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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between iLike Turtles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tupac Shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 cm
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173 lbs
7 - 4 - 0 |
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188 cm
23
175 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, iLike Turtles! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tupac Shakur! The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Turtles throws a body punch but Shakur moves out of range. Shakur shoots in but no luck this time. Turtles thows a body shot but no joy. Turtles shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Shakur's guard. Shakur tries to strike from the bottom.
Shakur escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Turtles gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance. Both fighters really going for it on the ground here! Shakur wriggles free and stands up. Turtles clinches with his opponent.
Shakur changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Turtles fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Shakur moves out of range as Turtles throws a body kick.
Turtles throws a right and a left that both miss. Turtles takes a swing at Shakur's ribcage but misses. Turtles looks to land a body kick but Shakur moved away. Shakur tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Shakur shoots in but doesn't get the takedown and Turtles counters with a lovely shot to the body. iLike Turtles has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tupac Shakur. Shakur looks gassed! Turtles lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shakur circles away quickly and effectively. Turtles missing with a left hand there. Shakur was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Turtles throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Turtles moves into the clinch successfully.
Turtles lands with a left to the head. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Turtles. Turtles lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shakur or not. Turtles lands with a left to the head. Turtles lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Turtles lands a shoulder strike. Shakur takes a knee to the side of the body. Turtles has Shakur pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Turtles pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Shakur tumbling to the mat - Turtles dives into Shakur's guard. Turtles might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Turtles is in close to Shakur's body, working some short punches and elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Turtles trying to control but Shakur is working from the bottom. Turtles working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Turtles sitting in guard, not really doing much. Turtles seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Shakur for as long as he can get away with. Turtles sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Shakur's guard. Shakur is trying to stand back up but Turtles is controlling him
Turtles drops an elbow to the side of Shakur's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Turtles landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Shakur misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Turtles lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. Shakur is trying to get back to full guard. Turtles is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position. Turtles decides to return to a standing position. Turtles is looking to wear down Shakur with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment. Turtles moves into the clinch. Turtles working Shakur over with knees to the body. Turtles throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Shakurs head. Turtles pressing his opponent against the cage. Good body shot from Turtles.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Turtles scores with a shoulder strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Turtles lands an elbow just above Shakur 's eye.
It looks like Tupac Shakur has been cut. Turtles connects with a knee to the head.
Shakur takes an elbow to the temple. Turtles stalls. Turtles lands a nice uppercut. Turtles scores with a shoulder strike. Turtles lands a body shot. Turtles lands a right hand. A short body shot lands from Turtles as the two fighters clinch.
Turtles makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Turtles lands a nice elbow. Turtles digs a right hand underneath Shakur's ribcage. Shakur let out a lung full of air as it connected. Shakur takes a shot to the head. Turtles lands a body shot. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
iLike Turtles dominated that round. The cut man is working on Tupac Shakur's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Turtles gets the takedown into side control. Shakur tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Turtles wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. Turtles looks up at the clock and then as Shakur takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Turtles smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Turtles has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission. Shakur taking punishment in the form of punches.
Turtles moves into full mount! Shakur tries to reverse the position but Turtles maintains control. Turtles landing strikes from the mount and Shakur is in trouble! Turtles lands a big shot there that rocks Shakur but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Turtles is in the full mount, landing strikes. Turtles is in the full mount, landing strikes. Turtles landing punches. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! A nice elbow there by Turtles. iLike Turtles overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Shakur can't escape the position.
Turtles controlling from the full mount. Shakur is squirming around, avoiding Turtles's attempts to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round. Shakur really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Turtles landing strikes from the mount. Turtles working the ground and pound effectively.
Shakur is looking to improve his position but Turtles isn't that keen on the idea. Shakur throwing hammer fists to the chest of Turtles. What's that going to do exactly? We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shakur can do anything to dispel that myth. Turtles is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shakur can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Turtles lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Shakur hang on? Turtles is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Shakur can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Shakur is rocked! Turtles lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Shakur is still in real trouble! Can Turtles finish him? Turtles is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Shakur goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Turtles!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). iLike Turtles!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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