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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Buffalo Marley (ranked 914 p4p, 130 weight class) and Mike Steel (ranked 3106 p4p, 389 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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195 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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185 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Buffalo Marley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mike Steel!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Sandra Marshall and Michael Johnstone.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Steel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marley's brow.
Marley gets through Steel's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
It looks like Mike Steel has been cut.
Marley dodges an elbow strike from Steel.
Marley throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Steel tries a knee to the head but Marley blocks it.
Steel stalling in the clinch but Marley improves position.
Steel is trying to stall.
Steel looking to stall.
Steel is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Marley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marley has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Steel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marley's brow.
Nice elbow from Marley.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Steel throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Steel wants to stall.
Nice body punch from Marley.
Marley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marley cracks Steel with a nice body shot.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steel misses with an elbow over the top.
Steel scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marley managing to block the knees to the body from Steel.
Steel's coach down at Play House was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Steel's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marley throws an elbow but misses.
Steel swings wildly with an uppercut but Marley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steel missing with knees to the body.
Marley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Steel just misses with a elbow thrown towards Marley's brow.
Marley lands with a short shot to the head.
Marley crunches a lovely knee into Steel's ribcage.
Steel looks winded!
Marley lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Marley.
Steel is rocked!
Marley lands a hook that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Steel is still on wobbly legs! Can Marley finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short left from Marley.
A nice left hand lands by Marley.
Steel avoids a wild elbow strike from Marley.
Steel's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Steel.
Marley avoids a wild elbow strike from Steel.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Marley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marley lands a hook that snaps the head of Steel backwards.
Marley dips a shoulder and cracks Steel with a mighty uppercut! Steel falls back against the cage and Marley unloads with a barrage of strikes! Steel is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Marley screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Buffalo Marley!
Buffalo Marley retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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