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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tomato Can (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shane Finn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Finn is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: The Theme From Jaws. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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178 cm
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178 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tomato Can!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Finn!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finn throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Both fighters circling a little - Finn finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Nice body kick there by Finn.
Finn throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Finn tries to clinch up but Can circles away and keeps his distance.
Can is looking to clinch but Finn is avoiding it.
Can takes a shot to the body in his stride.
An inside leg kick lands from Finn.
Finn closes the distance and clinches.
Can is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Finn gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Can is breathing heavily.
Finn lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Finn controlling the action here for a moment.
Can tries for a takedown. No joy.
Finn wants to stall.
Can tries for a takedown but Finn manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tomato Can. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Finn manages to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finn is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finn dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Can. That did some damage!
Can throws a lazy uppercut
and Finn counters with a straight right hand.
Can is rocked!
Finn takes the fight into the clinch.
Oh Can is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Finn breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Finn throws a leg kick which misses Can's front leg but catches the back leg as Can tries to avoid it.
Can seems to have got his legs back now.
Finn throws a nice inside leg kick.
Finn scoring well with a low kick there.
Can misses with the combination.
Can keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Finn wants to slow Can down by chopping away at his legs.
Can tries to clinch but Finn moves away
and Finn counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Can fails with an attempt to clinch.
Can gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Finn tries to escape but Can is in control.
Can controlling the position from side mount.
Can scoring with punches from side control.
Can works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
It looks like Shane Finn has been cut.
Can controlling the position from side mount.
Can looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finn is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Can happy to just control the position for now.
Can working the ground and pound from side control.
Can gets to mount! Finn was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Can 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.
Can controlling the position easily from mount.
Can landing punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Can controlling the pace for now.
Can seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Finn for as long as he can get away with.
Can with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Can with shots to the head and body - Finn looks very uncomfortable down there.
Can looking to control and managing it successfully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Finn dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Finn's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Can keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Finn scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Some wild striking there from Finn.
Can throws a leg kick that is checked
and Finn counters with a nice low kick that buckles Can's knee momentarily.
Can is looking to clinch.
Can scores a takedown into full mount!
Can is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Finn has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Can controlling the pace for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Tomato Can just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Can chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Finn can pounce on him.
Finn lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Can instigates a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finn is fighting off a takedown attempt but Can is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Finn to the mat. Finn regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Finn looking for a sweep. Not yet Finn, not yet.
Can controls from within his opponent's guard.
Finn is trying to keep Can in close.
Can not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finn is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Can with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Can not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Can tries to free his leg and advance position but Finn is retaining full guard.
Can seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Finn keeping full guard, as Can tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Can throws a strike but Finn rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Finn preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Can is on top in guard.
Finn working a defensive guard here.
Finn looking for a sweep. Not yet Finn, not yet.
Can working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Finn can't keep his opponent in guard - Can advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Can is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Can working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tomato Can dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Shane Finn's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Can tries to clinch up but Finn circles away and keeps his distance.
Can is looking to clinch.
Can looks to clinch
and Finn counters with a thumping low kick.
Can misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Finn.
Finn scores with a leg kick.
Can misses with a body punch
and Finn counters with a three punch combo that has Can backing up. Can nods at Finn to acknowledge the strikes.
Can tries to clinch up
and Finn counters with a thumping low kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Finn tries to clinch up but Can circles away and keeps his distance.
Finn throws a hook to the side of Can's head but Can sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Finn tries to clinch there but Can circles away.
Can tries to clinch up but Finn circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Finn, right into the meat.
Can tries to clinch but Finn is having none of it.
Can tries to clinch up but Finn circles away and keeps his distance.
Finn wants to clinch
and Can counters with a takedown into side control.
Can controlling the position from side mount.
Finn prevents Can from moving into mount.
Tomato Can overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Can is working hard here to advance position.
Can connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Finn some visible discomfort.
Can swings around for an armbar but Finn sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Can's guard.
Finn won't allow Can to sweep him here.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Can is on top in guard.
Can controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Can advances to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finn is trying to stand.
Can content to control rather than advance.
Can seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Finn does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Can in particular looking to stall.
Finn wants to get back to full guard.
Finn wants to control but Can is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Can is pressing down on Finn's thigh, looking to free his foot. Finn is holding on for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Finn cracks the inside of Can's front leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Can checks a leg kick.
Finn swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
so Can counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Can seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Can stops Finn from standing up.
Can trying to control but Finn is working from the bottom.
Can trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Finn looking for a sweep. Not yet Finn, not yet.
Can slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Can forces his way into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tomato Can showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Can 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tomato Can!
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energy
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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