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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Toti Rotiz (ranked 1285 p4p, 2171 weight class) and Marshall Praust (ranked 192 p4p, 313 weight class). Rotiz's entrance music is Southtown . A fine choice. Praust has chosen Holidays In The Sun as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Solid boxing
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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 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Toti Rotiz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Marshall Praust!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rotiz thows a leg kick but Praust checks it
and Praust connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A punch lands to the side of Praust 's head but he takes it in his stride.
It looks like Marshall Praust has been cut.
Nice defenses there by Praust.
Praust shoots in but Rotiz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Rotiz misses its target.
Praust works Rotiz's body with a nice hook.
Donk. Rotiz catches Praust right on the button with a cross.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rotiz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rotiz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Praust was well out of range. Poor timing from Rotiz.
Rotiz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Praust is out of range.
And Praust tries to counter it with a takedown but Rotiz pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Praust has his takedown stuffed
and Rotiz counters with a stiff right hand.
Rotiz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rotiz lunges at Praust with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Praust's hand.
A swing and a miss from Rotiz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Praust moves into the clinch.
Rotiz misses with a body punch.
A head punch on the inside from Rotiz fails to land.
Praust tries to land knees in the clinch but Rotiz avoids the damage to the body.
Rotiz is struggling to control the position.
Rotiz scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Praust.
Rotiz breaks from the clinch.
Rotiz shoots in looking for a takedown but Praust manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rotiz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Rotiz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Praust shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Praust was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Praust trying to control the action but Rotiz is working from the bottom.
Rotiz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rotiz is trying to control Praust's posture but Praust avoids it.
Praust working the ground and pound but Rotiz is defending the strikes.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rotiz tries to buck Praust off but Praust is having none of it.
Praust is putting a hurting on Rotiz here, landing some big shots from side control.
Rotiz is trying to improve his position.
Rotiz is working hard here to advance position.
An elbow from Praust crashes against the mat.
Praust scores with punches from side control.
Praust scores with punches from side control.
Rotiz is trying to control Praust's posture but Praust avoids it.
Rotiz managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Praust.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rotiz tries to control but Praust manages to take his back.
Praust lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
It looks like Toti Rotiz has been cut.
Rotiz can't escape the position.
Praust trying to control momentarily.
Rotiz wants to escape the position.
Praust wants to control but Rotiz is keeping busy.
Praust has the hooks in. Rotiz is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Rotiz tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Rotiz working to try and regain half guard.
Praust misses with a head shot.
Rotiz tries to hold on but Praust postures up.
Praust thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rotiz is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Praust dominating with strikes here.
Rotiz is looking to get to half guard.
Praust working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Toti Rotiz's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Toti Rotiz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Marshall Praust!
A victorious Marshall Praust thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Toti Rotiz was interviewed post fight and said 'I was hurt, my cat is sick, it's raining outside, heard someone fart in the arena... I should have never lost, I'm the real winner.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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