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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Zhang (ranked 1591 p4p, 869 weight class) and Gabriel Garcia Marquez (ranked 207 p4p, 120 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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 11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mauricio Zhang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gabriel Garcia Marquez!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Garcia Marquez tried to score with a low kick but Zhang checks it.
Zhang forces Garcia Marquez back against the cage and clinches.
Garcia Marquez breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Garcia Marquez throws a body shot but no joy.
Garcia Marquez is trying hard to land a takedown here. Zhang sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
A big left from Garcia Marquez misses.
Zhang closes the distance and clinches.
Garcia Marquez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Zhang doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcia Marquez circles away.
Garcia Marquez feints a counter leg kick.
Zhang checks a leg kick.
A left and a right from Garcia Marquez both land. Nice combination.
It looks like Mauricio Zhang has been cut.
Garcia Marquez throws a head kick that misses.
Zhang moves in looking to clinch but Garcia Marquez pushes him off.
Zhang tries to clinch up but Garcia Marquez circles away and keeps his distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Garcia Marquez.
Garcia Marquez throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zhang tries to clinch but Garcia Marquez is having none of it.
Zhang moves into range and clinches up with Garcia Marquez.
Zhang lands a nice shot to the body.
Garcia Marquez is trying to break the clinch but Zhang is controlling him.
Zhang tries to throw a body punch but Garcia Marquez avoids it by throwing Zhang back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garcia Marquez is looking to control Zhang's arms but Zhang gets an underhook and turns him. Now Garcia Marquez has his back to the cage.
Garcia Marquez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zhang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Zhang digs a right hand into Garcia Marquez's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Garcia Marquez's gas tank.
Garcia Marquez looks winded!
Zhang stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zhang stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Zhang lands a nice shot to the body.
A short left from Zhang.
A right handed body shot lands from Zhang.
Zhang digs a right hand underneath Garcia Marquez's ribcage. Garcia Marquez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Zhang scores with a shot to the side of Garcia Marquez's head.
Zhang tries to work over Garcia Marquez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Zhang.
A nice left hand lands by Zhang.
Zhang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garcia Marquez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zhang lands with a right to the head.
Zhang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Zhang misses with a body punch.
Zhang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garcia Marquezs head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhang lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zhang doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Garcia Marquez working hard to break the clinch.
Garcia Marquez has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Zhang seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Garcia Marquez can turn it around.
Zhang lands with a light punch inside.
Zhang tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Garcia Marquez blocks a body shot from Zhang.
Zhang blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zhang.
Zhang scores with a shot to the side of Garcia Marquez's head.
Garcia Marquez is trying to break the clinch but Zhang has him pressed against the cage.
Garcia Marquez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zhang tries to clinch there but Garcia Marquez circles away.
A swing and a miss from Garcia Marquez.
Zhang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Some bone on bone action there as Zhang checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Garcia Marquez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Garcia Marquez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zhang wants to clinch up but Garcia Marquez keeps it at a distance.
Zhang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Garcia Marquez breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhang bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia Marquez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Garcia Marquez throws a counter combo.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia Marquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zhang wants to clinch.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia Marquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zhang tries to clinch but Garcia Marquez moves out of range.
Zhang closes the distance but Garcia Marquez moves to the side
and Garcia Marquez counters with a right hand to the body.
Zhang is looking to clinch but Garcia Marquez is avoiding it.
Garcia Marquez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zhang moves in looking to clinch but Garcia Marquez pushes him off.
Garcia Marquez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Zhang tries to clinch but Garcia Marquez moves out of range.
Garcia Marquez throws a big counter head kick but Zhang avoids it with no problem.
A right-left combo lands from Garcia Marquez.
Zhang moves in looking to clinch but Garcia Marquez pushes him off.
Zhang is looking to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zhang is looking to clinch.
Zhang doesn't manage to clinch there - Garcia Marquez circles away.
Zhang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zhang blocks a head kick by Garcia Marquez.
The fight stays on the outside here - Zhang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Zhang wants to clinch up but Garcia Marquez keeps it at a distance.
Garcia Marquez throws a head kick but Zhang moves out of range.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia Marquez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Zhang is looking to clinch.
Zhang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zhang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zhang rushes Garcia Marquez and presses him up against the cage.
