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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Estrada (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Dir (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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215 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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200 cm
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205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruno Estrada!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shawn Dir!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Ren Mimura and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Estrada misses with a hook
and Dir counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Estrada wants to clinch up but Dir keeps it at a distance.
Estrada closes the distance and clinches up with Dir, looking for a takedown. Estrada pushes Dir against the cage but Dir circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Dir keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Estrada misses with a double jab
and Dir makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Estrada tries to land a leg kick but Dir saw it coming and moves away.
Estrada throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sloppy strikes from Estrada. Those never looked like landing.
Dir avoids a kick to the body.
Dir ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dir with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Estrada throws a right and a left that both miss.
Estrada takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Estrada shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dir defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bruno Estrada. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dir jabs at Estrada's body.
Dir connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Estrada swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Dir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dir throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jab, jab by Dir - just one landing.
Bruno Estrada seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dir throws a good cross that connects.
Nice cross by Dir.
Estrada tries to clinch but Dir moves away
and Dir counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Estrada misses with a lunging right hand
and Dir counters with a straight right hand.
Estrada takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Shawn Dir is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Estrada has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Estrada there as he acknowledges the shot.
Estrada walks into a jab.
Estrada clinches up with Dir and pushes him back against the cage.
Dir is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Estrada just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dir's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estrada goes for a takedown in the clinch but Dir prevents it.
Estrada is breathing heavily.
Dir lands a shoulder strike.
Estrada goes for a takedown attempt but Dir pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Estrada tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dir paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dir keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Estrada misses with a double jab
and Dir counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Estrada closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dir counters with a left to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dir scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Dir closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Dir thuds a left hand into Estrada's body.
Dir dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dir lands a nice looking body shot.
Estrada misses with a double jab
and Dir counters with a left to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dir lands with a nice combination. Estrada backs away looking to recover.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Dir dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Estrada walks into a straight right hand from Dir.
Estrada throws a sloppy body shot
and Dir counters with a left to the body.
Dir thuds a left hand into Estrada's body.
Estrada fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Estrada is defended easily by Dir.
Dir has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Dir scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Estrada falls off balance throwing a combination
and Dir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dir works over Estrada's head and body with a nice combination.
Dir connects with a body shot.
Estrada fails to land with a series of punches.
Estrada takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Dir connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Dir is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Estrada tries a low kick but Dir avoids it.
Dir throws a series of strikes that have Estrada backpedaling.
Shawn Dir seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Dir scores with a one two! Estrada had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dir lands with a good body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dir scores with a hook to the body. Estrada takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Estrada throws a predictable looking body shot
and Dir counters with a nice uppercut.
Dir connects with a nice looking jab.
Dir lands a body shot.
Estrada darts in trying to clinch
and Dir connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Estrada looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Estrada takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Estrada. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Dir throws a shot to the body.
Dir connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dir scores with a jab to the body.
Dir fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dir scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice shot by Dir.
Dir jabs at Estrada's body.
Dir digs a good body shot into Estrada's ribs.
Estrada takes one to the chin there.
Dir dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dir scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Dir scores with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Estrada takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dir jabs Estrada to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dir lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Estrada backs up against the cage.
Dir lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Dir with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A decent looking cross lands there for Dir.
Dir lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Estrada at a distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Estrada with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dir to score with a decent uppercut.
Estrada takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Dir showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Dir lands a nice shot to the body.
Dir throws a good cross that connects.
Bruno Estrada is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dir scores with the left hand. Estrada knows he should have avoided that one.
Dir is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Estrada rather than just go for the knockout.
Estrada closes the distance looking to clinch
and Dir counters with a nice uppercut.
Dir jabs Estrada to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dir listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Dir feints a jab promting Estrada to slip. Dir then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Estrada slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Estrada throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dir counters with a nice body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dir lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Estrada drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Estrada is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Estrada trying to control but Dir is working from the bottom.
Estrada might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Dir preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dir managing to control the position.
Estrada slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Bruno Estrada just wasn't active enough.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Estrada lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dir has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dir and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dir lands with a nice body punch.
Dir lands with a nice body punch.
Dir slips under a jab from Estrada.
Estrada fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dir comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Dir connects with a looping right hand.
Dir bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Estrada's head.
Nice shot lands for Dir.
Estrada throws a combination that misses
and Dir counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dir scores with a jab.
Dir bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Estrada's head backwards.
Nice shot lands for Dir.
Bruno Estrada has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dir throws a series of strikes that have Estrada backpedaling.
Dir takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Dir scores with a hook to the body. Estrada takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Estrada looks for a takedown but Dir sprawls well.
Dir's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Dir duly obliges.
Estrada has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Dir throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Shawn Dir is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Dir lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Estrada at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shawn Dir comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Dir winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shawn Dir!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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