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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shaun Swagger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daniel Raymonds (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Swagger might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Amazing. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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28
185 lbs
9 - 11 - 0 |
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188 cm
25
185 lbs
6 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Good kicks
Determined |
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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
9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Shaun Swagger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Daniel Raymonds!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Donald Grub and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Swagger tries to clinch up but Raymonds circles away and keeps his distance.
Swagger is looking to clinch but Raymonds is avoiding it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Raymonds. That's going to slow Swagger down.
Raymonds looks for the body kick but Swagger saw that one coming.
Swagger misses with the combination.
Shaun Swagger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Swagger dives in and grabs Raymonds's left leg, looking for a takedown. Raymonds pushes down on Swagger's head and hops out.
Swagger shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Raymonds sprawls well. Raymonds wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Swagger gets slowly back to his feet.
Swagger takes one on the button.
Raymonds swats away the attempt to clinch by Swagger.
Raymonds throws a series of punches but Swagger moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Swagger moves in looking to clinch but Raymonds pushes him off.
Swagger tries to clinch but Raymonds moves out of range.
Swagger tries to clinch but Raymonds moves out of range.
Swagger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raymonds paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Raymonds throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Raymonds throws a head kick that misses.
Swagger takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Swagger is breathing heavily.
Swagger throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Raymonds counters with a nice body kick.
Swagger takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A thudding body kick lands there by Raymonds!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Raymonds clinches with his opponent.
Swagger takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Shaun Swagger has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds looking to throw knees to the head but Swagger is blocking nicely.
Raymonds scores with a knee to the head.
Swagger takes an elbow to the temple.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raymonds throws an elbow but misses.
Raymonds connects with a nasty looking knee right to Swagger's face.
Raymonds breaks the clinch.
Raymonds clinches with his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Raymonds takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Raymonds looking to throw knees to the head but Swagger is blocking nicely.
Raymonds with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Raymonds scores with a knee to the head.
Swagger dodges an elbow strike from Raymonds.
Raymonds looking to throw knees to the head but Swagger is blocking nicely.
Raymonds using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swagger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raymonds tries to land a knee to the head but Swagger blocks with his arms.
Swagger stops a takedown attempt from Raymonds.
Swagger is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds throws a knee to the head but misses.
Raymonds misses with a knee strike.
Raymonds stalls.
Swagger working hard to break the clinch.
Swagger takes an elbow to the temple.
Raymonds misses with an elbow strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Raymonds throws an elbow but misses.
Raymonds using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Swagger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Raymonds escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Swagger wants to clinch but Raymonds slips to the side
and Raymonds counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Swagger misses with a combination
and Raymonds makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Swagger really felt that one!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Swagger wants to clinch.
Raymonds throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Daniel Raymonds is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Raymonds scores with a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Raymonds.
Swagger takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Raymonds throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Raymonds avoids the body shot from Swagger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Raymonds dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shaun Swagger's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A nice combination there by Raymonds.
Swagger takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A thudding body kick lands there by Raymonds!
Raymonds plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Swagger wants to clinch
and Raymonds counters with a head kick.
Swagger takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Swagger has his takedown stuffed
and Raymonds counters with a solid body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Raymonds throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Swagger's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raymonds cracks a nice hook into Swagger's ribs.
Raymonds chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Raymonds throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Swagger's head.
Raymonds lands a head kick!
Daniel Raymonds seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Raymonds lands a head kick!
Swagger will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Raymonds swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Raymonds pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Raymonds comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Swagger avoids a wild elbow strike from Raymonds.
Raymonds lands an uppercut.
Raymonds lands a left hand that snaps the head of Swagger backwards.
Raymonds fails to pull guard.
Raymonds lands an elbow that stopped Swagger in his tracks for a moment.
Raymonds lands an elbow just above Swagger 's eye.
Raymonds landing knees to the head.
Swagger blocks the elbow strike.
Raymonds stalling against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Raymonds just misses with a elbow thrown towards Swagger's brow.
Raymonds's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Swagger throws a combination that misses
and Raymonds counters with a nice body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds connects with a body shot.
Nice body kick from Raymonds.
A right-left combo lands from Raymonds.
Raymonds thuds his shin into the meat of Swagger's side.
Swagger tries to clinch
and Raymonds counters with an inside leg kick.
Swagger misses with a shot to the body
and Raymonds counters with a body kick that stops Swagger in his tracks momentarily.
Raymonds fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Swagger.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Raymonds!
Swagger takes a head kick and keeps coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raymonds delivers a nice body kick.
Swagger throws a left and a right that both miss
and Raymonds counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Raymonds moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Raymonds scoring well with a low kick there.
Raymonds scores with a three punch combo!
Swagger darts in trying to clinch
and Raymonds counters with a solid body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Swagger tries to clinch but Raymonds moves away
and Raymonds counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Raymonds throws a right and a left that Swagger avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Raymonds showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shaun Swagger's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Raymonds pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Swagger misses with a double jab
and Raymonds counters with a head kick.
Swagger throws a head kick that misses
and Raymonds counters with a body kick.
Swagger falls off balance throwing a combination
and Raymonds counters with a body kick.
A head kick by Raymonds misses
and Swagger counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Raymonds has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Swagger stalling away here and it's allowed Raymonds to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raymonds seems keen to control Swagger's posture.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Raymonds kicks Swagger off and gets to his feet.
Shaun Swagger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Raymonds throws a leg kick which misses Swagger's front leg but catches the back leg as Swagger tries to avoid it.
Raymonds throws a nice inside leg kick.
Raymonds throws a head kick that half lands.
Both fighters circling a little - Raymonds finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Raymonds throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Swagger's head.
Raymonds chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Raymonds looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Raymonds scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Raymonds cracks the inside of Swagger's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Swagger has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Raymonds.
Raymonds misses with a few strikes there.
Raymonds throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Raymonds throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Raymonds throws a series of strikes that have Swagger backpedaling.
Swagger is trying hard to land a takedown here. Raymonds sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Raymonds bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Raymonds throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Raymonds scores with a head kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Swagger sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Raymonds misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A head kick from Raymonds lands but Swagger takes it in his stride.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Raymonds throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Swagger tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Raymonds counters with an inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Swagger tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Raymonds swivels and escapes.
Shaun Swagger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Raymonds throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Daniel Raymonds is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Raymonds plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
And that's the end of the fight!
Daniel Raymonds comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Raymonds winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 James Glass scores the fight 25:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 25:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Daniel Raymonds!
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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