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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Shum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stanislav Jovanovitch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jovanovitch has chosen Just Like You Imagined - Nine Inch Nails as his entrance music. Stanislav Jovanovitch told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kelvin Shum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Stanislav Jovanovitch!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Robert Douchet and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shum tries to clinch up.
Shum wants to clinch up but Jovanovitch keeps it at a distance.
Jovanovitch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Jovanovitch swats away the attempt to clinch by Shum.
Shum wants to clinch up but Jovanovitch keeps it at a distance.
Jovanovitch keeps the fight on the outside.
Jovanovitch keeps the fight on the outside.
Jovanovitch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shum moves in looking to clinch but Jovanovitch pushes him off.
Shum tries to clinch there but Jovanovitch circles away.
Shum tries to clinch but Jovanovitch is having none of it.
Jovanovitch rushes Shum and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Jovanovitch has Shum pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Shum manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jovanovitch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jovanovitch.
Shum wants to get back to striking at distance but Jovanovitch won't allow it.
Shum misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shum breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Jovanovitch moves into the clinch successfully.
Knees to the body from Jovanovitch.
Shum tries to break the clinch but Jovanovitch is controlling the position.
Shum managing to block the knees to the body from Jovanovitch.
Jovanovitch breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shum tries to clinch but Jovanovitch moves away
and Jovanovitch counters with a three punch combo that has Shum backing up. Shum nods at Jovanovitch to acknowledge the strikes.
Shum tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jovanovitch counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shum tries to clinch up
and Jovanovitch counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jovanovitch buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Jovanovitch looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Jovanovitch not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Jovanovitch decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Jovanovitch misses with the combination.
Shum tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jovanovitch moves into the clinch.
Jovanovitch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jovanovitch looks gassed!
Shum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jovanovitch landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shum is trying to break free.
Shum scores with a shoulder strike.
Shum can't break the clinch.
Jovanovitch tries to score a body lock takedown but Shum shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Jovanovitch keeps control of Shum as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Jovanovitch breaks from the clinch.
Shum tries to clinch up
and Jovanovitch counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Shum lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jovanovitch backwards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Shum.
Shum lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jovanovitch backwards.
Shum stops a takedown attempt from Jovanovitch.
Kelvin Shum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stanislav Jovanovitch.
Shum wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shum wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jovanovitch has him pressed against the cage.
Jovanovitch drops down looking for an ankle pick but Shum pulls his leg out and moves away.
Shum fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jovanovitch misses with a wild combination.
Jovanovitch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Shum.
Jovanovitch takes the fight into the clinch.
Jovanovitch scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jovanovitch using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jovanovitch landing knees to the body.
Jovanovitch lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Shum breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shum tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Jovanovitch counters with an outside leg kick.
Jovanovitch misses with a wild combination.
Jovanovitch circles away from the clinch attempt
and Jovanovitch counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Jovanovitch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Jovanovitch keeps the fight on the outside.
Some wild striking there from Jovanovitch.
Shum tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jovanovitch decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Shum's guard.
Jovanovitch has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovitch throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Jovanovitch throws a strike but Shum rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Shum has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jovanovitch looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shum is one step ahead there.
Jovanovitch wants to hit a switch here but Shum passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Jovanovitch there!
Shum looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shum prevents Jovanovitch from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Shum controlling his opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jovanovitch is looking to improve his position but Shum isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanislav Jovanovitch dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Shum blocks the body kick.
Shum wants to clinch but Jovanovitch slips to the side
and Jovanovitch counters with an inside leg kick.
Shum tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Jovanovitch holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Shum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shum wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Jovanovitch tries to land knees in the clinch but Shum avoids the damage to the body.
Jovanovitch prevents Shum from breaking the clinch.
Shum wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shum tries to break the clinch but Jovanovitch is controlling the position.
Knees to the body from Jovanovitch.
Shum lands a right hand that snaps the head of Jovanovitch backwards.
Shum lands a left hand.
