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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Shewmaker (ranked 1975 p4p, 4174 weight class) and Sean Stevenson (ranked 267 p4p, 496 weight class). Sean Stevenson will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frank Shewmaker!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sean Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, John Roberts and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good leg kick by Shewmaker.
Shewmaker has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Shewmaker gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Shewmaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stevenson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shewmaker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stevenson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Shewmaker is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Stevenson is defending well for now.
Stevenson is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shewmaker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shewmaker tries to land a knee to the head but Stevenson blocks with his arms.
Stevenson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Stevenson takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Sean Stevenson has been cut.
Shewmaker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Stevenson blocks an uppercut.
Stevenson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stevenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shewmaker lands a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shewmaker avoids a wild elbow strike from Stevenson.
Stevenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shewmaker tries to throw a body punch but Stevenson avoids it by throwing Shewmaker back against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shewmaker misses with a knee to the head.
Shewmaker lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stevenson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Shewmaker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Shewmaker lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevenson backwards.
Shewmaker looking to throw knees to the head but Stevenson is blocking nicely.
Shewmaker tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shewmaker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shewmaker connects with a nasty looking knee right to Stevenson's face.
Shewmaker misses with a knee strike.
Shewmaker has a couple of punches blocked by Stevenson.
Shewmaker throws a punch but it's blocked by Stevenson.
Stevenson blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shewmaker lands with a right to the head.
Shewmaker misses with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, Shewmaker scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shewmaker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short uppercut from Shewmaker.
Stevenson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shewmaker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shewmaker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shewmaker throws a punch but it's blocked by Stevenson.
Shewmaker landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shewmaker misses with a knee strike.
Shewmaker looking to throw knees to the head but Stevenson is blocking nicely.
Shewmaker with a knee to the head.
Stevenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shewmaker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shewmaker with a knee to the head.
Shewmaker unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Stevenson looks winded!
Shewmaker lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shewmaker throws an elbow but it misses.
Shewmaker lands an uppercut.
Shewmaker lands an uppercut.
Shewmaker digs a right hand underneath Stevenson's ribcage. Stevenson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Stevenson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shewmaker avoids it.
Stevenson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Stevenson closes the distance and clinches.
Shewmaker scores with a nice hook to the head.
Stevenson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sloppy strikes from Shewmaker. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Decent striking displayed by Shewmaker there.
Stevenson tries to keep at a distance but Shewmaker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shewmaker throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shewmaker misses with a knee strike.
Shewmaker managing to block the knees to the body from Stevenson.
Stevenson managing to block the knees to the body from Shewmaker.
Nice body punch from Shewmaker - that landed with a thud.
Shewmaker tries a knee to the head but Stevenson blocks it.
Shewmaker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Shewmaker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shewmaker lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stevenson.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Shewmaker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Sean Stevenson's cut.
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.
It's a brutal combination of punches from Shewmaker! Stevenson is backing up but he can't get away as Shewmaker lands with one final shot to the jaw that drops Stevenson and ends the fight. Great knockout.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Frank Shewmaker!
Frank Shewmaker retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Frank Shewmaker made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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