Zhang avoiding damage as Garcia Marquez throws knees to the body.
Zhang lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Garcia Marquez or not.
Zhang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Mauricio Zhang will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mauricio Zhang's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
That kick from Garcia Marquez tenderised Zhang's leg. Zhang is trying to keep his angry face on.
Garcia Marquez throws a head kick but Zhang moves out of range.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia Marquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zhang wants to clinch.
Garcia Marquez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Zhang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zhang moves in looking to clinch but Garcia Marquez pushes him off.
Garcia Marquez looks to score with a jab to the body but Zhang is just out of range.
Garcia Marquez misses with a wild body shot.
A head kick misses from Garcia Marquez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zhang tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garcia Marquez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Zhang is looking to clinch but Garcia Marquez is avoiding it.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Garcia Marquez paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia Marquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia Marquez thinks about the counter body kick.
Zhang has Garcia Marquez up against the cage in a clinch.
Zhang lands a left hand that snaps the head of Garcia Marquez backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhang tries a body shot but Garcia Marquez blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Zhang creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Zhang misses with a punch on the inside.
Garcia Marquez's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Garcia Marquez swats away the attempt to clinch by Zhang.
Garcia Marquez throws a sloppy head kick and Zhang moves out of range easily.
Zhang is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Zhang tries to clinch up.
Zhang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zhang tries to clinch up but Garcia Marquez circles away and keeps his distance.
Zhang tries to clinch but Garcia Marquez is having none of it.
Zhang tries to clinch but Garcia Marquez moves out of range.
Zhang on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Zhang tries to clinch but Garcia Marquez moves out of range.
Zhang moves out of range of the body kick from Garcia Marquez.
Zhang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Garcia Marquez doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Garcia Marquez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
An attempted straight right counter from Zhang misses the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhang gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Zhang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garcia Marquez breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mauricio Zhang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Zhang tries to clinch but Garcia Marquez moves out of range.
Garcia Marquez misses with a low kick.
Garcia Marquez circles away from the clinch attempt.
Zhang tries to clinch there but Garcia Marquez circles away.
Zhang avoids the body shot from Garcia Marquez.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zhang tries to clinch up.
Garcia Marquez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Garcia Marquez throws a head kick but Zhang moves out of range.
Zhang is looking to clinch.
Despite the aggression on Garcia Marquez's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Zhang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zhang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zhang is looking to clinch but Garcia Marquez is avoiding it.
Garcia Marquez throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Garcia Marquez throws a nice looking combination but Zhang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Garcia Marquez misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhang tries to clinch but Garcia Marquez moves out of range.
Garcia Marquez flicks out a counter leg kick but Zhang steps away.
Zhang moves out of range of the body kick from Garcia Marquez.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia Marquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia Marquez replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Zhang blocks it well.
Garcia Marquez throws a hook but Zhang blocks it.
Garcia Marquez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garcia Marquez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Zhang rushes Garcia Marquez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Garcia Marquez misses with a punch to the body.
Zhang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zhang misses with a punch to the body.
Garcia Marquez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia Marquez tries to break free but Zhang pushes him back against the cage.
Zhang blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Zhang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garcia Marquez backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Zhang.
Garcia Marquez is breathing heavily.
Zhang goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Garcia Marquez is trying to force a seperation but Zhang has the dominant position.
Zhang scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Zhang on the inside.
Zhang tries a body shot but Garcia Marquez blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Garcia Marquez working aggressively here.
Garcia Marquez working hard to break the clinch.
Mauricio Zhang has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Zhang digs a right hand underneath Garcia Marquez's ribcage. Garcia Marquez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zhang throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Garcia Marquezs head.
Zhang struggles to land a body shot inside as Garcia Marquez controls his hands.
Zhang tries to throw a body punch but Garcia Marquez avoids it by throwing Zhang back against the cage.
Garcia Marquez tries to break free but Zhang pushes him back against the cage.
Zhang misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Zhang - that landed with a thud.
Zhang swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Zhang misses with a body punch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Zhang.
Zhang lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Garcia Marquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zhang scores with a nice hook to the head.
Zhang lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garcia Marquez.
Zhang tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Garcia Marquez's elbow.
