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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kenichi Shirahama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shirahama's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fade To Black. On his way into the cage it seems that Kenichi Shirahama has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Kenichi Shirahama seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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240 lbs
21 - 8 - 0 |
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263 lbs
27 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Lethal high kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the super heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kenichi Shirahama!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Simon Williams!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Shirahama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Williams checks a leg kick.
Williams throws a hook to the side of Shirahama's head but Shirahama sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Williams throws a front kick aimed at Shirahama's knee but Shirahama avoids it well.
Simon Williams seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shirahama moves out of range of the leg kick from Williams.
Williams misses with a few strikes there.
Williams throws a leg kick but Shirahama checks it.
Shirahama tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Shirahama avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Shirahama keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Williams tries to score with a low kick but Shirahama moves his leg out of the way.
Williams misses with a leg kick
and Shirahama counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Williams thumps Shirahama with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams throws an overhand right that lands on Shirahama's shoulder, as Shirahama tries to avoid the shot.
Williams lands a nice leg kick that just misses Shirahama's sensitive parts.
Williams misses with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Williams.
Williams misses with a right hand
and Shirahama counters with a nice leg kick.
Shirahama moves away from the strike by Williams.
Williams swings for the body but Shirahama moves out of range.
Shirahama moves out of range of the body kick.
Williams throws a lazy right hand but Shirahama sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Shirahama keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Williams goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Williams rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Williams takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Shirahama counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Williams!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shirahama postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Williams is trying to control Shirahama's posture but Shirahama avoids it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Williams keeping his opponent close.
Shirahama advances nicely into full mount.
Williams in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Williams wants to hold on but Shirahama pushes him away.
Shirahama tries to control but Williams wriggling away.
Williams tries to lock up and control but Shirahama gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shirahama throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Shirahama tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Williams tries to reverse the position but Shirahama maintains control.
Williams blocking the ground and pound.
Williams is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Shirahama scoring with strikes but Williams is staying in there.
Shirahama lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Williams working to try and regain half guard.
Shirahama working away from the top, dropping strikes.
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!
Williams tries to hold on but Shirahama postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is trying desperately to improve position.
Williams keeps trying to improve his position.
Williams takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Williams tries to hold on but Shirahama postures up.
Shirahama lands a heavy elbow.
Williams gets back to half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shirahama controlling the pace.
Williams is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kenichi Shirahama dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Williams misses with a shot to the body
and Shirahama makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Shirahama checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Williams looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shirahama takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Williams is looking to land body kicks.
Shirahama uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Williams.
Williams misses with a wild combination.
Williams swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Williams looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Shirahama blocks a low kick nicely.
Williams throws a shot from downtown. Shirahama moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Shirahama avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Williams swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Williams is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Jab from Williams.
Shirahama avoids the body shot from Williams.
Williams looks to score with a jab to the body but Shirahama is just out of range.
Shirahama avoids the head kick by Williams.
Williams throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Williams throws a solid leg kick but Shirahama takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Williams.
Williams scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shirahama moves away.
Williams dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Williams lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shirahama is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Williams throws a nice inside leg kick.
Shirahama uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Williams.
Williams misses with a hook
and Shirahama counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Shirahama counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
Shirahama slips a jab from Williams.
Williams lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Williams looks to land a left hand but Shirahama moved out of range nicely.
Shirahama steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Williams. That one must have hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Williams misses.
Williams throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams scores with a spinning back kick!
Williams throws a big shot that misses.
Williams works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Williams scores with a spinning back kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shirahama keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Williams scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams throws a leg kick
and Shirahama counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Shirahama prevents Williams from improving his position.
Shirahama is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Williams has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shirahama controlling the pace.
Shirahama is looking for a kimura here.
Williams regains full guard. Nicely done.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams working a defensive guard here.
Williams is controlling Shirahama's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Simon Williams showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Shirahama ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
Shirahama takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Williams throws a low kick but Shirahama moves out of range easily.
Williams looks to land a body kick but Shirahama moved away.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Shirahama counters with a nice low kick that buckles Williams's knee momentarily.
Williams throws a right hand that misses
and Shirahama counters with a nice leg kick.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Williams misses with a looping left.
Shirahama avoids a kick to the body.
Williams misses with an uppercut. Shirahama saw that one coming.
Shirahama avoids a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams lands a front kick.
Williams throws a leg kick
and Shirahama counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Shirahama.
