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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Evan Tanner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Waldron Sheehan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evan Tanner!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Waldron Sheehan!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, George Francis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tanner moves into range and clinches up with Waldron Sheehan.
Tanner avoiding damage.
Tanner gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Waldron Sheehan.
Tanner breaks from the clinch.
Waldron Sheehan shoots in but no luck this time.
Tanner misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Tanner throws the kick towards the body but Waldron Sheehan avoids it.
Waldron Sheehan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tanner defending well as Waldron Sheehan loads up on a big left hand.
Waldron Sheehan misses the jab.
Tanner gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Waldron Sheehan breaks the clinch.
Tanner wants to clinch.
Waldron Sheehan swats away the attempt to clinch by Tanner.
Waldron Sheehan fails to land with a series of punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waldron Sheehan tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Tanner swivels and escapes.
Evan Tanner has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Waldron Sheehan.
Waldron Sheehan fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Tanner, pushing him back against the cage.
Tanner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Waldron Sheehan instigates a clinch.
Waldron Sheehan has picked Tanner up - he's going for a ride! Waldron Sheehan dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Waldron Sheehan frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Tanner gets back to half guard.
Waldron Sheehan thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tanner keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Tanner is doing well to control the position and prevent Waldron Sheehan from advancing to side control.
Waldron Sheehan tries to pass the half guard into mount. Tanner knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Tanner on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tanner tries to get out of the position.
Tanner is trying to get back to full guard.
Tanner is trying is best to control the position here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waldron Sheehan missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Waldron Sheehan is looking to pass Tanner's guard but actually Tanner recovers to full guard.
Waldron Sheehan looks gassed!
Waldron Sheehan trying to control but Tanner is working from the bottom.
Waldron Sheehan stopping the sweep attempt from Tanner.
Waldron Sheehan throwing strikes from guard but Tanner blocks nicely.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Waldron Sheehan misses with a takedown attempt
and Tanner decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Waldron Sheehan's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waldron Sheehan keeping moving, preventing Tanner from controlling successfully.
Waldron Sheehan trying to control the position.
Tanner looking to pass the guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tanner won't allow Waldron Sheehan to sweep him here.
Tanner wants to control from the top but Waldron Sheehan keeps moving.
Tanner throwing strikes from guard but Waldron Sheehan blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Waldron Sheehan had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Tanner is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Waldron Sheehan Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Tanner's back instead.
Tanner avoids the strikes from Waldron Sheehan.
Waldron Sheehan is not going to allow Tanner to sit and survive in this position.
Waldron Sheehan looking for the RNC.
Tanner turns into Waldron Sheehan and is now in his guard.
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.
Waldron Sheehan wants to sweep here but Tanner controlling him for the moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Waldron Sheehan misses with a takedown attempt
and Tanner counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Tanner stops Waldron Sheehan from getting back to his feet.
Waldron Sheehan tries to roll over but Tanner keeps him under control.
Waldron Sheehan is pressing down on Tanner's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Waldron Sheehan trying to control the position.
Tanner trying to control the position from guard on top but Waldron Sheehan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Waldron Sheehan punching from the bottom.
Waldron Sheehan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Waldron Sheehan scores with a nice shot.
Waldron Sheehan will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Waldron Sheehan manages to escape and get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Waldron Sheehan fails with the takedown.
Tanner shoots for a double leg takedown but Waldron Sheehan sprawls well. He's pushed Tanner's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evan Tanner dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Tanner clinches.
Tanner changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Waldron Sheehan fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Waldron Sheehan shoots and misses
and Tanner counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Tanner wants to control from the top but Waldron Sheehan keeps moving.
Waldron Sheehan looking for a sweep. Not yet Waldron Sheehan, not yet.
Waldron Sheehan throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Waldron Sheehan trying to strike off his back.
Waldron Sheehan trying to keep a closed guard but Tanner is proving a slippery customer.
Tanner is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Tanner drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Tanner jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Tanner wants to get up but he can't break Waldron Sheehan's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Tanner has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Waldron Sheehan misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tanner.
Tanner shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Tanner closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Tanner lands in his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Waldron Sheehan looking to hit a scissor sweep but Tanner is one step ahead there.
Tanner tries to stand but Waldron Sheehan is controlling from the bottom.
Waldron Sheehan wriggles free and stands up.
Waldron Sheehan gets a takedown into half guard.
Tanner regains full guard. Nicely done.
Tanner wants to stand but Waldron Sheehan is controlling the position.
Waldron Sheehan passes into half guard.
Tanner is trying to control but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tanner slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Waldron Sheehan trying to control the position from guard on top but Tanner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Waldron Sheehan's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Waldron Sheehan connects with a couple of short punches.
Tanner not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tanner trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Waldron Sheehan throwing strikes from guard but Tanner blocks nicely.
