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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brett Shinola (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eric Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinola comes to the cage accompanied by Hollywood. Ford has chosen For What It's Worth as his entrance music. Brett Shinola has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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201 cm
25
215 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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180 cm
26
210 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brett Shinola! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eric Ford! The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Shinola ducks right into an uppercut from Ford. Ford tries to clinch and Shinola counters with a three punch combo that has Ford backing up. Ford nods at Shinola to acknowledge the strikes. Ford just misses with a punch to the body.
Shinola takes a shot right to the bread basket. Shinola tries to move into range but Ford moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Ford throws a leg kick but Shinola checks it. Shinola is trying hard to land a takedown here. Ford sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Ford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shinola.
Shinola with a lazy takedown attempt and Ford counters with a flying knee. Nice. Shinola walks into a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round. Ford throws a head kick that misses. Ford throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Ford scores with a three punch combo!
Shinola is rocked! Ford closes the distance and clinches. Oh Shinola is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Ford tries to pull guard but Shinola holds him up against the cage and eventually Ford drops back down to his feet.
Ford jumps guard but Shinola stands there with Ford around his waist. Ford gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Shinola seems to have got his legs back now. Shinola breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ford misses with a double jab.
Shinola walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Ford swats away the attempt to clinch by Shinola. Ford fails with the takedown. Brett Shinola has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eric Ford. Ford fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Shinola slips under a jab. Ford dodges the punch combination from Shinola.
Ford lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Shinola displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Ford. Eric Ford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Shinola slaps away a takedown attempt from Ford, before circling back to the center of the mat. Ford throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ford lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Shinola tries for a takedown but Ford sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Oooooh!!! Ford has knocked Shinola down with a huge combo! Ford steps away and waves a wobbly Shinola back to his feet! This one might not go much longer! Ford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shinola.
Ford lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Shinola can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Ford and Shinola drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Ford.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eric Ford!
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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
40% |
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