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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Fitzgerald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marty Robbins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Robbins has chosen Big Iron as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Andy Fitzgerald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marty Robbins!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robbins lands with a shot to the body.
Robbins scores with a jab. Fitzgerald acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fitzgerald tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robbins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Robbins circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Robbins counter with a right hand.
Fitzgerald walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fitzgerald throws a jab when Robbins was well out of range.
Fitzgerald scores with a hook to the body. Robbins takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fitzgerald cracks Robbins with an open hand slap.
Fitzgerald tries to clinch up.
Robbins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald on the wrong end of a nice hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Robbins throws out a powerful jab.
Fitzgerald tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Robbins counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald darts in and clinches Robbins up against the cage.
Robbins has had enough of the clinch but Fitzgerald keeps him there for the moment.
Fitzgerald tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Robbins manages to break the clinch.
Robbins throws a jab but it's blocked by Fitzgerald.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Robbins.
Robbins scores with a jab to the head.
Fitzgerald throws a nice looking combination but Robbins bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A little jabbing left from Robbins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fitzgerald looks to throw the jab but Robbins is out of range.
Fitzgerald tries to clinch up.
Fitzgerald throws a leg kick
and Robbins counters with a stiff right hand.
Fitzgerald has Robbins up against the cage in a clinch.
Robbins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fitzgerald takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fitzgerald lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Robbins at a distance.
Robbins has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Robbins avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Fitzgerald ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Robbins moves away.
Fitzgerald walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Fitzgerald looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robbins tests Fitzgerald's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fitzgerald misses with a wild body shot.
Robbins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fitzgerald misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fitzgerald scores with a nice head shot.
It looks like Marty Robbins has been cut.
Robbins slips a straight right by Fitzgerald.
Robbins is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Fitzgerald had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fitzgerald takes one to the side of the head.
Fitzgerald blocks a jab.
Fitzgerald takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Robbins loads up on a big right hand but Fitzgerald slips the punch.
Fitzgerald avoids the body shot from Robbins.
Robbins lands a glancing blow to the side of Fitzgerald's head.
Robbins lands with a nice body punch.
Fitzgerald tried to score with a low kick but Robbins checks it.
Fitzgerald is looking to clinch.
Some wild striking there from Robbins.
Fitzgerald keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Fitzgerald thuds a left hand into Robbins's body.
Robbins moves away from the strike by Fitzgerald.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fitzgerald throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Robbins cracks a nice hook into Fitzgerald's ribs.
Robbins scores with a jab to the head.
Fitzgerald misses with a wild body shot.
Fitzgerald takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fitzgerald lands a jab to Robbins's midsection.
Robbins throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Fitzgerald sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Robbins walks into a jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Fitzgerald. Robbins does a little dance to reset his feet.
Fitzgerald misses the shot to the body.
Fitzgerald scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Robbins doesn't seem bothered though.
Robbins ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fitzgerald throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Fitzgerald tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Robbins counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Fitzgerald thinking.
Robbins circles away from the clinch attempt
and Robbins counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Fitzgerald as he connects with a hook.
Robbins missing with a left hand there. Fitzgerald was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Robbins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fitzgerald.
A swing and a miss from Robbins.
Fitzgerald was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Fitzgerald closes the distance and clinches.
Fitzgerald swings wildly with an uppercut but Robbins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Fitzgerald lands with a short shot to the head.
Robbins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fitzgerald throws a body punch but Robbins moves out of range.
Fitzgerald is looking to clinch.
Fitzgerald looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robbins misses with a hook.
Fitzgerald tries to clinch but Robbins moves away
and Robbins counters with a left to the body.
Robbins lands a slapping body shot.
Fitzgerald wants to slow Robbins down by chopping away at his legs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marty Robbins dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marty Robbins's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Fitzgerald lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fitzgerald looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fitzgerald misses with a jab, cross combination.
Robbins misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Fitzgerald looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Robbins throws a hook to the side of Fitzgerald's head but Fitzgerald sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Fitzgerald showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Robbins.
Robbins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robbins misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Fitzgerald.
Robbins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fitzgerald was well out of range. Poor timing from Robbins.
Robbins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Fitzgerald on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A big left from Fitzgerald misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Robbins misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fitzgerald digs a good body shot into Robbins's ribs.
Fitzgerald lands a slapping body shot.
Robbins lands a body shot.
Robbins looks to land a right hand but Fitzgerald moved out of range.
Fitzgerald uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Robbins.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Robbins.
Fitzgerald tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robbins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Robbins lands with a good body shot.
Robbins throws a poor cross that misses
and Fitzgerald counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fitzgerald moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fitzgerald gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Robbins lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Robbins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Fitzgerald is keeping busy.
Robbins has had enough of the clinch but Fitzgerald keeps him there for the moment.
Fitzgerald fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Robbins looking to stall.
Robbins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald lands a two punch combo.
Fitzgerald chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fitzgerald throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Robbins misses with a combination
and Fitzgerald counters with a stiff right hand.
