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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Marsden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Anton Walter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marsden comes to the cage accompanied by Shot to the Double Glock by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Brandon Marsden!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 19 - 2, fighting out of London, Anton Walter!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Phil Schofield and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marsden misses with a takedown attempt - Walter sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Marsden misses with a wild body shot.
Walter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Marsden clinches up against the cage.
Walter is trying to pull guard but Marsden turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Marsden tries to circle away but Walter has him pinned against the cage.
Marsden lands a left hand.
Marsden goes for a takedown in the clinch but Walter prevents it.
Walter tries to land knees in the clinch but Marsden avoids the damage to the body.
Marsden is trying to force a seperation but Walter has the dominant position.
Marsden lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Walter's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Walter wants to clinch up but Marsden keeps it at a distance.
Walter with a poor takedown
and Marsden cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've been hearing reports that Marsden has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Walter moves in looking to clinch but Marsden pushes him off.
Marsden throws a looping overhand right but Walter ducks down to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marsden. Walter does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter tries to close the distance and clinch but Marsden swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marsden throws a right and a left that Walter avoids nicely.
Marsden throws a hook but Walter blocks it.
Horrible takedown by Marsden or perhaps it was just good defense by Walter which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brandon Marsden. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Walter throws a combination. Marsden tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Marsden connects with a nice looking jab.
Marsden throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Walter on the side of the head.
Walter shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Walter showed some decent athleticism there.
Marsden moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Marsden preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walter has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Marsden is proving hard to escape from.
Walter trying to control but Marsden is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter forces his way into half guard.
Marsden makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Marsden.
Walter wants to control from the top but Marsden keeps moving.
Walter drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Marsden manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Walter has Marsden in his guard.
Walter preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Walter utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Marsden has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Marsden drops back looking for a leg! Walter is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Walter manages to kick Marsden off! Marsden jumps back into Walter's guard.
Marsden is looking to work some ground and pound but Walter has wrist control.
Marsden throwing strikes from guard but Walter blocks nicely.
Walter is trying to keep Marsden in close.
Walter lands a good elbow from the bottom.
Marsden works over Walter with some ground and pound from guard.
Marsden postures up in Walter's guard and throws a big left but Walter blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Walter is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Walter looking for a sweep. Not yet Walter, not yet.
Walter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Marsden trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Marsden stops Walter from standing up.
Marsden scoring with some ground and pound.
Walter working a defensive guard here.
Marsden is in close to Walter's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Walter is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Marsden is aware though and is defending well.
Walter told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Marsden stands and throws Walter's legs to the side, diving into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Brandon Marsden will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Walter tries to keep at a distance but Marsden has taken the fight into the clinch.
Walter landing knees to the head.
It looks like Brandon Marsden has been cut.
Marsden has a couple of punches blocked by Walter.
Marsden blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marsden managing to block the knees to the body from Walter.
Marsden pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Walter shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Walter prevents Marsden from improving his position.
Walter is keen to just control but Marsden is a slippery customer.
Marsden is looking to improve his position.
Walter wants to work for an arm triangle but Marsden is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Anton Walter has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walter is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Marsden tries to get to full guard but Walter has control of the leg.
Walter throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Walter not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marsden slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Walter trying to control the position from guard on top but Marsden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marsden looking for subs off his back but Walter has passed one foot through into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsden gets full guard.
Walter preventing the sweep.
Walter would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Walter slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Marsden gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Marsden is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Walter's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Walter's back!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Walter wants to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Walter tries to escape the position.
Marsden scores with punches and elbows.
Marsden lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
Walter can't escape the position.
Walter looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marsden is landing with strikes. Walter can't take much more of this.
Marsden lands with a hammerfist to the side of Walter's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marsden controlling well, preventing Walter from escaping the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Walter is looking for a way out.
Walter rolls, trying to escape but Marsden keeps control of the position.
Marsden is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
You can see the frustration on Walter's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Marsden lands a shot to the head.
Marsden is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Marsden gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Marsden gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Marsden apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Walter is rocked!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Walter doesn't manage to clinch there - Marsden circles away.
Walter shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Marsden cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Walter ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marsden moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Marsden dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Marsden's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Walter throws a series of strikes that have Marsden backpedaling.
The fighters circling - Marsden throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marsden shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Walter manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Marsden in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Walter holds on and takes a little breather.
Walter is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Walter wants to stand up but Marsden is controlling him.
Marsden pushes down on Walter's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Walter is pressing down on Marsden's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsden chips away with some ground and pound.
Marsden postures up and lands a big shot to Walter's brow.
Marsden works over Walter with some ground and pound from guard.
Marsden postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Walter working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Marsden.
Marsden prevents Walter from getting back to his feet.
Marsden tries to free his leg and advance position but Walter is retaining full guard.
Marsden working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Marsden looking to pass the guard.
Marsden postures up.
Marsden missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Marsden working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Walter wants to get back to his feet but Marsden passes into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Walter has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Marsden is working away from the top position though.
Marsden lands strikes from half guard.
Walter wants to control but Marsden is keeping busy.
Walter wants to get back to his feet.
Walter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Walter has hold of Marsden's hands but Marsden slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Walter trying to control but Marsden postures up.
Walter on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walter has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Marsden is working away from the top position though.
Walter misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Walter wants to get back to his feet.
Marsden wants to work for an arm triangle but Walter is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Marsden is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Walter is trying to stand.
Marsden misses with a head shot. Walter uses the momentum to regain guard.
Marsden works over Walter with some ground and pound from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marsden advances to half guard.
Marsden wants to pass to mount but Walter is defending the position.
Walter pushes Marsden off looking to stand but Marsden dives back in and keeps control.
Walter wants to control but Marsden is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Walter is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Marsden looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marsden throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Anton Walter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marsden works his way into side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Marsden showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Marsden, 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brandon Marsden!
Post fight, Brandon Marsden stared into the camera and said 'A weakling like you doesn't deserve fists to fight with, now go fade to nothingness!'.
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