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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lou Spants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Derek Shride (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shride has chosen Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothin' as his entrance music. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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195 cm
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230 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
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182 cm
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275 lbs
1 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lou Spants! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Derek Shride! The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Shride shoots in and drives through. Spants sprawls well. Jab from Shride.
It looks like Lou Spants has been cut. The fight stays on the outside here - Shride looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Shride misses with an uppercut. Spants saw that one coming. Shride rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Spants moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Shride uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Spants has time to react. Spants has a takedown stuffed. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Shride throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shride misses with a two punch combination.
Spants stuns Shride with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Spants tries to clinch up but Shride circles away and keeps his distance. A left lands for Shride. Spants chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shride misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Derek Shride seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Shride looks gassed! Shride scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
That's one minute gone in the round. Spants sneaks back into half guard. Shride stops Spants from getting back to his feet.
Spants is trying to maintain the position but Shride is very close to passing his half guard. Spants looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Spants is pressing down on Shride's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it. Spants is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Spants trying to control the position here. Spants throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land. Spants is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Shride is aware though and is defending well.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Shride trying to stand up but can't free himself from Spants's guard. Shride has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Spants to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Shride is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Spants pulls down on the head and he's put Shride to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Lou Spants!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
81% |
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