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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Shakes (ranked 704 p4p, 842 weight class) and Frank Rizzo (ranked 64 p4p, 65 weight class). Shakes comes to the cage accompanied by About the Money- T.I.. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 25 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Shakes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frank Rizzo!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shakes cracks a nice hook into Rizzo's ribs.
Shakes doesn't manage to clinch there - Rizzo circles away.
Shakes fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rizzo, pushing him back against the cage.
Shakes lands an elbow that stopped Rizzo in his tracks for a moment.
Rizzo's coach down at St Petersburg MMA Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Rizzo's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Shakes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rizzo blocks it with crossed arms.
Shakes lands with a left to the head.
Shakes missing with knees to the body.
Rizzo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shakes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shakes scores with a shoulder strike.
Shakes tries a knee to the head but Rizzo blocks it.
Rizzo lands an uppercut.
Shakes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shakes misses with a punch on the inside.
Shakes struggles to land a body shot inside as Rizzo controls his hands.
Shakes throws a head punch that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rizzo takes an elbow to the forehead.
Rizzo scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rizzo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rizzo lands with a good body shot.
Shakes wants to clinch but Rizzo slips to the side
and Rizzo counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakes looks to clinch
and Rizzo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shakes thinking.
Shakes is looking to clinch.
Shakes wants to clinch but Rizzo slips to the side
and Rizzo counters with a nice uppercut.
Rizzo slips a jab from Shakes.
Rizzo tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shakes is able to avoid easily.
Rizzo bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Marcus Shakes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rizzo swats away the attempt to clinch by Shakes.
Shakes has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Roosters Coop in the buildup to the fight.
Rizzo circles away from the clinch attempt
and Rizzo cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Shakes has managed to clinch.
Shakes pushes Rizzo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rizzo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shakes misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shakes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shakes lands an elbow just above Rizzo 's eye.
Shakes misses with a body punch.
Shakes lands a damaging elbow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rizzo manages to break the clinch.
Shakes stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Shakes is looking to clinch but Rizzo is avoiding it.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rizzo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shakes tries to clinch up but Rizzo circles away and keeps his distance.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rizzo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Marcus Shakes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rizzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rizzo throws out a counter right but Shakes avoids it with no problem.
Shakes moves in looking to clinch but Rizzo pushes him off.
Rizzo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Shakes with a body shot.
Shakes doesn't manage to clinch there - Rizzo circles away.
Rizzo flicks out a counter leg kick but Shakes steps away.
Shakes tries to clinch but Rizzo moves away
and Rizzo counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Shakes thinking.
A shot to the liver by Rizzo. Beautiful body shot.
Rizzo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shakes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo shoots in for a double leg but Shakes sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Rizzo.
Shakes tries to clinch but Rizzo is having none of it.
Rizzo looks to score with a jab to the body but Shakes is just out of range.
Rizzo feints a jab promting Shakes to slip. Rizzo then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Shakes slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Shakes wants to clinch up but Rizzo keeps it at a distance.
Rizzo throws a big shot that misses.
Rizzo feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Shakess jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Rizzo circles away from the clinch attempt.
Shakes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Shakes scores with a nice strike.
Shakes throws a lazy right hand but Rizzo sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Rizzo lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Shakes closes the distance but Rizzo moves to the side
and Rizzo counters with a nice uppercut.
Rizzo moves out of range of the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shakes works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Shakes closes the distance and pushes Rizzo back into the cage.
Rizzo struggles to land a body shot inside as Shakes controls his hands.
Shakes landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Shakes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shakes misses with a knee to the head.
Shakes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shakes tries to land knees in the clinch but Rizzo avoids the damage to the body.
Shakes lands an elbow that stopped Rizzo in his tracks for a moment.
Rizzo manages to break the clinch.
Shakes is looking to clinch but Rizzo is avoiding it.
Shakes tries to clinch but Rizzo is having none of it.
Shakes throws an off balance right hand
and Rizzo moves into the clinch.
Rizzo blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rizzo pushes Shakes back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shakes.
Shakes prevents a takedown attempt there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Marcus Shakes will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Shakes tries to clinch up.
Shakes tries to clinch but Rizzo moves out of range.
Rizzo with the counter takedown but Shakes avoids it easily.
