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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Maxx Shepard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lawrence Trainor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Trainor comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Revolution Will Not Be Televised kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Maxx Shepard is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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140 lbs
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135 lbs
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Good wrestling
Decent elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Maxx Shepard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lawrence Trainor!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shepard fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Shepard darts in and clinches Trainor up against the cage.
Trainor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trainor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trainor is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Trainor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Trainor tries a knee to the head but Shepard blocks it.
Trainor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shepard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shepard is leaning against Trainor and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Trainor connects with a knee to the head.
Trainor ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Trainor no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Trainor is looking to stand up but Shepard isn't so interested in that idea.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shepard gets to his feet. Trainor looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The fight stays on the outside here - Shepard looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trainor shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Shepard is trying to defend but Trainor finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Trainor prevents Shepard from standing back up.
Trainor decides to stand and escape the position.
Trainor tries to close the distance and clinch but Shepard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shepard throws a right hand that Trainor ducks under and follows up with a left that Trainor also avoids with ease.
Shepard fails in his attempt to clinch.
Maxx Shepard seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trainor throws a head kick but Shepard moves out of range.
Trainor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shepard gets a clinch.
Trainor using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Shepard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Nice elbow from Shepard.
Shepard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shepard has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Trainor is trying to keep an underhook but Shepard manages to get the takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shepard wants to pass the guard but Trainor is defending well.
Trainor trying to hold on to Shepard's head to control him but Shepard postures up.
Shepard working Trainor over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trainor is controlling Shepard's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Shepard passes to full mount!
Trainor is working to get back to half guard.
Shepard misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Shepard wants to control the pace but Trainor is squirming around nicely.
Trainor tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shepard lands a big elbow.
Shepard landing punches.
Trainor in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Shepard trying to control but Trainor is having none of it.
Shepard working away from the top, dropping strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shepard tries to control but Trainor wriggling away.
Trainor is wriggling around trying to escape.
Shepard with the ground and pound from mount.
Trainor is desperately trying to improve his position but Shepard has a good base and remains in mount.
Trainor is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shepard fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Shepard trying to control but Trainor is having none of it.
Trainor is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Maxx Shepard dominated that 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.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shepard.
Shepard shoots in for a takedown but Trainor shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Shepard tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Trainor paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shepard misses with a double jab
and Trainor counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Shepard!
Trainor unloads with some shots from mount but Shepard bucks and avoids them well.
Trainor moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Shepard has worked his arm free - good work by Shepard!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shepard is not content to let Trainor control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trainor postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
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Trainor throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shepard takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Trainor landing strikes.
Shepard is being controlled here.
Trainor is looking to take a break and control but Shepard is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Shepard is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Trainor trying to control the position but Shepard is working away.
Maxx Shepard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Trainor wants to control for a moment but Shepard uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shepard is trying to stand up here but Trainor is controlling him well.
Trainor trying to control from half guard but Shepard is working away.
Shepard is pressing down on Trainor's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Trainor throws a big right hand that misses.
Trainor postures up in Shepard's guard and throws a big left but Shepard blocks it.
Shepard manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Trainor manages to get himself to full guard.
Trainor pushes Shepard off and gets back to his feet.
Shepard is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trainor darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Shepard is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trainor is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Shepard is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lawrence Trainor showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Trainor shoots in and drives through. Shepard sprawls well.
Trainor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Trainor shoots in looking for a takedown but Shepard manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Trainor's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Shepard misses with a head kick.
Trainor stuffs the takedown.
Nice sprawl there from Trainor as Shepard shoots in.
Shepard is looking to clinch but Trainor is avoiding it.
Trainor pulls out of a head kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepard shoots in looking for a takedown but Trainor manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Shepard's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maxx Shepard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shepard lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Shepard tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Trainor counters with a shoot takedown. Shepard fights it but they end up in guard.
Shepard can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Trainor controls the pace.
Trainor postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Trainor pushing down on Shepard's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Trainor seems to be working for a kimura but Shepard defends the submission attempt.
Trainor seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trainor not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Trainor perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Trainor is looking to take a break and control but Shepard is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Trainor throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Trainor working Shepard over with strikes.
Shepard trying to control but Trainor postures up.
Trainor wants to stand up but Shepard is controlling the position.
