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00:00Look at the movement of Alvidez. Your referee for this one is Mark Goddard.
00:06How fast is this gonna start Bas? It's just gonna be crazy because Alvidez is ready to go.
00:14He's definitely the bigger fighter though. Look at him here, the reach
00:18advantage, he really looks a weight class bigger.
00:22Marroquin looking to move, get behind that high guard. Hard to figure out a guy like that, look at him move.
00:33I mean we talk about Alvidez taking the fight late, but Americans gotta prepare for a new fighter in one day as well.
00:40Who's bigger than Marroquin, there's limited footage on him. He's a mystery.
00:46He was preparing to fight Askarov who has 300 bouts.
00:53Switching stances the whole time.
00:59Wow, he really is bigger, huh? Oh yeah.
01:02You know what's super interesting, 17 million karate tokens have been voted on this bout and it is nearly a clean split
01:10as to who the token holders think is gonna take this one.
01:14What was the weight difference now? I actually don't know what the official weight difference was.
01:19Do we even have the weight of Alvidez?
01:23Yeah, as you do, 162 is what this is a sanctioned bout at, a catch weight of 162 pounds.
01:31How does Alvidez weigh 162? Yeah, yeah, what's going on here guys?
01:35Did he even get on the scale? Did he have time to weigh in?
01:43So I'm being told there was a one pound weight difference when they weighed in.
01:47How is that possible? How is that humanly possible?
01:52Well you said it yourself, Wendy's in Chipotle.
01:55And Alvidez is doing a very smart game because since he didn't have full training,
01:59it was a back into the pelota. Yeah, I saw that, he didn't even feel it.
02:03To stay Mexican, balls of steel. Marroquin threw a nice elbow on the break there, Alvidez wise to it.
02:09But you see he doesn't throw a lot of power on purpose I think, because he knows he has to conserve a little bit.
02:14And then once he fights his target, he's going to look at the back fist.
02:17Yeah, off a question mark kick as well.
02:29You know we last saw Marroquin in February of this year get a last dying second TKO of Andre Yule.
02:40That was a bout that he was perhaps struggling a little bit in.
02:49You see, he's not throwing with power yet, and sometimes he throws a hard shot.
02:54Alvidez is playing a smart game. Look at that, kick, right hook.
02:59Yeah, with the kick on the end as well, boss.
03:01Right hook again, right hook lands.
03:03Superman.
03:05Oh, and he gives up the double unders, good outside trip from Marroquin.
03:09Tries to pop up to ground and pound, but Alvidez straight back up.
03:14That was nice.
03:15A little Showtime Superman punch on the break.
03:18He knows how to make President happy.
03:21Wow.
03:25We're going to listen in to the Alvidez corner here.
03:35Yes.
03:42Yes.
03:44More action, okay?
03:46More.
03:48Super scale.
03:50It's your time, super scale, okay?
03:52It's your time.
03:54More pressure, more pressure, intelligent, long, long, long.
03:57Pressure on the wall, elbows, knees, everything.
04:01Let's go.
04:04They were calling for a lot more pressure.
04:06They were saying he's scared.
04:10Alvidez was looking at himself on the big screen and smiling.
04:18Yeah, I mean, you know, he was in the corner.
04:21And all three judges giving it to Alvidez in the first round.
04:26So he's up on the scoreboard.
04:28Let's see what he does with that knowledge.
04:31Does he get creative, keep switching stances?
04:38Wow.
04:39Beautiful.
04:43He throws that high kick, gets right back to center.
04:46Yeah, and then switching stances.
04:48Amazing.
04:50A little Superman punch at the end of round one.
04:54Marikun trying to get some rhythm going in his upper body movement.
05:00But Marikun's making him seem a little bit immobile right now.
05:04He tries to make him angry, which is smart,
05:06because then he starts throwing it with power,
05:08and he didn't have the full training camp.
05:11Well, a bit of gamesmanship there, calling for the elbow.
05:15He's dancing around well on the outside at the moment as Alvidez.
05:19Big left slam.
05:21Oh, man.
05:22Look at this movement.
05:24Oh!
05:26What the heck?
05:28That was hard.
05:29The right kick lands.
05:30That head kick lands.
05:31That head kick lands.
05:32That head kick lands.
05:33That head kick lands.
05:34That head kick lands.
05:35That head kick lands.
05:37That was hard.
05:38The right kick lands.
05:39That head kick was how he finished his last match.
05:47How do you game plan for this match?
05:49That's what I'm saying.
05:51Even if you know we're five weeks ahead, good luck.
05:59I mean, it seems like Marikun's only opportunity here is to get inside,
06:03because if he stays back there in that striking range with those high kicks,
06:06he's going to reach disadvantage.
06:08He's not able to land at distance.
06:12He's got to do something to get on the inside.
06:14Yeah, because the longer he stands there, he's just going to keep getting hit.
06:20It's almost like he's got to rush in there with that Mexican bulldog style.
06:26Get back.
06:27Get down.
06:28Stay down.
06:29Get down.
06:30Stay down.
06:32The corner of Marikun getting a little overzealous.
06:37And Mark Goddard having to order them back down off the pit apron.
06:40Oh, wow.
06:41The hammer fist.
06:42Hammer fist to the top of the head.
06:48Best ever.
06:51I've got to say, I've definitely never seen that strike thrown like that.
06:54No, as you can tell, Alvidrez is a showman.
06:56And it either works, and it's great, or—
06:58Bass, you've got a pre-play in the corner of your screen there.
07:01Oh, man.
07:02Darn, I missed that.
