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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Earnie Shavers (ranked 2249 p4p, 2332 weight class) and Marcus St Stone (ranked 91 p4p, 114 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Earnie Shavers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus St Stone!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
St Stone is looking to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
St Stone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shavers works on St Stone's body with a couple of short punches.
St Stone with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
St Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
St Stone misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shavers trying to land knees to the body.
Shavers misses with a hook from the clinch.
St Stone wants to stall.
Shavers throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Stone trying to land knees to the body.
Shavers leaning his opponent against the cage.
St Stone lands an elbow inside.
Shavers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shavers can't break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Stone lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Earnie Shavers has been cut.
Shavers lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shavers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of St Stone backwards.
St Stone looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shavers - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Shavers avoids a wild elbow strike from St Stone.
St Stone pushes off an throws an elbow but Shavers leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Shavers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shavers scores with a shoulder strike.
It looks like Marcus St Stone has been cut.
Shavers lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
St Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
Shavers lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shavers throws a punch but it's blocked by St Stone.
Shavers on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
St Stone is trying to maintain a safe position but Shavers gets an underhook and turns St Stone into the cage.
A head punch on the inside from St Stone fails to land.
St Stone lands an elbow that stopped Shavers in his tracks for a moment.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
A right handed body shot lands from Shavers.
Shavers softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shavers working aggressively here.
St Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shavers blocks it with crossed arms.
Shavers stalls.
St Stone wants to stall.
Shavers pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
We've been told by Shavers's head coaches at Deathsquad that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
St Stone tries to clinch
letting Shavers counter with a right hand.
Shavers keeps the fight on the outside.
St Stone has Shavers up against the cage in a clinch.
Shavers stalls.
St Stone slowing the pace effectively.
Shavers'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.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shavers trying to stall but St Stone improves his position.
Shavers pressing his opponent against the cage.
Shavers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
St Stone lands an elbow inside.
St Stone throws a punch but it's blocked by Shavers.
St Stone with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shavers fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shavers blocks a body shot from St Stone.
Shavers lands an elbow inside.
Shavers is trying to break the clinch but St Stone is controlling him.
St Stone trying to control the position but instead, Shavers has worked for underhooks and has pushed St Stone into the cage.
Shavers tries a body shot but St Stone blocks it.
St Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shavers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shavers working aggressively here.
St Stone taking a breather.
St Stone throws an elbow that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for St Stone.
A right handed body shot lands from Shavers.
St Stone lands an elbow inside.
St Stone with a knee to the head.
Shavers lands a nice elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice elbow from St Stone.
Shavers stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Stone.
St Stone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shavers breaks the clinch.
St Stone is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shavers lands a nice leg kick that just misses St Stone's sensitive parts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Earnie Shavers dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
St Stone clinches up against the cage.
Shavers missing with knees to the body.
Shavers lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of St Stone backwards.
That has opened up Marcus St Stone's cut even more.
Shavers lands on the inside with an uppercut.
St Stone misses with a punch to the body.
Shavers misses with a punch on the inside.
Shavers blocks the elbow strike.
St Stone misses with an elbow over the top.
St Stone avoiding damage.
St Stone is trying to stall.
Shavers taking a breather.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
St Stone comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shavers blocks an elbow strike from St Stone.
Shavers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
St Stone is stalling here.
Shavers has a couple of punches blocked by St Stone.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Shavers.
St Stone is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Shavers blocks the elbow strike.
Shavers tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and St Stone avoids it.
Shavers swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shavers blocks an uppercut.
Shavers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
St Stone tries to clinch up but Shavers circles away and keeps his distance.
Shavers throws a series of punches but St Stone moves out of range.
St Stone showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shavers.
St Stone tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
St Stone tries to clinch up but Shavers circles away and keeps his distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shavers misses with the combination.
Shavers swinging wildly here.
Shavers keeps the fight on the outside.
Shavers wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Shavers is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that St Stone can do to turn this around?
St Stone ducks under a wild hook from Shavers.
St Stone rushes Shavers and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
St Stone lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
St Stone tries to work over Shavers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
St Stone throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shaverss head.
St Stone can't find room to land a body shot as Shavers controls the action.
Shavers missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shavers.
St Stone content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Shavers lands a hook that snaps the head of St Stone backwards.
