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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ezekiel Marley (ranked 2 p4p, 61 weight class) and Kjetil Olsen (ranked 1 p4p, 10 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Marley might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to WANTED. Olsen is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Tubthumping by Chumbawamba. Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Kjetil Olsen enters the cage!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ezekiel Marley!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kjetil Olsen!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Olsen lands a front kick.
Marley takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Olsen throws a wild body kick that Marley sees coming a mile off.
Marley moves out of range of the strikes.
Olsen throws a head kick that misses
and Marley counters with a slapping leg kick.
We've been told by Marley's head coaches at Convicted Fight Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Olsen loads up on a big right hand but Marley slips the punch.
It looked like Marley wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Olsen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Olsen throws a wild body kick that Marley sees coming a mile off.
Marley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Marley is looking to counter punch.
Olsen feints and then cracks Marley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Marley down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marley moves out of range as Olsen strikes.
Marley walks into a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Olsen as he connects with a hook.
Marley lands a head shot.
It looks like Kjetil Olsen has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley with the inside leg kick.
Marley takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
It looks like Ezekiel Marley has been cut.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Marley.
Olsen scores with a sloppy right hand. Marley should have avoided that one.
Marley thows a left - swing and a miss!
Olsen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Olsen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marley manages to avoid it.
Olsen has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Good leg kick by Olsen.
Olsen is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Olsen lands with a hook. Marley tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Olsen looks to throw a body kick
and Marley counters with a nice right hand that sends Olsen toppling to the canvas! Olsen scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Marley finish him?!
Olsen is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Olsen misses with a hook
and Marley makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Olsen is still on wobbly legs! Can Marley finish him?
Olsen is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Olsen crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Marley - the referee stops the clock and Olsen gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Marley. Olsen manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Olsen looks winded!
Marley connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Olsen seems to have recovered his senses.
Olsen missing with a left hand there. Marley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Olsen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Olsen blocks a low kick nicely.
A big right from Olsen misses.
Marley defending well as Olsen loads up on a big left hand.
A counter left hand to the body from Marley misses its target.
Marley moves out of range of the strikes.
Marley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Marley throws the kick towards the body but Olsen avoids it.
Marley doesn't manage to clinch there - Olsen circles away.
Marley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Olsen.
Olsen looks for the body kick but Marley saw that one coming.
Marley steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Olsen.
Olsen throws a low kick, looking for Marley's leg but Marley calmly moves out of range.
Olsen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Marley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Olsen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marley. That did some damage!
Marley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Olsen.
A big right from Olsen misses.
Marley tried to counter with a leg kick but Olsen avoided it.
Olsen lands with an uppercut that bounces Marley off the cage and back into range.
Marley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Olsen was well out of range. Poor timing from Marley.
Olsen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Olsen misses with a leg kick
and Marley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Marley checks the leg kick nicely there.
A jab from Olsen does it's job there.
A nice inside leg kick there by Olsen. That's going to slow Marley down.
Olsen swings for the body but Marley moves out of range.
Olsen throws a leg kick which misses Marley's front leg but catches the back leg as Marley tries to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley defending well as Olsen loads up on a big left hand.
Marley thinks about countering with a body kick.
Olsen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olsen motions for Marley to come forward. Olsen throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Olsen throws a leg kick which misses Marley's front leg but catches the back leg as Marley tries to avoid it.
Olsen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marley counters with a beautiful right hand that knocks Olsen out cold! What a finish! Marley is going crazy, running around the mat, summersaulting off the corner posts and screaming into the cameras. Something tells me he's pretty happy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ezekiel Marley!
Ezekiel Marley retains his heavyweight title!
After winning the bout, Ezekiel Marley thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
The defeated Kjetil Olsen had this to say: 'Owie!'.
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hype
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