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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thanasis Labropoulos (ranked 6723 p4p, 551 weight class) and Marshall Artz (ranked 6698 p4p, 549 weight class). Labropoulos comes to the cage accompanied by Night Lovell - Contraband. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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280 lbs
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270 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thanasis Labropoulos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marshall Artz!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Artz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Labropoulos throws a big shot that misses.
Labropoulos lands with an overhand left.
It looks like Marshall Artz has been cut.
Artz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Artz wants it to stay on the feet.
Artz scores with a leg kick.
Good exchange - Labropoulos coming out on top.
Labropoulos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Artz sprawls well. Artz wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Labropoulos gets slowly back to his feet.
Labropoulos misses with a double jab.
Thanasis Labropoulos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab by Labropoulos.
Artz lands a nice looking kick to the body. Labropoulos takes a step back to recover.
Labropoulos throws a sloppy body shot
and Artz counters with a low kick, right behind Labropoulos 's knee.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Artz connects with an inside leg kick.
Labropoulos looks for the body kick but Artz saw that one coming.
Labropoulos blocks a head kick by Artz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Artz lands a high kick!
It looks like Thanasis Labropoulos has been cut.
Labropoulos misses with a jab to the body
and Artz counters with a two punch combo.
Artz lands a brutal head kick. Labropoulos looks out on his feet and Artz throws more strikes until the ref is forced to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick and Punches). Marshall Artz!
Marshall Artz very nearly forgot to thank KAGED amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
In defeat, Thanasis Labropoulos stepped up to the mic, saying 'Props to Mongo, he was the better fighter tonight.'.
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