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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rocky Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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182 cm
24
215 lbs
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192 cm
25
205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Tends to cut |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Ezekiel Norris! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rocky Marciano! The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight. Norris dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marciano. That did some damage! Norris keeps Marciano at a distance using the push kick. Norris is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marciano decides to pull guard. Marciano avoiding any damage from the ground and pound. Norris could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Norris gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Marciano takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Ezekiel Norris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Norris scores with a sloppy right hand. Marciano should have avoided that one.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Marciano takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Norris lands a nice looking body kick. Norris jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Norris misses with a few strikes there.
Marciano is looking for the big counter here. Marciano takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
A solid leg kick lands there for Norris.
 That's two minutes gone in the round.
Norris drives through and clinches with Marciano against the cage.
Norris looking for a takedown. Marciano slowing the pace effectively. Norris wants a takedown but no success here.
Marciano successfully pulls guard.
Marciano is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Marciano working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Norris.
Norris stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Marciano throws up his legs and catches Norris in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Norris tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Marciano! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Rocky Marciano!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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