07:04Marikun still trying to come inside and throw with some good hooks,
07:09but he's just having trouble getting the range going.
07:12I mean, fainting, lifting his leg, then gone.
07:17You have no idea when he attacks.
07:20I mean, his game plan right now is not working for him.
07:23He's got to rush.
07:24Closing seconds of round number two.
07:26Wow.
07:28What the heck?
07:30Let's take a fight on three-hour notice.
07:33Sometimes that's all you need.
07:35Alvidrez is talking to some of the spectators as he went back up to the pit wall here.
07:42Bass, do you think we're going to see another round go to Alvidrez?
07:45Yeah, 100%.
07:48Oh, he's ahead.
07:50Let's take a look at some of the replays here.
07:53There, the high kick.
07:54And then the left punch.
07:56And he did it one time also with left punch.
07:58Also, right punch, right kick.
08:00That was like a little forward axe kick.
08:02Look at this.
08:06Your favorite punch, Bass.
08:09Oh, no, this is the knee.
08:10Flying knee.
08:15Man, this is awesome.
08:18Why haven't we seen it before?
08:20Marikwin has got a tough puzzle to figure out here.
08:23And he's only got three minutes to do it.
08:25Because I'm sure Lenny Hart is going to let you know what the judges were feeling.
08:30And I feel fairly confident it's going to be another 10-9 round to Chris Alvidrez.
08:34There we go.
08:39By the way, for your information, Alvidrez 184, Marikwin 182.
08:44Two-pound weight difference.
08:46That is crazy.
08:47Alvidrez said, Marikwin, you want to fight at 180?
08:50Come on.
09:01Come on, come on.
09:02He says he's ready.
09:04Well, here's the thing.
09:05Marikwin has no choice but to lay it all on the line here.
09:08He's two rounds down.
09:10I mean, as long as Marikwin stays on that back foot, he's done.
09:13He's got to get inside.
09:16Yeah, good luck with that.
09:17With his level of movement, he's all over the place.
09:19Racing stances.
09:20For the people at home, it's a switch hitter.
09:22That's what they call it.
09:23Oh, great jab.
09:26So, Bas, what is the route to victory for Marikwin here?
09:29He's got to pressure him, but you can't lock him up.
09:31He's left-handed.
09:32You can't lock him up.
09:33You can't lock him up.
09:34You can't lock him up.
09:35You can't lock him up.
09:36You can't lock him up.
09:37You can't pressure him, but you can't lock him up.
09:39His level of movement is the same.
09:40He's left, right.
09:41No pattern in what he does.
09:42There we go again.
09:43See, I always say that he has no pattern.
09:45Look at this.
09:46Who expects that?
09:47Boom.
09:48Oh!
09:50Wow, left high kick.
09:51Marikwin just eats it.
09:52I mean, you guys mentioned right.
09:53He's very tough.
09:54He's never been finished in 18 bouts.
10:02That was a nice attempt there.
10:04Hit air.
10:05It's a long way up to his head from there.
10:11I'd like to see finished by hammer fist.
10:13Oh, man.
10:14You've never seen that, right?
10:16Dude, if you think about it, if you hit the collar bone,
10:19it's only like six or eight pounds of pressure,
10:21and you break it.
10:22But your wrist, it's a great technique.
10:25It's the same as the X kick.
10:29Oh, good work from Marikwin there.
10:31Just getting some offense off now.
10:33Oh!
10:34I'm happy that we got to see Alvidrez tonight.
10:37Oh, man.
10:38I'm so happy.
10:39What a multidimensional fighter he is.
10:41Switching stances, high kicks.
10:44Oh!
10:45Knees.
10:46A little capoeira style cover up.
10:48He was going to try to do the handstand kick,
10:50it looked like, right?
10:51Yeah.
10:53Dude, that was from the shin.
10:58Oh!
10:59Oh!
11:00Loaded up on that uppercut.
11:04We're down to the final 40 seconds here.
11:06Marikwin.
11:07Jeez.
11:0840 seconds of his life he's got to fight for now.
11:11And on one day, his cardio looks pretty good on one day's notice.
11:14Insane.
11:17Yeah, they said when he said,
11:19hey, let me go check if I've got cardio.
11:21He went and did some running.
11:22Look, he just slipped and ran.
11:23Came back and said, yeah, I'm in fine shape.
11:26What the heck?
11:27What the heck?
11:28Nice little turn with the uchi mata there.
11:36Well, when you got past Rutan's speechless pit side,
11:38you've done a pretty good job in your debut.
11:46Wow.
11:47All right.
11:50That'll be just said, next time make weight.
11:52Wow.
11:54Yeah, a nice show of sportsmanship at the end.
12:04And a round of applause from the crowd here in attendance.
12:11We know this is going to be a unanimous decision victory for Chris Alvidrez.
12:18Man, with all his facial movements and everything he did before the fight,
12:21I go, he better be good, pal.
12:23He's excellent.
12:26Yeah, we just got to find some folks that his division for him to face now.
12:31Yeah, what are the options?
12:34Well, I mean, here's the thing.
12:35He took it at the weight he was walking around, right?
12:38Which is 185.
12:39So he probably cut down to like 170.
12:40He's going to be in the 170s.
12:41Yeah.
12:45Yeah, man, amazing.
12:47Sometimes that confidence is for a reason, I guess.
12:49And I'm happy because now we got him.
12:52Now we see karate combat.
12:53Yeah, hard to argue.
12:54You don't want to see more of it.
13:05The winner, by a unanimous decision, from the United States of America,
13:11and the Red Guard, Chris Alvidrez!
13:19What a performance from Chris Alvidrez.