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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Steve Hill (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Xavier Marceau (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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209 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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215 lbs
4 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Steve Hill!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Xavier Marceau!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Summer Carpenter and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marceau with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Marceau tries a head kick but it misses.
Marceau feints and then cracks Hill's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Hill down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marceau.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Marceau.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Marceau knocks Hill to the floor with a head kick! Can he finish him!?
Hill is rocked!
Marceau cracks Hill with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Oh Hill is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hill parries the strikes from Marceau easily there. Marceau is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hill to escape.
Hill is trying to escape the position but Marceau is controlling the position.
Hill seems to have got his legs back now.
Hill wants to get back to his feet but Marceau drags him back down.
Marceau is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Hill tries to bench press Marceau off him but Marceau keeps the position.
Check out the look on Marceau's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Marceau controlling the position from side mount.
Hill taking punishment in the form of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marceau stands up and beckons Hill to his feet.
Marceau scoring well with a low kick there.
Hill is breathing heavily.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Marceau - that will leave a mark!
Marceau dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hill. That did some damage!
Marceau moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marceau lands an overhand right.
Hill sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Marceau fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Hill, pushing him back against the cage.
Marceau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marceau digs a right hand underneath Hill's ribcage. Hill let out a lung full of air as it connected.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Marceau landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marceau misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marceau works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marceau lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Hill.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marceau.
Marceau is stalling here.
Marceau lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Marceau.
Marceau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marceau lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from Marceau.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Marceau.
Marceau effectively controlling the action here.
Marceau prevents Hill from breaking the clinch.
Marceau landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A hook to the body from Marceau.
Marceau digs a right hand underneath Hill's ribcage. Hill let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Marceau lands a body punch.
Marceau scores with a hook to the body.
Marceau lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marceau displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hill up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Marceau.
The is referee keeping an eye on Marceau - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Marceau throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Marceau works on Hill's body with a couple of short punches.
Marceau misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marceau works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marceau tries to land knees in the clinch but Hill avoids the damage to the body.
Hill misses with a hook to the ribs.
Marceau pushes Hill 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.
Xavier Marceau dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
The crowd cheers as Marceau lands an impressive looking overhand right. Hill doesn't seem phased though.
Hill throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Marceau lands a high kick to the side of Hill's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Marceau dives into guard, looking to finish.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hill keeping moving, preventing Marceau from controlling successfully.
Marceau is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Marceau must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Marceau looking to pass the guard.
Marceau forces his way into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marceau trying to control the pace.
Hill tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Marceau content to control rather than advance.
Marceau works his foot free and advances to mount.
Marceau can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hill is looking to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Marceau unloading with bombs!
Marceau controlling the position easily from mount.
Despite being in the dominant position, Xavier Marceau just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Marceau.
Hill doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Marceau cracks Hill with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Hill blocks a head kick by Marceau.
A solid leg kick lands there for Marceau.
Marceau is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Hill hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Xavier Marceau!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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