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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Brayden Point (ranked 118 p4p, 191 weight class) and Elazar Shalit (ranked 14 p4p, 22 weight class). Point comes to the cage accompanied by Roots Reggae Music. Brayden Point has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brayden Point!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Elazar Shalit!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shalit with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Point to score with a decent uppercut.
Shalit throws a right hand that misses
and Point cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Point connects with a jab.
Shalit lands a jab to the nose.
Shalit has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Shalit throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Point throwing a counter right hand but Shalit manages to avoid it.
Shalit thuds a left hand into Point's body.
Shalit takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shalit. Point does a little dance to reset his feet.
Point waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shalit.
Shalit misses with a straight left.
Shalit misses with a hook. Point ducked under it nicely.
Shalit slips under a jab from Point.
A little jabbing left from Shalit on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shalit lunges at Point with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Point's hand.
Point digs a good body shot into Shalit's ribs.
Point throws a hook but Shalit blocks it.
Shalit misses with a looping right.
Shalit pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shalit throws a looping overhand right but Point ducks down to avoid it.
Point throwing a counter right hand but Shalit manages to avoid it.
Point connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shalit momentarily.
Nice shot lands for Point.
Shalit swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Point.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Point just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice defenses there by Point.
Point walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Point connects with a body shot.
Point looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Point punishes Shalit's body with a nice straight punch.
Shalit is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shalit swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shalit waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Point.
Shalit getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Point ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shalit moves away.
It seemed like Shalit was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shalit misses with a straight right.
Point wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Shalit uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Point has time to react.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Point moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shalit misses with a wild body shot.
Point is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shalit.
Point lands the left hand.
Point with a nice cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Shalit misses the target.
Shalit throws a hook but Point avoids it easily.
Point lands with a nice body punch.
Point throws a hook but Shalit avoids it easily.
Point blocks a jab.
Shalit thuds his right hand into Point's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Decent striking displayed by Point there.
Point uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shalit.
Shalit thuds his right hand into Point's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Point misses with a looping right.
Point misses with a hook. Shalit ducked under it nicely.
Shalit moves away from the strike by Point.
Point throws a hook but Shalit blocks it.
Shalit throws a looping overhand right but Point ducks down to avoid it.
Shalit throws out a powerful jab.
Point drops his hands momentarily and Shalit takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Shalit misses with a right hand
letting Point counter with a right hand.
Point listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Shalit closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shalit takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Shalit tries to keep at a distance but Point has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shalit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Point working aggressively here.
A short right from Point on the inside.
Point swings wildly with an uppercut but Shalit uses good head movement to avoid it.
Point fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shalit avoiding damage as Point throws knees to the body.
Point missing with knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Point.
Point lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shalit or not.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Point scores with a nice hook to the head.
Point throws a punch but it's blocked by Shalit.
A nice left hand lands by Point.
Point lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Point throws a knee to the head but misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Point misses with a knee strike.
Point misses with a punch on the inside.
Shalit misses with a punch to the body.
Point utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Point lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shalit backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Point lands a body shot in the clinch.
Point goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brayden Point dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Point instigates a clinch.
Point tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Point doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Point is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shalit can do to turn this around?
Shalit blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Point tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Point unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shalit lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shalit taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Point tries to land knees in the clinch but Shalit avoids the damage to the body.
Point is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shalit is defending well for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Point looking to throw knees to the head but Shalit is blocking nicely.
Point tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Point misses with a hook to the ribs.
Point misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Point throws a punch but it's blocked by Shalit.
Point has a couple of punches blocked by Shalit.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shalit.
Point has a couple of punches blocked by Shalit.
Point tries a knee to the head but Shalit blocks it.
Point lands with a short shot to the head.
Point throws a punch but it's blocked by Shalit.
Point breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A jab from Shalit misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Point throws a poor cross that misses
and Shalit counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Point thinking.
Point changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Shalit throws out a powerful jab.
Point with a nice cross.
A swing and a miss from Shalit.
Shalit connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Point's hands.
Shalit might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shalit throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Point misses with a body shot.
Point is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shalit.
Shalit throws out a counter right but Point avoids it with no problem.
Point throws the left hand but Shalit avoids the punch easily.
Point throws an overhand right that lands on Shalit's shoulder, as Shalit tries to avoid the shot.
Shalit lands with a good body shot.
Point waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shalit.
Shalit staying out of range there.
Shalit throws a poor cross that misses
and Point cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Point scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shalit scores with a jab. Point acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Shalit cracks Point with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Point looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Shalit finish him?
Point is rocked!
Shalit is looking for an opening here. He's unloaded a big left hand that catches Point flush on the jaw and sends him tumbling to the canvas! Point is out cold! Shalit holds back from landing any unnecessary shots to his unconscious opponent, as the referee reacts slowly to the situation. A brutal knockout and then some excellent sportsmanship - this guy is my new favorite fighter!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Elazar Shalit!
Our winner, Elazar Shalit, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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