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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Aatami Korpi (ranked 1574 p4p, 1508 weight class) and Ken Shamrock (ranked 200 p4p, 192 weight class). Shamrock is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dangerous Entrance Theme. Ken Shamrock is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible |
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Decent knees
Good gas tank |
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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 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Aatami Korpi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ken Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Korpi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Korpi cracks Shamrock with an open hand slap.
Korpi stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Korpi wants it to stay on the feet.
Shamrock takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Korpi looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Korpi digs a good hook to Shamrock's body.
Shamrock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Korpi.
Korpi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shamrock misses with a takedown attempt - Korpi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Aatami Korpi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ken Shamrock.
Korpi throws a push kick but Shamrock slaps the foot to one side.
Shamrock gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Korpi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korpi scores with a jab.
Korpi connects with a leg kick.
Korpi gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Shamrock to score an easy takedown into full guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Shamrock accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Shamrock postures up in Korpi's guard and throws a big left but Korpi blocks it.
Shamrock throws a big right hand that misses.
Shamrock throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Shamrock is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Korpi utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Shamrock is stalling in the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korpi preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Shamrock sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Korpi on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Korpi tries to get out of the position.
Shamrock drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Shamrock jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Shamrock thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Shamrock wants to control from the top but Korpi keeps moving.
Shamrock throwing strikes from guard but Korpi blocks nicely.
Shamrock passes into half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Shamrock working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Korpi has hold of Shamrock's hands but Shamrock slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Shamrock looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Korpi with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Shamrock is looking for a kimura but Korpi is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Shamrock to get the leverage.
Shamrock is looking for a kimura but Korpi is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Shamrock to get the leverage.
Korpi is looking for a sweep. Shamrock is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Korpi on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Korpi is trying to control but can't.
Korpi keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Shamrock content to control rather than advance.
Korpi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shamrock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Korpi tries to roll over but Shamrock keeps him under control.
Shamrock is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Korpi defends it well.
Korpi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shamrock.
Shamrock not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Shamrock missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Korpi regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Shamrock.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shamrock pushing down on Korpi's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Shamrock working Korpi over with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ken Shamrock will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Korpi motions for Shamrock to come forward. Korpi throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Korpi connects with a nice looking jab.
Korpi throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Shamrock counters with a nice double leg into side control. Korpi won't be happy with that.
Shamrock wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Korpi, who protects the arm well.
Korpi being controlled for a moment.
Korpi takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shamrock postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Shamrock throwing shots but missing, from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Korpi manages to get back to half guard.
Korpi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shamrock.
Shamrock is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Shamrock is thwarting Korpi's attempts to control the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Shamrock in particular looking to stall.
Shamrock is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Shamrock thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Korpi's head.
Shamrock sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Korpi defending well though.
Korpi avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shamrock.
Shamrock is controlling the pace.
Shamrock missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Korpi wants to control but Shamrock is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Shamrock passes to side control.
Shamrock is looking to take a break and control but Korpi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Shamrock misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
An elbow from Shamrock crashes against the mat.
Shamrock is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Korpi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Shamrock tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Korpi looks calm but he's in trouble here. Shamrock gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Korpi is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Shamrock lets go of the hold and Korpi can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ken Shamrock!
During a confident post fight interview, Ken Shamrock thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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