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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Deangelo Strickland (ranked 1233 p4p, 2297 weight class) and Shawn Dean (ranked 148 p4p, 245 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Deangelo Strickland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Shawn Dean!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Ivan Kurochkin and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Strickland throws a one two combo.
It looks like Shawn Dean has been cut.
Dean takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Dean moves out of range of the strikes.
Strickland displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Nice defenses there by Strickland.
Strickland is looking to slow Dean down with leg kicks.
Nice body kick there by Strickland.
Strickland moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Strickland.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Strickland lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Strickland lands with a good body shot.
Nice shot lands for Strickland.
Strickland scores with a sloppy right hand. Dean should have avoided that one.
Strickland moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dean misses with a looping right.
Strickland scores with a push kick.
Strickland misses with a few strikes there.
Dean throws out a counter right but Strickland avoids it with no problem.
Deangelo Strickland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Strickland darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Dean tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Dean moves out of range as Strickland strikes.
Strickland misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dean.
A jab lands there for Strickland.
A swing and a miss from Dean.
Strickland works the jab nicely.
Strickland throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Dean on the side of the head.
Dean takes one to the chin there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Strickland lands a head kick!
Dean is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strickland throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dean is still on wobbly legs! Can Strickland finish him?
A slow jab from Dean misses its intended target.
Dean seems to have recovered his senses.
Strickland cracks Dean with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Strickland ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Strickland catches Dean with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Dean is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Strickland.
Dean takes a swing at Strickland's ribcage but misses.
Strickland feints and then cracks Dean's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Dean down.
Dean thows a left - swing and a miss!
Strickland scores with a jab to the body.
Strickland thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Dean if he has to take too many more of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dean moves into the clinch.
Dean misses with a punch to the body.
Dean misses with the head strike.
Strickland scores with a shot to the side of Dean's head.
Strickland tries to throw a body punch but Dean avoids it by throwing Strickland back against the cage.
Strickland blocks an uppercut.
Dean goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dean misses with a hook to the ribs.
Strickland throws a head punch that misses.
Strickland tries a body shot but Dean blocks it.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Strickland.
Dean being controlled against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Strickland.
Dean struggles to land a body shot inside as Strickland controls his hands.
Strickland throws a punch but it's blocked by Dean.
Strickland scores with a hook to the body.
Strickland lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Dean.
Dean scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Strickland.
Strickland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Strickland throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Dean looks winded!
Strickland scores with a shot to the side of Dean's head.
Dean takes a shot to the head.
Strickland lands a shoulder strike.
We've been informed that Dean has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A hook to the body from Strickland.
Strickland stalling in the clinch.
Strickland trying to stall but Dean improves his position.
Dean doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Strickland scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dean takes a shot to the head.
Strickland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Strickland scores with a nice hook to the head.
Strickland works on Dean's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Strickland softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Strickland has Dean pressed against the cage.
Strickland lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Strickland.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Deangelo Strickland dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shawn Dean's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Strickland fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A jab from Strickland finds it's way through Dean's defenses.
Dean gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Strickland is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Dean like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Dean from another fist facial!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Deangelo Strickland!
A very excited looking Deangelo Strickland rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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FIGHT
RATING
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