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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Rinaudo (ranked 3374 p4p, 3408 weight class) and John Sheppard (ranked 423 p4p, 426 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Matthew Rinaudo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, John Sheppard!
The judges for this bout are Bart Greer, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Rinaudo or perhaps it was just good defense by Sheppard, which made it look bad.
Sheppard fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rinaudo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Rinaudo showed some decent athleticism there.
Sheppard has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Rinaudo is on him like a limpet, forcing Sheppard back against the cage.
Sheppard stops a takedown attempt from Rinaudo.
Sheppard wants to get back to striking at distance but Rinaudo won't allow it.
We've been hearing reports that Rinaudo has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Rinaudo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Sheppard fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Matthew Rinaudo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rinaudo tries for a takedown but Sheppard circles away easily
and Sheppard counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Matthew Rinaudo has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sheppard lands an overhand right.
Sheppard connects with a good straight punch right through the guard and follows up with a right hook and a left hook! That last one sent Rinaudo tumbling to the canvas! Sheppard pours on the pressure with more strikes and the referee has no hesitation diving in to stop the fight! Rinaudo was done - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). John Sheppard!
John Sheppard spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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RATING
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