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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aldo Shepard (ranked 6508 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Reigns (ranked 6507 p4p, 651 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aldo Shepard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jim Reigns!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reigns gets a double leg takedown into Shepard's guard.
Reigns throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Reigns looking to sit in guard and control but Shepard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Shepard working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reigns wants to get back to his feet but Shepard is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Shepard has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shepard throwing strikes from guard but Reigns blocks nicely.
Shepard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Reigns is looking to stand up but Shepard isn't so interested in that idea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shepard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Shepard is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Shepard might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Reigns trying to keep a closed guard but Shepard is proving a slippery customer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepard missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reigns isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Shepard stacks Reigns on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Shepard!
Shepard happy to just control the position for now.
Shepard cracks Reigns with a big right hand but Reigns just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Reigns tries to bench press Shepard off him but Shepard keeps the position.
Shepard could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Shepard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shepard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Reigns's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Shepard remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reigns is looking for a sweep.
Shepard working the head with strikes.
Shepard decides to stand back up.
Reigns 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.
Reigns looks winded!
Shepard wants to sweep here but Reigns controlling him for the moment.
Shepard is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reigns looking to sit in guard and control but Shepard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Shepard stays in close to Reigns's body and controls the position.
Shepard has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Shepard lands a couple of digs.
Shepard is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Shepard decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Reigns, up you get!
Shepard throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Reigns was covering up waiting for the punch and Shepard finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Shepard controlling from the top position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shepard is in close to Reigns's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shepard's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aldo Shepard dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Shepard wants to clinch
letting Reigns counter with a right hand.
Reigns lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
It looks like Aldo Shepard has been cut.
Shepard tries to sprawl but Reigns drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Shepard pushes Reigns off looking to stand but Reigns dives back in and keeps control.
Shepard moves into full guard.
Shepard is striking from the bottom but Reigns uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reigns is looking to stall here but Shepard recovers full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shepard keeping full guard, as Reigns tries to pass.
Reigns is breathing heavily.
Reigns looking to sit in guard and control but Shepard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Shepard has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Reigns is proving hard to escape from.
Shepard controls from within his opponent's guard.
Shepard seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Reigns for as long as he can get away with.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Shepard trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Shepard chips away with some ground and pound.
Shepard looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Shepard lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Shepard slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reigns controls Shepard momentarily but Shepard frees himself.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shepard tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reigns dives in and scores a takedown into Shepard's guard.
Shepard manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Shepard shoots in and gets a takedown into Reigns's guard.
Shepard controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Shepard is in close to Reigns's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Shepard would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shepard slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Shepard lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Shepard content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shepard looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shepard scoring with some ground and pound.
Shepard scoring with punches to the head and body.
Shepard is stalling in the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aldo Shepard dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Aldo Shepard's cut.
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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Shepard has closed the distance and engaged Reigns in a clinch.
Reigns drags the fight down to the ground.
Shepard scoring with some ground and pound.
Reigns manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shepard manages to get himself to full guard.
Reigns looking to sit in guard and control but Shepard gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shepard wants to stand but Reigns is controlling his posture from full guard.
Reigns takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Reigns can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Shepard controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reigns looking to hit a scissor sweep but Shepard is one step ahead there.
Shepard is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Shepard would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Aldo Shepard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shepard landing with the ground and pound.
Shepard sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Shepard is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reigns can do to turn this around?
Shepard working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Reigns can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Shepard controls the pace.
That's two 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.
Shepard scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Reigns looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shepard lands a couple of digs.
Shepard cracks Reigns with a solid left hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shepard engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Shepard stands and steps away. Reigns gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Shepard closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Reigns's guard.
Reigns wants to get back to his feet but Shepard passes into half guard.
Shepard working Reigns over with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shepard trying to control the pace.
Reigns wants to control but Shepard is keeping busy.
Shepard is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Shepard decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Shepard gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shepard just leaning against Reigns, taking a breather.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Reigns looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shepard jumps guard and drags Reigns to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Shepard wants to sweep here but Reigns controlling him for the moment.
Shepard pushes Reigns off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
A telegraphed right hand from Shepard misses the target.
Reigns wants to counter with a clinch but Shepard pushes him away.
Jim Reigns is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Reigns drives through with a takedown into Shepard's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Shepard pushes Reigns off and gets back to his feet.
Jim Reigns has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Aldo Shepard is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A head kick misses from Reigns.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aldo Shepard showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Shepard, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Aldo Shepard!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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