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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Marida (ranked 5816 p4p, 565 weight class) and Xavier Xahli Ii (ranked 5844 p4p, 569 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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25
184 lbs
4 - 2 - 0 |
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18
185 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Marida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Xavier Xahli Ii!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Xahli Ii has his takedown stuffed
so Marida counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Xahli Ii throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Marida with a nice head shot there.
Xahli Ii not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Marida stands up over Xahli Ii, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Xahli Ii throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Xahli Ii has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Marida postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Marida distracts Xahli Ii with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Xahli Ii working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Marida.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marida works over Xahli Ii with some ground and pound from guard.
Xahli Ii throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Xahli Ii trying to strike off his back.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Marida's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Marida's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marida is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Xahli Ii throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Xahli Ii is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Xahli Ii missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Xahli Ii takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Marida avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Xahli Ii.
Marida wants to get back to his feet.
Xahli Ii is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Marida wants to get back to his feet.
Xahli Ii winds up and cracks Marida with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Ground and pound from Xahli Ii.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marida pushes Xahli Ii off looking to stand but Xahli Ii dives back in and keeps control.
Marida makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Marida changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Xahli Ii looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Xahli Ii tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Xahli Ii wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Marida landing strikes.
Marida is putting a hurting on Xahli Ii here, landing some big shots from side control.
Xahli Ii throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
Marida scoring with punches from side control.
Xahli Ii throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
You can see the frustration on Xahli Ii's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Xahli Ii misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Marida cracks Xahli Ii with a big elbow.
Marida knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Xahli Ii on the ground.
Xahli Ii tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Xahli Ii wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Xahli Ii takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Marida working the head with strikes.
Xahli Ii takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Xahli Ii sneaks back into half guard.
Xahli Ii punching from the bottom.
Marida scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Xahli Ii trying to control from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Marida there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Xahli Ii has hold of Marida's hands but Marida slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Marida working Xahli Ii over with strikes.
Xahli Ii flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Xahli Ii punching from the bottom.
Marida winds up and cracks Xahli Ii with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Xahli Ii punching from the bottom.
Xahli Ii missing with punches from the bottom.
Marida will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Xahli Ii trying to control here.
Xahli Ii has hold of Marida's hands but Marida slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marida blocks the strikes from Xahli Ii.
Xahli Ii striking from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Marida dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Marida closes the distance and pushes Xahli Ii back into the cage.
Marida is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Xahli Ii can do to turn this around?
Marida lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Xahli Ii flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Marida winds up and cracks Xahli Ii with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Xahli Ii misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Xahli Ii is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Marida's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Marida's back!
Xahli Ii throwing damaging strikes from the back! Marida could be in trouble here!
Marida wants to get back to his feet.
Xahli Ii scores with punches and elbows.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marida is trying to get back to his feet but Xahli Ii has full control of the position and if anything, Marida has just worked his way into a worse spot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Xahli Ii lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Xahli Ii.
Xahli Ii lands strikes to the head.
Marida is rocked!
Marida wants to get back to his feet.
Oh Marida is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Marida is taking damage to the body and head.
Xahli Ii scoring with big shots to the body. Marida is looking for a way out. A despairing look towards the ref and the official steps in to stop the fight. Marida was obviously done but didn't want to tap out.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xavier Xahli Ii!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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