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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Hart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pablo Mara�on (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hart might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Ratamahatta. Mara�on has chosen Pistolero as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Hart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Mara�on!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mara�on wants to clinch up but Hart keeps it at a distance.
Mara�on throws a shot from downtown. Hart moves away and avoids it.
Hart slips a jab from Mara�on.
Hart lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mara�on throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Mara�on misses.
Mara�on throws a leg kick but Hart sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Hart misses with an uppercut.
Nice jab there from Mara�on.
Hart throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Mara�on thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hart appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hart tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mara�on was well out of range. Poor timing from Hart.
A lazy left from Hart finds it's target.
Hart has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Boyz II Men in the buildup to the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hart defending well as Mara�on loads up on a big left hand.
The fighters circling - Mara�on throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mara�on tries to score with a low kick but Hart moves his leg out of the way.
A little feinted left hand from Hart on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mara�on takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hart tries to close the distance and clinch but Mara�on swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Mara�on only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Hart misses with a body shot.
Mara�on looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hart misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Mara�on.
Mara�on swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hart moves out of range of the leg kick from Mara�on.
Mara�on moves in looking to clinch but Hart pushes him off.
Mara�on throws a shot from downtown. Hart moves away and avoids it.
Hart scores with a jab. Mara�on acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Kevin Hart seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hart throws a big shot that misses.
Mara�on throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hart is looking to counter punch.
Mara�on loads up on a big right hand but Hart slips the punch.
Hart quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Hart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mara�on manages to avoid it.
Mara�on misses with a kick to the body
and Hart counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Mara�on throws a poor cross that misses
and Hart counters with a nice body shot.
Hart moves into the clinch.
Hart goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A hook to the body from Hart.
Mara�on looking to stall.
Mara�on tries a body shot but Hart blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Mara�on is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Hart is working Mara�on over against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hart misses with the head strike.
Hart stalling.
Mara�on working aggressively here.
Hart blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mara�on swings wildly with an uppercut but Hart uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hart misses with a hook from the clinch.
Mara�on blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hart misses with a short punch on the inside.
Hart trying to stall but Mara�on improves his position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hart.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Mara�on.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Mara�on lands with a short shot to the head.
Good body shot from Mara�on.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hart slowing the pace effectively.
A short right from Mara�on on the inside.
Hart misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Hart fails to land.
Hart misses with a body punch.
Hart softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mara�on.
Hart working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A short uppercut from Hart.
Hart pushes Mara�on back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Mara�on throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harts head.
Hart throws a punch but it's blocked by Mara�on.
A nice left hand lands by Hart.
Hart throws a punch but it's blocked by Mara�on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hart misses with a short punch on the inside.
Mara�on lands a nice uppercut.
Hart misses with some punches.
Mara�on tries to work over Hart's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mara�on.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mara�on lands a shoulder strike.
Hart working aggressively here.
Mara�on throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Harts head.
Hart misses with a punch on the inside.
Hart lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Mara�on backwards.
Hart working aggressively here.
Hart controlling the action here for a moment.
Hart misses with a punch on the inside.
Mara�on tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short left from Mara�on.
Mara�on blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Mara�on swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hart blocking some punches.
Mara�on has a couple of punches blocked by Hart.
Hart prevents a body shot from Mara�on.
Good body shot from Mara�on.
Mara�on works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hart.
Mara�on pushes Hart back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
Kevin Hart dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mara�on throws a jab when Hart was well out of range.
Hart throws a quick counter kick to the body but Mara�on avoids it.
Hart checks a leg kick.
Hart stuns Mara�on with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hart looks to score with a jab to the body but Mara�on is just out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Mara�on misses the target.
Hart jabs Mara�on to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Mara�on misses with an uppercut.
Hart throwing a counter right hand but Mara�on manages to avoid it.
Mara�on misses with a head kick.
A little feinted left hand from Hart on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Mara�on on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Hart takes a swing at Mara�on's ribcage but misses.
Hart on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Mara�on. Mara�on obviously looking to wear him down.
Mara�on throws a nice outside leg kick.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Hart here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hart feints and then cracks Mara�on's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Mara�on down.
Hart tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Mara�on flicks out a counter leg kick but Hart steps away.
Nice uppercut lands for Hart. That snapped Mara�on's head back.
Mara�on checks a leg kick.
Hart is looking to wear down Mara�on with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice body kick from Mara�on.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Hart lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mara�on keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hart misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Mara�on connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Mara�on missing with a left hand there. Hart was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Mara�on scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Hart misses with an uppercut.
Hart checks the leg kick nicely there.
A slow jab from Mara�on misses its intended target.
Mara�on shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mara�on lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Mara�on takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A jab from Hart misses.
Hart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mara�on moves away.
Mara�on thows a left - swing and a miss!
Kevin Hart is winning the standup battle so far.
Mara�on connects with a good right hand that stumbles Hart. Hart circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hart bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
An attempted straight right counter from Hart misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mara�on dodges the punch combination from Hart.
Mara�on shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hart rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Mara�on counters with a nice body kick.
