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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pappy Shrew (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Al Blaze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shrew comes to the cage accompanied by In The Morning. Al Blaze has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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290 lbs
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250 lbs
10 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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ADCC Champion
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pappy Shrew!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Al Blaze!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blaze fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Blaze dives in and grabs Shrew's left leg, looking for a takedown. Shrew pushes down on Blaze's head and hops out.
Blaze fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Shrew avoids it really well and circles away.
Pappy Shrew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Al Blaze.
Shrew defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Blaze.
Shrew stuns Blaze with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shrew lands with an uppercut that bounces Blaze off the cage and back into rage.
Shrew has closed the distance and engaged Blaze in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Shrew.
Shrew stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Blaze looks gassed!
Stalling in the clinch from Shrew.
Shrew works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shrew lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Shrew.
Shrew works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Shrew lands a body punch in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Shrew.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shrew.
Shrew lands a nice shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shrew lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Blaze or not.
Shrew breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shrew gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shrew lands a hook that snaps the head of Blaze backwards.
Shrew lands a shoulder strike.
Shrew taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Shrew is working Blaze over against the cage.
Shrew lands a body punch in the clinch.
Shrew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shrew leaves Blaze with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Shrew instigates a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Shrew.
Shrew's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shrew clobbers Blaze with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Shrew throws a one two combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shrew lands a lovely overhand right.
Shrew throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Shrew lands a nice hook to Blaze's body. Blaze takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pappy Shrew is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shrew lunges at Blaze with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blaze's hand.
Shrew misses with a wild combination.
Shrew lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shrew.
Blaze takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shrew connects with the punch.
Blaze is trying desperately to land a takedown but Shrew is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Blaze.
Shrew lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Blaze backs up against the cage.
Shrew lands with a cross.
Shrew stuffs the takedown attempt from Blaze. Blaze gets slowly back to his feet.
Blaze takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shrew lands a slapping body shot.
Shrew moves into the clinch.
Blaze tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shrew pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shrew scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Blaze slips a jab and a cross from Shrew.
Shrew darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Shrew as he avoids it easily.
Shrew uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Blaze has time to react.
Horrible takedown by Blaze or perhaps it was just good defense by Shrew which made him look bad.
Shrew misses with a wild combination.
Blaze looks for a takedown but Shrew sprawls well.
Al Blaze seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shrew scores with a nice right hand.
Shrew displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Blaze.
Shrew lands with a shot to the body.
Shrew's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Shrew duly obliges.
Blaze gets the takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shrew is looking for a sweep.
Blaze is trying to get an arm triangle but Shrew is defending well.
Blaze working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Shrew avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Blaze.
Shrew controls the position for a moment.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Blaze wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Shrew, who protects the arm well.
Blaze working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pappy Shrew dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Blaze tries for a takedown but Shrew sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Pappy Shrew is winning the standup battle so far.
Blaze shoots in but Shrew avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Shrew stuffs the takedown.
Pappy Shrew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Al Blaze.
Blaze shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Blaze changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shrew tries to avoid it but Blaze manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shrew to the ground. Shrew escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Danga de danga de dang - Shrew scores with a four punch combination!
Shrew cracks Blaze with a good jab.
Shrew throws a shot to the body.
Shrew scores with a hook.
Shrew scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Pappy Shrew is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Blaze is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shrew darts in and clinches Blaze up against the cage.
Shrew escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shrew lands an overhand right.
Shrew dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Shrew but Shrew pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Blaze takes one on the chin but seems OK.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shrew lands a jab to Blaze's midsection.
Shrew dips to his left and cracks Blaze with an uppercut!
Blaze is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Shrew.
Shrew thuds a left hand into Blaze's body.
Shrew cracks Blaze with a right hand to the side of the head.
Shrew connects with a jab.
Shrew moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Shrew closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Shrew breaks the clinch.
Blaze keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shrew lands a slapping body shot.
