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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Wain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shogun BDown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wain's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bring the Noise. John Wain has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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196 cm
26
204 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
30
220 lbs
14 - 3 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Counter striker
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good gas tank |
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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
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Wain! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shogun BDown! The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, John Mangel and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Wain fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging BDown to the ground. Wain is now in BDown's guard. Wain gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent. Wain rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and BDown counters with a nice leg kick. Wain fails with a takedown attempt. Wain shoots for a takedown but BDown saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Wain misses with a jab to the body
and BDown counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. BDown has managed to clinch.
BDown taking a breather. BDown tries a body shot but Wain blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round. A body shot lands from BDown.
Wain has BDown pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. BDown manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Wain. That's going to take a lot out of him. A shot in the inside from BDown. BDown lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Wain or not. Wain is breathing heavily. BDown effectively controlling the action here. BDown receives a warning from the referee for stalling. Wain fails to pull the fight into his guard.
A shot in the inside from BDown. Wain is looking for a takedown. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! BDown taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
BDown scores with an uppercut up the middle. A left hand lands to the body for BDown.
BDown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
BDown lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. BDown lands a hook that snaps the head of Wain backwards. BDown lands a left hand.
Wain drops down looking for an ankle pick but BDown pulls his leg out and moves away.
Good leg kick by BDown there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A good leg kick by BDown. Wain takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. BDown lands a high kick!
Wain shoots and misses and BDown counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round. BDown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Wain has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
BDown lands with a right to the head. BDown prevents the takedown attempt.
Wain is trying to work for a single leg takedown but BDown pulls him back up using the underhooks. BDown taking a breather. BDown landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from BDown. BDown throws a knee to the head but misses.
BDown pressing his opponent against the cage. BDown lands with a left to the head. The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
That's four minutes gone in the round. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! BDown scores with a hook to the body. BDown stalls. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Shogun BDown. Wain misses with a body shot.
BDown delivers a nice body kick. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! A slapping leg kick lands for BDown.
Wain misses with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shogun BDown dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A nice leg kick lands there from BDown. BDown dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Wain. That did some damage! BDown throws a quick inside leg kick. Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world. BDown throws a wild body kick that Wain sees coming a mile off. No luck for Wain with that takedown attempt. BDown closes the distance and clinches. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Wain is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though. A nice right hand lands inside from BDown. BDown stops a takedown attempt from Wain.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Wain. That's going to take a lot out of him. BDown taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round. BDown lands a nice uppercut.
It looks like John Wain has been cut. BDown gets underhooks to prevent Wain's takedown attempt.
BDown wants to stall.
BDown's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Wain is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. BDown lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Wain is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. BDown softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Wain being controlled against the cage. BDown stops a takedown attempt from Wain.
BDown manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wain takes a knee to the side of the body. Some stalling of biblical proportions here from BDown. The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Shogun BDown. BDown lands a nice looking kick to the body. Wain takes a step back to recover. Shogun BDown seems to be getting the better of the standup. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! BDown scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Wain gets tackled into the cage by BDown. BDown maintains the clinch. BDown wants to stall.
Wain jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as BDown walks away with a smile on his face. Wain gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Wain on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by BDown. BDown obviously looking to wear him down.
BDown gets a clinch. A short body shot lands from BDown as the two fighters clinch.
Wain blocks the elbow strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by BDown. Nice body punch from BDown - that landed with a thud.
Wain's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! BDown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wain backwards.
Wain is rocked! This has been an exciting period of action! BDown jerks Wain's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Wain drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! BDown goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from BDown because Wain was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Shogun BDown!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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