Robbins connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Robbins fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Robbins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fitzgerald changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Fitzgerald needs to keep his hands up - Robbins had a free shot at his head there.
Fitzgerald closes the distance looking to clinch
and Robbins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fitzgerald throws a leg kick but Robbins moved away.
Robbins listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robbins misses with a looping left.
Fitzgerald stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Robbins takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Fitzgerald scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Robbins lands with a right hand.
Fitzgerald tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Robbins was well out of range. Poor timing from Fitzgerald.
As Fitzgerald backs off Robbins throws a huge counter combo but Fitzgerald manages to avoid it all.
Robbins dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Fitzgerald throws a wild body kick that Robbins sees coming a mile off.
Robbins slips under a jab.
A shot to the body from Fitzgerald misses
letting Robbins counter with a right hand.
Nice body punch from Robbins.
Fitzgerald gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Robbins trying to stall but Fitzgerald improves his position.
Fitzgerald stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Robbins has had enough of the clinch but Fitzgerald keeps him there for the moment.
Fitzgerald is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Robbins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Robbins.
Fitzgerald dips to his left and cracks Robbins with an uppercut!
Fitzgerald comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Robbins jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Fitzgerald looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Fitzgerald misses with a leg kick.
Fitzgerald digs a good body shot into Robbins's ribs.
Robbins avoids a punch combination nicely.
Robbins lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Robbins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fitzgerald manages to avoid it.
Fitzgerald is looking to clinch but Robbins is avoiding it.
Robbins misses with a straight left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Marty Robbins will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Marty Robbins'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. And we move into the final round!
Robbins jabs Fitzgerald to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Robbins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Marty Robbins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fitzgerald tried to score with a low kick but Robbins checks it.
Robbins checks a low kick from Fitzgerald.
Robbins throws a hook but Fitzgerald avoids it easily.
Robbins keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Fitzgerald tries to close the distance and clinch up but Robbins swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fitzgerald misses with a low kick as Robbins jumps back.
Fitzgerald staying out of range there.
Robbins connects with a body shot.
Robbins connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fitzgerald misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fitzgerald slips under a jab from Robbins.
Robbins scores with a crisp jab that stopped Fitzgerald in his tracks.
Fitzgerald throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Jab from Robbins.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Robbins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Robbins misses with a hook to the ribs.
Robbins is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Robbins wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Robbins breaks from the clinch.
Robbins misses with a body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Fitzgerald misses its target.
Robbins swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald tries to clinch up but Robbins circles away and keeps his distance.
Fitzgerald scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Fitzgerald jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Fitzgerald cracks Robbins with a good jab.
Robbins lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fitzgerald lands an overhand right.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fitzgerald tries to close the distance and clinch but Robbins swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Robbins throws a lazy right hand but Fitzgerald sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As Robbins looks to move away, Fitzgerald throws a big counter combo but Robbins just gets out of the way.
A jab from Robbins finds it's way through Fitzgerald's defenses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald connects with a body shot.
A swing and a miss from Robbins.
Fitzgerald throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Robbins misses with a straight left.
Fitzgerald slips under a jab.
Robbins misses with a straight right.
Robbins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Fitzgerald lands with an uppercut that bounces Robbins off the cage and back into range.
Fitzgerald closes the distance and clinches.
Fitzgerald tries to throw a body punch but Robbins avoids it by throwing Fitzgerald back against the cage.
Fitzgerald is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Robbins is keeping busy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fitzgerald.
Fitzgerald landing knees to the head.
Robbins wants to break free but Fitzgerald has control.
Robbins wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Fitzgerald has Robbins pressed against the cage, preventing Robbins from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fitzgerald misses with a hook to the ribs.
Robbins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fitzgerald throws a body shot but no joy.
Fitzgerald scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Robbins fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fitzgerald manages to avoid it.
Robbins misses with a few strikes there.
Robbins throws a hook but Fitzgerald avoids it easily.
Fitzgerald tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Robbins paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A little jabbing left from Robbins on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Robbins lands a nice looking body shot.
Fitzgerald throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Robbins misses with a body shot.
Fitzgerald shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Robbins works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Fitzgerald swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Fitzgerald misses with a wild body shot.
Andy Fitzgerald has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Robbins is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Fitzgerald.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Robbins misses with a straight right.
Robbins on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald obviously looking to wear him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Fitzgerald digs a good hook to Robbins's body.
Robbins cracks Fitzgerald with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fitzgerald does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fitzgerald wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Fitzgerald swings away with a body shot that misses
and Robbins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Marty Robbins is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Robbins uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Fitzgerald.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fitzgerald instigates a clinch.
Robbins wants to get back to striking at distance but Fitzgerald won't allow it.
Robbins blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Robbins blocks an uppercut.
Fitzgerald misses with a punch on the inside.
Fitzgerald tries to throw a body punch but Robbins avoids it by throwing Fitzgerald back against the cage.
Fitzgerald misses with a body punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Marty Robbins.
I've got Robbins winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Marty Robbins!
An out of breath Marty Robbins thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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