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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Marveux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanley Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marveux comes to the cage accompanied by King without a crown. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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194 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
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192 lbs
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Marveux!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Stanley Khan!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marveux closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Marveux is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Khan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marveux is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Khan has managed to free his arm - good work.
Khan tries to roll over but Marveux keeps him under control.
Marveux is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Khan is just riding it out for now. Marveux eventually gives up the hold.
Khan wants to improve his position but Marveux is controlling well.
Marveux definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marveux is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Marveux punching from mount but Khan doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Marveux thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan is in a horrible position here. Marveux smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Marveux is working for a guillotine from mount but Khan frees his head quite easily.
Khan is looking to get to half guard.
Marveux throws some wild stikes that Khan manages to avoid easily.
Marveux has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Marveux postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Khan looks a forlorn figure.
Marveux throwing strikes here but Khan is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Marveux with shots to the head and body - Khan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Khan blocking the ground and pound.
Marveux lands a big elbow.
Marveux thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Marveux throws some wild stikes that Khan manages to avoid easily.
Khan tries to hold on but Marveux pushes him away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marveux looking to finish with strikes here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marveux lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Khan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Marveux is landing with some decent strikes but Khan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Marveux lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Khan hang on?
Khan wants to hold on but Marveux pushes him away.
Marveux pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Marveux working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Marveux lands a nice shot to the head.
Khan is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Khan wants to hold on but Marveux pushes him away.
Marveux scoring with strikes but Khan is staying in there.
Marveux scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Marveux scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Khan takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marveux breaks from Khan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Khan sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Khan controlling the position for now.
Khan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Khan regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Marveux.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marveux postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Khan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Marveux stands up over Khan, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Marveux is pushing down on Khan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Khan is fighting to maintain full guard but Marveux has managed to sneak the leg through.
Marveux is looking for a kimura here.
Khan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Khan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marveux scores with a couple of nice shots.
Marveux not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Marveux lands a nice short elbow.
Marveux wants to take a breather but Khan is having none of it.
Marveux throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Khan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Marveux is working for a kimura but Khan is defending it quite comfortably.
Marveux wants to pass to mount but Khan is defending the position.
Marveux working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Khan looking for submissions off his back.
Marveux not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Anthony Marveux dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Khan tries to sprawl but Marveux drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Marveux thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Khan's head.
Marveux tries to pass the half guard into mount. Khan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Marveux not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Marveux thows a huge punch but Khan dodges it nicely.
Khan is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Marveux scores with a couple of nice shots.
Marveux not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Marveux is looking for a kimura but Khan is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Marveux to get the leverage.
Khan looking for submissions off his back.
Marveux is working for a kimura but Khan is defending it quite comfortably.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Khan keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Marveux not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Khan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Marveux.
Marveux thows a huge punch but Khan dodges it nicely.
Marveux not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Khan is concentrating on defense, preventing Marveux from advancing position.
Khan gets back to full guard.
Khan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Khan is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Marveux defends well.
Marveux scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Marveux with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marveux with a flurry of punches that miss.
Marveux throwing strikes but missing.
Marveux chips away with some ground and pound.
Marveux working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Khan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marveux throws a sloppy strike and Khan has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Marveux is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Khan!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Stanley Khan!
Stanley Khan really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Versus logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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