The cut above Marcus St Stone's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Shavers goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shavers breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
St Stone moves in looking to clinch but Shavers pushes him off.
Shavers circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shavers misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shavers fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Shavers throws out a loose jab but St Stone uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shavers moves into the clinch.
Shavers lands a damaging elbow.
Shavers is pushing St Stone up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
St Stone throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
St Stone is pushing Shavers up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
St Stone tries to work over Shavers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shavers effectively controlling the action here.
St Stone pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
St Stone prevents a body shot from Shavers.
Shavers tries to land knees in the clinch but St Stone avoids the damage to the body.
Shavers tries to stall but St Stone uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Shavers tries a body shot but St Stone blocks it.
Shavers prevents a body shot from St Stone.
St Stone throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shavers blocks the elbow strike.
St Stone missing with knees to the body.
Shavers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shavers lands an elbow that stopped St Stone in his tracks for a moment.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
St Stone gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Stone throws an elbow but misses.
Shavers lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marcus St Stone's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
St Stone is trying to stall.
Shavers content to slow the pace in the clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Earnie Shavers dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Shavers's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
St Stone moves into range and clinches up with Shavers.
St Stone throws an elbow but it's blocked.
St Stone tries a knee to the head but Shavers blocks it.
Shavers blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shavers managing to block the knees to the body from St Stone.
St Stone lands a damaging elbow.
Shavers tries to throw a body punch but St Stone avoids it by throwing Shavers back against the cage.
St Stone is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A knee to the head by St Stone.
Earnie Shavers's cut is getting worse.
Shavers misses with the head strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Stone throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St Stone tries a knee to the head but Shavers blocks it.
Shavers blocks a body shot from St Stone.
St Stone lands an elbow just above Shavers 's eye.
St Stone tries to work over Shavers's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shavers misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shavers misses with some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
St Stone is looking to control Shavers's arms but Shavers gets an underhook and turns him. Now St Stone has his back to the cage.
St Stone throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Shavers blocks it with crossed arms.
Shavers avoiding damage.
Shavers lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Knees to the body from St Stone.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shavers breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The fight stays on the outside here - St Stone looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shavers throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
St Stone tries to clinch but Shavers moves away
and Shavers counters with a low kick, right behind St Stone 's knee.
St Stone fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Shavers, pushing him back against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Shavers.
Shavers throws a punch but it's blocked by St Stone.
St Stone with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shavers misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from St Stone.
Marcus St Stone seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
St Stone manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
St Stone unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shavers lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
St Stone landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
St Stone trying to land knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Nice elbow from St Stone.
The referee is keeping an eye on St Stone - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
St Stone throws an elbow that misses.
St Stone misses with a body punch.
With the fighters up against the cage, St Stone throws an elbow but misses.
Shavers misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shavers misses with an elbow strike.
St Stone tries to land knees in the clinch but Shavers avoids the damage to the body.
Shavers takes a knee to the side of the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, St Stone just misses with a elbow thrown towards Shavers's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by St Stone.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Shavers breaks from the clinch.
St Stone tries to clinch up.
St Stone tries to clinch there but Shavers circles away.
Shavers misses with a few strikes there.
St Stone tries to clinch but Shavers is having none of it.
No joy there for Shavers, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Earnie Shavers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
St Stone slips a straight right by Shavers.
Shavers has closed the distance and engaged St Stone in a clinch.
St Stone tries a knee to the head but Shavers blocks it.
St Stone lands an elbow inside that Shavers shrugs off.
St Stone looks to throw an elbow but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St Stone throws an elbow but it misses.
St Stone avoiding damage as Shavers throws knees to the body.
Shavers misses with a hook to the ribs.
St Stone is trying to stall.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as St Stone takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Shavers lands a hook to the side of the head.
St Stone tries to land a knee to the head but Shavers blocks with his arms.
Shavers throws an elbow that misses.
St Stone creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Shavers's defenses.
Earnie Shavers's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shavers throws a head punch that misses.
Shavers scores with a hook to the body.
Marcus St Stone has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
With the fighters up against the cage, St Stone throws an elbow but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus St Stone comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shavers has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Yuuki Gou scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Earnie Shavers!
Our winner, Earnie Shavers, 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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