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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tony Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shifiinity Powel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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209 lbs
14 - 8 - 1 |
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24
212 lbs
9 - 9 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Powerful takedowns
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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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
14 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tony Gordon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Shifiinity Powel!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Mauricio Rocha and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Powel will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Powel will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Powel takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Powel will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Tony Gordon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shifiinity Powel.
Gordon swinging wildly here.
Powel looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Gordon wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gordon keeping full guard, as Powel tries to pass.
Powel throwing strikes but missing.
Powel sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powel passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Powel working away.
Powel wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Gordon, who protects the arm well.
Powel tries to advance position but instead Gordon slips a leg back in to half guard.
Powel frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gordon trying desperately to get to his feet.
Poor strikes thrown by Powel there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Gordon is trying to stand up.
Powel goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Gordon turns into him and now he's in Powel's guard.
Powel bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gordon's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powel advances position into side control!
Powel tries to score with some ground and pound. Gordon controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Powel landing a few strikes.
Gordon dodges the ground and pound from Powel.
Powel content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Powel tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Powel tries to score with some ground and pound. Gordon controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Gordon is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Gordon tries to bench press Powel off him but Powel keeps the position.
Gordon is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shifiinity Powel dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gordon throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Powel counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Powel seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Gordon does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Powel has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Gordon trying to hold on to Powel's head to control him but Powel postures up.
Powel trying to mount his opponent but Gordon defends it.
Powel slips a nice elbow through Gordon's hands, connecting with Gordon's forehead.
Powel tries to pass to full mount but Gordon defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gordon is staying active underneath Powel, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Powel missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Powel trying to mount his opponent but Gordon defends it.
Powel sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gordon defending well though.
Powel misses with a head shot. Gordon uses the momentum to regain guard.
Gordon keeping full guard, as Powel tries to pass.
Gordon is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Powel sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Gordon wants to sweep here but Powel controlling him for the moment.
Powel wants to control from the top but Gordon keeps moving.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Powel works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Powel is working for a submission of some sort.
Powel is looking to pass Gordon's guard but actually Gordon recovers to full guard.
Powel postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Powel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gordon knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Powel on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Powel postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Gordon keeping moving, preventing Powel from controlling successfully.
Gordon avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Powel trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Powel wants to stand and escape but instead Gordon has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Powel looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Gordon is defending well. Powel quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Gordon has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Powel celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shifiinity Powel!
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energy
A | B |
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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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