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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Marshall (ranked 1475 p4p, 69 weight class) and Sebastian Shot (ranked 2258 p4p, 112 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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139 lbs
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Tobias Marshall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 15 - 2, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sebastian Shot!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Gregory Folan and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marshall throws a hook but Shot blocks it.
A leg kick checked by Marshall.
Marshall slips under a jab from Shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Marshall misses the target.
Marshall has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tōshi in the buildup to the fight.
Marshall looks to throw the jab but Shot is out of range.
Marshall throws a hook but Shot avoids it easily.
Shot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marshall is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Shot fails in his attempt to clinch.
Marshall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shot listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tobias Marshall seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marshall throws a big shot that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Marshall misses the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shot takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Marshall tries to sprawl but Shot drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshall is looking for a sweep. Shot is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Marshall moves into full guard.
Shot trying to control but Marshall is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marshall manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shot manages to get himself to full guard.
Shot is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Shot tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Shot wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Marshall is now in half guard.
Marshall tries to pass the half guard into mount. Shot knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Shot is looking for a sweep. Marshall is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Shot wants to control but Marshall is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marshall seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Shot does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Shot works his way to full guard. Good work.
Marshall trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Shot manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Marshall manages to get himself to full guard.
Shot throwing strikes from guard but Marshall blocks nicely.
Marshall manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shot manages to get himself to full guard.
Shot wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Marshall is looking to work some ground and pound but Shot has wrist control.
Shot is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shot throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Shot trying to keep a closed guard but Marshall is proving a slippery customer.
Marshall advances to half guard.
Shot looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Shot is not content to let Marshall control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shot controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Shot gets back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall wants to pass the guard but Shot is keeping the position.
Marshall is working hard here to advance position.
Shot seems keen to control Marshall's posture.
Shot wants to sweep here but Marshall controlling him for the moment.
Shot trying to keep a closed guard but Marshall is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shot looking for a sweep. Not yet Shot, not yet.
Shot is adopting a defensive guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Tobias Marshall will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Marshall misses the shot to the body.
A jab from Marshall finds it's way through Shot's defenses.
Marshall ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Marshall uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shot.
Shot misses with a right hand
and Marshall counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shot thinking.
Shot throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shot ducks under a wild hook from Marshall.
Shot doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Donk. Marshall catches Shot right on the button with a cross.
Shot takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Shot walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Marshall throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shot counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Shot throws a nice outside leg kick.
Tobias Marshall is winning the standup battle so far.
Marshall misses with a hook
and Shot counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marshall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shot.
Marshall lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Marshall moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shot takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Marshall loads up on a big right hand but Shot slips the punch.
Shot looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shot misses with a looping left.
Shot will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Marshall misses with an uppercut
and Shot cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shot throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Marshall throws a body punch but Shot moves out of range.
Tobias Marshall is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marshall takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marshall moves away from the strike by Shot.
Marshall lands with a right hand.
Shot paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Shot looks to throw the jab but Marshall is out of range.
Shot fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A jab from Marshall does it's job there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marshall throws an overhand right that lands on Shot's shoulder, as Shot tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Shot on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marshall throws an off balance right hand
and Shot counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A swing and a miss from Marshall.
Shot unleashes a big counter combination but Marshall bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Shot slips under a jab.
Shot has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Shot looks to land a right hand but Marshall moved out of range.
Shot takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Marshall moves out of range as Shot throws a body kick.
Shot thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shot ducks under a wild hook from Marshall.
Shot throws a right hand that misses
enabling Marshall to counter with a crisp jab.
Shot throws a left and a right that both miss
and Marshall counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Marshall takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Shot on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Marshall!
Marshall thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Marshall.
Shot is rocked!
Marshall looks to score with a jab to the body but Shot is just out of range.
Donk. Marshall catches Shot right on the button with a cross.
Shot is still on wobbly legs! Can Marshall finish him?
Shot ducks under a wild hook from Marshall.
Shot seems to have recovered his senses.
Shot misses with an attempted mid kick.
It looked like Marshall wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Marshall lunges at Shot with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shot's hand.
Shot throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marshall counters with a nice body shot.
Marshall rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Shot to counter with a crisp jab.
Marshall pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A little jabbing left from Shot on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marshall throws out a loose jab but Shot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marshall misses with a hook. Shot ducked under it nicely.
Shot turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shot slips a jab from Marshall.
A telegraphed right hand from Shot misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall catches Shot with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Marshall misses with a straight left.
Shot appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Marshall misses the shot to the body.
Shot is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Marshall with a body shot.
Shot slips a jab from Marshall.
Marshall backing away here, and Shot unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
A jab from Marshall misses.
A swing and a miss from Marshall.
Shot ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marshall misses with a straight left.
A shot to the liver by Marshall. Beautiful body shot.
Shot cracks Marshall with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shot throws an off balance right hand
and Marshall counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marshall misses with an uppercut.
Good shot there by Marshall.
The fighters circling - Marshall throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shot throws a series of punches but Marshall avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tobias Marshall dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Marshall throws a shot from downtown. Shot moves away and avoids it.
A jab from Shot finds it's way through Marshall's defenses.
Shot cracks Marshall with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Shot tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marshall paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marshall throws a lazy right hand but Shot sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shot keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shot feints the counter takedown.
Shot moves out of range as Marshall strikes.
Shot walks into a left hand.
Marshall scores with a three punch combo!
Marshall lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Marshall looks to land a right hand but Shot moved out of range.
Shot connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Marshall momentarily.
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!
Marshall misses with an uppercut. Shot saw that one coming.
Marshall throws a shot from downtown. Shot moves away and avoids it.
Shot is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Marshall looks to land a right hand but Shot moved out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Marshall finds it's way through Shot's defenses.
Shot throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Marshall.
Marshall blocks a head kick by Shot.
Marshall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marshall misses with a right hand
and Shot finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Shot swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shot gets a double leg takedown into Marshall's guard.
Marshall keeping moving, preventing Shot from controlling successfully.
Marshall is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Shot is looking to get back to full guard here but Marshall has managed to pass to side control instead.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marshall trying to control the position but Shot is working away.
Shot is looking to reverse the position.
Marshall tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Shot is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Marshall is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shot can do to turn this around?
Shot stops Marshall from passing to mount.
Shot is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Marshall off and has taken his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shot is persistently looking for the submission but Marshall is defending it well.
Shot doesn't have the hooks in and Marshall manages to turn into his guard.
Marshall works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Shot tries to get to full guard but Marshall has control of the leg.
Shot is still trying to improve position.
Marshall wants to pass to mount but Shot is defending the position.
Shot slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marshall trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Shot looking to hit a scissor sweep but Marshall is one step ahead there.
Shot working for a triangle but Marshall defends it easily.
Marshall looking to pass the guard.
Marshall slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Sebastian Shot has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shot is looking for a sweep.
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 Tobias Marshall.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Marshall, 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tobias Marshall!
During a confident post fight interview, Tobias Marshall thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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