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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shane Beers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robin Gillette (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Robin Gillette was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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180 lbs
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178 cm
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177 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Prefers standup |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shane Beers!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Robin Gillette!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Seu Braga and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Beers doesn't manage to clinch there - Gillette circles away.
Beers is looking to clinch.
Beers lands a head kick. Gillette smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Beers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gillette swings for the body but Beers moves out of range.
Gillette tries to bum rush Beers with a series of wild strikes but Beers uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Beers drives through and clinches with Gillette against the cage.
Beers looking to slow down the pace here.
Gillette blocks an elbow strike from Beers.
Beers misses with a knee strike.
Gillette changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Beers fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Beers tries to clinch but Gillette moves out of range.
Beers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Beers lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Beers tries to clinch but Gillette is having none of it.
Beers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gillette.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beers is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Shane Beers seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beers throws a sloppy head kick and Gillette moves out of range easily.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Beers tries to clinch there but Gillette circles away.
Beers has Gillette up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Beers throws an elbow but misses.
Gillette can't get the takedown.
Gillette tightens his grip and picks Beers up, before dumping him to the ground. Beers manages to land in guard.
Gillette tries to free his leg and advance position but Beers is retaining full guard.
Gillette trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Gillette throws and elbow that misses. Beers uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Gillette's guard. Nice move by Beers!
Gillette really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Beers. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Beers preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Beers looking to sit in guard and control but Gillette gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Beers not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Gillette trying to control but Beers is working from the bottom.
Gillette controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Beers is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Gillette slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beers postures up.
Gillette pulls Beers in to control the position.
Gillette keeping moving, preventing Beers from controlling successfully.
Gillette has Beers pulled in close to control his posture.
Gillette looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Beers puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Gillette tries to roll over but Beers keeps him under control.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Gillette works his way to full guard. Good work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Beers is breathing heavily.
Gillette will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Gillette pushes Beers off and scrambles back to his feet.
Beers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gillette misses with a double jab
and Beers counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Beers.
Come on Beers - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gillette lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Gillette content to control rather than advance.
Beers moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Beers looking for a guillotine here but Gillette defends easily.
Gillette controls from within his opponent's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Robin Gillette will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Beers doesn't manage to clinch there - Gillette circles away.
Gillette is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Beers.
Beers tries to clinch but Gillette is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beers looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gillette keeps the fight on the outside.
Beers has closed the distance and engaged Gillette in a clinch.
Gillette wants a takedown but no success here.
Beers landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Beers scores a nice knee to the body.
Beers is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gillette is keeping busy.
Gillette breaks the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Beers is looking to clinch.
Beers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Shane Beers is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Beers tries to clinch but Gillette is having none of it.
Gillette throws a sloppy body shot
and Beers counters with a big head kick but Gillette shrugs it off.
Beers tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Gillette throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beers.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gillette throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beers counters with a three punch combo that has Gillette backing up. Gillette nods at Beers to acknowledge the strikes.
Beers fails with an attempt to clinch.
Gillette shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Beers's guard.
Gillette trying to control the position from guard on top but Beers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gillette looking to pass the guard.
Gillette controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gillette trying to control the position from guard on top but Beers is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gillette accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Gillette must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Gillette wants to control from the top but Beers keeps moving.
Gillette not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gillette wants to stand up, so he's looking to wriggle free of Beers's closed guard. He's half up but Beers has locked on to an arm! Uh oh! Beers pivots and extends the arm, Gillette falls face first to the mat and taps??... does he?? YES! He's tapping! Excellent counter grappling there by Beers! Well done that man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shane Beers!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
51% |
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