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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Buck Norris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Shepherd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Norris's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger. Shepherd comes into a darkened arena with his song building. 'My Heart Will Go On' by Celion Dion kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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165 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Buck Norris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Shepherd!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shepherd thuds his shin into the meat of Norris's side.
Norris tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Shepherd swivels and escapes.
Shepherd misses with a few strikes there.
Norris changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shepherd tries to avoid it but Norris manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shepherd to the ground. Shepherd escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Norris shoots in and drives through. Shepherd sprawls well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buck Norris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shepherd throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Shepherd throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick from Shepherd lands but Norris takes it in his stride.
Shepherd misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shepherd.
Shepherd misses with the combination.
Shepherd has Norris up against the cage in a clinch.
Shepherd blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Norris misses with a body punch.
Norris missing with knees to the body.
Shepherd has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Norris avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Norris wants a takedown but no success here.
Norris tries a knee to the head but Shepherd blocks it.
Norris using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shepherd has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shepherd breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shepherd tries to avoid it but Norris manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shepherd to the ground. Shepherd escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Norris is breathing heavily.
Shepherd moves into the clinch successfully.
Shepherd is looking to break free of the clinch but Norris has double underhooks.
Norris prevents Shepherd from breaking the clinch.
Shepherd manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Norris tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shepherd avoids it.
Shepherd on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Norris's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Norris will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shepherd throws a series of punches but Norris moves out of range.
Norris takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Shepherd lands a jab-cross combination.
A nice combination there by Shepherd.
Shepherd throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Norris.
Norris takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Norris darts in trying to clinch
and Shepherd counters with an outside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd has closed the distance and engaged Norris in a clinch.
Shepherd wants a takedown.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Norris throws a sloppy head kick
and Shepherd counters with a one-two to the body.
Shepherd closes the distance and clinches.
Shepherd wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Shepherd pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shepherd is trying to break the clinch but Norris has him pressed against the cage.
Norris is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Shepherd gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Shepherd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shepherd lands a good knee to the midsection. Norris won't want to take too many of those.
Shepherd breaks from the clinch.
Shepherd connects with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd gets a clinch.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shepherd throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Norris's head.
Shepherd throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Norris.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shepherd.
Shepherd darts in and clinches Norris up against the cage.
Norris working hard to break the clinch.
Norris tries to pull guard but Shepherd won't allow it.
Shepherd's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shepherd connects with a solid leg kick.
Shepherd closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Norris is looking to break free of the clinch but Shepherd has double underhooks.
With the fighters up against the cage, Norris throws an elbow but misses.
Shepherd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shepherd throws a right and a left that both miss.
Norris has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Both fighters circling a little - Shepherd finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Shepherd lands with a kick to the temple. Norris shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Norris takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shepherd.
Shepherd lands a nice looking kick to the body. Norris takes a step back to recover.
A nice combination there by Shepherd.
Shepherd stalks Norris and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Norris's face. Norris staggers backwards, shaken.
Shepherd scores with a three punch combo!
Shepherd lands a jab-cross combination.
Shepherd works over Norris's head and body with a nice combination.
Shepherd lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Norris backs up against the cage.
Buck Norris seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shepherd clinches with his opponent.
Norris keeps control of Shepherd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Norris is trying to break the clinch but Shepherd has him pressed against the cage.
Shepherd wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shepherd has had enough of the clinch but Norris keeps him there for the moment.
Shepherd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Norris closes the distance looking to clinch
and Shepherd counters with a three punch combo that has Norris backing up. Norris nods at Shepherd to acknowledge the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Shepherd dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Shepherd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Norris closes the distance looking to clinch
and Shepherd counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Shepherd plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Norris tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Shepherd counters with a head kick. That will keep Norris thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Norris shoots and misses
and Shepherd counters with a slapping leg kick.
Shepherd lands with a kick to the temple. Norris shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Horrible takedown by Norris or perhaps it was just good defense by Shepherd which made him look bad.
Shepherd throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jack Shepherd is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shepherd clinches up against the cage.
Shepherd wants to get back to striking at distance but Norris won't allow it.
Shepherd wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shepherd stalling against the cage.
Shepherd is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Norris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepherd jumps into guard, dragging Norris to the mat.
Norris preventing the sweep.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Shepherd holds on and takes a little breather.
Shepherd keeping moving, preventing Norris from controlling successfully.
Norris is really struggling to control Shepherd but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Shepherd pushes Norris off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shepherd, right into the meat.
Shepherd lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Norris changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shepherd tries to avoid it but Norris manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shepherd to the ground. Shepherd escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buck Norris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shepherd lands with a nice combination. Norris backs away looking to recover.
Norris takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Shepherd throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Norris.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd clinches.
Norris prevents the takedown attempt.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shepherd moves into the clinch.
