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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Seiryu Machida (ranked 1300 p4p, 5042 weight class) and Shane Raffington (ranked 164 p4p, 511 weight class). Raffington is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Logan Lucky. Shane Raffington has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Seiryu Machida's chin.
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, Seiryu Machida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shane Raffington!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Machida gets tackled into the cage by Raffington. Raffington maintains the clinch.
Raffington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Machida holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Raffington's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Machida tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Raffington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machida is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Machida has taken the fight to the clinch.
Raffington struggles to land a body shot inside as Machida controls his hands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Machida using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Raffington has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raffington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Raffington misses with some punches.
Machida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raffington softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Raffington avoids the elbow strike from Machida, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raffington tries to work over Machida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raffington throws a head punch that misses.
Raffington misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
Machida scores with a shot to the side of Raffington's head.
A head punch on the inside from Raffington fails to land.
Raffington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Raffington lands a left hand.
Machida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Raffington tries a body shot but Machida blocks it.
Raffington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Raffington lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Raffington swings wildly with an uppercut but Machida uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raffington breaks from the clinch.
Machida moves out of range as Raffington throws a body kick.
Machida cracks Raffington with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Machida wants to clinch up but Raffington keeps it at a distance.
Raffington throws a lazy uppercut
and Machida counters with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Machida tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Raffington manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Machida closes the distance looking to clinch
and Raffington counters with a good low kick that Machida was not able to check.
Machida looks to clinch
and Raffington counters with a nice uppercut.
Machida moves in looking to clinch but Raffington pushes him off.
Machida avoids a punch combination nicely.
Machida throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raffington throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Machida tries to clinch up but Raffington circles away and keeps his distance.
Raffington misses with a hook. Machida ducked under it nicely.
Raffington throws a hook but Machida avoids it easily.
Machida has closed the distance and engaged Raffington in a clinch.
Machida prevents a body shot from Raffington.
Machida blocks an uppercut.
Raffington tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Machida tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Raffington avoids it.
Machida misses with some punches.
Machida blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Machida.
Raffington manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Raffington lands a right hand that snaps the head of Machida backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raffington throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Machida lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Machida with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Raffington misses with a punch on the inside.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but Raffington blocks with his arms.
Machida misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Raffington.
Raffington tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Machida's elbow.
Raffington misses with the head strike.
Machida tries a knee to the head but Raffington blocks it.
Raffington throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Machida pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Machida swings wildly with an uppercut but Raffington uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raffington lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Shane Raffington will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Machida is looking to clinch but Raffington is avoiding it.
Machida has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Raffington throws a push kick but Machida slaps the foot to one side.
Raffington swats away the attempt to clinch by Machida.
Machida fails in his attempt to clinch.
A countering left hand to the body from Raffington misses.
Raffington scores with a jab. Machida acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Machida checks a leg kick nicely.
Raffington loads up on a big right hand but Machida slips the punch.
Machida looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raffington throws a push kick but Machida slaps the foot to one side.
Machida tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Raffington throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
The crowd cheers as Raffington lands an impressive looking overhand right. Machida doesn't seem phased though.
Raffington has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Raffington throws a lazy uppercut
letting Machida counter with a right hand.
Raffington circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Machida looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Machida tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raffington swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Machida pushes Raffington up against the cage in a clinch.
Raffington lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Machida unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Raffington lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Raffington misses with a body punch.
Machida scores with a knee to the head.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raffington misses with a punch on the inside.
Raffington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Machida instigates a clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Machida misses with a knee strike.
Machida blocks an uppercut.
Machida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Raffington breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Raffington misses with a low kick.
Machida tries to clinch but Raffington moves out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Raffington! But no joy.
Raffington misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Machida fails with an attempt to clinch.
Raffington looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Raffington tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Machida tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raffington paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raffington misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Machida wants to clinch up but Raffington keeps it at a distance.
Machida is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Machida tries to clinch but Raffington is having none of it.
Machida closes the distance looking to clinch
and Raffington counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Raffington looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Machida tries to bum rush Raffington with a series of wild strikes but Raffington uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Raffington connects with an inside leg kick.
Machida moves to clinch but Raffington breaks away
and Raffington counters with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Machida is looking to clinch but Raffington is avoiding it.
Raffington fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Raffington throws a jab but it's blocked by Machida.
Raffington feints a jab promting Machida to slip. Raffington then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Machida slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raffington thows a left - swing and a miss!
Machida forces Raffington back against the cage and clinches.
Raffington goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Machida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Machida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Machida with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Raffington throws a head punch that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Raffington showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Machida tries to clinch up but Raffington circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Raffington, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Machida doesn't manage to clinch there - Raffington circles away.
Raffington appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Machida is looking to clinch but Raffington is avoiding it.
Raffington misses the shot to the body.
Jab, jab by Machida - just one landing.
Machida clinches with his opponent.
Raffington lands a shoulder strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raffington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Raffington tries to work over Machida's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raffington tries to break the clinch but Machida is controlling the position.
Machida with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raffington avoiding damage as Machida throws knees to the body.
Raffington blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Seiryu Machida has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Machida misses with a knee to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Raffington creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Machida tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Machida looking to throw knees to the head but Raffington is blocking nicely.
Machida lands a damaging elbow.
A short uppercut from Raffington.
Machida throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Raffington blocks it with crossed arms.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Raffington lands with a light punch inside.
Raffington has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nice body punch from Raffington.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Machida blocks a body shot from Raffington.
Machida tries to land a knee to the head but Raffington blocks with his arms.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Raffington.
Raffington lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Machida backwards.
Raffington breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Machida tries to clinch up
and Raffington connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shane Raffington is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Machida is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raffington scores with a kick to the body.
Raffington lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Machida falls backwards - clearly groggy! Raffington dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shane Raffington!
Shane Raffington bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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