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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dillon Sheppard (ranked 24132 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Hales (ranked 5971 p4p, 635 weight class). Hales has chosen The Way I Am as his entrance music. Sheppard has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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214 lbs
2 - 5 - 0 |
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189 cm
20
214 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Good wrestler
Basic striking
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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
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dillon Sheppard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Hales!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Illya Tyunina and Ivan Kurochkin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hales drives through with a takedown into Sheppard's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Hales throws a strike but Sheppard rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Hales is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hales has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Sheppard has passed into side control.
Hales is looking to get back to his feet here but Sheppard is keeping cool and he's managed to take Hales's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hales just looking to survive in the bad position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hales wants to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hales tries to break free.
Hales trying to control but not successfully.
Hales is in bad spot here.
Hales preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Sheppard.
Hales staying busy and making it hard for Sheppard to control.
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.
Hales is trying to stand back up.
Sheppard has the hooks in. Hales is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Hales trying to get back to his feet but Sheppard is in full control for now.
Sheppard is not going to allow Hales to sit and survive in this position.
Hales tries to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hales is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Hales trying to control the action but Sheppard just sinks the hooks in.
Hales wants to get back to his feet.
Hales is really stuck here.
Good control from Sheppard.
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.
Hales wants to get back to his feet.
Sheppard trying to control.
Sheppard has his opponent's back but Hales is looking to stand. He manages to get to his feet and shakes off Sheppard.
Sheppard is breathing heavily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hales drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hales throws a big right hand that misses.
Hales in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Dillon Sheppard will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hales gets a takedown into half guard.
Hales throwing shots but Sheppard is blocking nicely.
Hales decides to stand up.
Hales takes the fight into the clinch.
Sheppard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hales.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hales has clasped his hands together around Sheppard's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Sheppard throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hales moves into the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hales has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Sheppard is trying to keep an underhook but Hales manages to get the takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hales working over Sheppard with some ground and pound. Sheppard looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Sheppard is controlling Hales's trapped leg to prevent Hales from advancing to side control.
Hales missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hales is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Hales lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Sheppard is rocked!
It looks like Dillon Sheppard has been cut.
Hales is looking for a kimura but Sheppard is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hales to get the leverage.
Oh Sheppard is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hales lands a big elbow - Sheppard is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Hales!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Hales!
During a confident post fight interview, Alex Hales thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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