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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tomas Marley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Allen has chosen In The Game as his entrance music. 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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155 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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160 lbs
11 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Dangerous knees
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tomas Marley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mike Allen!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Allen takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Allen stuns Marley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Allen circles away quickly and effectively.
Allen lunges at Marley with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Marley's hand.
Allen lands a head shot.
Marley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Allen.
Marley tries to counter by clinching up but Allen breaks away and moves out of range.
Allen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Marley sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Marley scores with a four punch combination!
Marley closes the distance and clinches.
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!
Allen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fighters circling - Marley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Allen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Allen avoids the body shot from Marley.
Marley doesn't manage to clinch there - Allen circles away.
Allen fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Allen ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marley throws a big shot that misses.
A shot to the body from Allen misses
letting Marley counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen scores with a nice right hand.
Marley moves into the clinch.
Allen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Allen throws a head punch that misses.
Good body shot from Allen.
Allen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Allen can't break the clinch.
Allen tries to break free but Marley pushes him back against the cage.
Allen is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Allen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marley scores with a shoulder strike.
Marley makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Marley misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley looking to throw knees to the head but Allen is blocking nicely.
Allen wants to break free but Marley has control.
Allen misses with the head strike.
Marley tries to land knees in the clinch but Allen avoids the damage to the body.
Marley lands a hook that snaps the head of Allen backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen blocking some punches.
Allen lands an uppercut.
Marley throws a punch but it's blocked by Allen.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Marley.
Allen stalling.
Allen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Allen scores with a nice hook to the head.
Allen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marley backwards.
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Allen avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen working aggressively here.
Marley lands a knee to the body.
Allen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Allen misses with the head strike.
Nice body punch from Marley.
Marley wants to stall.
Allen working aggressively here.
Marley blocking some punches.
Allen wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Marley trying to stall but Allen improves his position.
Marley prevents a body shot from Allen.
Allen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Allen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Marley's elbow.
Marley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marley presses Allen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Marley digs a right hand into Allen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Allen's gas tank.
Marley misses with a hook from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Marley.
Marley misses with some punches.
Allen working aggressively here.
Allen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Allen manages to break the clinch.
Allen lands with a nice body punch.
Mike Allen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Marley misses its intended target.
Marley lands a right hook to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A shot to the liver by Marley. Beautiful body shot.
Marley uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Allen.
Marley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
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 Tomas Marley will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Allen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Marley.
Marley walks into a stiff left hand from Allen.
The fight stays on the outside here - Marley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Allen takes a swing at Marley's ribcage but misses.
Allen moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Allen misses the jab.
Marley slips under a jab.
Allen lands with a good body shot.
Allen gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Marley jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A swing and a miss from Marley.
Allen is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marley.
Allen throws a right and a left that both miss.
Marley has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Marley clinches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marley lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marley lands with a left to the head.
A short left from Marley.
Marley misses with a knee strike.
Allen is trying to stall.
Marley has Allen pressed against the cage, preventing Allen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Allen tries to throw a body punch but Marley avoids it by throwing Allen back against the cage.
Allen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Allen wants to break free but Marley has control.
Allen lands with a light punch inside.
Allen stalling the fight.
Allen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Allen tries to break the clinch but Marley is controlling the position.
Marley throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Allens head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen looking to slow down the pace here.
Allen working aggressively here.
Tomas Marley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Allen swings wildly with an uppercut but Marley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marley has a couple of punches blocked by Allen.
Marley landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Allen avoiding damage as Marley throws knees to the body.
Marley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Marley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marley blocks an uppercut.
Marley landing knees to the head.
Marley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Allen tries to circle away but Marley has him pinned against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Allen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Marley throws a head punch that misses.
Allen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Marley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Allen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Allen comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Marley tries to bum rush Allen with a series of wild strikes but Allen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Marley scores with a one two! Allen had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Marley scores with a decent looking hook.
Allen is rocked!
Allen throws a hook but Marley blocks it.
Marley walks into a jab.
A big right from Marley misses.
Marley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Allen manages to avoid it.
Allen throws out a counter right but Marley avoids it with no problem.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Allen moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen misses the shot to the body.
Allen looks to land a left hand but Marley moved out of range nicely.
Allen bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Marley's head backwards.
Marley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Allen.
Mike Allen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marley moves out of range as Allen strikes.
Marley lands a jab.
Marley misses with a looping left.
A big left from Allen misses.
No joy there for Marley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Marley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Allen swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Allen misses with a series of wild punches.
Marley throws a body shot but no joy.
Allen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A shot to the liver by Marley. Beautiful body shot.
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 Tomas Marley will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Allen throws a big shot that misses.
Marley tries to counter by clinching up but Allen breaks away and moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Marley misses the target.
Marley slips a jab and a cross from Allen.
Allen tries to move into range but Marley moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Left hook, right uppercut from Allen.
Marley looks to land a right hand but Allen moved out of range.
Allen keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Marley.
Allen misses with an uppercut.
Allen throws a right and a left that Marley avoids nicely.
Marley misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice shot lands for Marley.
Marley misses with an uppercut. Allen saw that one coming.
Allen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Marley dodges the punch combination from Allen.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marley moves into the clinch.
Marley has Allen pressed against the cage, preventing Allen from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Allen misses with some punches.
Allen breaks the clinch.
Marley throws a body shot but no joy.
Allen looks to land a left hand but Marley moved out of range nicely.
Marley takes one to the side of the head.
Allen with a nice cross.
Allen throws out a powerful jab.
Marley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Allen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Allen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Allen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Marley.
A quick step to the side and Marley tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marley ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Marley gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marley works the jab nicely.
Marley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Allen is still on wobbly legs! Can Marley finish him?
Allen misses with a body punch
and Marley counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Marley.
Allen misses with a body punch.
Marley has a couple of punches blocked by Allen.
Allen blocks an uppercut.
Mike Allen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Allen has a couple of punches blocked by Marley.
Allen throws a head punch that misses.
Allen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marley.
Allen can't find room to land a body shot as Marley controls the action.
Marley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marley dips a shoulder and cracks Allen with a mighty uppercut! Allen falls back against the cage and Marley unloads with a barrage of strikes! Allen is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Marley screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tomas Marley!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Tomas Marley made sure he mentioned Conviction, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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