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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sho Shinjo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raphael Marciano (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shinjo kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Theme of Sho. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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169 lbs
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sho Shinjo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Raphael Marciano!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shinjo slips under a jab.
Marciano throws a body kick that misses.
A solid leg kick lands there for Shinjo.
Marciano throws a jab when Shinjo was well out of range.
Shinjo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Marciano goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Marciano misses with an uppercut. Shinjo saw that one coming.
Marciano tries to clinch up but Shinjo circles away and keeps his distance.
Marciano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shinjo.
Marciano swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Marciano scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shinjo takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Shinjo keeps Marciano at a distance using the push kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marciano moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shinjo throws a sloppy head kick
and Marciano counters with a good low kick that Shinjo was not able to check.
Marciano is looking to land body kicks.
Shinjo throws a head kick but Marciano moves out of range.
Marciano has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinjo being controlled against the cage.
A short right from Marciano on the inside.
Marciano tries a knee to the head but Shinjo blocks it.
Marciano scores with a shot to the side of Shinjo's head.
Marciano works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Marciano lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shinjo backwards.
Marciano using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shinjo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marciano blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Shinjo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Shinjo tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marciano avoids it.
Shinjo tries to score a body lock takedown but Marciano shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marciano unloads a knee to the mid-section. Shinjo lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shinjo is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marciano tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shinjo avoids it.
Shinjo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marciano looking to throw knees to the head but Shinjo is blocking nicely.
Shinjo misses with some punches.
Marciano lands a good knee to the midsection. Shinjo won't want to take too many of those.
Marciano lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shinjo backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Marciano.
Marciano crunches a lovely knee into Shinjo's ribcage.
Marciano lands a knee to the head.
Marciano manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Marciano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Marciano unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Marciano with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Marciano lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marciano is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
A short body shot lands from Marciano as the two fighters clinch.
Marciano working Shinjo over with knees to the body.
Shinjo misses with the head strike.
Shinjo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marciano with a knee to the head.
Marciano landing knees to the body.
Marciano lands a body punch.
Marciano lands an uppercut.
Shinjo managing to block the knees to the body from Marciano.
A right hand to the body from Marciano.
Shinjo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marciano dodges an elbow strike from Shinjo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marciano stalling the fight.
Marciano scores with a shoulder strike.
Shinjo tries a body shot but Marciano blocks it.
Marciano crunches a lovely knee into Shinjo's ribcage.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marciano tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shinjo's elbow.
Shinjo gets through Marciano's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shinjo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Shinjo.
Marciano landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Marciano is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Marciano digs a right hand into Shinjo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shinjo's gas tank.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Marciano lands a hook that snaps the head of Shinjo backwards.
Marciano stalling the fight.
Shinjo is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shinjo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Raphael Marciano dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Marciano has closed the distance and engaged Shinjo in a clinch.
Marciano lands with a short shot to the head.
Marciano misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Marciano tries to throw a body punch but Shinjo avoids it by throwing Marciano back against the cage.
Marciano has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marciano blocking some punches.
Marciano tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Marciano misses with a punch to the body.
Shinjo throws an elbow that misses.
A nice right hand lands inside from Marciano.
Shinjo manages to break the clinch.
Shinjo looks for a takedown but Marciano sprawls well.
Shinjo throws the kick towards the body but Marciano avoids it.
Shinjo throws a right and a left that Marciano avoids nicely.
Shinjo fails to land the takedown.
Shinjo doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marciano.
Marciano thows a body kick. Shinjo tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Marciano scores with a jab.
Marciano pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Shinjo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Marciano.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Marciano tries to clinch but Shinjo is having none of it.
Sho Shinjo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marciano throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Shinjo on the side of the head.
Shinjo takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
The fighters circle, before Marciano throws a beautiful high kick that crashes into Shinjo's neck, sending him stumbling to the floor! Marciano lands more strikes and forces a referee stoppage! That one ended in an instant!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Kick & Punches). Raphael Marciano!
A victorious Raphael Marciano thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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