Rizzo misses with a looping right.
Shakes lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Shakes on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rizzo lands a right hook to the body.
Shakes misses with an uppercut. Rizzo saw that one coming.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rizzo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shakes tries to clinch but Rizzo moves out of range.
Rizzo throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shakes closes the distance and pushes Rizzo back into the cage.
Shakes lands a damaging elbow.
Shakes has a couple of punches blocked by Rizzo.
Shakes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shakes unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A short uppercut from Rizzo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shakes lands a hook that snaps the head of Rizzo backwards.
Rizzo looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shakes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Shakes throws a head punch that misses.
Shakes lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shakes takes a shot to the head.
Rizzo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shakes throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rizzo is looking to take this one to the mat.
Rizzo scores with a shoulder strike.
Rizzo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Shakes prevents it.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rizzo.
Shakes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shakes lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Rizzo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shakes throws a big shot that misses.
Shakes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rizzo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Rizzo, as that shot connected.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shakes uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rizzo.
Rizzo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shakes. That did some damage!
Shakes lands a lovely overhand right.
Rizzo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shakes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rizzo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Shakes rather than just go for the knockout.
Rizzo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rizzo moves out of range of the strikes.
Rizzo scores with a sloppy right hand. Shakes should have avoided that one.
Shakes fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shakes ducks under a wild hook from Rizzo.
Shakes moves into range and clinches up with Rizzo.
Shakes tries to work over Rizzo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rizzo working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo misses with some punches.
Shakes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rizzo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Shakes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Rizzo blocks it with crossed arms.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Rizzo creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Rizzo misses with a punch on the inside.
Rizzo avoids the elbow strike from Shakes, against the cage.
Rizzo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Shakes misses with an elbow strike.
Shakes throws a head punch that misses.
Shakes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shakes lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from Shakes on the inside.
Shakes makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice elbow from Shakes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A left hand lands to the body for Shakes.
Shakes misses with some punches.
Shakes prevents a takedown attempt there.
Marcus Shakes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frank Rizzo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shakes misses with a punch on the inside.
Shakes lands a good knee to the midsection. Rizzo won't want to take too many of those.
Rizzo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rizzo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shakes.
Shakes throwing a counter right hand but Rizzo manages to avoid it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shakes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shakes throws a right and a left that Rizzo avoids nicely.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rizzo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Rizzo slips under a jab from Shakes.
Rizzo lands with a hook. Shakes tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rizzo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shakes was well out of range. Poor timing from Rizzo.
Shakes tries to clinch up.
Rizzo jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Marcus Shakes 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. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Rizzo misses with a straight right.
Rizzo keeps the fight on the outside.
Rizzo tries to keep at a distance but Shakes has taken the fight into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Shakes fails to land.
Rizzo misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shakes.
Rizzo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rizzo gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Shakes has one foot on Rizzo's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shakes tries to clinch up but Rizzo circles away and keeps his distance.
Rizzo feints and as Shakes raises his hands in defense, Rizzo changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Shakes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Shakes working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Rizzo.
Shakes keeping moving, preventing Rizzo from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rizzo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Rizzo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Rizzo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Rizzo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Marcus Shakes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Rizzo must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Shakes keeping moving, preventing Rizzo from controlling successfully.
Rizzo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Rizzo trying to control but Shakes is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Shakes tries to clinch
and Rizzo counters with a stiff right hand.
Shakes closes the distance and pushes Rizzo back into the cage.
Rizzo works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Shakes keeping full guard, as Rizzo tries to pass.
Rizzo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Shakes keeping moving, preventing Rizzo from controlling successfully.
Shakes wants to get back to his feet but Rizzo is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rizzo throws a strike but Shakes rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Rizzo has his foot on Shakes's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Shakes works his way back into a safe position though.
Shakes trying to control the position from guard on top but Rizzo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Frank Rizzo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shakes being controlled here momentarily.
Rizzo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Shakes defends well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Shakes wants to stand but Rizzo is controlling his posture from full guard.
Rizzo looking to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Shakes tries to clinch but Rizzo is having none of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shakes looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rizzo is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Shakes with a body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frank Rizzo.
I think Shakes 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 Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 29:28
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Shakes!
Marcus Shakes decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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hype
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