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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rory MacDonald (ranked 6022 p4p, 491 weight class) and Rocky Marciano (ranked 6332 p4p, 507 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight 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, Rory MacDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Rocky Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Roger Salmon and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marciano closes the distance and clinches.
MacDonald jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Marciano walks away with a smile on his face. MacDonald gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Marciano rushes MacDonald and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
MacDonald lands a nice uppercut.
Marciano lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marciano throws a punch but it's blocked by MacDonald.
MacDonald being controlled against the cage.
Marciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of MacDonald backwards.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marciano.
Nice body punch from Marciano.
MacDonald tries to break free but Marciano pushes him back against the cage.
Marciano slows down the pace here.
Marciano is trying to work for a single leg takedown but MacDonald pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Marciano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Marciano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of MacDonald backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano lands with a short shot to the head.
MacDonald blocks an uppercut.
Marciano stalling.
MacDonald is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
MacDonald is looking to break free of the clinch but Marciano has double underhooks.
Marciano slows down the pace here.
Marciano misses with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marciano.
MacDonald wants to break the clinch but can't.
MacDonald blocking some punches.
MacDonald has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nice body punch from Marciano - that landed with a thud.
MacDonald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marciano avoids the body shot from MacDonald.
Marciano has closed the distance and engaged MacDonald in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano gets through MacDonald's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marciano lands a left hand that snaps the head of MacDonald backwards.
Marciano pressing his opponent against the cage.
MacDonald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marciano moves into the clinch.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.
Marciano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MacDonald prevents a body shot from Marciano.
Marciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of MacDonald backwards.
MacDonald stops a takedown attempt from Marciano.
MacDonald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marciano managing to block the knees to the body from MacDonald.
Marciano lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
MacDonald can't find room to land a body shot as Marciano controls the action.
Marciano throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marciano.
MacDonald is trying to force a seperation but Marciano has the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano stalls.
MacDonald throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.
Marciano scores with an uppercut up the middle.
MacDonald breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marciano displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as MacDonald throws out the jab.
Rocky Marciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
MacDonald swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Marciano keeps control of MacDonald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
MacDonald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marciano moves into the clinch successfully.
MacDonald pressing his opponent against the cage.
Marciano lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacDonald wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
MacDonald swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marciano is trying to work for a single leg takedown but MacDonald pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Rory MacDonald has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rocky Marciano.
MacDonald escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
MacDonald drives through and clinches with Marciano against the cage.
MacDonald has a couple of punches blocked by Marciano.
MacDonald is trying to push Marciano away but Marciano has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
MacDonald has had enough of the clinch but Marciano keeps him there for the moment.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Marciano.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marciano throws a head punch that misses.
Marciano throws a punch but it's blocked by MacDonald.
Marciano misses with a body punch.
MacDonald is trying to break the clinch but Marciano is controlling him.
Marciano misses with a short punch on the inside.
MacDonald breaks from the clinch.
MacDonald misses with a looping left.
Nice cross by Marciano.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Marciano dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Marciano clinches.
A short body shot lands from Marciano as the two fighters clinch.
MacDonald changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Marciano fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A left lands for Marciano.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marciano lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Marciano fails to land.
Marciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of MacDonald backwards.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MacDonald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marciano dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
MacDonald manages to break the clinch.
Marciano closes the distance and clinches.
Marciano stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of MacDonald backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Marciano.
Marciano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marciano tries to work over MacDonald's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Marciano softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
MacDonald working aggressively here.
MacDonald lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
MacDonald lands a body shot.
MacDonald's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marciano is looking to clinch but MacDonald is avoiding it.
Marciano gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
MacDonald is trying to break free.
Rocky Marciano seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
MacDonald prevents a body shot from Marciano.
Marciano stalling against the cage.
Marciano lands a body shot in the clinch.
Marciano lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marciano lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacDonald is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Marciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Marciano fails to land.
Marciano is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Marciano throws a punch but it's blocked by MacDonald.
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!
MacDonald wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
MacDonald misses with a short punch on the inside.
MacDonald blocking some punches.
MacDonald lands a right hand.
