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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alphonse Fuguego (ranked 635 p4p, 556 weight class) and Marcus Shakes (ranked 16 p4p, 13 weight class). Shakes is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: About the Money- T.I.. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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22 - 15 - 1 |
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28 - 20 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 15 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Alphonse Fuguego!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 28 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marcus Shakes!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Roosa Järviläinen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shakes gets a clinch.
Shakes misses with the head strike.
Shakes swings wildly with an uppercut but Fuguego uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shakes tries to work over Fuguego's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shakes misses with a short punch on the inside.
Fuguego is looking to break free of the clinch but Shakes has double underhooks.
Shakes doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shakes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fuguego blocks it with crossed arms.
Fuguego dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Shakes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fuguego has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fuguego blocks an elbow strike.
Shakes throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fuguego blocks it with crossed arms.
Fuguego pushes Shakes back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Shakes takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Fuguego.
I was talking to Fuguego's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Fuguego scores with a shot to the side of Shakes's head.
Fuguego working aggressively here.
Fuguego blocks an uppercut.
Fuguego lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuguego displaying some good clinch control by pressing Shakes up against the ropes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuguego swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shakes working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shakes lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Shakes missing with knees to the body.
Shakes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fuguego is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Shakes is keeping busy.
Shakes takes a shot to the head.
Fuguego lands a body punch in the clinch.
Fuguego breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fuguego throws a jab when Shakes was well out of range.
Shakes moves into the clinch successfully.
Shakes lands an elbow inside that Fuguego shrugs off.
Shakes tries to work over Fuguego's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shakes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Fuguego breaks the clinch.
A jab from Fuguego misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shakes momentarily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shakes tries to clinch but Fuguego is having none of it.
Shakes tries to clinch but Fuguego is having none of it.
Fuguego feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Fuguego misses with an uppercut
and Shakes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shakes takes one to the chin there.
Shakes takes one to the side of the head.
Shakes scores with a nice head shot.
Shakes's corner calls for a 1-2. Shakes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Fuguego gets tackled into the ropes by Shakes. Shakes maintains the clinch.
Shakes is working Fuguego over against the ropes.
Fuguego pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A clash of legs there as Shakes blocks the low kick.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch but Fuguego swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marcus Shakes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good shot there by Shakes.
Fuguego lands the left hand.
Shakes fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego looks to land a combination but Shakes avoids it well.
A jab from Shakes finds it's way through Fuguego's defenses.
Fuguego pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shakes moves into the clinch.
Shakes lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fuguego lands a right hand.
Shakes with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Shakes misses with a knee to the head.
Shakes throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fuguegos head.
Shakes lands a body punch.
Shakes throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Shakes tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Fuguego.
Fuguego throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuguego wants to break free but Shakes has control.
Fuguego blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fuguego lands a body shot.
Fuguego dodges an elbow strike from Shakes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego tries to stall but Shakes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Shakes lands an elbow that stopped Fuguego in his tracks for a moment.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fuguego.
Shakes misses with a hook from the clinch.
Fuguego tries to stall but Shakes uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Fuguego breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shakes pushes Fuguego up against the ropes in a clinch.
Shakes gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fuguego blocks an uppercut.
Shakes lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Fuguego backwards.
Fuguego presses Shakes against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Shakes tries to work over Fuguego's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shakes tries a body shot but Fuguego blocks it.
Fuguego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shakes swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Shakes fails to land.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Shakes trying to land knees to the body.
Shakes has a couple of punches blocked by Fuguego.
Still in the clinch, Fuguego scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Fuguego.
Fuguego pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fuguego throws a body shot but no joy.
Shakes uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Fuguego.
Shakes looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shakes closes the distance looking to clinch
and Fuguego counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Shakes tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Fuguego paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Shakes tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Fuguego manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Fuguego goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
A big left from Fuguego misses.
Fuguego throws a big shot that misses.
Shakes tries to clinch but Fuguego moves out of range.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Shakes is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Fuguego swats away the attempt to clinch by Shakes.
Shakes has closed the distance and engaged Fuguego in a clinch.
Shakes lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Shakes lands with a short shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Fuguego takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shakes lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Fuguego or not.
Fuguego goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marcus Shakes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shakes scores with a shot to the side of Fuguego's head.
Shakes pushes off an throws an elbow but Fuguego leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Fuguego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shakes scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Shakes on the inside.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nice elbow from Shakes.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Shakes just misses with a elbow thrown towards Fuguego's brow.
Fuguego blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fuguego looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Fuguego tries to break free but Shakes pushes him back against the ropes.
Fuguego leaning against his opponent.
Fuguego stalling in the clinch but Shakes improves position.
Shakes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fuguego.
Fuguego blocking some punches.
Fuguego tries to throw a body punch but Shakes avoids it by throwing Fuguego back against the ropes.
A short right from Fuguego.
Fuguego fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fuguego is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Fuguego will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Shakes up against the ropes.
Fuguego misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shakes lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shakes throws a head punch that misses.
Shakes prevents a body shot from Fuguego.
Fuguego misses with the head strike.
Fuguego breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shakes thuds a left hand into Fuguego's body.
Shakes drives through and clinches with Fuguego against the ropes.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Shakes.
Shakes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fuguego stalling in the clinch but Shakes improves position.
Shakes tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fuguego blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shakes fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Fuguego blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Fuguego misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Fuguego is trying to stall.
Fuguego doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fuguego misses with a punch to the body.
Alphonse Fuguego has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shakes keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Fuguego's efforts to push away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Shakes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shakes has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Marcus Shakes!
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight for Marcus Shakes!
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Marcus Shakes!
Marcus Shakes wins by unanimous decision!
Marcus Shakes took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Hype Nutrition for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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