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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shawn Michaels (ranked 2609 p4p, 311 weight class) and Asdf Fdsa (ranked 1644 p4p, 209 weight class). Michaels kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Sexy Boy. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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192 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shawn Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Asdf Fdsa!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Fdsa but Fdsa pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Fdsa.
Fdsa 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.
Michaels is trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fdsa wants to control but Michaels is keeping him busy.
Michaels gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Michaels tries to roll over but Fdsa keeps him under control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Fdsa working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fdsa lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Michaels is not content to let Fdsa control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels is looking for a sweep. Fdsa is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Michaels is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fdsa pulls his head out easily.
Michaels is not content to let Fdsa control the position.
Fdsa is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Fdsa lands a nice short elbow.
Michaels makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Michaels.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fdsa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fdsa passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Ground and pound from Fdsa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels is not content to let Fdsa control the position.
Michaels punching from the bottom.
Fdsa prevents Michaels from improving his position.
Fdsa blocks the strikes from Michaels.
Michaels 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.
Fdsa tries to pass to full mount but Michaels defends it.
Michaels has hold of Fdsa's hands but Fdsa slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Fdsa slips a nice elbow through Michaels's hands, connecting with Michaels's forehead.
Michaels wants to improve his position but Fdsa is controlling well.
Fdsa looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Michaels with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Michaels is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Fdsa pulls his head out easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Michaels tries to roll over but Fdsa keeps him under control.
Fdsa looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Michaels slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fdsa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Michaels's head.
Fdsa lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Michaels trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Fdsa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fdsa trying to control the position from guard on top but Michaels is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fdsa postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fdsa got a little sloppy there for a moment and Michaels has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fdsa has managed to get both his arms back between Michaels's legs - danger averted.
Fdsa makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Michaels's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Fdsa postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fdsa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fdsa stands up over Michaels, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Michaels looking for a sweep. Not yet Michaels, not yet.
Fdsa wants to control from the top but Michaels keeps moving.
Fdsa landing with the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fdsa takes a decent strike to the side of the head.
Fdsa keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Michaels's head.
Fdsa wants to control from the top but Michaels keeps moving.
Michaels had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fdsa defends it easily.
Fdsa with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michaels looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fdsa working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Michaels's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fdsa stands up over Michaels, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Fdsa makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Michaels looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Fdsa has picked Michaels up and slammed him! Michaels can't keep hold of the triangle and Fdsa manages to pass to side control!
Check out the look on Fdsa's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Fdsa in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Michaels gets back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Asdf Fdsa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Michaels decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Ground and pound from Michaels.
Fdsa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Michaels.
Fdsa gets back to full guard.
Michaels looking to pass the guard.
Michaels working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Michaels wants to pass the guard but Fdsa is keeping the position.
Michaels throws a big right hand that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fdsa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Michaels accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Fdsa lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Fdsa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Fdsa preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fdsa is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Fdsa got a little sloppy there for a moment and Michaels has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Fdsa has managed to get both his arms back between Michaels's legs - danger averted.
Michaels can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fdsa controls the pace.
Asdf Fdsa has got the better of the ground game so far.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fdsa's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fdsa lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Fdsa lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Fdsa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Fdsa scoring with punches to the head and body.
Michaels working for a triangle but Fdsa defends it easily.
Fdsa is working Michaels over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Fdsa is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Michaels has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Fdsa is looking to defend but Michaels has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Fdsa! Michaels pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Fdsa taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Shawn Michaels!
Shawn Michaels was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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hype
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