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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cody Shelton (ranked 1252 p4p, 1694 weight class) and Toe Licker (ranked 124 p4p, 163 weight class). Shelton comes to the cage accompanied by Heart-Magic Man. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Cody Shelton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Toe Licker!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shelton lunges at Licker with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Licker's hand.
Licker jabs at Shelton's body.
Shelton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Licker manages to avoid it.
Licker ducks right into an uppercut from Shelton.
Licker throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shelton stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Shelton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Licker keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shelton.
Shelton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Licker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shelton throws a good cross that connects.
A jab from Shelton misses.
Shelton closes the distance and clinches.
Licker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Shelton tries to work over Licker's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shelton throws a head punch that misses.
Shelton breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Licker swings for the body but Shelton moves out of range.
Shelton has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Savate Club in the buildup to the fight.
Shelton tries to clinch there but Licker circles away.
Licker dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Shelton cracks Licker with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Shelton stuns Licker with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shelton wants to clinch.
Licker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Licker misses.
Shelton closes the distance and clinches.
Licker is looking to break free of the clinch but Shelton has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Shelton.
Shelton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Licker backwards.
Licker blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Licker prevents a body shot from Shelton.
Licker's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shelton keeps control of Licker as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shelton manages to break the clinch.
Licker misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shelton moves into the clinch.
Shelton tries a body shot but Licker blocks it.
Shelton working aggressively here.
A short left from Shelton.
Shelton throws a head punch that misses.
Shelton lands a right hand that snaps the head of Licker backwards.
Licker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A right hook to the body lands for Shelton.
Shelton lands a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Shelton.
Shelton lands a nice shot to the body.
Licker looks winded!
Shelton misses with a punch to the body.
Licker tries to circle away but Shelton has him pinned against the cage.
Shelton lands a left hand that snaps the head of Licker backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shelton.
Shelton scores with a nice hook to the head.
Licker is trying to force a seperation but Shelton has the dominant position.
Shelton tries a body shot but Licker blocks it.
Shelton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shelton misses with a body shot.
Shelton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shelton gets a clinch.
Shelton throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shelton can't find room to land a body shot as Licker controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Shelton as the two fighters clinch.
Shelton tries a body shot but Licker blocks it.
Shelton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Licker's elbow.
Shelton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shelton breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shelton smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shelton tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Licker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Licker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shelton.
Shelton scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Licker takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Shelton cracks Licker with a right hand to the side of the head.
Licker is rocked!
Licker throws a hook but Shelton avoids it easily.
Licker is still on wobbly legs! Can Shelton finish him?
Licker wants to land a leg kick but Shelton is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Shelton dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Shelton bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Licker's head.
Licker seems to have recovered his senses.
Licker throws a looping overhand right but Shelton ducks down to avoid it.
Shelton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Licker swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Licker looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice cross by Shelton.
Cody Shelton is winning the standup battle so far.
Licker misses with an uppercut.
Licker is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Shelton rather than just go for the knockout.
Shelton swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Licker counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice jab there from Licker.
Shelton avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Shelton finds it's way through Licker's defenses.
Shelton has taken the fight to the clinch.
Shelton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shelton makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shelton lands a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shelton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Licker backwards.
Shelton lands an uppercut.
Licker blocking some punches.
Licker wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Licker has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Shelton seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Licker can turn it around.
Licker blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Shelton scores with a nice short uppercut.
Shelton lands a nice uppercut.
Shelton scores with a shot to the side of Licker's head.
Shelton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Licker.
Shelton misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Licker looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shelton breaks from the clinch.
Toe Licker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shelton throws an overhand right that drops Licker like a sack of potatoes! Shelton dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cody Shelton!
Cody Shelton retains his lightweight title!
Cody Shelton bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Toe Licker spoke after the fight, saying 'Ahhh well that was fucked. Ill be back in a couple weeks. Da Jumba keep me active'.
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