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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Pena Pakkaaja (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and M J Shain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pakkaaja comes to the cage accompanied by I made it by Kevin Rudolf. Shain has chosen Thunderstruck as his entrance music. Pena Pakkaaja has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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169 lbs
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185 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great low kicks
KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pena Pakkaaja!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, M J Shain!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Franklyn Lucas and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pakkaaja doesn't manage to clinch there - Shain circles away.
A head kick misses from Pakkaaja.
Pakkaaja swings for the body but Shain moves out of range.
Pakkaaja wants to clinch.
Pakkaaja rushes Shain and presses him up against the cage.
Pakkaaja tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pakkaaja with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pakkaaja tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shain is looking to break free of the clinch but Pakkaaja has double underhooks.
Shain wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Pakkaaja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pakkaaja looking to throw knees to the head but Shain is blocking nicely.
Shain is trying to break the clinch but Pakkaaja has him pressed against the cage.
Shain can't break the clinch.
Shain wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Shain wants to break free but Pakkaaja has control.
Pakkaaja really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shain tries to break the clinch but Pakkaaja is controlling the position.
Pakkaaja misses with an elbow over the top.
Pakkaaja tries a knee to the head but Shain blocks it.
Shain wants to get back to striking at distance but Pakkaaja won't allow it.
Pakkaaja landing knees to the head.
Pakkaaja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shain tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shain tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pakkaaja just stands there and leans against the cage.
Shain tries to break the clinch but Pakkaaja is controlling the position.
Pakkaaja lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Pakkaaja prevents Shain from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pakkaaja misses with a knee strike.
Pakkaaja tries to land a knee to the head but Shain blocks with his arms.
Shain pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shain attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Shain misses with a straight left.
M J Shain is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Pakkaaja misses with a hook.
Pakkaaja clinches up against the cage.
Pakkaaja tries to land a knee to the head but Shain blocks with his arms.
Pakkaaja misses with a knee to the head.
Pakkaaja looking to throw knees to the head but Shain is blocking nicely.
Pakkaaja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shain is working for takedown but Pakkaaja is calmly controlling the position for now.
Pakkaaja misses with a knee to the head.
Pakkaaja is breathing heavily.
Shain tries to pull guard but Pakkaaja holds him up against the cage and eventually Shain drops back down to his feet.
Pena Pakkaaja has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of M J Shain.
Pakkaaja tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shain tries to break the clinch but Pakkaaja is controlling the position.
Shain gets control of Pakkaaja's arms and successfully pulls guard. Shain will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Shain wants to sweep here but Pakkaaja controlling him for the moment.
Shain manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Shain throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shain throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Pakkaaja because Shain loaded up on that one.
Pakkaaja is trying to stand up.
Shain throws some wild stikes that Pakkaaja manages to avoid easily.
Shain raining down shots from the mount!
Shain with good strikes from the mount here!
Shain misses with a head shot.
Pakkaaja is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Shain thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shain thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Shain won't let Pakkaaja get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shain lands a heavy elbow.
Poor strikes thrown by Shain there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Pakkaaja avoids a series of strikes thrown by Shain.
Pakkaaja holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shain tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Pakkaaja squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Shain throwing strikes here but Pakkaaja is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Pakkaaja blocking the ground and pound.
Pakkaaja suckers Shain into throwing a sloppy strike and uses the momentum to reverse the position beautifully! Pakkaaja is now in Shain's guard!
Shain manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Pakkaaja wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pakkaaja taking shots to the head.
Shain throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pakkaaja is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Pakkaaja is bucking up trying to escape but Shain cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Shain in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Pakkaaja tries to buck Shain off but he can't manage it.
Shain landing strikes from the mount and Pakkaaja is in trouble!
Shain looking to finish with strikes here!
Pakkaaja blocking the ground and pound.
Shain lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Shain lands with some strikes.
Pakkaaja is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
M J Shain dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Shain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pakkaaja sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pakkaaja fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Shain, pushing him back against the cage.
Shain has had enough of the clinch but Pakkaaja keeps him there for the moment.
Pakkaaja lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like M J Shain has been cut.
Shain tries to pull guard but Pakkaaja holds him up against the cage and eventually Shain drops back down to his feet.
Pakkaaja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shain tries to break free but Pakkaaja pushes him back against the cage.
Pakkaaja misses with a knee strike.
Shain is looking to break free of the clinch but Pakkaaja has double underhooks.
Pakkaaja looking to throw knees to the head but Shain is blocking nicely.
Shain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shain misses with a straight left.
Danga de danga de dang - Shain scores with a four punch combination!
Pakkaaja has managed to clinch.
Pakkaaja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Pakkaaja throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shain blocks it with crossed arms.
Pakkaaja throws an elbow that misses.
Shain is trying to break the clinch but Pakkaaja is controlling him.
Shain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pakkaaja pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pakkaaja misses with a knee strike.
Pakkaaja tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pakkaaja throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pakkaaja throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shain blocks it with crossed arms.
Pakkaaja using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pakkaaja has Shain pressed against the cage, preventing Shain from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Pakkaaja misses with a knee strike.
Shain is trying to break the clinch but Pakkaaja has him pressed against the cage.
Pakkaaja keeps control of Shain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shain can't break the clinch.
Shain wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pakkaaja keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shain's efforts to push away.
Pakkaaja prevents Shain from breaking the clinch.
Shain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pakkaaja throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pakkaaja pushes off an throws an elbow but Shain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shain wants to break free but Pakkaaja has control.
Shain breaks the clinch.
Shain throws a jab when Pakkaaja was well out of range.
Shain throws a low kick but it's checked well by Pakkaaja.
