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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Doug Marsh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sumi Gaeshi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gaeshi comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Welcome to the Jungle kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Doug Marsh has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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185 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Doug Marsh!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Sumi Gaeshi!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gaeshi tries to clinch but Marsh is having none of it.
Gaeshi is looking to chop away at Marsh's legs.
Marsh closes the distance and clinches.
Marsh goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marsh lands with a light punch inside.
Marsh works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Marsh makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gaeshi is rocked!
Marsh throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Gaeshi works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Marsh advances to half guard.
Gaeshi pushes Marsh off and gets back to his feet.
Gaeshi clinches but Marsh breaks the clinch
and Marsh counters by moving into the clinch.
Marsh goes for a takedown attempt but Gaeshi pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Gaeshi gets caught flat footed, as Marsh shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Marsh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gaeshi working a defensive guard here.
Marsh slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Marsh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Marsh lands strikes from half guard.
Gaeshi is still in real trouble! Can Marsh finish him?
Gaeshi regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gaeshi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Marsh doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Marsh manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Marsh scoring with punches to the head and body.
Marsh makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Gaeshi scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Gaeshi misses with a head kick.
Gaeshi looks gassed!
Gaeshi tries to clinch but Marsh moves away
and Marsh moves into the clinch.
Gaeshi is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
A body shot lands from Marsh.
Marsh has clasped his hands together around Gaeshi's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Gaeshi seems to have recovered his senses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marsh landing strikes.
Gaeshi takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Gaeshi is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Gaeshi wants to get back to his feet.
Marsh working the head with strikes.
Marsh lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Marsh scoring with punches and elbows.
Marsh cracks Gaeshi with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Marsh grinds an elbow into Gaeshi's temple.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marsh scoring with punches and elbows.
Gaeshi taking punishment in the form of punches.
Marsh in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Marsh tries to advance to mount but Gaeshi denies him.
Marsh misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
The strikes coming from Marsh are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Marsh scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh working the head with strikes.
Gaeshi tries to improve position but can't.
Marsh cracks Gaeshi with a big elbow.
Gaeshi regains half guard.
Marsh is nestled in close to Gaeshi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Marsh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Marsh missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Marsh takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nice strikes from Marsh there.
Marsh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Marsh working over Gaeshi with some ground and pound. Gaeshi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gaeshi is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Marsh pulls his head out easily.
Marsh lands strikes from half guard.
Gaeshi wants to control but Marsh is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Marsh working Gaeshi over with strikes.
Marsh is nestled in close to Gaeshi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gaeshi trying to control but Marsh postures up.
Marsh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marsh working Gaeshi over with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Gaeshi is looking to improve his position.
Gaeshi is looking to control Marsh's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gaeshi avoid being mounted?
Marsh is nestled in close to Gaeshi, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Marsh looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gaeshi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gaeshi taking some punishment here, with Marsh in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Marsh there.
Gaeshi actively working from the bottom here.
Marsh working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marsh winds up and cracks Gaeshi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Marsh seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nice strikes from Marsh there.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gaeshi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doug Marsh dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gaeshi keeps the fight on the outside.
Marsh is looking to clinch but Gaeshi is avoiding it.
Marsh closes the distance and clinches up with Gaeshi, looking for a takedown. Marsh pushes Gaeshi against the cage but Gaeshi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Marsh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gaeshi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Marsh fails to land the takedown.
Marsh misses with a takedown attempt - Gaeshi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Doug Marsh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marsh fails with an attempt to clinch.
Marsh closes the distance and clinches up with Gaeshi, looking for a takedown. Marsh pushes Gaeshi against the cage but Gaeshi circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Marsh is looking to clinch.
Sumi Gaeshi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gaeshi circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No luck for Marsh with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh is looking to clinch but Gaeshi is avoiding it.
Gaeshi swats away the attempt to clinch by Marsh.
Marsh doesn't manage to clinch there - Gaeshi circles away.
Marsh shoots in but no luck this time.
Marsh tries to clinch up but Gaeshi circles away and keeps his distance.
Marsh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Marsh closes the distance looking to clinch
and Gaeshi counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Marsh!
Marsh keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Marsh on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Marsh tries to get out of the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sumi Gaeshi showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Gaeshi lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Gaeshi closes this distance looking for a takedown but Marsh circles away.
Gaeshi gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Gaeshi wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Marsh throws a big right hand that misses.
Marsh scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Marsh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Gaeshi manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Marsh flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gaeshi working Marsh over with strikes here.
Gaeshi lands a big elbow.
Gaeshi takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Let's hope that Gaeshi has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Gaeshi has taken his back.
Gaeshi is hanging on to Marsh's back as he tries to escape.
Gaeshi trying to control momentarily.
Gaeshi is hanging on to Marsh's back as he tries to escape.
Marsh manages to reverse the position and now he's in Gaeshi's guard. Nice work there by Marsh.
Marsh chips away with some ground and pound.
Marsh wants to control from the top but Gaeshi keeps moving.
Gaeshi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marsh with a nice head shot there.
Marsh passes Gaeshi's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Marsh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Marsh working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Marsh.
Gaeshi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Gaeshi gets back to full guard.
Gaeshi looking to control.
Gaeshi avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gaeshi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marsh distracts Gaeshi with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Marsh throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Marsh has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Marsh throwing strikes but missing.
Marsh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Marsh tries to free his leg and advance position but Gaeshi is retaining full guard.
Gaeshi escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Marsh gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gaeshi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marsh is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh tries to stand but Gaeshi is controlling from the bottom.
Marsh landing with the ground and pound.
Marsh is pushing down on Gaeshi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gaeshi is fighting to maintain full guard but Marsh has managed to sneak the leg through.
Marsh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gaeshi can do to turn this around?
Marsh working over Gaeshi with some ground and pound. Gaeshi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Marsh looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Marsh working the head and body with strikes.
Marsh prevents Gaeshi from standing back up.
Doug Marsh overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Gaeshi gets full guard.
Marsh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Marsh passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Marsh advances nicely into full mount.
Marsh landing punches.
Marsh putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
It looks like Sumi Gaeshi has been cut.
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!
Marsh in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Marsh looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Marsh with good strikes from the mount here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsh landing strikes, looking to finish!
Marsh scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Marsh looking to finish Gaeshi with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gaeshi!
That has opened up Sumi Gaeshi's cut even more.
Marsh lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
The cut above Sumi Gaeshi's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Gaeshi is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Gaeshi wants to hold on but Marsh pushes him away.
Gaeshi might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Marsh kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Gaeshi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Marsh working the ground and pound effectively.
Marsh raining down shots from the mount!
Gaeshi is bucking up trying to escape but Marsh cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marsh scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gaeshi?
Marsh working Gaeshi over with strikes here.
Marsh scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gaeshi?
Gaeshi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Marsh lands a nice shot to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Doug Marsh showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Marsh has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Doug Marsh!
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