Shepherd goes for a takedown in the clinch but Norris prevents it.
Shepherd breaks the clinch.
Shepherd goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Shepherd misses with a two punch combination.
Shepherd gets a clinch.
Shepherd breaks the clinch.
Jack Shepherd is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A nice combination there by Shepherd.
Shepherd lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Norris circles away quickly and effectively.
Shepherd throws a combination. Norris tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Shepherd lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Shepherd displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Norris.
Norris takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd clinches.
Shepherd stalling.
Shepherd looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Norris.
Shepherd working hard to break the clinch.
Shepherd wants to get back to striking at distance but Norris won't allow it.
Norris keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shepherd's efforts to push away.
Norris with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shepherd breaks the clinch.
Shepherd lands with a slapping head kick.
Shepherd is working the combinations to good effect here.
Norris takes a kick to the side of the head.
Shepherd misses with a double jab.
Shepherd's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Shepherd duly obliges.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Norris. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Shepherd closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shepherd stops a takedown attempt from Norris.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd tries to land a knee to the head but Norris blocks with his arms.
Shepherd wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shepherd is trying to break free.
Shepherd is trying to force a seperation but Norris has the dominant position.
Shepherd is trying to force a seperation but Norris has the dominant position.
Shepherd avoids a wild elbow strike from Norris.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shepherd has managed to clinch.
Norris has Shepherd pressed against the cage, preventing Shepherd from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Norris is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Shepherd.
Norris closes the distance and clinches up with Shepherd, looking for a takedown. Norris pushes Shepherd against the cage but Shepherd circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Shepherd throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Shepherd lands with a slapping head kick.
Norris misses with a takedown attempt
and Shepherd finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Norris will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Shepherd lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Shepherd looks to land a combination. Norris sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Shepherd showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Shepherd throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Norris.
Norris doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Shepherd counters with a head kick. That will keep Norris thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Danga de danga de dang - Shepherd scores with a four punch combination!
Shepherd throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Shepherd works over Norris's head and body with a nice combination.
Shepherd scores with a head kick.
Shepherd lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Jack Shepherd seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Shepherd lands a head kick. Norris smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Shepherd scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Norris shoots for a double leg takedown but Shepherd sprawls well. He's pushed Norris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Shepherd has closed the distance and engaged Norris in a clinch.
Shepherd wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shepherd breaks the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shepherd throws a right and a left that both miss.
Shepherd throws a nice head kick!
Shepherd lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Norris shoots for a double leg takedown but Shepherd sprawls well. He's pushed Norris's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Buck Norris. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shepherd moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Norris takes a kick to the side of the head.
Shepherd throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Shepherd connects with a high kick.
Shepherd scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Shepherd throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Shepherd throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Shepherd throws a nice head kick!
Shepherd closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Shepherd pushes Norris up against the cage in a clinch.
Shepherd misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Norris.
Norris throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shepherd breaks the clinch.
Norris takes a kick to the side of the head.
Shepherd lands with a slapping head kick.
Shepherd looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jack Shepherd is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shepherd plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Norris takes a kick to the side of the head.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shepherd.
Shepherd lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Shepherd goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Norris looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Shepherd clinches.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shepherd gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shepherd breaks the clinch.
Shepherd lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Shepherd goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Shepherd gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Shepherd pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shepherd pushes Norris away with a front kick.
Shepherd closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shepherd is trying to break the clinch but Norris is controlling him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd is looking to break free of the clinch but Norris has double underhooks.
Shepherd breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shepherd throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Norris.
Shepherd has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shepherd is trying to force a seperation but Norris has the dominant position.
Shepherd is looking to break free of the clinch but Norris has double underhooks.
Norris keeps control of Shepherd as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shepherd landing knees to the head.
Shepherd is trying to break free.
Norris tries to land a knee to the head but Shepherd blocks with his arms.
Stalling in the clinch from Shepherd.
Norris is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shepherd tries to pull guard but Norris holds him up against the cage and eventually Shepherd drops back down to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Norris wants to get back to striking at distance but Shepherd won't allow it.
Shepherd is trying to break free.
Norris misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shepherd escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shepherd looks to land a combination. Norris sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Shepherd throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Shepherd throws a series of strikes that have Norris backpedaling.
Norris is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Shepherd.
Norris dives in and grabs Shepherd's left leg, looking for a takedown. Shepherd pushes down on Norris's head and hops out.
Shepherd scores with a push kick.
Shepherd swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Norris tries to keep at a distance but Shepherd has taken the fight into the clinch.
Buck Norris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shepherd manages to break the clinch.
Shepherd closes the distance and clinches.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack Shepherd comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shepherd has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 25:30
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jack Shepherd!
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energy
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hype
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