Zhang lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Zhang lands with a short shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Mauricio Zhang will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Mauricio Zhang's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Zhang fails with an attempt to clinch.
Zhang looks to clinch
and Garcia Marquez counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Zhang tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Garcia Marquez throws a sloppy head kick and Zhang moves out of range easily.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia Marquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia Marquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Garcia Marquez throws a big counter head kick but Zhang avoids it with no problem.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia Marquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia Marquez keeps the fight on the outside.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia Marquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia Marquez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zhang moves in looking to clinch but Garcia Marquez pushes him off.
Garcia Marquez was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia Marquez escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Zhang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Zhang tries to clinch up but Garcia Marquez circles away and keeps his distance.
Garcia Marquez is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Zhang with a body shot.
Zhang wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zhang tries to clinch there but Garcia Marquez circles away.
Zhang fails in his attempt to clinch.
Garcia Marquez appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Zhang is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Zhang tries to clinch but Garcia Marquez moves away
and Garcia Marquez counters with a nice leg kick.
Garcia Marquez punishes Zhang's body with a nice straight punch.
Garcia Marquez tries a low kick but Zhang avoids it.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch but Garcia Marquez swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia Marquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A countering left hand to the body from Garcia Marquez misses.
Zhang uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garcia Marquez.
Garcia Marquez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Garcia Marquez throws the left hand but Zhang avoids the punch easily.
Zhang is looking to clinch but Garcia Marquez is avoiding it.
Garcia Marquez looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Zhang tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garcia Marquez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garcia Marquez throws a low kick but it's checked well by Zhang.
Zhang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garcia Marquez swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Garcia Marquez misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zhang tries to clinch there but Garcia Marquez circles away.
Garcia Marquez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Zhang manages to avoid it.
Zhang moves in looking to clinch but Garcia Marquez pushes him off.
Zhang has Garcia Marquez up against the cage in a clinch.
Zhang keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Garcia Marquez's efforts to push away.
A short right from Zhang.
Zhang lands with a light punch inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zhang throws a punch but it's blocked by Garcia Marquez.
Zhang digs a right hand underneath Garcia Marquez's ribcage. Garcia Marquez let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Garcia Marquez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Garcia Marquez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Garcia Marquez has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Garcia Marquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zhang has him pressed against the cage.
Zhang managing to block the knees to the body from Garcia Marquez.
Garcia Marquez blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Garcia Marquez wants to get back to striking at distance but Zhang won't allow it.
Zhang is leaning against Garcia Marquez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zhang lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Zhang works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Zhang scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Zhang lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Zhang tries to work over Garcia Marquez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Zhang softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Garcia Marquez is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Zhang lands with a short shot to the head.
Garcia Marquez tries to break the clinch but Zhang is controlling the position.
Zhang lands with a right to the head.
Garcia Marquez wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Zhang has him pressed against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Zhang scores with a nice short uppercut.
Zhang tries to work over Garcia Marquez's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Garcia Marquez's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Zhang pushes Garcia Marquez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Zhang lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Garcia Marquez.
Garcia Marquez blocks a body shot from Zhang.
Zhang lands a hook that snaps the head of Garcia Marquez backwards.
Zhang lands a nice uppercut.
Zhang working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Garcia Marquez is rocked!
Zhang tries to throw a body punch but Garcia Marquez avoids it by throwing Zhang back against the cage.
Garcia Marquez is still on wobbly legs! Can Zhang finish him?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zhang lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Zhang throws a head punch that misses.
Zhang scores with a hook to the body.
Garcia Marquez seems to have recovered his senses.
Zhang scores with a shot to the side of Garcia Marquez's head.
Zhang misses with a punch to the body.
Zhang lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Garcia Marquez backwards.
Zhang is leaning against Garcia Marquez and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Zhang lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zhang lands a right hand that snaps the head of Garcia Marquez backwards.
Zhang lands a body shot in the clinch.
Zhang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Zhang lands a shoulder strike.
Zhang lands a left hand.
Zhang pushes Garcia Marquez against the cage. Zhang is working some dirty boxing. Zhang pushes off with a quick right hook! Garcia Marquez goes down! Garcia Marquez tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Zhang moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mauricio Zhang!
Mauricio Zhang decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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