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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Katana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlin McCann (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Katana comes to the ring accompanied by Baby got back. McCann has chosen Highway to Hell (AC/DC) as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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156 lbs
12 - 12 - 0 |
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149 lbs
6 - 5 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 12 - 0, fighting out of London, James Katana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Marlin McCann!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Richard Clark and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCann moves forwards but Katana connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McCann misses with a left hand
and Katana counters with a nice uppercut.
McCann misses with a lunging right hand
and Katana counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Katana.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
McCann wants to stand and escape but Katana is having none of it.
Katana stands up from McCann's guard - Katana perhaps looking for a knockout.
Katana ducks under a wild hook from McCann.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCann throws a big shot that misses.
Katana slaps away a takedown attempt from McCann, before circling back to the center of the mat.
McCann swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McCann bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCann fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCann misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Katana.
Katana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCann.
McCann missing with a left hand there. Katana was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Katana is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McCann.
McCann throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Katana counter with a right hand.
McCann gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Marlin McCann seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCann pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCann throws a right hand that misses
and Katana counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Katana paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
McCann fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A swing and a miss from McCann.
McCann is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Katana cracks McCann with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katana fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches McCann on the side of the head.
McCann shoots and misses
letting Katana counter with a right hand.
James Katana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marlin McCann.
A jab from Katana misses.
Katana is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Katana scores with a nice head shot.
Katana is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Katana scores with a crisp jab that stopped McCann in his tracks.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big right from Katana misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Katana dominated that round.
That's time! Katana's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
McCann misses with a double jab
and McCann takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McCann takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Katana scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Katana lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Katana connects with the punch.
Katana misses the jab.
McCann tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Katana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katana sizes up McCann with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Katana throws a big shot that misses.
McCann slips a straight right by Katana.
Katana lands a lovely overhand right.
McCann showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Katana.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katana leaves McCann with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Katana slips a jab and a cross from McCann.
James Katana is winning the standup battle so far.
A shot to the body from McCann misses
and Katana counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Katana fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Katana staying out of range there.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from McCann.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from McCann misses its intended target.
Nice shot by Katana.
Katana moves out of range of the strikes.
Katana slaps away a takedown attempt from McCann, before circling back to the center of the mat.
James Katana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marlin McCann.
Katana swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by McCann.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Katana scores with a nice right hand.
Katana clobbers McCann with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A punch combination from McCann misses.
McCann takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McCann tries to bum rush Katana with a series of wild strikes but Katana uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McCann swings for the body but Katana moves out of range.
McCann waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Katana.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Katana 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!
McCann shoots for a takedown but Katana saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Katana rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McCann moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McCann misses with a looping left.
Katana thows a left - swing and a miss!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from McCann is defended easily by Katana.
McCann ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Katana throws a jab when McCann was well out of range.
McCann lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Katana dips to his left and cracks McCann with an uppercut!
McCann throws a lazy uppercut
and Katana counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Katana ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Katana bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps McCann's head backwards.
Katana keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McCann.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Katana looks to throw the jab but McCann is out of range.
McCann is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Katana.
Katana lands a nice looking body shot.
McCann stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McCann swinging wildly here.
McCann shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Katana sprawls well. Katana wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. McCann gets slowly back to his feet.
James Katana has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marlin McCann.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCann misses with a double jab
and Katana counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCann has Katana up against the ropes in a clinch.
Katana's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McCann gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Katana bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McCann misses with a left hand
and Katana cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by McCann.
Katana throws a series of punches but McCann avoids them all with ease.
Nice straight punches there by Katana. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Katana.
McCann just misses with a punch to the body.
Katana throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around McCann's waist but McCann gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Katana off to one side.
McCann misses with a double jab
and McCann takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to James Katana.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Katana, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Donald Grub scores the fight for James Katana!
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight for James Katana!
Judge James Atkins scores the fight for James Katana!
James Katana wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking James Katana made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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hype
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