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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luis Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Michaels's entrance music is Dead on Arrival by Billy Idol. A fine choice. Eric Shaw struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 207.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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203 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
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225 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Determined |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Luis Michaels!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Eric Shaw!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Michaels tries to bum rush Shaw with a series of wild strikes but Shaw uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shaw tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Michaels counters with a left and a right that stings Shaw.
Michaels throws a right hand that Shaw ducks under and follows up with a left that Shaw also avoids with ease.
Shaw closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Michaels is letting Shaw control him for a moment.
Shaw throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Michaels parries the strikes from Shaw easily there. Shaw is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Michaels to escape.
Shaw lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels is trying to buck Shaw off.
Shaw staying calm.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Shaw throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Shaw sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Michaels is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Shaw really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Michaels. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Shaw is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Eric Shaw was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Shaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michaels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Michaels avoids the head kick by Shaw.
Some wild striking there from Michaels.
Shaw shoots in and bounces Michaels off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Shaw engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaw throws a strike but Michaels rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Shaw seems keen to control Michaels's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Shaw dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Shaw fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Michaels sprawls well initially but Shaw persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Michaels pushes Shaw off looking to stand but Shaw dives back in and keeps control.
Shaw looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Shaw is taking a breather. Michaels says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Eric Shaw wasn't active enough on the ground.
Shaw darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Shaw wants to stand but Michaels has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Shaw trying to control the action but Michaels is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Shaw in particular looking to stall.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Eric Shaw was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Shaw misses with a body shot
and Michaels counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shaw looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shaw tries to close the distance and clinch up but Michaels swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shaw looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Michaels stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Michaels wants it to stay on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michaels misses with a takedown
and Shaw counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shaw is breathing heavily.
Michaels wants to get back to his feet.
Shaw performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Shaw wants to take a breather but Michaels is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Eric Shaw showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Michaels fails to land with a series of punches.
Shaw throws a combination that misses
and Michaels counters with a three punch combo that has Shaw backing up. Shaw nods at Michaels to acknowledge the strikes.
Michaels fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Shaw moves in looking to clinch but Michaels pushes him off.
Michaels looks to land a combination but Shaw avoids it well.
Michaels misses with a few strikes there.
Shaw throws a lazy uppercut
and Michaels counters with a crisp one two that drops Shaw! Michaels thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Shaw to his feet! Shaw is in big trouble!
Shaw is rocked!
Shaw throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Michaels counters with a nice right hand that sends Shaw toppling to the canvas! Shaw scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Michaels finish him?!
Shaw is still on wobbly legs! Can Michaels finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shaw shoots for a takedown but Michaels saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Shaw fails with the takedown
and Michaels counters with a nice right hand that sends Shaw toppling to the canvas! Shaw scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Michaels finish him?!
Michaels throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shaw takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
OH! Michaels has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Michaels smells blood and charges in for the finish! Michaels unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Michaels sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Luis Michaels!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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