MacDonald is trying to break the clinch but Marciano has him pressed against the cage.
MacDonald throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.
MacDonald working aggressively here.
Marciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
MacDonald is trying to break free.
Marciano lands with a short punch from the clinch.
MacDonald wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marciano is stalling here.
Marciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacDonald blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
MacDonald breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
MacDonald swats away the attempt to clinch by Marciano.
Marciano tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A little feinted left hand from MacDonald on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Marciano takes a swing at MacDonald's ribcage but misses.
Marciano clinches with his opponent.
Marciano lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by MacDonald.
Marciano gets through MacDonald's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
MacDonald tries to break the clinch but Marciano is controlling the position.
Marciano misses with the head strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Marciano.
A short right from Marciano on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacDonald wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
MacDonald throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marcianos head.
Marciano scores with a shot to the side of MacDonald's head.
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!
Marciano misses with a punch on the inside.
MacDonald takes a shot to the head.
Marciano misses with a hook to the ribs.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Marciano fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Marciano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite MacDonald's efforts to push away.
MacDonald is looking to take this one to the mat.
MacDonald escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
MacDonald is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marciano.
A left lands for MacDonald.
It looks like Rocky Marciano has been cut.
Marciano clinches up against the cage.
MacDonald can't break the clinch.
Marciano keeps control of MacDonald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rocky Marciano showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Rocky Marciano's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
MacDonald has his takedown stuffed
and Marciano counters with a lovely shot to the body.
A lazy left from MacDonald finds it's target.
MacDonald moves into the clinch.
MacDonald blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Marciano.
MacDonald wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Still in the clinch, MacDonald scores with a nice short uppercut.
Marciano just leaning against MacDonald, taking a breather.
MacDonald tries to break free but Marciano pushes him back against the cage.
MacDonald looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MacDonald throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marciano blocks it with crossed arms.
Marciano jumps guard but MacDonald turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Marciano lands a shoulder strike.
Marciano keeps the fight in the clinch, despite MacDonald's efforts to push away.
Marciano stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacDonald has had enough of the clinch but Marciano keeps him there for the moment.
MacDonald blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Marciano fails to land.
Marciano misses with a hook from the clinch.
MacDonald pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marciano closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marciano blocks an elbow strike from MacDonald.
MacDonald misses with a hook to the ribs.
MacDonald is trying to push Marciano away but Marciano has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
MacDonald displaying some good clinch control by pressing Marciano up against the cage.
Marciano working aggressively here.
MacDonald tries to land a knee to the head but Marciano blocks with his arms.
MacDonald wants to take the fight to the mat but Marciano manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
MacDonald wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Marciano has him pressed against the cage.
Rocky Marciano is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands with a right to the head.
MacDonald wants to break free but Marciano has control.
MacDonald has had enough of the clinch but Marciano keeps him there for the moment.
MacDonald looking to slow down the pace here.
MacDonald has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
MacDonald wants to break free but Marciano has control.
MacDonald is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rory MacDonald. That's going to take a lot out of him.
MacDonald is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
MacDonald is looking to control Marciano's arms but Marciano gets an underhook and turns him. Now MacDonald has his back to the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt MacDonald or not.
MacDonald misses with a punch on the inside.
MacDonald has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Marciano is pressed up against the cage. MacDonald has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Marciano down to the mat. Marciano avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Marciano connects with a crisp jab.
Marciano moves into range and clinches up with MacDonald.
MacDonald working hard to break the clinch.
MacDonald wants to break the clinch but can't.
Marciano has MacDonald pressed against the cage, preventing MacDonald from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
MacDonald can't get the takedown.
Marciano avoiding damage as MacDonald throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marciano makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marciano keeps control of MacDonald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
MacDonald misses with the head strike.
Marciano keeps control of MacDonald as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marciano tries to pull guard but MacDonald holds him up against the cage and eventually Marciano drops back down to his feet.
MacDonald is trying to push Marciano away but Marciano has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
MacDonald wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marciano prevents MacDonald from breaking the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rocky Marciano comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Marciano winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Paul Gruel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rocky Marciano!
Rocky Marciano seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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