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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nikola Tesla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ziggy marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tesla comes to the cage accompanied by AC/DC's Thunderstruck. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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177 cm
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154 lbs
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189 cm
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145 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nikola Tesla! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, ziggy marley! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Tesla looks to land a left hand but marley moved out of range nicely. marley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. A big left from Tesla misses. marley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tesla throws out the jab. marley defending well as Tesla loads up on a big left hand. marley has a takedown stuffed. Tesla misses with an uppercut. marley saw that one coming. Tesla throws a hook but marley blocks it. marley shoots in but no luck this time. Tesla throws a wild body kick that marley sees coming a mile off. Tesla misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tesla looks to land a combination but marley avoids it well. Tesla throws an overhand right that lands on marley's shoulder, as marley tries to avoid the shot. Tesla scores with a nice head shot. marley walks into a left hand. Tesla tries to bum rush marley with a series of wild strikes but marley uses good footwork to avoid the assault. marley takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Tesla throws a wild body kick that marley sees coming a mile off. marley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Tesla throws a shot from downtown. marley moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round. marley slips a straight right by Tesla. marley ducks under a wild hook from Tesla. The crowd cheers as Tesla lands an impressive looking overhand right. marley doesn't seem phased though. marley shoots for a takedown but Tesla saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Nikola Tesla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ziggy marley. Tesla fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by marley. Tesla takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Tesla misses the shot to the body. marley ducks under a wild hook from Tesla. marley takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch. Tesla swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and marley moves into the clinch. Tesla is trying to break free. Tesla wants to break free but marley has control.
Tesla wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tesla is trying to break free. Tesla is trying to break free. Tesla wants to get back to striking at distance but marley won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tesla wants to get back to striking at distance but marley won't allow it.
A looping hook to the body misses from marley. Tesla does a little dance to reset his feet. Tesla swinging wilding here.
Tesla is breathing heavily. Tesla cracks marley with a good jab. Tesla misses with a series of wild punches.
Tesla throws a series of punches but marley moves out of range. Tesla fakes high and swings low for a body shot but marley manages to avoid it. marley shoots in but Tesla avoids the takedown attempt easily. Tesla throws a series of punches but marley avoids them all with ease. Nikola Tesla seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Tesla throws an uppercut from half a mile away. marley sees it coming and avoids it easily. Tesla tests marley's chin there with a solid looking shot. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Tesla misses with a series of wild punches.
marley shoots in and drives through. Tesla sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tesla throws a right and a left that marley avoids nicely. marley forces Tesla back against the cage and clinches. marley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Tesla is trying to break the clinch but marley has him pressed against the cage. Tesla is trying to break the clinch but marley has him pressed against the cage. Tesla is looking to break free of the clinch but marley has double underhooks. marley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
marley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Tesla misses with the body kick and marley counters with a shoot takedown. Tesla fights it but they end up in guard. marley prevents Tesla from getting back to his feet. marley trying to stand up but can't free himself from Tesla's guard. Tesla knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for marley on the ground. marley stops Tesla from standing up.
That's four minutes gone in the round. marley passes easily into side control. Nice work. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Tesla is trying to get back to his feet. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikola Tesla dominated that round. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Tesla throws a series of strikes that have marley backpedaling.
A combination from Tesla does no damage. A head kick by Tesla misses and marley counters by moving into the clinch. Tesla prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tesla is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Tesla is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. marley drops down looking for an ankle pick but Tesla pulls his leg out and moves away.
Tesla lands a jab to the head.
marley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. Nikola Tesla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ziggy marley. Tesla lands with an overhand left. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Tesla throws a series of punches but marley avoids them all with ease. marley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tesla. Tesla connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between marley's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tesla scores with a sloppy right hand. marley should have avoided that one. Some wild striking there from Tesla.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Tesla misses with a hook. marley closes this distance looking for a takedown but Tesla circles away. Nikola Tesla is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Tesla lands an overhand right. Tesla cracks marley with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! marley looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Tesla finish him?
marley is rocked! Tesla looks to throw the jab but marley is out of range. Tesla throws the left hand but marley avoids the punch easily. marley shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Tesla misses with a wild body shot. Tesla throws a right and a left that both miss. Tesla stuffs the takedown attempt from marley. marley gets slowly back to his feet. marley shoots for a takedown but Tesla saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tesla throws a body kick the misses and marley counters by moving into the clinch. Tesla wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tesla wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but marley has him pressed against the cage. Tesla is looking to break free of the clinch but marley has double underhooks. Tesla wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tesla wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tesla wants to break the clinch but can't.
marley has Tesla pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Tesla manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. Tesla is trying to break the clinch but marley has him pressed against the cage. Tesla wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but marley has him pressed against the cage. Tesla wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Tesla is trying to break free. Tesla wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tesla gets underhooks to prevent marley's takedown attempt.
