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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Adolfo Correia (ranked 3617 p4p, 5570 weight class) and Shapy Shifty (ranked 428 p4p, 569 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Adolfo Correia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shapy Shifty!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shifty fails to land the takedown.
Shifty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Correia throws a jab when Shifty was well out of range.
Shifty is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shifty feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Shifty drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Shifty jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Shifty is working Correia over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Correia is looking to stand up but Shifty isn't so interested in that idea.
Correia is trying to control the position but Shifty postures up.
Correia keeping full guard, as Shifty tries to pass.
Shifty won't allow Correia to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shifty is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Correia wants to stand and escape but Shifty is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shifty throwing strikes from guard but Correia blocks nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shifty is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Shifty won't allow Correia to get back to his feet.
Correia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Shifty lands a couple of digs.
Shifty content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shifty accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shifty is looking to work some ground and pound but Correia has wrist control.
Shifty stopping the sweep attempt from Correia.
Correia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shifty manages to get himself to full guard.
Shifty has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Shifty is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Shifty is looking for a triangle but Correia pushes his legs off easily.
Correia tries to stand but Shifty is controlling from the bottom.
Shifty had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Correia defends it easily.
Correia would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shifty looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Correia trying to stand up but can't free himself from Shifty's guard.
Shifty looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Correia wants to stand but Shifty is controlling his posture from full guard.
Shifty is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Correia would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shifty throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Shifty has his foot on Correia's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Correia works his way back into a safe position though.
Correia has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Shifty is proving hard to escape from.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Shifty lands a high kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Correia.
Correia scores with a sloppy right hand. Shifty should have avoided that one.
It looks like Shapy Shifty has been cut.
Correia throws an overhand right that lands on Shifty's shoulder, as Shifty tries to avoid the shot.
Shifty pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shifty avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shifty fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Shifty lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shifty takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Correia stuffs the takedown attempt from Shifty. Shifty gets slowly back to his feet.
Adolfo Correia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shapy Shifty.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Correia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Correia throws a shot from downtown. Shifty moves away and avoids it.
Correia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shifty.
The fighters circle momentarily. Shifty darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Shapy Shifty will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Shapy Shifty's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Correia stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Correia wants it to stay on the feet.
A big right from Correia misses.
Correia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Despite the aggression on Shifty's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Correia is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Shifty stalks Correia and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Correia's face. Correia staggers backwards, shaken.
Correia looks to throw the jab but Shifty is out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Shifty.
Correia moves out of range of the body kick.
Correia circles away from the clinch attempt.
A jab-cross combination lands for Shifty and sends Correia crashing to the mat! Shifty follows him down to the mat - Correia regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
Correia is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Correia pushes Shifty off looking to stand but Shifty dives back in and keeps control.
Oh Correia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shifty is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Correia wants to get back to his feet.
Shifty throwing shots but Correia is blocking nicely.
Shifty is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Correia seems to have got his legs back now.
Shifty is breathing heavily.
Correia is pressing down on Shifty's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Correia is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Shapy Shifty has got the better of the ground game so far.
Correia wants to stand up but Shifty has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Correia prevents Shifty from improving his position.
Correia seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Shifty wants to improve his position but Correia is controlling well.
Correia wants to stand up but Shifty is controlling the position.
Shifty tries to roll over but Correia keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Correia wants to stand up but Shifty is controlling the position.
Shifty is looking for a sweep. Correia is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Shifty looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Shifty looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
It looks like Correia is going to stand back up.
Shifty wants to improve his position but Correia is controlling well.
Correia wants to get back to his feet.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Shifty avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shifty lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Correia misses with a looping right.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Correia connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Shifty misses with a few strikes there.
Shifty blocks a jab.
The fighters circling - Correia throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shifty is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Correia's half guard.
Shifty prevents Correia from standing back up.
Correia wants to control but Shifty is keeping busy.
Shifty prevents Correia from standing back up.
Correia is looking to improve his position.
Shifty is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Correia defends it well.
Shifty is looking to advance position but Correia won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Correia wants to control but Shifty is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Correia is trying to stand back up but Shifty is controlling him
Correia manages to get to full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shifty's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Shifty stops Correia from standing up.
Correia looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Shifty drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Shifty jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Shifty scoring with punches to the head and body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shifty postures up in Correia's guard and throws a big left but Correia blocks it.
Correia is looking to stand up but Shifty isn't so interested in that idea.
Correia keeping full guard, as Shifty tries to pass.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Shapy Shifty showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shapy Shifty's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Shifty misses with a jab, cross combination.
Adolfo Correia is winning the standup battle so far.
Correia lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Shifty lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shifty tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Shifty.
A telegraphed right hand from Correia misses the target.
Correia catches Shifty with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Correia throws a shot from downtown. Shifty moves away and avoids it.
Correia throws a jab but it's blocked by Shifty.
Shifty slips a jab from Correia.
Shifty is looking for the big counter here.
Shifty fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shifty scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shifty sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Correia is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Correia can't do much from the bottom here.
Correia defending against the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shifty landing a few strikes.
Correia tries to buck Shifty off but Shifty is having none of it.
Correia wants to control but Shifty postures up.
Shifty looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Shifty takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Correia is looking to reverse the position.
Shifty tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shifty has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Correia is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Correia is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Shifty off and has taken his back!
Correia keeps control of the position as Shifty tries to break free.
Shifty tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Correia is trying to stand up but he's being controlled by his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shifty tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shifty is still trying to improve position.
Correia get's back to his feet.
Correia is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Shifty.
Shifty lands a head kick. Correia smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Correia tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Correia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Correia takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Correia avoids the head kick by Shifty.
Correia throws an overhand right that lands on Shifty's shoulder, as Shifty tries to avoid the shot.
Shapy Shifty seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Correia throws a jab when Shifty was well out of range.
Shifty feints the counter takedown.
Shifty throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Shifty is looking to clinch.
Correia throwing a counter right hand but Shifty manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Correia misses.
Correia takes a head kick and keeps coming.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Shifty.
Correia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Correia blocks a head kick by Shifty.
Correia throws out a loose jab but Shifty uses good head movement to avoid it.
Correia lands a jab.
Good shot there by Correia.
Shifty moves out of range of the strikes.
Correia throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shifty tries for a takedown but Correia circles away easily
enabling Correia to counter with a crisp jab.
That has opened up Shapy Shifty's cut even more.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Correia misses.
Shifty is looking for the big counter here.
Shifty throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A cross from Correia lands.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shifty shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Correia as he jumps to the side.
Adolfo Correia has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shapy Shifty.
Correia walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Shifty drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Correia swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Shifty's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Adolfo Correia!
Adolfo Correia got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
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