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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marcelo Clarke (ranked 6896 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marston Roberts (ranked 6366 p4p, 0 weight class). Marston Roberts looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
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210 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Brawler
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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 Tokyo, Marcelo Clarke!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marston Roberts!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roberts scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Marcelo Clarke has been cut.
Clarke bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Roberts's head backwards.
Roberts falls off balance throwing a combination
and Clarke counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Clarke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Clarke lands a couple of elbows.
Roberts wants to sweep but no luck.
Clarke really is a fat lump.
Clarke lands a couple of digs.
Clarke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clarke is in close to Roberts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Roberts looking to hit a scissor sweep but Clarke is one step ahead there.
Roberts looks winded!
Clarke connects with a couple of short punches.
Clarke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Clarke in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Clarke is working Roberts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Clarke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke throwing strikes from guard but Roberts blocks nicely.
Clarke lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Clarke with a flurry of punches that miss.
Clarke is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Clarke postures up and lands a big shot to Roberts's brow.
Clarke wants to stand and escape but instead Roberts has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Clarke bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Roberts's guard.
Clarke stands up over Roberts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Clarke trying to stand up but can't free himself from Roberts's guard.
Clarke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clarke with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarke postures up.
Clarke lands a couple of elbows.
Clarke 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.
Clarke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Clarke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Clarke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roberts's head.
Clarke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Clarke with a nice head shot there.
Clarke connects with a couple of short punches.
Clarke lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Clarke with a nice head shot there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Clarke works over Roberts with some ground and pound from guard.
Clarke lands a couple of elbows.
Clarke tries to stand but Roberts is controlling from the bottom.
Clarke content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Clarke works over Roberts with some ground and pound from guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Clarke postures up and lands a big shot to Roberts's brow.
Clarke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Roberts has momentary wrist control but Clarke slips an elbow through the middle.
Clarke throws a big right hand that misses.
Clarke working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Roberts's head.
Clarke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clarke landing with the ground and pound.
Clarke drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Clarke jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Clarke chips away with some ground and pound.
Clarke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Clarke is in close to Roberts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Clarke content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Clarke is working Roberts over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
We've been informed that Roberts has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarke stands up over Roberts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Clarke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Clarke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Clarke postures up and lands a big shot to Roberts's brow.
Clarke connects with a couple of short punches.
Clarke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Clarke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Clarke works over Roberts with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clarke is in close to Roberts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Clarke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Clarke working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Clarke landing with the ground and pound.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Clarke postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Clarke's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Clarke landing with the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Clarke dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcelo Clarke's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Roberts on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Roberts with a lazy takedown attempt
and Clarke counters with a straight right hand.
Clarke misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Clarke closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Clarke tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Clarke looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clarke is trying to get an arm triangle but Roberts is defending well.
Roberts is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke working the head with strikes.
Clarke scores with punches from side control.
Clarke is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Roberts has escaped the position, nice work there.
Clarke is putting a hurting on Roberts here, landing some big shots from side control.
Clarke is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Roberts is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Clarke swings around for an armbar but Roberts sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Clarke's guard.
Clarke has control of Roberts's left arm, preventing Roberts from doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarke looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Roberts stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clarke swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Roberts working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Clarke's head.
Clarke controlling Roberts's posture.
Clarke utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roberts pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clarke is keeping the position for now.
Clarke pulls Roberts in close to prevent any damage.
Clarke bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Roberts's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Clarke is in close to Roberts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Roberts not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Roberts is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Clarke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Clarke lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Clarke stands up over Roberts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Clarke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Clarke is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Clarke chips away with some ground and pound.
Clarke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcelo Clarke dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcelo Clarke's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Clarke looking to score a takedown here. Roberts is defending well but Clarke drives through and ends up in Roberts's guard.
Clarke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Clarke wanted to stand there but Roberts had control of the position.
Roberts is trying to keep Clarke in close.
Clarke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Roberts has momentary wrist control but Clarke slips an elbow through the middle.
Clarke postures up and lands a big shot to Roberts's brow.
Clarke landing some decent shots from guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Clarke lands a couple of digs.
Clarke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Roberts takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Clarke postures up and lands a big shot to Roberts's brow.
Clarke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roberts's head.
Clarke stopping the sweep attempt from Roberts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clarke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Clarke working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Roberts's head.
Clarke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Clarke working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Roberts's head.
Clarke with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Clarke is in close to Roberts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Clarke is in close to Roberts's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Clarke landing with the ground and pound.
Clarke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clarke distracts Roberts with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Clarke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roberts's head.
Clarke stands up over Roberts, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Clarke lands a couple of elbows.
Clarke connects with a couple of short punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clarke landing some decent shots from guard.
Clarke works over Roberts with some ground and pound from guard.
Clarke working some strikes from top position.
Roberts working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Clarke.
Clarke lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Clarke lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Clarke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Roberts is trying to keep Clarke in close.
Clarke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Clarke is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Clarke thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Clarke is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Clarke is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roberts can do to turn this around?
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clarke scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Clarke content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Roberts has momentary wrist control but Clarke slips an elbow through the middle.
Clarke landing some decent shots from guard.
Clarke lands a couple of elbows.
Clarke lands a couple of elbows.
Roberts has momentary wrist control but Clarke slips an elbow through the middle.
Clarke lands a couple of digs.
Clarke preventing the sweep.
Clarke working some strikes from top position.
Clarke scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Clarke postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Clarke keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Roberts's head.
Clarke tries to stand but Roberts is controlling from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clarke lands a couple of elbows.
Clarke working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Clarke landing with the ground and pound.
Clarke scoring with punches to the head and body.
Clarke makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Clarke connects with a couple of short punches.
Clarke lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Clarke landing with the ground and pound.
Clarke distracts Roberts with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Marston Roberts has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Roberts has a closed guard, preventing Clarke from standing up.
Clarke lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcelo Clarke showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Clarke 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:26
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcelo Clarke!
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energy
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hype
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