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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jim Yankee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Lawrence (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lawrence has chosen MAO~ as his entrance music. Marcus Lawrence has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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178 lbs
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182 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jim Yankee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Marcus Lawrence!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lawrence throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Yankee throws a head kick that misses.
Yankee tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Lawrence manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Yankee jabs Lawrence to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Yankee gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Lawrence taking a breather.
Yankee lands a right hand that snaps the head of Lawrence backwards.
Yankee stalling.
Yankee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lawrences head.
Lawrence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yankee landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Yankee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lawrences head.
Yankee is leaning against Lawrence and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lawrence blocks the elbow strike.
Yankee lands a damaging elbow.
Yankee lands a body shot.
Lawrence looks gassed!
Yankee has Lawrence pushed against the cage.
Lawrence swings wildly with an uppercut but Yankee uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Yankee on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankee lands with a right to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Lawrence fails to land.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Yankee seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Yankee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yankee gets through Lawrence's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Yankee lands a nice uppercut.
Lawrence throws a head punch that misses.
Yankee creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Lawrence's defenses.
Yankee throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Yankee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yankee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yankee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lawrence tries to throw a body punch but Yankee avoids it by throwing Lawrence back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Yankee scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Yankee is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Lawrence is defending well for now.
Lawrence takes an elbow to the temple.
Yankee pushes Lawrence back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Lawrence fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Yankee landing knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Lawrence fails to land.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A shot in the inside from Yankee.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lawrence.
Yankee is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Lawrence throws a punch but it's blocked by Yankee.
Yankee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Yankee lands a nice elbow.
Yankee throws a punch but it's blocked by Lawrence.
Lawrence misses with some punches.
Yankee lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Yankee landing knees to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yankee with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Yankee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lawrence tries a body shot but Yankee blocks it.
Lawrence lands a shot to the body.
Yankee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yankee connects with a knee to the head.
A short left from Yankee.
Yankee throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Lawrences head.
Yankee stalling in the clinch.
Lawrence blocks an elbow strike.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yankee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yankee.
Yankee taking a breather.
Yankee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yankee lands a damaging elbow.
Yankee lands a left hand.
Lawrence looking to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Yankee.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Yankee has Lawrence pressed against the cage.
Yankee scores with a hook to the body.
Lawrence lands with a left to the head.
Lawrence takes a knee right on the jaw!
Yankee tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Lawrence avoids it.
Lawrence misses with some punches.
A body shot lands from Yankee.
Yankee struggles to land a body shot inside as Lawrence controls his hands.
Yankee misses with an elbow strike.
Yankee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lawrence scores with a shot to the side of Yankee's head.
Yankee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yankee displaying some good clinch control by pressing Lawrence up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Yankee missing with knees to the body.
Yankee blocking some punches.
Yankee prevents a body shot from Lawrence.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Yankee dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Yankee takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Yankee instigates a clinch.
Yankee with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Yankee misses with a punch on the inside.
Yankee lands a body punch in the clinch.
Lawrence takes a shot to the head.
Yankee is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Yankee blocks an uppercut.
Jim Yankee has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lawrence swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yankee lands with a right to the head.
Yankee misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yankee.
Yankee scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Yankee is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yankee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankee misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yankee gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Lawrence on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Lawrence takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Yankee.
Nice body punch from Yankee - that landed with a thud.
Yankee cracks Lawrence with a nice body shot.
Yankee stalls.
Lawrence struggles to land a body shot inside as Yankee controls his hands.
Yankee's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A head punch on the inside from Lawrence fails to land.
Lawrence digs a right hand into Yankee's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Yankee's gas tank.
Yankee lands a hook to the side of the head.
Yankee lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Lawrence is breathing heavily.
Yankee stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Yankee on the inside.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yankee.
Yankee lands a left hand that snaps the head of Lawrence backwards.
Lawrence works on Yankee's body with a couple of short punches.
