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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rex Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Shrimp (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shrimp is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by drowning pool-step up. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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272 lbs
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276 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
11 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Rex Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Shrimp!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shrimp blocks a jab.
Richards connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Richards's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shrimp connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Richards scrambles back to his feet.
Richards just misses with a punch to the body.
Shrimp takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Richards throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Richards scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shrimp doesn't seem bothered though.
Richards cracks Shrimp with a good jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice defenses there by Richards.
Shrimp tries a head kick but it misses.
Richards throws a chopping leg kick but Shrimp manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Shrimp moves out of range of the strikes.
Shrimp looks to land a left hand but Richards moved out of range nicely.
Shrimp drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Richards shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Richards is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Shrimp really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Richards. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shrimp keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Richards thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Shrimp's head.
Richards lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Richards is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Shrimp blocking the ground and pound attempt from Richards.
Richards throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Richards is looking for a kimura but Shrimp is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Richards to get the leverage.
Shrimp is trying to control but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shrimp keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Richards is looking for a kimura but Shrimp is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Richards to get the leverage.
Richards 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.
Richards works his way into side control.
You can see the frustration on Shrimp's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Richards works to advance to full mount. Shrimp defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Richards landing strikes from the mount and Shrimp is in trouble!
It looks like James Shrimp has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shrimp is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Richards lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Richards postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Shrimp looks a forlorn figure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards is landing with some decent strikes but Shrimp is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Shrimp looks gassed!
Richards raining down hammerfists from mount.
Richards lands a heavy elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Richards is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Shrimp is rocked!
Richards is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Shrimp to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Shrimp shrugs it off.
Richards scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Shrimp is still in real trouble! Can Richards finish him?
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Shrimp can do anything to dispel that myth.
Richards postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Shrimp out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Richards goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Rex Richards!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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