Tanner looking for a sweep. Not yet Tanner, not yet.
Tanner working for a triangle but Waldron Sheehan defends it easily.
Tanner keeping moving, preventing Waldron Sheehan from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waldron Sheehan working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Tanner had isolated an arm as going for an omaplata. Waldron Sheehan is defending the submission well but is in a very vulnerable position. Tanner Is leaning forward trying to finish the omaplata but decides to abandon it, and take Waldron Sheehan's back instead.
Waldron Sheehan manages to reverse the position and now he's in Tanner's guard. Nice work there by Waldron Sheehan.
Waldron Sheehan makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Tanner is trying to hold Waldron Sheehan in close to prevent damage but Waldron Sheehan has managed to pass into half guard.
Tanner is looking to control Waldron Sheehan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Tanner avoid being mounted?
Tanner tries to get to full guard but Waldron Sheehan has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tanner on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Waldron Sheehan throwing shots but Tanner is blocking nicely.
Waldron Sheehan gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Evan Tanner is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tanner throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Tanner with a lazy takedown attempt
and Waldron Sheehan counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Evan Tanner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Waldron Sheehan tries for a takedown but Tanner circles away easily
and Tanner counters by moving into the clinch.
Tanner is trying to break free.
Waldron Sheehan breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Waldron Sheehan gets a clinch.
Waldron Sheehan lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Tanner is trying to control but Waldron Sheehan manages to pass to mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Waldron Sheehan postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Tanner looks a forlorn figure.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tanner is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nick Waldron Sheehan will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Waldron Sheehan fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tanner closes the distance and clinches up with Waldron Sheehan, looking for a takedown. Tanner pushes Waldron Sheehan against the cage but Waldron Sheehan circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tanner misses with a takedown
and Waldron Sheehan counters with a shoot takedown. Tanner fights it but they end up in guard.
Tanner preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Waldron Sheehan drops back looking for a leg! Tanner is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Tanner manages to kick Waldron Sheehan off! Waldron Sheehan jumps back into Tanner's guard.
Waldron Sheehan thows a big elbow that misses.
Waldron Sheehan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tanner escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Waldron Sheehan gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Tanner is trying to keep Waldron Sheehan in close.
Tanner keeping full guard, as Waldron Sheehan tries to pass.
Waldron Sheehan throwing strikes but missing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Waldron Sheehan looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tanner is fending him off so far but Waldron Sheehan persists. Nope, Tanner circles away and we're back to standing.
Waldron Sheehan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tanner tries to clinch but Waldron Sheehan moves out of range.
Tanner rushes Waldron Sheehan and presses him up against the cage.
Waldron Sheehan is pressed up against the cage. Tanner has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Waldron Sheehan down to the mat. Waldron Sheehan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Evan Tanner. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Waldron Sheehan swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Waldron Sheehan looks for a takedown but Tanner sprawls well.
Waldron Sheehan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Waldron Sheehan cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Waldron Sheehan with a poor takedown
and Tanner counters with a slapping leg kick.
Tanner tries to clinch
and Waldron Sheehan counters with a single leg into guard. Tanner didn't expect that.
Waldron Sheehan working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Waldron Sheehan content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Waldron Sheehan in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Waldron Sheehan is in close to Tanner's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Waldron Sheehan stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good standup being displayed there by Waldron Sheehan as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Waldron Sheehan feints and as Tanner raises his hands in defense, Waldron Sheehan changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Tanner trying to keep a closed guard but Waldron Sheehan is proving a slippery customer.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Waldron Sheehan trying to control the position from guard on top but Tanner is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tanner looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Tanner looking to control.
Waldron Sheehan thows a big elbow that misses.
Waldron Sheehan wants to control from the top but Tanner keeps moving.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Tanner fails with an attempt to clinch.
Tanner misses with a takedown
and Waldron Sheehan counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waldron Sheehan is looking to control Tanner's arms but Tanner gets an underhook and turns him. Now Waldron Sheehan has his back to the cage.
Tanner tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Waldron Sheehan just stands there and leans against the cage.
Waldron Sheehan prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tanner wants a takedown.
Waldron Sheehan drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tanner gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Waldron Sheehan is pressed up against the cage. Tanner has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Waldron Sheehan down to the mat. Waldron Sheehan avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Waldron Sheehan fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Tanner shoots in for a takedown but Waldron Sheehan shows good takedown defense.
Tanner blocks a jab.
Tanner fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tanner with a lazy takedown attempt
and Waldron Sheehan counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Tanner is rocked!
Waldron Sheehan shoots in for a takedown. Oh, that's a huge slam! Tanner is on queer street and Waldron Sheehan is pounding down on him with a barage of strikes. The ref is forced to step in and stop the fight. Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). Nick Waldron Sheehan!
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energy
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