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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Kanbei Shimada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Brannigan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shimada comes to the cage accompanied by Party and Bullshit. This should be a great matchup!
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183 lbs
12 - 6 - 0 |
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185 cm
21
185 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Kanbei Shimada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sean Brannigan!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shimada fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brannigan manages to avoid it.
Brannigan connects with a leg kick. Shimada looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brannigan buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Shimada fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Brannigan sprawls well initially but Shimada persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Brannigan blocking the ground and pound attempt from Shimada.
Brannigan wants to get back to his feet.
Brannigan makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Brannigan swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Shimada looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brannigan is fending him off so far but Shimada persists. Nope, Brannigan circles away and we're back to standing.
Brannigan is looking to slow Shimada down with leg kicks.
Brannigan throws a sloppy head kick
and Shimada counters with a single leg into guard. Brannigan didn't expect that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shimada trying to control the position from guard on top but Brannigan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shimada seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Shimada throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brannigan is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Shimada is controlling him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shimada lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Brannigan is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Shimada loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Shimada's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Shimada stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brannigan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shimada passes into half guard.
Shimada stops Brannigan from getting back to his feet.
Shimada missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Shimada is trying a forearm choke
I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Shimada connects with a nice short shot to Brannigan's temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shimada is trying to control the action in half guard but Brannigan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Shimada is pressing down on Brannigan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Brannigan is holding on for now.
Brannigan pushes Shimada off looking to stand but Shimada dives back in and keeps control.
Brannigan is not content to let Shimada control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brannigan looks like he's trying to stand up.
Brannigan looks gassed!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Shimada is nestled in close to Brannigan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Shimada is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Shimada throwing shots but Brannigan is blocking nicely.
Shimada is trying to control. Brannigan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brannigan taking some punishment here, with Shimada in his half guard.
Shimada frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Shimada pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Shimada landing shots from mount.
Brannigan is trying to stand up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brannigan is squirming around, avoiding Shimada's attempts to control the action.
Shimada breaks from Brannigan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Shimada scoring with strikes but Brannigan is staying in there.
Shimada 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.
Shimada lands a big shot there that rocks Brannigan but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Shimada scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Shimada lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Brannigan hang on?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shimada with good strikes from the mount here!
Brannigan is rocked!
Brannigan takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Shimada's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kanbei Shimada!
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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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