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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Ellis (ranked 4607 p4p, 4291 weight class) and Robin Godbeer (ranked 0 p4p, 447 weight class). Godbeer is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Electric . 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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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 Los Angeles, Shane Ellis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robin Godbeer!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godbeer fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Godbeer looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ellis is fending him off so far but Godbeer persists. Nope, Ellis circles away and we're back to standing.
Ellis clinches up with Godbeer and pushes him back against the cage.
Ellis scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Godbeer manages to break the clinch.
Ellis lands with a right hand.
Ellis connects with a nice looking jab.
Godbeer tries for a takedown but Ellis sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Shane Ellis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robin Godbeer.
Godbeer lands a nice shot to the body.
Godbeer fails with an attempt to clinch.
Godbeer shoots in looking for a takedown. Ellis tries to sprawl out of it but Godbeer keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ellis manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Ellis does it's job there.
Ellis lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ellis throws a left and a right that both miss
and Godbeer counters with a stiff right hand.
Godbeer tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ellis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Nice sprawl there from Ellis as Godbeer shoots in.
Ellis thows a body kick. Godbeer tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Godbeer looks winded!
Ellis takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Ellis lunges at Godbeer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Godbeer's hand.
Godbeer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ellis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Godbeer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot by Ellis.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ellis thumps Godbeer with a low kick.
Ellis misses with a looping left.
Godbeer slips a jab from Ellis.
Godbeer works the jab nicely.
Godbeer moves out of range of the strikes.
Ellis moves into the clinch.
Godbeer pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ellis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Ellis scores with a jab.
Ellis really is a fat lump.
Ellis fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Godbeer on the side of the head.
Ellis lands with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ellis dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Godbeer. That did some damage!
Ellis scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Ellis closes the distance and pushes Godbeer back into the cage.
Ellis manages to break the clinch.
Robin Godbeer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice shot lands for Ellis.
A decent looking cross lands there for Ellis.
A punch lands to the side of Godbeer 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ellis throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Godbeer.
Godbeer misses with a takedown attempt
and Ellis counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ellis connects with a right hand. Godbeer shakes it off.
Ellis throws a shot from downtown. Godbeer moves away and avoids it.
Godbeer throws out a counter right but Ellis avoids it with no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Ellis drives through and clinches with Godbeer against the cage.
Ellis putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Godbeer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Ellis lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Godbeer manages to break the clinch.
Godbeer walks into a jab.
Godbeer walks into a jab.
Godbeer wants to clinch up but Ellis keeps it at a distance.
Ellis pushes Godbeer up against the cage in a clinch.
Ellis lands with a right to the head.
Ellis lands a good knee to the midsection. Godbeer won't want to take too many of those.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Ellis dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Ellis lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Godbeer fails with a takedown attempt.
Godbeer shoots in for a takedown but Ellis shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ellis is looking to counter punch.
Ellis lands a nice leg kick that just misses Godbeer's sensitive parts.
Ellis swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Godbeer.
Godbeer closes the distance and clinches up with Ellis, looking for a takedown. Godbeer pushes Ellis against the cage but Ellis circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Shane Ellis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robin Godbeer.
Godbeer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Ellis misses with a double jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Godbeer! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Godbeer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ellis.
Godbeer is breathing heavily.
Ellis scores with a jab to the head.
Ellis digs a good body shot into Godbeer's ribs.
Ellis gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Godbeer backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ellis.
Shane Ellis has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ellis throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Godbeers head.
Ellis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ellis with a jab.
Ellis misses with a straight left.
Robin Godbeer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ellis tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Godbeer was well out of range. Poor timing from Ellis.
Ellis lands with an uppercut that bounces Godbeer off the cage and back into range.
Ellis misses with a looping left.
Ellis looks to land a left hand but Godbeer moved out of range nicely.
Ellis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Godbeers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Godbeer ducks under a wild hook from Ellis.
Ellis getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Ellis moves into the clinch.
Ellis lands a nice elbow.
Ellis gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A short uppercut from Ellis.
Ellis lands a damaging elbow.
Godbeer has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Ellis is pressed up against the cage. Godbeer has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ellis down to the mat. Ellis avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ellis cracks Godbeer with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Godbeer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Godbeer takes one to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lands a leg kick that knocks Godbeer off balance momentarily.
Ellis misses with a right hand
letting Godbeer counter with a right hand.
Ellis looks to land a right hand but Godbeer moved out of range.
Shane Ellis is winning the standup battle so far.
Jab by Ellis.
Godbeer ducks right into an uppercut from Ellis.
Godbeer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ellis.
Ellis throws a hook but Godbeer blocks it.
Ellis scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Godbeer needs to keep his hands up - Ellis had a free shot at his head there.
Ellis 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.
Godbeer on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ellis connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Godbeer momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Godbeer. Those never looked like landing.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Godbeer shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Donk. Ellis catches Godbeer right on the button with a cross.
Ellis feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Godbeers jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Ellis darts in and clinches Godbeer up against the cage.
Ellis's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ellis obliges.
Ellis scores with a shoulder strike.
Ellis is leaning against Godbeer and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Ellis dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Godbeer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ellis loads up on a big right hand but Godbeer slips the punch.
Ellis is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Godbeer can do to turn this around?
Ellis pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Godbeer back to the cage. Ellis follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Godbeer walks into a stiff left hand from Ellis.
The fight stays on the outside here - Godbeer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Godbeer takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ellis throws a lazy uppercut
and Godbeer counters with a straight right hand.
Godbeer goes for a double leg but Ellis avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ellis continues to drive forward.
Decent striking displayed by Ellis there.
Godbeer takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Ellis darts in and clinches Godbeer up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Ellis.
Godbeer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ellis is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Godbeer.
Ellis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Ellis closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Godbeer's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Ellis will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Godbeer takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Godbeer is trying desperately to land a takedown but Ellis is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Godbeer.
Ellis dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lands a really nice looking cross but Godbeer seems unphased.
Ellis misses with a jab, cross combination.
Godbeer looks like he wants to counter punch here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ellis closes the distance and clinches.
Ellis lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ellis prevents a takedown attempt there.
A nice left hand lands by Ellis.
Ellis scores with a nice hook to the head.
Ellis creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Godbeer's defenses.
Ellis connects with a knee to the head.
Godbeer misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis lands an elbow inside.
Godbeer tries to land knees in the clinch but Ellis avoids the damage to the body.
Ellis slows down the pace here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Ellis creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Ellis.
Ellis lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ellis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ellis clinches with his opponent.
Ellis breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ellis clobbers Godbeer with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis clinches.
Ellis lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ellis prevents the takedown attempt.
Shane Ellis has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Robin Godbeer.
Ellis pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Godbeer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Ellis swivels and escapes.
Ellis rushes Godbeer and presses him up against the cage.
Godbeer takes a shot to the head.
Ellis lands with a light punch inside.
Ellis lands with a right to the head.
Ellis lands with a light punch inside.
Robin Godbeer has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A bit of stalling here from Ellis.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shane Ellis showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Ellis has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:25
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Ellis!
After the fight, Shane Ellis was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
Robin Godbeer spoke after the fight, saying 'Respect to my opponent, he was the better fighter tonight '.
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