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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Shawnn Chen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Wood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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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
9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawnn Chen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nathan Wood!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wood lands a big head kick that sends Chen tumbling to the mat! Wood takes a step backwards and waves Chen back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Chen is rocked!
It looks like Shawnn Chen has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wood. Chen shrugs it off though.
Oh Chen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chen misses the shot to the body.
Wood closes the distance and clinches.
Chen blocks an uppercut.
Chen seems to have got his legs back now.
Chen scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wood.
Chen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chen.
A short right from Chen.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chen working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Wood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Chen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wood gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Chen.
Wood makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wood misses with a punch to the body.
Wood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wood is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Wood presses Chen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Still in the clinch, Chen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wood blocks an uppercut.
Wood scores with a hook to the body.
Wood blocks an uppercut.
Chen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chen lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chen misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
Wood is leaning against Chen and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Chen misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wood.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wood misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Wood fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chen.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Wood fails to land.
Wood blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
A nice right hand lands inside from Chen.
Chen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Wood lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Wood digs a right hand into Chen's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Chen's gas tank.
Wood escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A head kick misses from Wood.
Wood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wood misses with a low kick.
A big right from Wood misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood misses with a straight left.
Chen throws a nice looking combination but Wood bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A slow jab from Chen misses its intended target.
Chen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Wood lands with a nice body kick.
Wood scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That kick from Wood tenderised Chen's leg. Chen is trying to keep his angry face on.
Wood looks for the body kick but Chen saw that one coming.
Nathan Wood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wood throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Wood throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Chen moves out of range as Wood throws a body kick.
Wood tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wood lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wood tries to clinch up but Chen circles away and keeps his distance.
A cross from Wood lands.
Wood throws a low kick, looking for Chen's leg but Chen calmly moves out of range.
Wood pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Chen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Wood checks it well.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters circling - Wood throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wood throws a low kick, looking for Chen's leg but Chen calmly moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Wood dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shawnn Chen's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Some bone on bone action there as Chen checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Wood misses with an uppercut.
A nice leg kick lands there from Wood.
Wood ducks under a wild hook from Chen.
Wood lands a nice looking kick to the body. Chen takes a step back to recover.
Wood fails to land with a series of punches.
Chen jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Wood throws a nice head kick!
Wood with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Chen checks a low kick from Wood.
Chen swats away the attempt to clinch by Wood.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen checks the leg kick.
Chen connects with a right hand. Wood shakes it off.
Wood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wood misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Chen throws the left hand but Wood avoids the punch easily.
Wood chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chen tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Chen has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wood.
Chen is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Wood throws the kick towards the body but Chen avoids it.
Wood dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chen. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wood takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Wood throws a head kick that misses.
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!
Chen on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Wood finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Wood fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Good standup being displayed there by Wood as he connects with a hook.
Chen slips under a jab.
Chen checks a low kick from Wood.
Wood circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wood has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wood misses with an attempted mid kick.
Chen is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood moves into the clinch.
Chen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wood lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood blocks a body shot from Chen.
Chen throws a punch but it's blocked by Wood.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Wood misses with a punch to the body.
Chen misses with the head strike.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Chen.
Wood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Chen misses with the head strike.
A short right from Chen on the inside.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wood tries to work over Chen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Wood is trying to maintain a safe position but Chen gets an underhook and turns Wood into the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wood misses with a knee strike.
A nice left hand lands by Chen.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wood misses with a punch on the inside.
Nathan Wood seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Chen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wood tries to circle away but Chen has him pinned against the cage.
Chen lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wood lands an uppercut.
Wood working aggressively here.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Wood misses with a punch on the inside.
Chen blocks a body shot from Wood.
Wood lands a hook that snaps the head of Chen backwards.
Chen throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right hook to the body lands for Chen.
Wood is breathing heavily.
Chen misses with some punches.
Wood blocking some punches.
Wood throws a punch but it's blocked by Chen.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nathan Wood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shawnn Chen's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Wood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chen's calf.
Chen tries to close the distance and clinch but Wood swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wood misses with a low kick.
Chen throws a series of strikes that have Wood backpedaling.
The fighters circle momentarily. Wood darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Wood takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Chen scores with the left hand. Wood knows he should have avoided that one.
Chen clinches up against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
Wood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Chen lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Chen avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
Chen misses with a punch on the inside.
Wood looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wood lands with a light punch inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Wood as Chen tries to tie him up.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chen - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Chen throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wood.
Wood lands with a left to the head.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chen blocks a body shot from Wood.
Wood blocks an uppercut.
Wood working aggressively here.
Wood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Wood.
Wood pushes Chen back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Wood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wood misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Chen.
Wood misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Wood fails to land.
Chen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Wood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
Chen lands a left hand that snaps the head of Wood backwards.
Chen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Chen swings wildly with an uppercut but Wood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chen blocks an uppercut.
Wood tries to throw a body punch but Chen avoids it by throwing Wood back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
Chen lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Wood - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Chen misses with the head strike.
Wood will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Chen up against the cage.
Chen misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wood's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Chen is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shawnn Chen's cut is getting worse.
Wood connects with an inside leg kick.
Wood bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Wood throws a head kick that misses.
Wood throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wood instigates a clinch.
Chen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Chen.
Chen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Nathan Wood is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chen.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wood.
Wood blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Chen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Chen.
Chen makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Chen misses with the head strike.
Chen prevents a body shot from Wood.
Chen throws a head punch that misses.
Chen throws an elbow but it misses.
Wood missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Chen misses with some punches.
Shawnn Chen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Chen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch on the inside from Chen fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nathan Wood.
I've got Wood winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:30
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nathan Wood!
Our winner, Nathan Wood, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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