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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between James Fulton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). James Fulton could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Shawn Michaels's chin.
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166 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue 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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Fulton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shawn Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fulton misses with a low kick.
Fulton cracks the inside of Michaels's front leg.
Michaels misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fulton staying out of range there.
Fulton throws a left and a right that both miss
and Michaels counters with a nice leg kick.
Michaels swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Some bone on bone action there as Michaels checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Michaels fails to land the takedown.
Michaels takes the fight into the clinch.
Michaels scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Fulton can't break the clinch.
Fulton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fulton blocks a head kick by Michaels.
A head kick misses from Michaels.
Michaels throws a jab when Fulton was well out of range.
Michaels slips under a jab.
Fulton takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
James Fulton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fulton counters with a leg kick.
Michaels misses with a low kick.
Michaels looks to score with a jab to the body but Fulton is just out of range.
Michaels misses with a low kick.
Fulton throws a combination. Michaels tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Fulton misses with a leg kick
and Michaels counters with an inside leg kick.
Fulton throws a solid leg kick but Michaels takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Fulton.
Shawn Michaels seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fulton misses with a low kick.
Fulton moves forwards but Michaels connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Michaels fails to land with a series of punches.
Michaels thumps Fulton with a low kick.
Michaels swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Michaels slips under a jab.
Fulton fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Michaels is out of range.
Good work by Michaels as he checks the leg kick.
Michaels falls off balance throwing a combination
and Fulton counters with a series of strikes. Michaels will be more careful next time no doubt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels tries for a takedown but Fulton sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Michaels.
Michaels is looking to land body kicks.
Michaels lands a right hook to the body.
Fulton throws a chopping leg kick but Michaels manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Fulton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
Michaels takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fulton avoids the head kick by Michaels.
A punch combination from Michaels misses.
Fulton misses with a low kick.
Michaels misses the shot to the body.
Michaels blocks a low kick nicely.
A shot to the body from Fulton misses
and Michaels counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Fulton manages to break the clinch.
Fulton will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
No luck for Michaels with that takedown attempt.
James Fulton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shawn Michaels.
Michaels swings away with a body shot that misses
and Fulton counters with a leg kick.
Michaels throws a wild body kick that Fulton sees coming a mile off.
Michaels tries a head kick but it misses.
Fulton keeps the fight on the outside.
Fulton misses with a leg kick
and Michaels connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fulton keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fulton, right into the meat.
Fulton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Fulton throws a series of punches but Michaels moves out of range.
Michaels on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Fulton. Fulton obviously looking to wear him down.
Michaels lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fulton backs up against the cage.
Nice jab there from Fulton.
Michaels lands with a right hand.
Fulton takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fulton throws a nice inside leg kick.
Michaels swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fulton makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Michaels fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Fulton manages to avoid it.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses.
Michaels fails with the takedown
and Fulton counters with an outside leg kick.
Michaels looks gassed!
Fulton shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Fulton throws a nice outside leg kick.
Michaels tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Fulton swivels and escapes.
Michaels bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Fulton's head backwards.
Fulton lands a jab-cross combination.
An inside leg kick from Fulton misses.
Michaels is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Michaels tried to score with a low kick but Fulton checks it.
Michaels throws a head kick but Fulton moves out of range.
Fulton throws a leg kick which misses Michaels's front leg but catches the back leg as Michaels tries to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Fulton dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Michaels thows a leg kick but Fulton checks it
and Fulton counters with a low kick, right behind Michaels 's knee.
Fulton scores with a jab.
Michaels misses the body punch
and Fulton counters with a nice leg kick.
Michaels scores with a jab. Fulton acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Fulton throws a leg kick but Michaels sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Fulton walks into a left hand.
Fulton throws and low kick but Michaels moves out of range easily.
Fulton throws out a leg kick but Michaels moves out of range and Fulton only half commits.
Fulton throws a looping overhand right but Michaels ducks down to avoid it.
Michaels checks the leg kick nicely there.
Michaels pushes Fulton away with a front kick.
Michaels misses with a combination
and Fulton counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Michaels throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Michaels misses with the body kick
and Fulton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Michaels misses with a wild body shot.
Fulton throws a leg kick that misses.
James Fulton is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fulton but Fulton pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Fulton throws out a leg kick but Michaels moves out of range and Fulton only half commits.
Michaels swinging wilding here.
Michaels has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Michaels shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Fulton pinned against the cage. Fulton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Michaels is breathing heavily.
Fulton avoids the head kick by Michaels.
Fulton swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good leg kick by Fulton there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Horrible takedown by Michaels or perhaps it was just good defense by Fulton which made him look bad.
James Fulton has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shawn Michaels.
Fulton throws a leg kick that misses.
Michaels slips under a jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Fulton.
Shawn Michaels is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels throws a combination that misses
and Fulton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Michaels's knee momentarily.
An inside leg kick lands from Fulton.