Jovanovitch using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Jovanovitch tries a body shot but Shum blocks it.
Jovanovitch tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shum wants to break the clinch but can't.
Jovanovitch lands a knee to the body.
Shum lands a shoulder strike.
Shum wants to get back to striking at distance but Jovanovitch won't allow it.
Shum has Jovanovitch pushed against the cage.
Shum wants to break free but Jovanovitch has control.
Shum taking a breather.
Jovanovitch is breathing heavily.
Shum wants to break free but Jovanovitch has control.
Jovanovitch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shum holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Shum wants to break free but Jovanovitch has control.
Shum tries to break the clinch but Jovanovitch is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shum is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Knees to the body from Jovanovitch.
Shum is trying to break free.
Jovanovitch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shum.
Shum lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shum wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jovanovitch is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Shum gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jovanovitch lands a nice knee to the body.
Jovanovitch manages to break the clinch.
Jovanovitch clinches with his opponent.
Jovanovitch has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Shum is trying to keep an underhook but Jovanovitch manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Jovanovitch frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Shum is in a horrible position here. Jovanovitch smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Jovanovitch scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Shum?
Shum takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Shum tries to hold on but Jovanovitch postures up.
Shum blocking the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovitch looking to finish with strikes here!
Shum tries to hold on but Jovanovitch postures up.
Jovanovitch throws some wild stikes that Shum manages to avoid easily.
Jovanovitch is in the full mount, landing strikes.
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!
Jovanovitch 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.
Jovanovitch thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Jovanovitch working Shum over with strikes here.
Jovanovitch punching from mount but Shum doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Jovanovitch throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jovanovitch is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovitch looking to finish Shum with some ground and pound. This is bad for Shum!
Jovanovitch with the ground and pound from mount.
Jovanovitch fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Jovanovitch lands with some strikes.
Jovanovitch throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Shum because Jovanovitch loaded up on that one.
Jovanovitch lands with some strikes.
Shum tries to lock up and control but Jovanovitch gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jovanovitch cracks Shum with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Jovanovitch avoids the attempt from Shum to control.
Shum on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shum tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jovanovitch throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shum is trying to stand.
Jovanovitch prevents Shum from getting the reversal.
Shum is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Shum is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Jovanovitch is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shum can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Shum is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jovanovitch throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shum is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Jovanovitch thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stanislav Jovanovitch showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Shum closes the distance but Jovanovitch moves to the side
and Jovanovitch counters with a slapping leg kick.
Shum is looking to clinch.
Shum wants to clinch up but Jovanovitch keeps it at a distance.
Shum is looking to clinch but Jovanovitch is avoiding it.
Shum tries to clinch but Jovanovitch is having none of it.
Shum tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kelvin Shum is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shum wants to clinch
and Jovanovitch counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Jovanovitch, right into the meat.
Jovanovitch has managed to clinch.
Shum is trying to break free.
Jovanovitch crunches a lovely knee into Shum's ribcage.
Shum wants to stall.
Jovanovitch looking to throw knees to the head but Shum is blocking nicely.
Shum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jovanovitch is keeping busy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jovanovitch misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shum.
Shum stalling in the clinch but Jovanovitch improves position.
Jovanovitch trying to land knees to the body.
Shum wants to break free but Jovanovitch has control.
Jovanovitch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shum can't break the clinch.
Shum has had enough of the clinch but Jovanovitch keeps him there for the moment.
Shum wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Jovanovitch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Stanislav Jovanovitch seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shum manages to break the clinch.
Shum tries to clinch up
and Jovanovitch counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jovanovitch has a takedown stuffed.
Shum tries to clinch but Jovanovitch moves away
and Jovanovitch counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Shum wants to clinch
and Jovanovitch cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Jovanovitch has a takedown stuffed.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A knee to the head by Jovanovitch.
A nice left hand lands by Shum.
Shum looking to slow down the pace here.
Jovanovitch tries for a takedown but Shum manages to get underhooks.
