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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ken Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ronald McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shamrock comes to the ring accompanied by Mortal Kombat theme song. McDonald has chosen How do ya like me now? as his entrance music. Ronald McDonald has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ken Shamrock's chin.
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251 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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200 cm
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240 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ken Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ronald McDonald!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Saam Ante and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock misses with a hook
and McDonald counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McDonald.
McDonald tries a knee to the head but Shamrock blocks it.
McDonald tries to land knees in the clinch but Shamrock avoids the damage to the body.
McDonald with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Shamrock drops down looking for an ankle pick but McDonald pulls his leg out and moves away.
Shamrock throws a nice looking combination but McDonald bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice cross by Shamrock.
Shamrock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shamrock dips to his left and cracks McDonald with an uppercut!
Shamrock sizes up McDonald with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Shamrock circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Shamrock counter with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McDonald shoots in for a takedown but Shamrock shows good takedown defense.
McDonald tries to clinch but Shamrock moves out of range.
McDonald fails with an attempt to clinch.
A big right from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock looks to land a right hand but McDonald moved out of range.
Shamrock cracks McDonald with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the ropes.
McDonald moves away from the strike by Shamrock.
McDonald wants to clinch.
McDonald doesn't manage to clinch there - Shamrock circles away.
Shamrock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald slips under a jab from Shamrock.
A big right from Shamrock misses.
McDonald tries to clinch up
letting Shamrock counter with a right hand.
Shamrock connects with a looping right hand.
Shamrock looks to land a left hand but McDonald moved out of range nicely.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shamrock with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shamrock looks to throw the jab but McDonald is out of range.
Shamrock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McDonald tries to clinch up.
McDonald staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald moves to clinch but Shamrock breaks away
and Shamrock decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in McDonald's guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Shamrock drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but McDonald manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Shamrock has McDonald in his guard.
Shamrock has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
McDonald is looking to stand up but Shamrock won't let him.
Shamrock has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
McDonald looking to pass the guard.
Shamrock on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Shamrock tries to get out of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ken Shamrock wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Shamrock throws a shot from downtown. McDonald moves away and avoids it.
Shamrock looks to land a right hand but McDonald moved out of range.
McDonald fails in his attempt to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shamrock dives in and scores a takedown into McDonald's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shamrock controls from within his opponent's guard.
Shamrock pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McDonald is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Shamrock dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
McDonald uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shamrock.
McDonald tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Shamrock manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shamrock. McDonald does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shamrock throws a poor cross that misses
and McDonald moves into the clinch.
Shamrock avoids a wild elbow strike from McDonald.
McDonald gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shamrock drops to a knee looking for a takedown but McDonald gets the underhooks and prevents it.
McDonald is pressed up against the ropes. Shamrock has hold of a leg and is looking to drag McDonald down to the mat. McDonald avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Shamrock is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in McDonald's half guard.
Shamrock trying to control the pace.
Shamrock looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock seems to be trying to get a kimura but instead McDonald has recovered full guard.
Shamrock postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! McDonald is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Shamrock, into his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock controlling the position.
Shamrock might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
McDonald stopping the sweep attempt from Shamrock.
Shamrock seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
McDonald won't allow Shamrock to sweep him here.
Shamrock pulls McDonald in close to prevent any damage.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
We're going to have a standup here because Ken Shamrock wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Shamrock lands a jab-cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald dodges the punch combination from Shamrock.
Shamrock is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Shamrock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by McDonald.
McDonald slips a straight right by Shamrock.
Shamrock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McDonald.
Ken Shamrock is winning the standup battle so far.
McDonald doesn't manage to clinch there - Shamrock circles away.
McDonald fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shamrock throws a body punch but McDonald moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by McDonald.
Shamrock shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in McDonald's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock is looking to advance position but McDonald has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Shamrock tries to hold on but McDonald pushes him away.
Shamrock keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shamrock tries to hold on but McDonald postures up.
Shamrock is looking to get to half guard.
Shamrock wants to control but McDonald is having none of it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ken Shamrock dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A big left from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock misses with a looping left.
Shamrock manages to get an easy takedown there - catching McDonald on his heels. He'll look to pass McDonald's guard now, I'm sure.
Shamrock wants to pass the guard but McDonald is keeping the position.
Shamrock drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and McDonald dives on top into guard.
Shamrock manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Shamrock scores with a hook to the body. McDonald takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shamrock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shamrock keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a head shot.
McDonald looks to clinch
and Shamrock counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McDonald on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Shamrock lunges at McDonald with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by McDonald's hand.
Shamrock misses with a few strikes there.
McDonald moves in looking to clinch but Shamrock pushes him off.
McDonald takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The fight stays on the outside here - McDonald looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shamrock misses with a straight right.
Shamrock circles away from the clinch attempt
and Shamrock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McDonald slips under a jab from Shamrock.
Shamrock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McDonald.
McDonald wants to clinch but Shamrock slips to the side
and Shamrock counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McDonald wants to clinch but Shamrock slips to the side
and McDonald takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shamrock misses with a series of wild punches.
Shamrock throws a big shot that misses.
Shamrock throws a big shot that misses.
Shamrock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McDonald is looking to clinch.
McDonald tries to clinch but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
McDonald shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Shamrock as he avoids it easily.
Shamrock misses with a looping left.
McDonald avoids the body shot from Shamrock.
McDonald ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nice cross by Shamrock.
Shamrock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McDonald can do to turn this around?
McDonald tries to clinch
and Shamrock counters with a series of strikes. McDonald will be more careful next time no doubt.
It looks like Ronald McDonald has been cut.
Shamrock misses with a wild combination.
Shamrock throws a looping overhand right but McDonald ducks down to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock throws a right hand that McDonald ducks under and follows up with a left that McDonald also avoids with ease.
McDonald defending well as Shamrock loads up on a big left hand.
Shamrock cracks a nice hook into McDonald's ribs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shamrock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shamrock misses with an uppercut.
McDonald moves to clinch but Shamrock breaks away
and Shamrock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shamrock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Ronald McDonald has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shamrock connects with a jab.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ken Shamrock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Shamrock, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ken Shamrock!
A relieved looking Ken Shamrock thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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hype
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