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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marshal Van Black (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frazier Hills (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marshal Van Black has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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250 lbs
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255 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Improved boxing
Good chin |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marshal Van Black!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Frazier Hills!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Black shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Hills wants to control but Van Black is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Van Black takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Van Black takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Hills gets full guard.
Van Black wants to control from the top but Hills keeps moving.
Hills is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Van Black won't allow Hills to sweep him here.
Van Black might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Van Black landing some decent shots from guard.
Hills looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hills keeping full guard, as Van Black tries to pass.
Hills is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Van Black postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hills working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Van Black.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Van Black shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Hills's guard.
Hills wants to stand up but Van Black is controlling him.
Van Black chips away with some ground and pound.
Hills tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Van Black has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Van Black missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Hills is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hills is trying to control the action in half guard but Van Black is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hills looks gassed!
The fighters are battling for position here. Van Black manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Van Black lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Hills!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hills wants to hold on but Van Black pushes him away.
Van Black breaks from Hills's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Van Black breaks from Hills's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Van Black in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Van Black raining down shots from the mount!
Van Black prevents Hills from getting the reversal.
Hills is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hills tries to hold on but Van Black postures up.
Van Black is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Hills can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Van Black punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hills is working to get back to half guard.
Van Black lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hills is desperately trying to improve his position but Van Black has a good base and remains in mount.
Hills tries to hold on but Van Black pushes him away.
Van Black landing strikes, looking to finish!
Van Black in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Hills wants to get back to his feet.
Hills takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hills working to try and regain half guard.
Van Black fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Van Black landing punches.
Hills sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Hills wants to control but Van Black is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Black is looking to take a break and control but Hills is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hills regains full guard. Nicely done.
Hills working a defensive guard here.
Hills tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Van Black's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Van Black trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Van Black closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hills to the mat! Hills manages to get full guard.
Van Black is looking to work some ground and pound but Hills has wrist control.
Hills is looking for a triangle but Van Black pushes his legs off easily.
Hills manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Hills thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marshal Van Black dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Van Black gets the takedown into side control.
Hills tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Van Black wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Van Black scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Hills to see if he's OK.
Van Black tries to move to mount but Hills blocks the move with his legs.
Sloppy strikes there by Van Black.
Hills parries the strikes from Van Black easily there. Van Black is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Hills to escape.
Van Black lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hills is working to avoid the ground and pound but Van Black connects with a decent elbow.
Hills manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Hills wants to lay and pray for a moment but Van Black keeps working.
Hills not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Van Black wants to control but Hills is keeping busy.
Van Black knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Hills on the ground.
Hills prevents Van Black from improving his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Van Black is staying active underneath Hills, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Van Black shoots in and bounces Hills off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Hills is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Van Black wants to stand but Hills has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Hills manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Van Black manages to get himself to full guard.
Van Black throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Van Black looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Hills puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Hills decides to return to a standing position.
Van Black decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Van Black prevents Hills from improving his position.
Hills trying to control but Van Black postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Black thows a huge punch but Hills dodges it nicely.
Van Black is keen to just control but Hills is a slippery customer.
Van Black prevents Hills from improving his position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Van Black lands a nice short elbow.
Hills is not content to let Van Black control the position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Van Black bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Hills regains half guard.
Van Black wants to free his trapped foot but Hills is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hills looks like he's trying to stand up.
Hills trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Black tries to stand and escape but Hills is controlling the position.
Hills works his way to full guard. Good work.
Van Black distracts Hills with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Van Black wants to pass the guard but Hills is keeping the position.
Van Black trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Hills manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Van Black throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Van Black scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Van Black feints and as Hills raises his hands in defense, Van Black changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Van Black working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Hills's head.
Van Black with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Van Black stands and steps away. Hills gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Van Black changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hills looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hills is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Van Black wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hills keeps working.
Van Black decides to stand back up.
Van Black swats away the attempt to clinch by Hills.
Van Black shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hills is trying to maintain the position but Van Black is very close to passing his half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hills gets back to full guard.
Hills controls Van Black momentarily but Van Black frees himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marshal Van Black dominated that second round.
That's time! Van Black's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Van Black changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Hills looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Hills misses with a strike from the bottom.
The ground and pound from Van Black seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Van Black working away.
Hills tries to improve position but can't.
Hills is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hills wants to get back to full guard.
Van Black trying to pass the guard but Hills defending well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hills with a poor takedown
and Van Black counters with a single leg into guard. Hills didn't expect that.
Hills not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hills is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Hills is keen to just control but Van Black is a slippery customer.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hills is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Van Black defends it well.
Hills wants to take a breather but Van Black is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hills thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Van Black's head.
Hills is working for a submission of some sort.
Hills is tying to control. Van Black wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Van Black is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Hills gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Van Black pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hills is keeping the position for now.
Van Black stands up over Hills, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Van Black passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hills takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Van Black decides to stand up, so the ref orders Hills to his feet.
Hills keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Van Black fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Van Black closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Hills to the mat! Hills manages to get full guard.
Van Black is looking to stand up but Hills won't let him.
Hills looking to control.
Van Black with a nice head shot there.
Van Black stopping the sweep attempt from Hills.
Hills has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Van Black can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Van Black missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Black postures up and lands a big shot to Hills's brow.
Van Black throwing strikes from guard but Hills blocks nicely.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Van Black scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Marshal Van Black overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Hills struggling a bit here.
Van Black working the head and body with strikes.
Van Black controls the position.
Hills taking punishment in the form of punches.
Van Black grinds an elbow into Hills's temple.
Van Black lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Hills tries to bench press Van Black off him but Van Black keeps the position.
Van Black lands a few punches from side control.
Hills tries to bench press Van Black off him but Van Black keeps the position.
Van Black decides to stand back up. Van Black steps back and let's Hills get back to his feet.
Hills with a poor takedown
and Van Black counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Van Black.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Black postures up.
Hills manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Van Black manages to get himself to full guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Hills stands up and waves to Van Black to follow him.
Hills keeps Van Black at a distance using the push kick.
Hills gets caught flat footed, as Van Black shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Van Black stays in close to Hills's body and controls the position.
Hills looking to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Van Black's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Van Black is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hills can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Black lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Van Black passes Hills's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Frazier Hills has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Black looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Hills with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marshal Van Black showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Van Black, 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:27
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 30:27
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marshal Van Black!
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