Williams is trying to keep Shirahama in close.
Shirahama wants to control from the top but Williams keeps moving.
Williams is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Shirahama sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Kenichi Shirahama wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Williams with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shirahama moves out of range as Williams strikes.
Williams throws a body punch but Shirahama moves out of range.
Williams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shirahama manages to avoid it.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick
and Shirahama counters with an outside leg kick.
Williams fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Shirahama checks it well.
Simon Williams is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Williams scores with a hook to the body. Shirahama takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Williams misses with a kick to the body.
Williams throws a left and a right that both miss
and Shirahama counters with a low kick, right behind Williams 's knee.
Williams takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Williams throws a jab when Shirahama was well out of range.
Williams explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Williams thows a left - swing and a miss!
Williams throws a hook to the side of Shirahama's head but Shirahama sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shirahama takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Williams misses with a hook.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shirahama moves away.
Shirahama on the wrong end of a nice hook.
A low kick from Williams misses
and Shirahama counters with a takedown into side control.
Shirahama wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Williams, who protects the arm well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Williams dodges the ground and pound from Shirahama.
Shirahama 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.
Shirahama working the head with strikes.
Shirahama lands a few punches from side control.
Shirahama working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Williams struggling a bit here.
Williams tries to get back to half guard but can't.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shirahama lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Williams down.
Shirahama wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Williams, who protects the arm well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close third round but Simon Williams just about did enough to take it.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
Shirahama ducks under a wild hook from Williams.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Shirahama does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shirahama slips a straight right by Williams.
Shirahama will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A leg kick checked by Shirahama.
Williams lands with a hook. Shirahama tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Williams tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice uppercut lands for Williams. That snapped Shirahama's head back.
Williams lands with a right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a body kick.
Williams lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Shirahama checks a low kick from Williams.
Williams fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shirahama manages to avoid it.
Williams lands a leg kick that knocks Shirahama off balance momentarily.
Williams tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Shirahama is able to avoid easily.
Williams tries a low kick but Shirahama avoids it.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Williams misses with a straight left.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Shirahama counters with a nice double leg into side control. Williams won't be happy with that.
Shirahama working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shirahama in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Williams is looking to regain half guard here but Shirahama keeps moving and retains side control.
Williams is trying to control Shirahama's posture but Shirahama avoids it.
Williams is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Williams regains half guard there - taking advantage of Shirahama's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Williams trying to control here.
Kenichi Shirahama overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shirahama trying to control from half guard but Williams is working away.
Shirahama lands strikes from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is looking to improve his position.
Shirahama tries to pass the half guard into mount. Williams knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Williams trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shirahama is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Shirahama lands strikes from half guard.
Shirahama is keen to just control but Williams is a slippery customer.
Williams is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams is still trying to improve position.
Williams works his way to full guard. Good work.
Shirahama works over Williams with some ground and pound from guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Williams avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Williams managing to control the position.
Shirahama throwing strikes but missing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Shirahama.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close fourth round but Simon Williams will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Williams throws out a leg kick but Shirahama moves out of range and Williams only half commits.
Shirahama checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Williams fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Williams throws a sloppy head kick and Shirahama moves out of range easily.
Williams swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shirahama counters with a nice double leg into guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Williams holds on and takes a little breather.
Shirahama passes Williams's left leg - he's now in half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shirahama seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Williams does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Williams controlling the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams is looking for a sweep. Shirahama is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Williams trying to get back to full guard but Shirahama takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Shirahama trying to control but Williams is having none of it.
Williams tries to hold on but Shirahama pushes him away.
Williams is bucking up trying to escape but Shirahama cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Kenichi Shirahama has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shirahama lands a heavy elbow.
Shirahama trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shirahama misses with a head shot.
Williams regains half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shirahama not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Williams is looking to control Shirahama's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Williams avoid being mounted?
Shirahama is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Shirahama is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Williams defends it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Williams is holding on to half guard well.
Shirahama prevents Williams from improving his position.
Williams is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Shirahama's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Shirahama's back!
Shirahama can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williams lands strikes to the head.
Shirahama is keeping busy.
Shirahama manages to reverse the position and now he's in Williams's guard. Nice work there by Shirahama.
Williams has Shirahama pulled in close to control his posture.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Let's hope that Williams has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Simon Williams.
I think Williams has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 49:49
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 49:49
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 46:49
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Oh dear, what a disastrous situation! The belt remains unclaimed and both fighters go home unhappy!
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hype
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