marduk in a clinch.
Stevens trying to stall but Marduk improves his position.
Marduk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A knee to the head by Marduk.
Marduk lands a knee to the head.
Marduk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marduk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marduk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stevens trying to stall but Marduk improves his position.
Marduk keeps control of Stevens as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Stevens missing with knees to the body.
Marduk landing knees to the body.
Marduk looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Marduk prevents Stevens from breaking the clinch.
Stevens avoids the elbow strike from Marduk, against the cage.
Stevens tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Marduk smiles and moves away.
Marduk wants to clinch
and Stevens counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Stevens wants to control but Marduk is keeping him busy.
Marduk is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marduk makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Marduk tries to close the distance and clinch but Stevens swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marduk throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Stevie Stevens is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marduk uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Stevens.
Stevens closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Stevens lands in his opponent's guard.
Marduk looking to hit a scissor sweep but Stevens is one step ahead there.
Stevens loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Marduk looking for a sweep. Not yet Marduk, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marduk manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Stevens circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marduk misses with a hook. Stevens ducked under it nicely.
Marduk avoids a punch combination nicely.
Stevens gets the takedown into side control.
Marduk bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Horrible takedown by Stevens or perhaps it was just good defense by Marduk which made him look bad.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Stevens.
Marduk circles away from the clinch attempt
and Marduk makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Stevens really felt that one!
The fight stays on the outside here - Stevens looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marduk tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Stevens paws at him with a jab and circles away.
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 Stevie Stevens will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Stevie Stevens's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Stevens drives through and clinches with Marduk against the cage.
Marduk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stevens's face.
Stevens is looking to break free of the clinch but Marduk has double underhooks.
Marduk connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stevens's face.
Marduk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stevens blocks it with crossed arms.
Stevens fails to pull guard.
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.
Marduk with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
Marduk gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stevens.
With the fighters up against the cage, Stevens throws an elbow but misses.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but Stevens blocks it.
Stevens tries to pull guard but Marduk won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stevie Stevens. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A knee to the head by Marduk.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marduk crunches a lovely knee into Stevens's ribcage.
Stevens tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stevens is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marduk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Stevens is looking to break free of the clinch but Marduk has double underhooks.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
Marduk throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Marduk using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Marduk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stevens lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Stevens tries to land a knee to the head but Marduk blocks with his arms.
Stevens wants to break the clinch but can't.
Stevens can't break the clinch.
Marduk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stevens tries to break the clinch but Marduk is controlling the position.
Stevens takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marduk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stevens has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marduk tries a knee to the head but Stevens blocks it.
Marduk throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stevens blocks it with crossed arms.
Stevens tries to pull guard but Marduk won't allow it.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but Stevens blocks with his arms.
Marduk connects with a knee to the head.
Stevens wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but Stevens blocks with his arms.
Marduk misses with a knee to the head.
Stevens tries to pull guard but Marduk holds him up against the cage and eventually Stevens drops back down to his feet.
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.
Marduk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stevens has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Stevens is working for takedown but Marduk is calmly controlling the position for now.
Marduk unloads a knee to the mid-section. Stevens lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marduk pushes off an throws an elbow but Stevens leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stevens trying to land knees to the body.
Marduk throws a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk connects with a knee to the head.
Marduk with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Marduk connects with a knee to the head.
Stevens tries to pull guard but Marduk holds him up against the cage and eventually Stevens drops back down to his feet.
Stevens fails to pull guard.
Stevens wants to get back to striking at distance but Marduk won't allow it.
Stevens has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Marduk uses from the top position.
Marduk wants to pass the guard but Stevens is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marduk decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Marduk is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stevens has closed the distance and engaged Marduk in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marduk using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stevens has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Marduk misses with an elbow strike.
Stevens can't break the clinch.
Stevens takes a knee right on the jaw!
Stevens goes for a takedown in the clinch but Marduk prevents it.
Marduk with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Marduk.
Marduk misses with a knee to the head.
Marduk lands a knee to the head.
Stevens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stevens has had enough of the clinch but Marduk keeps him there for the moment.
Stevens ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Stevens no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Stevens bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Marduk's guard.
Marduk trying to control the position.
Marduk is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Stevens takes a knee right on the jaw!
Marduk prevents Stevens from breaking the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens looking for a takedown.
Stevens jumps guard but Marduk stands there with Stevens around his waist. Stevens gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Stevens is looking to break free of the clinch but Marduk has double underhooks.
Marduk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stevens has Marduk pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Marduk manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Stevens tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marduk lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Stevens changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Marduk fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Stevens tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick by Marduk misses
and Stevens counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Stevens.
Stevens blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Stevens tries to pull guard but Marduk won't allow it.
Marduk tries to land a knee to the head but Stevens blocks with his arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marduk.
Marduk landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marduk prevents the takedown attempt.
Marduk misses with a knee strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruce Marduk comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Marduk has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dillan Fox scores the fight 28:30
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 28:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruce Marduk!
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