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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sim Salabim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Shield (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sim Salabim!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sam Shield!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shield closes the distance and clinches.
Salabim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Salabim throws a head punch that misses.
Salabim lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Shield trying to land knees to the body.
Salabim has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Shield is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Shield is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Salabim is defending well for now.
Shield pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Salabim tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shield's elbow.
Shield creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shield tries to land knees in the clinch but Salabim avoids the damage to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salabim.
Shield creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salabim blocks an elbow strike.
Shield misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shield.
Shield missing with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Salabim.
Salabim lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Salabim.
A short right from Shield.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shield.
Shield creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Shield lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Salabim backwards.
Salabim dodges an elbow strike from Shield.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shield trying to land knees to the body.
Salabim blocks the elbow strike.
Shield is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Salabim is defending well for now.
Salabim misses with a hook to the ribs.
Salabim dodges an elbow strike from Shield.
Salabim working aggressively here.
Shield lands an elbow inside that Salabim shrugs off.
Shield is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Salabim is defending well for now.
Salabim lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shield blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shield tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salabim avoids it.
A shot in the inside from Shield.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salabim blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shield tries to throw a body punch but Salabim avoids it by throwing Shield back against the cage.
Salabim blocks an elbow strike.
Shield throws an elbow that misses.
Shield tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Salabim avoids it.
Shield misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Salabim.
Salabim has clasped his hands together around Shield's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Salabim has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Shield tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shield tries to hold on but Salabim postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salabim throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Shield because Salabim loaded up on that one.
Salabim with a couple of short strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shield in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Salabim throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Shield because Salabim loaded up on that one.
Salabim controlling the position easily from mount.
Salabim misses with a head shot.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Salabim landing strikes from the mount.
Salabim throwing strikes here but Shield is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Shield can't escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Salabim misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Poor strikes thrown by Salabim there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Salabim prevents Shield from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sim Salabim will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Shield misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Salabim connects with a good right hand that stumbles Shield. Shield circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Shield is looking to clinch but Salabim is avoiding it.
Shield tries to close the distance and clinch up but Salabim swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salabim. Shield does a little dance to reset his feet.
Salabim looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Shield is fending him off so far but Salabim persists. Nope, Shield circles away and we're back to standing.
Salabim fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Shield throws the kick towards the body but Salabim avoids it.
Salabim darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Shield preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Salabim is looking to advance position but Shield won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salabim working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Shield is looking to control Salabim's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Shield avoid being mounted?
Salabim missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Shield is looking to control Salabim's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Shield avoid being mounted?
Shield is looking for a sweep. Salabim is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Salabim wants to pass to mount but Shield is defending the position.
Salabim thows a huge punch but Shield dodges it nicely.
Salabim moves nicely into side control.
Shield prevents Salabim from improving position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shield wants to control but Salabim postures up.
Salabim 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.
Salabim working the ground and pound.
Shield is looking to regain half guard here but Salabim keeps moving and retains side control.
Salabim lands a decent elbow from side control.
Shield is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salabim wants to take a breather but Shield is having none of it.
Salabim is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Salabim wants to pass the guard but Shield is defending well.
Shield blocking the ground and pound attempt from Salabim.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salabim passes to full mount!
Salabim wants to control the pace but Shield is squirming around nicely.
Sim Salabim overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Salabim scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Shield really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Salabim looking to finish with strikes here!
Salabim connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shield is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shield takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Salabim's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sim Salabim!
Sim Salabim made sure to mention his sponsor, [JMFC] Arashi Fighting Nutrition Q160 Recovery in his post fight interview.
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hype
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FIGHT
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