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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Van Dam (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Shamrock's choice of entrance music: Kanye West 's Stronger . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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142 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
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178 cm
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141 lbs
21 - 9 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Kevin Van Dam!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
21 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Nick Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Daniel Bishop and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Dam misses with a body punch
letting Shamrock counter with a right hand.
Van Dam takes a swing at Shamrock's ribcage but misses.
Shamrock slips a jab from Van Dam.
Van Dam misses with a hook. Shamrock ducked under it nicely.
Shamrock moves out of range as Van Dam strikes.
Van Dam throws a series of punches but Shamrock moves out of range.
Van Dam throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Van Dam throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Dam throws an off balance right hand
and Shamrock holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Shamrock landing knees to the head.
Shamrock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Van Dam lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shamrock is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shamrock landing knees to the head.
Van Dam has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A knee to the head by Shamrock.
Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Dam blocks it with crossed arms.
Van Dam has had enough of the clinch but Shamrock keeps him there for the moment.
Shamrock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Van Dam blocks it with crossed arms.
Shamrock tries a knee to the head but Van Dam blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Van Dam is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shamrock looking to throw knees to the head but Van Dam is blocking nicely.
Van Dam breaks from the clinch.
Van Dam looks to score with a jab to the body but Shamrock is just out of range.
Van Dam lands a left and a right that send Shamrock crashing to the mat, dazed. Van Dam thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Shamrock is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Some wild striking there from Van Dam.
Shamrock is still on wobbly legs! Can Van Dam finish him?
Van Dam misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Dam throws a body punch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Van Dam misses with a few strikes there.
Van Dam misses with a hook. Shamrock ducked under it nicely.
Van Dam is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Shamrock's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Van Dam walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Shamrock drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Van Dam swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Shamrock's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kevin Van Dam!
Kevin Van Dam took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, BLKOUT Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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