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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ovidio Kiran (ranked 539 p4p, 754 weight class) and Marcellus Legionarius (ranked 85 p4p, 112 weight class). Kiran comes to the cage accompanied by Katmandu. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ovidio Kiran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcellus Legionarius!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiran swings for the body but Legionarius moves out of range.
Legionarius unleashes a big counter combination but Kiran bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Legionarius lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Kiran misses with a straight left.
Kiran misses with a looping right.
Legionarius motions for Kiran to come forward. Legionarius throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Legionarius slips a jab from Kiran.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Legionarius, as that shot connected.
Legionarius throws a series of punches but Kiran moves out of range.
Kiran fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Legionarius manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Legionarius! But no joy.
Kiran avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A big left from Kiran misses.
Legionarius throws a right and a left that Kiran avoids nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legionarius blocks a jab.
We've been told by Kiran's head coaches at Brooklyn Mixed Martial Arts that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Legionarius tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Legionarius drops his hands momentarily and Kiran takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
It looks like Marcellus Legionarius has been cut.
Kiran throws a jab when Legionarius was well out of range.
Legionarius rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kiran moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Legionarius throws out a loose jab but Kiran uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiran throws a shot from downtown. Legionarius moves away and avoids it.
Legionarius moves forwards but Kiran connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Legionarius takes one to the chin there.
Kiran uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Legionarius has time to react.
Kiran avoids the head kick by Legionarius.
Kiran is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Kiran on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kiran. Legionarius does a little dance to reset his feet.
Legionarius avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kiran throws a jab when Legionarius was well out of range.
Kiran throws a jab when Legionarius was well out of range.
Legionarius unleashes a big counter combination but Kiran bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A jab from Kiran misses.
Kiran checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Legionarius attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A jab from Kiran misses.
Kiran slips a jab and a cross from Legionarius.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Legionarius.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legionarius keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kiran.
Sloppy strikes from Legionarius. Those never looked like landing.
Kiran is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Legionarius misses with the combination.
Kiran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Legionarius moves away.
Legionarius displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kiran throws out the jab.
Kiran swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Despite the aggression on Legionarius's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Legionarius attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A shot to the liver by Kiran. Beautiful body shot.
Kiran cracks Legionarius with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ovidio Kiran seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Legionarius takes one to the chin there.
Legionarius keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kiran.
Legionarius throws a right and a left that both miss.
Legionarius ducks right into an uppercut from Kiran.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiran's corner calls for a 1-2. Kiran obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Kiran throws a big shot that misses.
Kiran misses the shot to the body.
Legionarius throws a lazy uppercut
and Kiran makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Legionarius misses with a straight right.
Legionarius showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kiran.
Good work by Kiran as he checks the leg kick.
Legionarius slips a straight right by Kiran.
Legionarius lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Kiran backs up against the cage.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kiran.
Kiran is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Legionarius misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kiran works the jab nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Legionarius takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Legionarius looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kiran thuds his right hand into Legionarius's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kiran lands with a shot to the body.
Kiran loads up on a big right hand but Legionarius slips the punch.
A slow jab from Kiran misses its intended target.
Legionarius throws a counter combo.
Kiran lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Legionarius gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Legionarius misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kiran looks to throw the jab but Legionarius is out of range.
The fighters circling - Kiran throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Legionarius let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kiran throws a jab when Legionarius was well out of range.
Kiran misses with a jab to the body
and Legionarius counters with a stiff right hand.
Donk. Kiran catches Legionarius right on the button with a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Legionarius fails to land with a series of punches.
Kiran misses the jab.
Kiran moves out of range as Legionarius throws a body kick.
No joy there for Legionarius, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ovidio Kiran dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marcellus Legionarius's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kiran throws out a powerful jab.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Kiran!
Kiran dodges the punch combination from Legionarius.
Kiran connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Legionarius slips under a jab.
Kiran scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Legionarius throws a leg kick that is checked
letting Kiran counter with a right hand.
Kiran scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Legionarius throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Legionarius ducks under a wild hook from Kiran.
Kiran misses with a straight left.
Kiran getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Legionarius throws a chopping leg kick but Kiran manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kiran with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiran darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Legionarius tries to land a leg kick but Kiran saw it coming and moves away.
Legionarius throws a leg kick but Kiran sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kiran listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Legionarius keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kiran misses with a two punch combination.
Legionarius has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Kiran waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Legionarius.
A shot to the liver by Kiran. Beautiful body shot.
Kiran lands with an overhand left.
Kiran stuns Legionarius with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kiran missing with a left hand there. Legionarius was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Legionarius keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kiran.
Left hook, right uppercut from Legionarius.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kiran throws a shot from downtown. Legionarius moves away and avoids it.
Legionarius feints a counter leg kick.
Kiran looks to land a left hand but Legionarius moved out of range nicely.
Kiran dodges the punch combination from Legionarius.
Kiran is looking for a counter combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius defending well as Kiran loads up on a big left hand.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Legionarius crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Kiran - the referee stops the clock and Legionarius gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Kiran. Legionarius manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Kiran throws a half hearted mid kick.
Kiran swings for the body but Legionarius moves out of range.
