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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Josh Sloop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Gonzales (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Josh Sloop looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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200 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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208 cm
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198 lbs
2 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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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
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Josh Sloop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Shawn Gonzales!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Atkins and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzales gets the takedown into side control.
Gonzales lands a decent elbow from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gonzales throwing strikes but Sloop manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Gonzales is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sloop tries to stand but Gonzales is controlling his head.
Gonzales is looking to regain half guard here but Sloop keeps moving and retains side control.
Sloop working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzales is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Sloop has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Sloop stands up and beckons Gonzales to his feet.
Sloop lands with a shot to the body.
Nice shot lands for Sloop.
Gonzales has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Gonzales shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
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!
Gonzales throwing shots but Sloop is blocking nicely.
Sloop blocking the ground and pound attempt from Gonzales.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales looks to land a strike but Sloop avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Sloop preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Gonzales throwing strikes but missing.
Gonzales won't allow Sloop to get back to his feet.
Sloop is breathing heavily.
Gonzales throws a strike but Sloop rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Gonzales is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Gonzales has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Gonzales is looking to stand up but Sloop isn't so interested in that idea.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloop wants to stand but Gonzales has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Gonzales pushes Sloop off and scrambles back to his feet.
Sloop throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Sloop throws a nice looking combination but Gonzales bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sloop throws a combination that misses
and Gonzales counters with a single leg into guard. Sloop didn't expect that.
Gonzales loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sloop utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gonzales working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Gonzales drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gonzales jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gonzales is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloop avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gonzales throws a big elbow that misses.
Gonzales scoring with some ground and pound.
Gonzales trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sloop avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Gonzales throws a strike but Sloop rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sloop wants to get up but he can't break Gonzales's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Gonzales dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gonzales shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Sloop is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Gonzales breaks from Sloop's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Gonzales landing strikes, looking to finish!
Gonzales breaks from Sloop's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Sloop squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Gonzales lands a big elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gonzales landing punches.
Gonzales scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Sloop is rocked!
Gonzales postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Sloop in real trouble here! The ref calls for Sloop to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shawn Gonzales!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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