Lawrence working aggressively here.
Yankee misses with the head strike.
Yankee lands a knee to the body.
A right hand to the body from Yankee.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A body shot lands from Yankee.
Yankee pushes Lawrence back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A bit of stalling here from Yankee.
Lawrence swings wildly with an uppercut but Yankee uses good head movement to avoid it.
Yankee lands an elbow inside.
Lawrence swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yankee stalling the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Yankee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yankee takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Jim Yankee.
Yankee tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Yankee. Lawrence shrugs it off though.
Yankee throws a wild body kick that Lawrence sees coming a mile off.
Lawrence avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Lawrence walks forward, straight into a front kick from Yankee.
Lawrence shoots in looking for a takedown. Yankee tries to sprawl out of it but Lawrence keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Yankee manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice shot lands for Yankee.
Yankee misses with a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lawrence tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Yankee works the jab nicely.
Yankee uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Lawrence has time to react.
A leg kick checked by Lawrence.
Yankee will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lawrence shoots for a takedown but Yankee saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Yankee lands with a thumping leg kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lawrence checks the leg kick.
Jim Yankee is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Lawrence takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Yankee moves in looking to clinch but Lawrence pushes him off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Yankee tries to clinch but Lawrence is having none of it.
Yankee connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yankee misses with a low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jim Yankee dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A good leg kick by Yankee.
Lawrence swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lawrence throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Yankee sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Yankee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lawrence can do to turn this around?
Lawrence closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Yankee looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yankee misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lawrence cracks Yankee with an open hand slap.
Yankee misses with a head kick.
Lawrence tries to bum rush Yankee with a series of wild strikes but Yankee uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yankee throws a hook to the side of Lawrence's head but Lawrence sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lawrence throws a big shot that misses.
Lawrence throws a big shot that misses.
Yankee forces Lawrence back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yankee content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Lawrence misses with the head strike.
Lawrence on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Yankee trying to land knees to the body.
Lawrence misses with the head strike.
A short body shot lands from Yankee as the two fighters clinch.
Come on Yankee - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Yankee scores with a shoulder strike.
Yankee digs a right hand underneath Lawrence's ribcage. Lawrence let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yankee misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Lawrence.
Yankee lands a body shot in the clinch.
Yankee lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yankee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lawrence.
Lawrence takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Yankee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lawrence lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yankee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Lawrence blocks an uppercut.
Yankee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yankee is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yankee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lawrence backwards.
Yankee scores with a shoulder strike.
Yankee lands a body shot.
Lawrence blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Yankee slowing the pace effectively.
Yankee lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Yankee lands with a left to the head.
Yankee is pushing Lawrence up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Yankee using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Lawrence has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Yankee lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Yankee.
Lawrence is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Yankee lands with a light punch inside.
Yankee taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Marcus Lawrence has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A hook to the body from Yankee.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yankee misses with an elbow strike.
Yankee tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Yankee looking to stall.
Lawrence trying to control the position but instead, Yankee has worked for underhooks and has pushed Lawrence into the cage.
Yankee unloads a knee to the mid-section. Lawrence lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Yankee lands a shot to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Yankee.
Yankee slowing the pace effectively.
Yankee pushes Lawrence back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Yankee scores with a hook to the body.
Lawrence avoids the elbow strike from Yankee, against the cage.
Lawrence swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Yankee pushes Lawrence back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Yankee.
Yankee tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lawrence looking to slow down the pace here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yankee slowing the pace effectively.
Yankee unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A left hand lands to the body for Yankee.
Yankee lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lawrence backwards.
Lawrence misses with a short punch on the inside.
Yankee throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yankee pushes Lawrence back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Yankee taking a breather.
Yankee gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Yankee scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yankee comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yankee lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Yankee lands a nice knee to the body.
Lawrence throws a head punch that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jim Yankee showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Yankee 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 30:25
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jim Yankee!
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