A little jabbing left from Legionarius on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Kiran connects with a nice looking jab.
Kiran lands with a nice body kick.
Legionarius misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kiran is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Legionarius slips a jab from Kiran.
Legionarius moves out of range as Kiran strikes.
Kiran ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Legionarius moves away.
Kiran lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Legionarius uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kiran.
A combination from Legionarius does no damage.
Legionarius takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Legionarius! But no joy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Legionarius might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Kiran has got the better of the exchanges.
Jab, jab by Kiran - just one landing.
That has opened up Marcellus Legionarius's cut even more.
Legionarius moves away from the strike by Kiran.
Kiran works over Legionarius's head and body with a nice combination.
Kiran lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kiran checks a low kick from Legionarius.
Legionarius misses with a straight right.
Legionarius bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Kiran's head backwards.
Kiran scores with a jab to the body.
Legionarius throws a lazy head kick
letting Kiran counter with a right hand.
Kiran avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Legionarius throws a series of punches but Kiran avoids them all with ease.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Legionarius walks into a left hand.
Kiran waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Legionarius.
Kiran throws a nice looking combination but Legionarius bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiran slips a straight right by Legionarius.
Marcellus Legionarius is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kiran misses with a body kick.
Kiran blocks a head kick by Legionarius.
Kiran is looking to counter punch.
Kiran cracks Legionarius with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Kiran uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Legionarius has time to react.
Kiran lands with an uppercut that bounces Legionarius off the cage and back into range.
The cut above Marcellus Legionarius's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Kiran scores with a jab. Legionarius acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Jab by Legionarius.
Kiran lands a lovely overhand right.
No joy there for Legionarius, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Legionarius slips under a jab from Kiran.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Legionarius throws a series of punches but Kiran avoids them all with ease.
Kiran slips a jab and a cross from Legionarius.
Legionarius cracks Kiran with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Legionarius throws a nice looking combination but Kiran bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Kiran was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ovidio Kiran dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Marcellus Legionarius's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
A jab from Legionarius misses.
Kiran swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A decent looking cross lands there for Kiran.
Legionarius misses with a few strikes there.
Kiran scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Legionarius wants to land a leg kick but Kiran is out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Legionarius. Those never looked like landing.
Legionarius avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Legionarius lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kiran showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Legionarius.
Nice body punch from Kiran.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A lazy left from Kiran finds it's target.
Legionarius walks into a jab.
Legionarius throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kiran.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kiran lands a nice looking body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiran throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Legionarius closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Legionarius takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Legionarius ducks under a wild hook from Kiran.
Kiran is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Kiran misses with a looping right.
Legionarius lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kiran circles away quickly and effectively.
A little feinted left hand from Kiran on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Legionarius slips a straight right by Kiran.
Legionarius gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Kiran.
Kiran throws a hook but Legionarius avoids it easily.
Legionarius lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Kiran fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Legionarius on the side of the head.
Legionarius throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kiran lands the left hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kiran scores with a jab.
Kiran throws a jab but it's blocked by Legionarius.
Kiran lunges at Legionarius with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Legionarius's hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legionarius closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Legionarius looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Legionarius uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kiran.
Legionarius misses with a straight left.
Kiran is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Legionarius can do to turn this around?
Kiran takes a swing at Legionarius's ribcage but misses.
Legionarius fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kiran has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kiran throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Legionarius stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A big right from Legionarius misses.
Kiran connects with a looping right hand.
Legionarius takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Kiran misses with a straight right.
Kiran sizes up Legionarius with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Marcellus Legionarius's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Kiran misses with an uppercut.
Kiran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Legionarius.
Legionarius throws a series of punches but Kiran avoids them all with ease.
Kiran throws a big counter combination but Legionarius scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kiran loads up on a big right hand but Legionarius slips the punch.
Good work by Kiran as he checks the leg kick.
A jab from Kiran misses.
Legionarius is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Legionarius uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kiran.
Legionarius misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheers as Kiran lands an impressive looking overhand right. Legionarius doesn't seem phased though.
Legionarius waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kiran.
Marcellus Legionarius has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Ovidio Kiran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Kiran misses with a looping right.
Legionarius tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Legionarius misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Kiran connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Legionarius's hands.
Kiran bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Kiran misses the target.
Kiran missing with a left hand there. Legionarius was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kiran misses with a looping right.
Kiran scores with a nice strike.
Legionarius fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kiran checks it well.
Kiran throwing a counter right hand but Legionarius manages to avoid it.
Kiran lands a really nice looking cross but Legionarius seems unphased.
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!
Legionarius throws a right hand that Kiran ducks under and follows up with a left that Kiran also avoids with ease.
Legionarius lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Kiran lands a jab to Legionarius's midsection.
Legionarius throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kiran fakes the leg kick and cracks Legionarius in the body.
Kiran darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A clash of legs there as Kiran blocks the low kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kiran connects with a jab.
Kiran cracks Legionarius with a good jab.
Kiran scores with a jab to the body.
Legionarius throws a leg kick
and Kiran counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ovidio Kiran showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Kiran has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ovidio Kiran!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Ovidio Kiran waved his t-shirt featuring Brooklyn Apothecary's logo in front of the cameras.
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