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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Raphael Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Amadeus Astra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Astra has chosen Once in a Lifetime as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphael Marciano!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Amadeus Astra!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Astra closes the distance and clinches.
Astra lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Astra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Astra has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Marciano is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Marciano landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Astra fails to pull guard.
Marciano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Astra is looking to take this one to the mat.
Raphael Marciano has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Amadeus Astra.
Marciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Marciano misses with a knee to the head.
A short left from Marciano.
Astra blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Astra trying to control the position but instead, Marciano has worked for underhooks and has pushed Astra into the ropes.
Astra misses with the head strike.
Astra gets control of Marciano's arms and successfully pulls guard. Astra will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Marciano wants to control from the top but Astra keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marciano preventing the sweep.
Marciano has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Astra has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Marciano can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Marciano trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Astra looking to control.
Marciano showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Astra keeping full guard, as Marciano tries to pass.
Astra throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Astra is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Astra is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Marciano controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Astra is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Astra being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Raphael Marciano just wasn't active enough.
Marciano throws a big shot that misses.
Raphael Marciano is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Marciano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marciano tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Astra manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano doesn't manage to clinch there - Astra circles away.
Marciano looks to land a body kick but Astra moved away.
Astra misses with a straight left.
Astra checks the leg kick.
Astra tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Marciano swivels and escapes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Astra. Marciano does a little dance to reset his feet.
Marciano throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Marciano misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Astra.
Astra moves out of range of the leg kick from Marciano.
Astra looks to score with a jab to the body but Marciano is just out of range.
Marciano misses with a low kick.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marciano looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marciano misses with a two punch combination.
Marciano clinches up with Astra and pushes him back against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Astra.
Astra throws a punch but it's blocked by Marciano.
Astra jumps guard and drags Marciano to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Astra isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Marciano stacks Astra on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Marciano!
Marciano is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Astra will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Marciano tries to move to mount but Astra blocks the move with his legs.
Astra is trying to get back to half guard.
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!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marciano decides to stand back up.
Marciano ducks under a wild hook from Astra.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raphael Marciano dominated that 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.
Astra shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Marciano just misses with a punch to the body.
Astra throws a jab but it's blocked by Marciano.
Astra looks to throw the jab but Marciano is out of range.
Marciano tries to close the distance and clinch but Astra swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Astra throws out a loose jab but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Astra shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Marciano defends it nicely.
Marciano closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Astra throws out a loose jab but Marciano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marciano looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Marciano smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Astra misses with a shot to the body
and Marciano counters with a left right combination that sends Astra crashing to the mat - Marciano wastes no time in diving on top of him and pounding Astra out for a TKO! Devastating finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Raphael Marciano!
Raphael Marciano thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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