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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rogan Botch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frankie Sheldon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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135 lbs
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140 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Rogan Botch!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Frankie Sheldon!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Botch throws a one two combo.
Sheldon fails to land with a series of punches.
Sheldon lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Botch circles away quickly and effectively.
Botch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sheldon throws a body kick that misses.
Botch avoids the body shot from Sheldon.
Botch blocks the body kick.
Botch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sheldon takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Botch misses with a wild combination.
Botch throws a series of punches but Sheldon avoids them all with ease.
A left and a right from Sheldon both land. Nice combination.
Sheldon throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Botch is rocked!
Botch avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Sheldon.
Sheldon connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Oh Botch is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botch fails to land with a series of punches.
Botch seems to have got his legs back now.
Frankie Sheldon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sheldon slips a jab and a cross from Botch.
Botch throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Sheldon looks to score with a jab to the body but Botch is just out of range.
Botch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sheldon.
Botch swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Botch lands a head shot.
Botch throws a body punch but Sheldon moves out of range.
No joy there for Botch, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Botch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Sheldon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Botch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rogan Botch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sheldon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Botch was well out of range. Poor timing from Sheldon.
Sheldon scores with a jab. Botch acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Botch misses with a double jab.
The crowd cheers as Sheldon lands an impressive looking overhand right. Botch doesn't seem phased though.
Sheldon fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Botch throws a nice looking combination but Sheldon bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Botch fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sheldon manages to avoid it.
Botch fails to land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sheldon dodges the punch combination from Botch.
Sheldon connects with a high kick.
Sheldon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Botch throws a right and a left that Sheldon avoids nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon misses with a combination
and Botch counters with a two punch combo.
Botch fails to land with a series of punches.
Botch blocks a jab.
Sheldon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sheldon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sheldon misses with a straight left.
Botch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Botch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sheldon lands a head shot.
Botch scores with a three punch combo!
Sheldon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Botch is looking to wear down Sheldon with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Nice body punch from Sheldon.
Sheldon tries to clinch up but Botch circles away and keeps his distance.
Botch misses with a wild combination.
Sheldon scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Botch leaves Sheldon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Botch swats away the attempt to clinch by Sheldon.
Sheldon misses with an uppercut
and Botch counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Sheldon thinking.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sheldon works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Botch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sheldon lands with a cross.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frankie Sheldon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A slow jab from Sheldon misses its intended target.
Botch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A shot to the body from Sheldon misses
and Botch counters with a one-two to the body.
Botch misses with a wild body shot.
Botch throws a right hand that Sheldon ducks under and follows up with a left that Sheldon also avoids with ease.
Botch keeps the fight on the outside.
Sheldon throws a head kick but Botch moves out of range.
Botch throws a shot to the body.
Sheldon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Botch moves away.
Sheldon misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Sheldon fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sheldon slips a jab and a cross from Botch.
Botch throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sheldon slips a jab and a cross from Botch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Botch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sheldon circles away quickly and effectively.
Botch walks into a stiff left hand from Sheldon.
A punch combination from Sheldon misses.
Sheldon just misses with a punch to the body.
A left and a right from Botch both land. Nice combination.
Sheldon misses with a head kick.
Botch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sheldon lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Botch misses with the combination.
Botch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Botch stalks Sheldon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Sheldon's face. Sheldon staggers backwards, shaken.
Rogan Botch is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Botch avoids the body shot from Sheldon.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon slips a jab and a cross from Botch.
Sheldon closes the distance and pushes Botch back into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Sheldon tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Botch just stands there and leans against the cage.
Botch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Sheldon pulls Botch into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Botch wants to stand and escape but instead Sheldon has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Sheldon stands up from Botch's guard - Sheldon perhaps looking for a knockout.
Sheldon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Botch manages to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Botch.
A big right from Sheldon misses.
Botch misses with a jab, cross combination.
Botch throws a poor cross that misses
and Sheldon counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Botch takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sheldon is looking to land body kicks.
Botch throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sheldon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Botch misses with a double jab.
Sheldon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Botch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sheldon slips a jab and a cross from Botch.
Botch throws a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Botch keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Sheldon is breathing heavily.
Sheldon misses with a wild combination.
A lazy left from Sheldon finds it's target.
Botch looks to land a left hand but Sheldon moved out of range nicely.
Botch throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sheldon has taken the fight to the clinch.
Botch stops a takedown attempt from Sheldon.
Rogan Botch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Sheldon.
Sheldon tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Botch smiles and moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Botch moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Frankie Sheldon will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Botch falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Sheldon scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A punch combination from Sheldon misses.
Sheldon moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Sheldon lands with a slapping head kick.
Sheldon throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A combination from Botch does no damage.
Sheldon looks to land a body kick but Botch moved away.
Sheldon takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sheldon misses the jab.
Botch lands with a nice combination. Sheldon backs away looking to recover.
Some wild striking there from Botch.
Sheldon is looking to clinch but Botch is avoiding it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheldon throws a right and a left that both miss.
Botch throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Botch blocks a head kick by Sheldon.
Botch leaves Sheldon with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
A jab from Sheldon misses.
Botch lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Sheldon slips a jab and a cross from Botch.
Botch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sheldon.
Botch stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Botch wants it to stay on the feet.
Some wild striking there from Botch.
Sheldon throws the left hand but Botch avoids the punch easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Botch will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Botch looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Botch throws a right hand that Sheldon ducks under and follows up with a left that Sheldon also avoids with ease.
Botch misses with a body shot.
Frankie Sheldon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sheldon scores a takedown into full mount!
Sheldon gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sheldon shoots in for a double leg but Botch sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Rogan Botch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Frankie Sheldon.
Botch throws a right hand that Sheldon ducks under and follows up with a left that Sheldon also avoids with ease.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Botch misses with a few strikes there.
Sheldon keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Sheldon bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Botch's head backwards.
Sheldon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Sheldon throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Decent striking displayed by Botch there.
Botch misses with the combination.
Botch takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Botch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Sheldon circles away quickly and effectively.
Sheldon throws a series of punches but Botch moves out of range.
Botch displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Botch throws a series of punches but Sheldon moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheldon fails with a takedown attempt.
Botch connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sheldon jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Botch scores with a body shot.
Sheldon slips a jab and a cross from Botch.
Botch throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sheldon.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sheldon. Botch does a little dance to reset his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Botch misses with the combination.
A combination from Botch does no damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Frankie Sheldon.
Well Sheldon has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight for Frankie Sheldon!
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Frankie Sheldon!
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight for Frankie Sheldon!
Frankie Sheldon wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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