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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Star (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Minowa Shittu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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208 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm
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218 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Scott Star!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Minowa Shittu!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Thiago Cunha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Star feints and as Shittu raises his hands in defense, Star changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Star tries to free his leg and advance position but Shittu is retaining full guard.
Star stopping the sweep attempt from Shittu.
Star sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Shittu's guard.
Shittu really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Star. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shittu is refusing to be controlled, as Star sits in half guard.
Shittu desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Star tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Shittu kicks Star off and gets back to his feet.
Star looks for a takedown but Shittu sprawls well.
Shittu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Star changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shittu looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Shittu throws Star to one side and escapes!
Shittu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shittu swings for the body but Star moves out of range.
Shittu scores with a takedown into Star's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Star is breathing heavily.
Shittu advances to half guard.
Star is trying to get back to full guard.
Shittu controlling the pace.
Star is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Shittu content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Star wants to get back to full guard.
Shittu wants to free his trapped foot but Star is holding on for dear life with his legs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shittu lands strikes from half guard.
Shittu slows the pace down in half guard.
Shittu is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Star defends it well.
Star tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Shittu has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Shittu with the ground and pound from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Star is trying desperately to improve position.
Star gets back to half guard.
Star actively working from the bottom here.
Shittu wants to take a breather but Star is having none of it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Star manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Star is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Star works his way into side control.
Shittu is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Star asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Check out the look on Star's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shittu is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Star off and has taken his back!
Shittu is looking to control Star but Star is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Shittu doesn't have the hooks in and Star manages to turn into his guard.
Star lands a couple of digs.
Shittu trying to control the position here.
Shittu is looking for a triangle but Star pushes his legs off easily.
Shittu scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Shittu throws a one two combo.
It looks like Scott Star has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The fight stays on the outside here - Star looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Star scores a takedown into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Minowa Shittu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Scott Star's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Shittu shoots and misses
and Star counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Shittu's guard now.
Shittu is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Star advances to half guard.
Star works his foot free and advances to mount.
Shittu is trying desperately to improve position.
Star goes for an armbar but Shittu turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Shittu.
Star looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Shittu stands and throws Star's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Star tries to buck Shittu off but Shittu is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Star is working hard here to advance position.
Star tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Star sneaks back into half guard.
Star wants to get back to his feet.
Shittu not doing much here.
Star makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Star.
Star tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Star had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Shittu is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Star Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Shittu's back instead.
Shittu turns into Star and is now in his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Star manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Shittu manages to get himself to full guard.
Shittu working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Star.
Star avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Star loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Star is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Scott Star overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Star trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Star wants to get up but he can't break Shittu's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Star slips nicely into half guard.
Star is trying to control the action in half guard but Shittu is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Star lands strikes from half guard.
Shittu looks like he's trying to stand up.
Shittu trying to hold on to Star's head to control him but Star postures up.
Star prevents Shittu from standing back up.
Shittu punching from the bottom.
Shittu controlling the position for now.
Shittu moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Star prevents Shittu from getting back to his feet.
Shittu not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Shittu is pulling down on Star's head. It's preventing any offense from Star, at least for the moment.
Star is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Shittu is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Shittu has escaped and now he's on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Star isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Shittu stacks Star on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Shittu!
Star is looking for a sweep.
Star manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Star actively working from the bottom here.
Star tries to roll over but Shittu keeps him under control.
Star has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Shittu. Oh but Star has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Shittu goes limp - he's gone! Star jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Scott Star!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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