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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Terry Shaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Timo Tamppooni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaw comes to the cage accompanied by Macho Man. Tamppooni is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Revelations. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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177 lbs
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Terry Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Timo Tamppooni!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Richard Clark and Chris Edwards.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tamppooni keeps the fight on the outside.
Shaw throws a chopping leg kick but Tamppooni manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice takedown defense from Shaw. No joy for Tamppooni on that attempt.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Shaw.
Sloppy strikes there by Shaw.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shaw tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shaw has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Shaw working the body and head with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaw working the ground and pound but Tamppooni is defending the strikes.
Shaw is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tamppooni is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Shaw misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Shaw is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Tamppooni is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Shaw misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Tamppooni parries the strikes from Shaw easily there. Shaw is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Tamppooni to escape.
Tamppooni prevents Shaw from moving into mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Shaw misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Shaw looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Tamppooni is avoiding damage well.
Shaw postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Shaw is looking to clinch but Tamppooni is avoiding it.
Shaw shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Shaw thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Tamppooni is defending against the submission attempts here by Shaw.
Shaw uses his free foot to push down on Tamppooni's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tamppooni.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaw unloads with some shots from mount but Tamppooni bucks and avoids them well.
Tamppooni trying desperately to get to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shaw throws some wild stikes that Tamppooni manages to avoid easily.
Shaw landing strikes, looking to finish!
Shaw can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Tamppooni is looking to escape.
Shaw looking to finish with strikes here!
Tamppooni looks gassed!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Shaw cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Tamppooni holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Shaw tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Shaw trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shaw scoring with strikes but Tamppooni is staying in there.
A nice elbow there by Shaw.
Shaw 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.
Shaw scoring with strikes but Tamppooni is staying in there.
Tamppooni is rocked!
Shaw is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Tamppooni is still in real trouble! Can Shaw finish him?
Shaw looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Tamppooni covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Terry Shaw!
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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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