Pakkaaja shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
A shot to de liver by Shain. Beautiful body shot.
Pakkaaja displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shain throws out the jab.
Pakkaaja is trying hard to land a takedown here. Shain sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice defenses there by Pakkaaja.
Shain swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pakkaaja.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shain connects with a right hand. Pakkaaja shakes it off.
Pakkaaja tries to close the distance and clinch but Shain swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A head kick from Pakkaaja lands but Shain takes it in his stride.
Shain cracks Pakkaaja with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shain throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Shain lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pakkaaja checks a low kick from Shain.
Shain throws a body kick that misses.
Shain works the jab nicely.
Shain sizes up Pakkaaja with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shain misses with a hook.
Shain lands a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pakkaaja scores with a leg kick.
A head kick misses from Pakkaaja.
Shain throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pakkaaja ducks under a wild hook from Shain.
Pakkaaja tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Shain avoids the head kick by Pakkaaja.
Pakkaaja misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pakkaaja takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Horrible takedown by Pakkaaja or perhaps it was just good defense by Shain which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pena Pakkaaja. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shain takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Shain looks to score with a jab to the body but Pakkaaja is just out of range.
Shain thows a leg kick but Pakkaaja checks it
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Pakkaaja takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Shain throws a head kick that misses
and Pakkaaja moves into the clinch.
Shain is looking to break free of the clinch but Pakkaaja has double underhooks.
Pakkaaja tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Pakkaaja keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shain's efforts to push away.
Pakkaaja throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shain has a couple of punches blocked by Pakkaaja.
Shain dodges an elbow strike from Pakkaaja.
Pakkaaja tries a knee to the head but Shain blocks it.
Shain is trying to break free.
Shain has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Pakkaaja with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shain tries to circle away but Pakkaaja has him pinned against the cage.
Pakkaaja is fighting off a takedown attempt but Shain is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Pakkaaja to the mat. Pakkaaja regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Shain won't allow Pakkaaja to get back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pakkaaja will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Shain won't allow Pakkaaja to get back to his feet.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Shain scoring with some ground and pound.
Pakkaaja wants to get back to his feet but Shain is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shain accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
M J Shain showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on M J Shain's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Shain displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Pakkaaja.
Shain misses with a low kick.
Shain misses with a leg kick
and Pakkaaja counters with a right hand to the body.
Good shot there by Shain.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Pakkaaja, right into the meat.
Shain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shain takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
M J Shain seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fighters circling - Shain throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shain throws the left hand but Pakkaaja avoids the punch easily.
Pakkaaja pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shain throws a big shot that misses.
Pakkaaja wants to clinch.
Shain takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Shain takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shain with a hook.
Pakkaaja takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Pakkaaja misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shain.
M J Shain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A bone on bone clash there as Pakkaaja blocks the leg kick.
Shain misses with a straight left.
Pakkaaja tries to clinch but Shain is having none of it.
Pakkaaja moves in looking to clinch but Shain pushes him off.
Shain throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Pakkaaja plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Shain tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pakkaaja misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shain.
Shain stuns Pakkaaja with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pakkaaja is looking to wear down Shain with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Shain throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Pakkaaja holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pakkaaja misses with an elbow strike.
A frustrated look appears on Shain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pakkaaja looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Pakkaaja takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pakkaaja steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shain.
Shain scores with a body shot.
Shain misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pakkaaja throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pakkaaja throws a nice outside leg kick.
Shain gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Pakkaaja uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shain.
Shain looks to throw the jab but Pakkaaja is out of range.
Shain throws a leg kick that is checked
and Pakkaaja moves into the clinch.
Pakkaaja throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pakkaaja tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pakkaaja throws an elbow that misses.
Shain looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Pakkaaja lands a nice elbow.
Shain blocks the elbow strike.
Pakkaaja blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shain avoids a wild elbow strike from Pakkaaja.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pakkaaja throws a knee to the head but misses.
Pakkaaja tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shain managing to block the knees to the body from Pakkaaja.
Shain escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A low kick from Shain misses
and Pakkaaja holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Pakkaaja throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shain blocks it with crossed arms.
Pakkaaja keeps control of Shain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pakkaaja misses with a knee to the head.
Pakkaaja keeps control of Shain as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shain lands a shoulder strike.
Shain tries to break the clinch but Pakkaaja is controlling the position.
Pakkaaja looking to throw knees to the head but Shain is blocking nicely.
Shain breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pakkaaja uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shain.
Shain blocks a head kick by Pakkaaja.
Pakkaaja tries to clinch but Shain moves out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Pena Pakkaaja has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shain tries to circle away but Pakkaaja has him pinned against the cage.
Pakkaaja tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shain breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shain throws a sloppy head kick and Pakkaaja moves out of range easily.
Pakkaaja uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Shain.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pakkaaja takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Pakkaaja tries to clinch up but Shain circles away and keeps his distance.
Pakkaaja uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shain.
Shain misses with a looping left.
Pakkaaja ducks under a wild hook from Shain.
Pakkaaja takes the fight into the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Shain's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pakkaaja connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shain's face.
Shain misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pakkaaja pushes off an throws an elbow but Shain leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shain tries to break free but Pakkaaja pushes him back against the cage.
Pakkaaja lands an elbow inside that Shain shrugs off.
Pakkaaja tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shain manages to break the clinch.
Pakkaaja tries to clinch up.
Shain is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pakkaaja.
Pakkaaja misses with a head kick.
M J Shain is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Pakkaaja tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shain paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pena Pakkaaja showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Shain has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... M J Shain!
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