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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mucak Shanikov (ranked 3788 p4p, 4230 weight class) and Tom Cullen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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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 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mucak Shanikov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Cullen!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cullen connects with a single shot there.
Cullen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shanikov.
Shanikov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shanikov throws a right and a left that Cullen avoids nicely.
Shanikov swings for the body but Cullen moves out of range.
Crunch! Shanikov slams his shin into Cullen's torso.
Shanikov's corner calls for a 1-2. Shanikov obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Shanikov misses with a double jab
and Cullen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Cullen 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.
Cullen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Cullen misses with a few strikes there.
Shanikov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shanikov swinging wildly here.
It seemed like Cullen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cullen throws a right and a left that Shanikov avoids nicely.
Cullen tries to keep at a distance but Shanikov has taken the fight into the clinch.
Shanikov is trying to pull guard but Cullen has him pressed against the cage.
Cullen misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shanikov working aggressively here.
Shanikov gets through Cullen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Shanikov.
Shanikov decides to pull guard.
Shanikov working for a triangle but Cullen defends it easily.
Cullen trying to control the position from guard on top but Shanikov is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cullen lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Shanikov controls Cullen momentarily but Cullen frees himself.
Cullen throws a big elbow that misses.
Cullen is sitting in close to Shanikov's body. Shanikov has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Cullen is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Cullen is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Shanikov.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mucak Shanikov!
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hype
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pop
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