Mara�on swings for the body but Hart moves out of range.
Hart looks to land a right hand but Mara�on moved out of range.
Mara�on keeps the fight on the outside.
Hart lands with a good body shot.
Hart swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Hart throws a left and a right that both miss
and Mara�on counters with a stiff right hand.
Mara�on moves out of range of the strikes.
Hart steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Mara�on. That one must have hurt.
Hart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mara�on uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hart.
Hart looks to throw the jab but Mara�on is out of range.
Hart just misses with a punch to the body.
Hart defending well as Mara�on loads up on a big left hand.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Mara�on.
Hart fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mara�on manages to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Mara�on lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hart has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hart and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart scores with a one two! Mara�on had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Mara�on misses with the combination.
Hart is looking to counter punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Hart.
Hart moves out of range of the body kick from Mara�on.
Hart swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Mara�on shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mara�on throws a sloppy head kick and Hart moves out of range easily.
A jab lands there for Mara�on.
Hart jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Mara�on loads up on a big right hand but Hart slips the punch.
Mara�on throws a nice inside leg kick.
Mara�on throws a low kick but Hart avoids it.
Mara�on connects with a looping right hand.
Hart is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Mara�on.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hart. Mara�on does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mara�on throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mara�on throws the left hand but Hart avoids the punch easily.
Mara�on is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hart.
It looked like Hart wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Hart misses with a body shot.
Hart connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Mara�on's hands.
Mara�on loads up on a big right hand but Hart slips the punch.
Hart digs a good hook to Mara�on's body.
Hart keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Hart punishes Mara�on's body with a nice straight punch.
Hart slips a straight right by Mara�on.
Mara�on lands a body shot.
Hart on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A left lands for Hart.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hart loads up on a big right hand but Mara�on slips the punch.
Mara�on was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Hart misses with a straight right.
Mara�on on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hart. Hart obviously looking to wear him down.
Mara�on attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
And that�s the end of the round � the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Pablo Mara�on will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
A punch lands to the side of Mara�on 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Hart throws a lazy uppercut
and Mara�on counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hart scores with a jab to the body.
Hart misses with a hook.
Mara�on avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mara�on is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hart with a body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Hart.
Mara�on throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Good standup being displayed there by Hart as he connects with a hook.
Mara�on swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hart.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Mara�on.
Hart is looking to land body kicks.
Mara�on ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hart moves away.
A quick step to the side and Hart tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mara�on throws a looping overhand right but Hart ducks down to avoid it.
Mara�on steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hart.
Hart scores with a jab 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!
Mara�on avoids the body shot from Hart.
Mara�on catches Hart with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mara�on looks for the body kick but Hart saw that one coming.
Mara�on needs to keep his hands up - Hart had a free shot at his head there.
Hart scores with a jab to the jaw.
Hart wants to clinch up but Mara�on keeps it at a distance.
Mara�on throws a shot from downtown. Hart moves away and avoids it.
A big right from Hart misses.
Mara�on swats away the attempt to clinch by Hart.
Hart scores with a hook to the body. Mara�on takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hart lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Hart misses with a few strikes there.
Mara�on doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Hart lands a glancing blow to the side of Mara�on's head.
Mara�on misses with a low kick.
Mara�on works Hart's body with a nice hook.
Hart throws a wild body kick that Mara�on sees coming a mile off.
Mara�on throws a shot from downtown. Hart moves away and avoids it.
Hart is looking to counter with head kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mara�on pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mara�on swats away the attempt to clinch by Hart.
Hart tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Mara�on looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Mara�on ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hart moves away.
Hart jabs Mara�on to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hart misses with a hook. Mara�on ducked under it nicely.
Mara�on swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Hart throws a low kick but Mara�on avoids it.
Hart throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Mara�on lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Hart with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Hart slips a straight right by Mara�on.
Mara�on misses with an uppercut. Hart saw that one coming.
Mara�on takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hart takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Hart misses with a hook
and Hart takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hart just misses with a punch to the body.
Hart scores with a jab to the jaw.
Mara�on shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Mara�on keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Mara�on steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Hart.
Mara�on throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mara�on slips a jab from Hart.
Mara�on has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Hart's corner calls for a 1-2. Hart obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Hart misses with an uppercut. Mara�on saw that one coming.
Hart throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hart takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Mara�on uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hart.
Hart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mara�on moves away.
Mara�on appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Mara�on.
Hart scores with a nice head shot.
Hart buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Hart throws a lazy right hand but Mara�on sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hart takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Hart uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mara�on.
Mara�on misses with an uppercut.
Hart looks to score with a jab to the body but Mara�on is just out of range.
Mara�on lands with a thumping leg kick.
Hart swings away with a leg kick that misses.
A little jabbing left from Mara�on on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Hart. Mara�on does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mara�on lands a lovely overhand right.
Hart moves forwards but Mara�on connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Hart fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Mara�on does it's job there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
That kick from Mara�on tenderised Hart's leg. Hart is trying to keep his angry face on.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Kevin Hart.
Well Hart has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:28
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kevin Hart!
Kevin Hart spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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