Tesla is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Tesla tries to break the clinch but marley is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Tesla is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. marley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tesla can't break the clinch.
Tesla is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Tesla is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Tesla is looking to break free of the clinch but marley has double underhooks. Tesla wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but marley has him pressed against the cage. A battle for position here, against the cage. Tesla wants to break free but marley has control.
Tesla wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
marley jumps guard.
Tesla decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow. Tesla throws a right and a left that both miss. Tesla lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's four minutes gone in the round. marley shoots in for a double leg but Tesla sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. marley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. Tesla drops marley with a beautiful combination! marley stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tesla is looking for the KO! marley is still on wobbly legs! Can Tesla finish him? We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Tesla misses with a two punch combination.
marley takes a shot right to the bread basket. marley seems to have recovered his senses. Nikola Tesla is winning the standup battle so far. marley throws a right hand that Tesla ducks under and follows up with a left that Tesla also avoids with ease. A telegraphed right hand from Tesla misses the target. Tesla lands with a nice combination. marley backs away looking to recover. marley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Tesla lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tesla. marley shoots in and drives through. Tesla sprawls well. Tesla is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that marley can do to turn this around? As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Tesla lands a straight punch to the body, keeping marley at a distance.
Tesla scores with a punch to the head. marley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Tesla's waist but Tesla gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing marley off to one side. marley takes a jab right on the kisser.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nikola Tesla dominated that second round. That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
A jab from Tesla misses. marley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye. Tesla on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
marley shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tesla as he jumps to the side. Nikola Tesla is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Tesla misses with a few strikes there.
Tesla misses with a double jab
and marley counters with a head kick. Tesla scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Tesla throws a right and a left that both miss. Tesla fakes high and swings low for a body shot but marley manages to avoid it. marley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Tesla. marley fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. marley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tesla.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. marley tries for a takedown but Tesla sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily. Nikola Tesla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ziggy marley.
That's one minute gone in the round. Tesla dips to his left and cracks marley with an uppercut! Tesla throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
so marley counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. marley drops back looking for a leg! Tesla is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tesla manages to kick marley off! marley jumps back into Tesla's guard. marley thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. marley stands and steps away. Tesla gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Tesla throws a combination but it was largely blocked by marley. Tesla throws a series of punches but marley moves out of range. Tesla throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck marley on the side of the head. Tesla tests marley's chin there with a solid looking shot. Tesla swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Tesla throws a one two combo.
Tesla fakes a jab and then connects with a hook. A jab from Tesla misses. Tesla misses with a double jab
and marley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. marley blocks a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. marley looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Nice sprawl there from Tesla as marley shoots in. Tesla catches marley with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! marley drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. marley walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush. Tesla lands a nice looking body shot.
Tesla misses with a combination
and marley counters with a body kick that stops Tesla in his tracks momentarily. Tesla looks to land a combination. marley sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots. marley will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. marley slips a jab and a cross from Tesla.
Tesla staying out of range there. A telegraphed right hand from marley misses the target. Tesla ducks down and throws a hook to the body but marley moves away. Tesla lands a jab to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Tesla misses with a few strikes there.
marley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tesla is fending him off so far but marley persists. Nope, Tesla circles away and we're back to standing. Tesla misses with a double jab
and marley counters with a left to the body. Tesla dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Tesla with a hook. marley shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it. A punch combination from Tesla misses. Tesla throws a combination but it was largely blocked by marley. marley fails with a takedown attempt. Tesla cracks marley with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. ziggy marley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Nikola Tesla is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach. Tesla's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Tesla duly obliges. marley on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
And that's the end of the fight! Nikola Tesla showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Tesla, 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:26 Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:26 Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nikola Tesla!
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