Shepard trying to control here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trainor sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Shepard defending well though.
Trainor is thwarting Shepard's attempts to control the position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Trainor is trying to control. Shepard wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Shepard clinches up with Trainor and pushes him back against the cage.
Shepard tries to circle away but Trainor has him pinned against the cage.
Shepard is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Trainor pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Trainor misses with a knee strike.
Trainor landing knees to the head.
Shepard will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Trainor up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trainor tries to work over Shepard's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Trainor looking to throw knees to the head but Shepard is blocking nicely.
Shepard connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Lawrence Trainor has been cut.
Trainor tries to land a knee to the head but Shepard blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Trainor.
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!
Trainor missing with knees to the body.
Shepard avoiding damage as Trainor throws knees to the body.
Shepard taking a breather.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Trainor tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Trainor keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shepard's efforts to push away.
Trainor working some nice short punches in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lawrence Trainor really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Lawrence Trainor's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Shepard has managed to clinch.
Shepard has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Trainor is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Trainor successfully pulls guard.
Shepard wants to get up but he can't break Trainor's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Trainor looking to control.
Shepard throws a big right hand that misses.
Trainor trying to control the position.
Trainor has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shepard is looking to stand up but Trainor won't let him.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Shepard trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Trainor seems keen to control Shepard's posture.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Lawrence Trainor was stalling too much, according to the referee.
No luck for Shepard with that takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trainor shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Shepard but Shepard pushes him off and we're back to square one.
The fight stays on the outside here - Trainor looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Trainor fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Shepard to the ground. Trainor is now in Shepard's guard.
Trainor postures up in Shepard's guard and throws a big left but Shepard blocks it.
Shepard working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Trainor.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trainor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shepard is keeping the position for now.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Trainor accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Trainor content to stall in guard here.
Trainor advances position into side control!
Trainor in side control lands a decent elbow.
Trainor trying to control the action but Shepard is working from the bottom.
Trainor tries for a kimura but Shepard is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shepard is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Trainor tries to advance to mount but can't.
A lull in the action here as Trainor stalls from top position.
Trainor in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trainor lands a decent elbow from side control.
Trainor misses with the ground and pound.
Trainor working away.
Trainor lands a few punches from side control.
Trainor is looking to take a break and control but Shepard is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Trainor is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shepard is trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lawrence Trainor dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Lawrence Trainor's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Shepard misses with a double jab.
Trainor keeps the fight on the outside.
Shepard is looking to clinch.
Trainor tries to clinch there but Shepard circles away.
No luck for Shepard with that takedown attempt.
Trainor scores with a takedown into Shepard's guard.
Trainor throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Trainor wants to get up but he can't break Shepard's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Trainor pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shepard is keeping the position for now.
Trainor trying to control the position from guard on top but Shepard is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shepard looking for a sweep. Not yet Shepard, not yet.
Shepard wants to stand and escape but Trainor is having none of it.
Trainor sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Lawrence Trainor hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Shepard tries to clinch up.
Shepard misses with the combination.
Trainor moves into the clinch.
Trainor throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shepard blocks it with crossed arms.
Trainor tries to land a knee to the head but Shepard blocks with his arms.
Trainor with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trainor tries a knee to the head but Shepard blocks it.
Trainor tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Trainor is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Trainor tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shepard avoids it.
Trainor connects with a nasty looking knee right to Shepard's face.
Shepard has Trainor pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Trainor manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Shepard avoiding damage as Trainor throws knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trainor.
Trainor tries to land knees in the clinch but Shepard avoids the damage to the body.
Trainor throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shepard taking a breather.
Shepard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Trainor pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maxx Shepard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Trainor shoots in but no luck this time.
Maxx Shepard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shepard wants to clinch up but Trainor keeps it at a distance.
Shepard swinging wildly here.
Trainor shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Shepard's guard.
Trainor throws a big right hand that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Trainor wants to control from the top but Shepard keeps moving.
Trainor gets to his feet. Shepard looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
And that's the end of the fight!
Lawrence Trainor comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Trainor 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight for Lawrence Trainor!
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight for Lawrence Trainor!
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight for Lawrence Trainor!
Lawrence Trainor wins by unanimous decision!
An out of breath Lawrence Trainor thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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