A bone on bone clash there as Michaels blocks the leg kick.
Michaels on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Fulton swinging wilding here.
Michaels throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Fulton.
Fulton showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Michaels.
Michaels throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Michaels's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Fulton does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Fulton dodges the punch combination from Michaels.
Michaels throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fulton slaps away a takedown attempt from Michaels, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Michaels misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A good leg kick by Fulton.
A head kick misses from Michaels.
Michaels connects with a solid leg kick.
Fulton dips to his left and cracks Michaels with an uppercut!
Fulton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Michaels. That did some damage!
Fulton throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Fulton.
Michaels takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Michaels throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fulton lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A swing and a miss from Fulton.
Fulton blocks a head kick by Michaels.
Michaels is trying desperately to land a takedown but Fulton is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Michaels.
Fulton connects with a body shot.
Fulton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Michaels throws a left and a right that both miss
and Fulton makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels misses with a jab, cross combination.
A good leg kick by Fulton.
Fulton chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fulton connects with a single shot there.
Fulton thuds a left hand into Michaels's body.
Fulton misses the shot to the body.
Fulton connects with a solid leg kick.
Fulton feints and then cracks Michaels's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Michaels down.
Fulton takes a swing at Michaels's ribcage but misses.
Michaels misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Fulton counters with an inside leg kick.
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!
Fulton lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Fulton is looking to slow Michaels down with leg kicks.
Fulton throws an overhand right that lands on Michaels's shoulder, as Michaels tries to avoid the shot.
Fulton throws a chopping leg kick but Michaels manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A left lands for Fulton.
Michaels is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Fulton rather than just go for the knockout.
Michaels tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Fulton dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Fulton moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Michaels walks into a straight right hand from Fulton.
Michaels throws a hook but Fulton blocks it.
Fulton tries to land a leg kick but Michaels saw it coming and moves away.
Fulton wants to land a leg kick but Michaels is out of range.
Michaels throws a head kick but Fulton moves out of range.
A low kick from Fulton is predictable there
and Michaels counters with a three punch combo that has Fulton backing up. Fulton nods at Michaels to acknowledge the strikes.
Michaels checks a low kick from Fulton.
Michaels misses with a few strikes there.
Fulton misses with a hook.
Michaels looks to throw a body kick
and Fulton counters with a nice low kick that buckles Michaels's knee momentarily.
An inside leg kick from Fulton misses.
Michaels takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fulton throws a leg kick which misses Michaels's front leg but catches the back leg as Michaels tries to avoid it.
Michaels misses with a double jab
and Fulton counters with a low kick, right behind Michaels 's knee.
Michaels looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fulton cracks the inside of Michaels's front leg.
Fulton throws a shot from downtown. Michaels moves away and avoids it.
Michaels tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Fulton counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Michaels thinking.
Fulton finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Michaels keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Michaels will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Fulton misses with a low kick.
Michaels will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fulton throws a chopping leg kick but Michaels manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Michaels checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Fulton lands with an overhand left.
Michaels throws a sloppy head kick and Fulton moves out of range easily.
Fulton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Michaels moves away.
Fulton throws a leg kick but Michaels sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Michaels throws a lazy head kick
and Fulton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Fulton connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Michaels momentarily.
Michaels throws a leg kick that is checked
and Fulton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Fulton misses with a leg kick.
Michaels looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fulton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Michaels.
Fulton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Michaels.
Michaels throws a sloppy head kick
and Fulton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Michaels clinches but Fulton breaks the clinch
and Fulton counters with a left to the body.
Fulton chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fulton throws a leg kick but Michaels sees it coming and moves out of range.
Michaels ducks under a wild hook from Fulton.
Shawn Michaels has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A low kick from Michaels misses
and Fulton makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Michaels throws a body kick the misses
and Fulton counters with an outside leg kick.
Fulton throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels misses the shot to the body.
Fulton throws a right and a left that Michaels avoids nicely.
Fulton throws a leg kick that misses.
Fulton throws a leg kick which misses Michaels's front leg but catches the back leg as Michaels tries to avoid it.
Michaels chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Fulton can pounce on him.
A head kick by Michaels misses
and Fulton counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fulton lands with a nice body punch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Fulton. That's going to slow Michaels down.
Fulton throws a low kick, looking for Michaels's leg but Michaels calmly moves out of range.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Fulton.
Michaels takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Fulton lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Michaels has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Michaels and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A good leg kick by Fulton.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fulton.
Fulton lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fulton works over Michaels's head and body with a nice combination.
Fulton takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A solid leg kick lands there for Fulton.
Fulton connects with a solid leg kick.
Fulton connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fulton buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fulton changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Fulton counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Michaels moves out of range of the leg kick from Fulton.
Fulton connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fulton cracks the inside of Michaels's front leg.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fulton attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Michaels throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Fulton, right into the meat.
Fulton cracks Michaels with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Fulton showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Fulton, 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Fulton!
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