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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Zsiga Venczel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Shepherd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shepherd has chosen Radioactive by Imagine Dragons Ft. Kendrick Lamar as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
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193 cm
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200 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Zsiga Venczel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jason Shepherd !
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venczel gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Shepherd is trying to push Venczel away but Venczel has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Venczel breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shepherd clinches up with Venczel and pushes him back against the cage.
Shepherd gets underhooks to prevent Venczel's takedown attempt.
Shepherd has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Venczel uses from the top position.
Shepherd is trying to control the position but Venczel postures up.
Shepherd working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Venczel.
Venczel showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Venczel trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Venczel working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Venczel trying to control but Shepherd is working from the bottom.
Venczel throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Venczel lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Venczel thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Venczel tries to free his leg and advance position but Shepherd is retaining full guard.
Shepherd has his hands on Venczel's head, controlling the position.
Venczel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Venczel accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Venczel controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Venczel trying to control but Shepherd is working from the bottom.
Venczel passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Venczel trying to control the position but Shepherd is working away.
Venczel tries to move to mount but Shepherd blocks the move with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Venczel landing strikes.
Venczel is staying tight to Shepherd 's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Shepherd is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Shepherd stops Venczel from passing to mount.
Shepherd managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Venczel.
Venczel throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Venczel wants to control but Shepherd is keeping him busy.
We've been hearing that Venczel has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shepherd is looking for a sweep.
Shepherd keeps trying to improve his position.
Venczel taking a breather here.
Venczel fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Shepherd is trying to control Venczel's posture but Venczel avoids it.
Venczel connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Shepherd some visible discomfort.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shepherd can do anything to dispel that myth.
Venczel has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Venczel controlling from the full mount.
Venczel lands a big shot there that rocks Shepherd but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Zsiga Venczel dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Venczel waves his right hand out in front of him, looking to distract Shepherd . Oh, he's unloaded a beast of a left hand - it worked! He's dropped Shepherd to the canvas! Can he finish him!?
Shepherd is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Venczel loads up on a big left hand. Shepherd felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Venczel looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Shepherd can't hide his disappointment, as Venczel celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zsiga Venczel!
Our winner, Zsiga Venczel, 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.
Jason Shepherd was interviewed post fight and said 'I'm disappointed in myself, the opponent outclassed me. There's no one to blame but me, only thing to do is head back to the gym and get ready for the next fight.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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