Kelvin Shum has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Stanislav Jovanovitch.
Jovanovitch wants a takedown.
Shum wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jovanovitch has him pressed against the cage.
Jovanovitch lands a knee to the body.
Shum wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shum gets through Jovanovitch's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Jovanovitch.
Jovanovitch lands a body punch in the clinch.
Jovanovitch using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shum takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shum wants to break free but Jovanovitch has control.
Shum wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jovanovitch has him pressed against the cage.
Jovanovitch wants a takedown.
Shum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jovanovitch is keeping busy.
Shum tries to break the clinch but Jovanovitch is controlling the position.
Shum has had enough of the clinch but Jovanovitch keeps him there for the moment.
Jovanovitch wants a takedown.
Shum tries to stall but Jovanovitch uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shum stalling.
Shum makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shum pressing his opponent against the cage.
Shum is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Shum has had enough of the clinch but Jovanovitch keeps him there for the moment.
Jovanovitch landing knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shum takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Shum for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jovanovitch.
Shum is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kelvin Shum.
Shum closes the distance and clinches.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shum lands a shoulder strike.
Shum wants to get back to striking at distance but Jovanovitch won't allow it.
Shum wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shum can't break the clinch.
Jovanovitch prevents Shum from breaking the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Jovanovitch misses with a punch on the inside.
Shum wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Shum wants to break free but Jovanovitch has control.
Shum throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Jovanovitchs head.
Shum looking to stall.
Jovanovitch using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shum breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shum moves in looking to clinch but Jovanovitch pushes him off.
Jovanovitch clinches with his opponent.
Jovanovitch breaks the clinch.
Shum tries to clinch
and Jovanovitch counters with a low kick, right behind Shum 's knee.
Jovanovitch instigates a clinch.
Jovanovitch lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Kelvin Shum has been cut.
Jovanovitch escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shum wants to clinch
and Jovanovitch counters with an inside leg kick.
Shum looks to clinch
and Jovanovitch counters with a slapping leg kick.
A jab from Jovanovitch misses.
Shum darts in trying to clinch
and Jovanovitch counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Shum tries to clinch
and Jovanovitch counters with a good low kick that Shum was not able to check.
Shum wants to clinch up but Jovanovitch keeps it at a distance.
Shum tries to clinch
and Jovanovitch counters with a good low kick that Shum was not able to check.
Jovanovitch rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shum moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shum tries to clinch but Jovanovitch moves away
and Jovanovitch counters with a low kick, right behind Shum 's knee.
Shum wants to clinch
and Jovanovitch counters with an outside leg kick.
Shum closes the distance looking to clinch
and Jovanovitch moves into the clinch.
Shum stops a takedown attempt from Jovanovitch.
Shum managing to block the knees to the body from Jovanovitch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shum can't break the clinch.
Shum wants to get back to striking at distance but Jovanovitch won't allow it.
Shum lands with a right to the head.
Jovanovitch throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shum stalling in the clinch but Jovanovitch improves position.
Shum is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Knees in the clinch landing for Jovanovitch.
Kelvin Shum has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jovanovitch tries to land knees in the clinch but Shum avoids the damage to the body.
Shum wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Jovanovitch has him pressed against the cage.
Shum tries to break the clinch but Jovanovitch is controlling the position.
Jovanovitch lands an elbow inside that Shum shrugs off.
Shum stalling in the clinch but Jovanovitch improves position.
Jovanovitch breaks from the clinch.
Shum has managed to clinch.
Jovanovitch works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Jovanovitch landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Jovanovitch tries to pull guard but Shum holds him up against the cage and eventually Jovanovitch drops back down to his feet.
Jovanovitch wants a takedown but no success here.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shum is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Jovanovitch is keeping busy.
Jovanovitch drags the fight down to the ground.
Jovanovitch manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shum manages to get himself to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jovanovitch is in close to Shum's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shum trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Shum throws a nice elbow from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stanislav Jovanovitch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Jovanovitch has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stanislav Jovanovitch!
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