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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demetrious Bingham (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dalston Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marley has chosen Kottonmouth Kings - Can Anybody Hear Me as his entrance music. Both these guys are coming into the fight with injuries so let's see if that has a bearing on the fight. Dalston Marley will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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250 lbs
11 - 2 - 0 |
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202 cm
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270 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good low kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Demetrious Bingham!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dalston Marley!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Marley misses with a wild body shot.
Bingham is breathing heavily.
Marley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bingham tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Marley was well out of range. Poor timing from Bingham.
Bingham misses with a body shot.
Marley lets loose with a powerful body kick. Bingham will feel that in the morning.
Marley connects with a right hand. Bingham shakes it off.
A solid leg kick lands there for Marley.
Marley explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Marley throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Marley scores with a nice right hand.
Marley scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bingham swings widly with a right hand
and Marley counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Marley moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Marley connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Marley. Bingham does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bingham misses the shot to the body.
Dalston Marley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bingham chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marley can pounce on him.
Both fighters circling a little - Marley finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Marley's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Marley duly obliges.
Bingham takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice cross by Marley.
Marley lands with a straight right. Bingham didn't see that one coming.
Marley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marley connects with the punch.
Bingham shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Bingham missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Bingham content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Marley is trying to get back to full guard.
Marley has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Bingham is working away from the top position though.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bingham with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley is looking to control Bingham's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Marley avoid being mounted?
OK we're going to have a standup here. Dalston Marley hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Marley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bingham was well out of range. Poor timing from Marley.
Marley lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Marley has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Marley avoids the body shot from Bingham.
Marley uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bingham.
Marley throws a half hearted mid kick.
Bingham throws a hook but Marley avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bingham fails with a takedown attempt.
A solid leg kick lands there for Marley.
Bingham gets the takedown into side control.
Bingham working away.
Marley is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bingham lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Marley down.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marley struggling a bit here.
Marley gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dalston Marley dominated that round.
That's time! Bingham's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Marley throws a head kick but Bingham moves out of range.
Bingham looks to land a right hand but Marley moved out of range.
Bingham takes a swing at Marley's ribcage but misses.
Bingham is looking to wear down Marley with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Marley lands a nice looking body kick.
Marley thows a body shot but no joy.
Marley throws a nice head kick!
Dalston Marley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bingham closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nice strikes from Bingham there.
Bingham is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Marley trying to control but Bingham postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bingham is looking for a kimura but Marley is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Bingham to get the leverage.
Bingham is trying to control the action in half guard but Marley is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Marley wants to get back to full guard.
Bingham seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Bingham throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Bingham thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fighters are battling for position here. Marley manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bingham is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bingham trying to control the position from guard on top but Marley is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marley wants to sweep here but Bingham controlling him for the moment.
Bingham landing with the ground and pound.
Bingham distracts Marley with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Marley trying to keep a closed guard but Bingham is proving a slippery customer.
Marley utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Marley wants to sweep but no luck.
Marley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Bingham landing with the ground and pound.
Bingham might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bingham postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Marley is on top in guard.
Marley wants to control from the top but Bingham keeps moving.
Marley throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Marley wanted to stand there but Bingham had control of the position.
Bingham lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Marley!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Marley working to try and regain half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Demetrious Bingham will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Bingham bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marley is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Marley.
Bingham takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Marley cracks the inside of Bingham's front leg.
Bingham shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bingham keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marley lands a nice leg kick that just misses Bingham's sensitive parts.
Marley lands with a thumping leg kick.
Marley lands a head kick. Bingham smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marley pushes Bingham away with a front kick.
Bingham takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bingham fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marley manages to avoid it.
Marley lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Marley misses with a wild combination.
Bingham avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Bingham misses with an uppercut
and Marley counters with a right hand to the body.
Bingham shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Marley sprawls well. Marley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Bingham gets slowly back to his feet.
Marley works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Marley lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Marley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bingham thows a body shot but no joy.
Marley slaps away a takedown attempt from Bingham, before circling back to the center of the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demetrious Bingham. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marley listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Bingham will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A chopping leg kick lands by Marley.
Bingham changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Marley looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Marley tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bingham wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Marley tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Bingham presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Bingham in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bingham is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Marley is surviving well by controlling Bingham's body position as best he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bingham looking to control but Marley is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Marley is trying to escape the mount.
Bingham lands a heavy elbow.
Demetrious Bingham overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bingham lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Marley is working to get back to half guard.
Bingham landing strikes from the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bingham raining down hammerfists from mount.
A nice elbow there by Bingham.
Bingham with shots to the head and body - Marley looks very uncomfortable down there.
Marley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bingham looking to finish Marley with some ground and pound. This is bad for Marley!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bingham working the ground and pound effectively.
Marley is bucking up trying to escape but Bingham cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marley is wriggling around trying to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Marley wants to hold on but Bingham pushes him away.
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 Demetrious Bingham.
I think Bingham has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demetrious Bingham!
Demetrious Bingham tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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hype
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