Shrew fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shrew slaps away a takedown attempt from Blaze, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Blaze takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Shrew fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Blaze on the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shrew punishes Blaze's body with a nice straight punch.
Blaze dodges the punch combination from Shrew.
Shrew lands a really nice looking cross but Blaze seems unphased.
Shrew goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blaze fails with the takedown.
Shrew misses with the combination.
Shrew goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Shrew lands a jab-cross combination.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blaze shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Shrew sprawls well. Shrew wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Blaze gets slowly back to his feet.
Shrew thuds a left hand into Blaze's body.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Shrew.
Blaze tries for a takedown but Shrew sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shrew lands with a nice body punch.
Shrew stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Shrew wants it to stay on the feet.
Shrew changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Shrew misses with a two punch combination.
Shrew takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
The crowd cheers as Shrew lands an impressive looking overhand right. Blaze doesn't seem phased though.
Blaze throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Shrew's waist but Shrew gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Blaze off to one side.
Shrew lands a nice looking body shot.
Shrew thuds his right hand into Blaze's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Blaze takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Shrew ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shrew clobbers Blaze with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Shrew comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Shrew fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice sprawl there from Shrew as Blaze shoots in.
No joy there for Shrew, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shrew defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Blaze.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shrew moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shrew lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Shrew lands a nice shot to the body.
Shrew with a nice cross.
A nice combination there by Shrew.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Shrew as he avoids it easily.
Shrew fails to land with a series of punches.
Blaze fails with a takedown attempt.
Blaze takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Shrew lands a jab-cross combination.
Shrew clinches up with Blaze and pushes him back against the cage.
Shrew is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Blaze can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shrew softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Blaze tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Shrew smiles and moves away.
Shrew throws a series of strikes that have Blaze backpedaling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pappy Shrew dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Blaze.
Blaze looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Shrew!
Blaze seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Shrew is holding on tight.
Blaze is landing with some decent strikes but Shrew is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Blaze is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Shrew is surviving well by controlling Blaze's body position as best he can.
Blaze pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Blaze avoids the attempt from Shrew to control.
Shrew is in all sorts of trouble here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blaze trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shrew knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Blaze on the ground.
Blaze throwing strikes here but Shrew is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shrew is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Blaze working for a submission but Shrew is keeping him at bay.
Shrew tries to hold on but Blaze pushes him away.
Shrew reaches up to try and control the position but Blaze seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Shrew rolls and tries to escape and now Blaze has his back!
Shrew tries to escape but Blaze has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Blaze has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Blaze punches the canvas rather than the man.
Pappy Shrew is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blaze gets his hands free as Shrew looks to control.
Shrew is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Blaze is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Blaze is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Blaze is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Shrew defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Blaze is looking for the choke from the back position but Shrew is controlling his hands well.
Shrew manages to reverse the position and now he's in Blaze's guard. Nice work there by Shrew.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Blaze is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Blaze controls Shrew momentarily but Shrew frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blaze is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Blaze working for a triangle but Shrew defends it easily.
Shrew avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Shrew wanted to stand there but Blaze had control of the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Shrew connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shrew fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Blaze manages to avoid it.
Shrew throws a right hand that Blaze ducks under and follows up with a left that Blaze also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Blaze fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Blaze changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shrew tries to avoid it but Blaze manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shrew to the ground. Shrew escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Pappy Shrew has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Al Blaze.
Shrew with a jab.
Shrew throws a one two combo.
Blaze shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Shrew as he avoids it easily.
Shrew darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice jab there from Shrew.
Blaze misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
A nice combination there by Shrew.
Shrew goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Blaze changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Shrew tries to avoid it but Blaze manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Shrew to the ground. Shrew escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Shrew scores with a body shot.
Shrew throws a good cross that connects.
Shrew lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Shrew is working the combinations to good effect here.
Blaze has a takedown stuffed.
Al Blaze has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shrew connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Blaze momentarily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Al Blaze comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shrew has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:26
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 29:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pappy Shrew!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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