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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Top Shottah (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Mason (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mason has chosen White Zombie - Electric Head Pt. 1 as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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175 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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175 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Top Shottah!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jay Mason!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, David Schapiro and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mason tries to clinch up but Shottah circles away and keeps his distance.
Mason shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Shottah but Shottah pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Mason tries to clinch but Shottah moves out of range.
Shottah keeps the fight on the outside.
Mason wants to clinch.
Shottah misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shottah doesn't succeed with the takedown
so Mason counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Shottah wants to sweep but no luck.
Shottah keeping full guard, as Mason tries to pass.
Shottah can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mason controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason is looking to work some ground and pound but Shottah has wrist control.
Shottah is looking for a triangle here but Mason uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Mason working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Mason happy to just control the position for now.
Mason stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Shottah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Mason.
Mason moves in looking to clinch but Shottah pushes him off.
Mason wants to clinch up but Shottah keeps it at a distance.
Mason wants to clinch up but Shottah keeps it at a distance.
Mason shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Shottah is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Shottah is working hard here to advance position.
Mason throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Mason is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Shottah is surviving well by controlling Mason's body position as best he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason with the ground and pound from mount.
Shottah is breathing heavily.
Mason jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Shottah manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Shottah is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mason looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Shottah tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Mason advances to full mount.
Mason is standing up out of mount! Strange tactic there - he must really want this one on the feet!
Shottah avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Mason is looking to clinch but Shottah is avoiding it.
Mason is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mason throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Mason is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Mason fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Mason dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mason gets a takedown into half guard.
Shottah blocking the ground and pound attempt from Mason.
Mason controlling the action here.
Shottah is looking to improve his position.
Mason seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Let's hope that Mason has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Mason thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mason not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Mason perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Mason is looking for a kimura here.
Mason stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Mason fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mason shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Mason showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Mason drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Mason jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mason slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Mason decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Jay Mason seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Mason lands a head kick that stumbles Shottah and the fighters go to the mat.
It looks like Top Shottah has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mason looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Mason pushing down on Shottah's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mason is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Mason keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Mason is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Mason content to control rather than advance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Despite being in the dominant position, Jay Mason just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mason is looking to clinch.
Mason explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Mason tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shottah paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Mason tries to clinch there but Shottah circles away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Mason changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shottah looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Shottah is trying to escape the position but Mason is controlling the position.
Mason has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Shottah is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Mason yanks on the arm and Shottah is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Mason.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Jay Mason!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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