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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Raban (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shaquille Oneil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaquille Oneil is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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270 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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197 cm
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265 lbs
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Good wrestling
Good kicks
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, James Raban!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Shaquille Oneil!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Viktor Lagutenko and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oneil avoids the head kick by Raban.
Oneil shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
so Raban counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Raban postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Oneil throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Raban prevents Oneil from getting back to his feet.
Oneil has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Oneil trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Raban sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up because James Raban just wasn't active enough.
Oneil misses with a takedown attempt
and Raban counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Oneil's guard now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raban postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Raban won't allow Oneil to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raban content to stall in guard here.
Raban won't allow Oneil to sweep him here.
Raban looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Raban works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Oneil tries to roll over but Raban keeps him under control.
Raban lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Oneil flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raban prevents Oneil from improving his position.
Oneil punching from the bottom.
Raban lands with a punch from half guard.
Oneil is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Oneil is looking to get back to is feet but Raban passes into side control.
Oneil looks winded!
Oneil takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raban grinds an elbow into Oneil's temple.
Oneil is trying to improve his position.
Raban scoring with punches and elbows.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raban lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Raban content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Oneil takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Oneil is looking to reverse the position.
Raban controls the position.
Raban's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Oneil wants to get back to his feet but Raban is dominant here and he's now got Oneil's back!
Oneil can't escape the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Oneil is trying to stand back up.
Raban punches Oneil on the ear.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Oneil is trying to stand back up.
Raban lands with a big left hand that may well have hurt his opponent. Can Oneil hold on?!
Raban is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Raban gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Raban gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Raban apologises and we restart here on the feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raban misses with a head kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Raban - that will leave a mark!
Raban thuds his shin into the meat of Oneil's side.
Raban dives in and scores a takedown into Oneil's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Raban dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Oneil gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Raban to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Oneil looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Raban puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Oneil wants to sweep but Raban has passed to side control!
Raban landing strikes.
Oneil is letting Raban control him for a moment.
Oneil sneaks back into half guard.
Oneil is trying to stand.
Oneil is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oneil is trying to get back to full guard.
Raban blocks the strikes from Oneil.
Raban keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Oneil is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Raban moves into full mount! Oneil won't be happy about that!
Raban landing strikes from the mount.
Raban postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Oneil looks a forlorn figure.
Oneil is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raban dominating with strikes here.
Raban looking to finish Oneil with some ground and pound. This is bad for Oneil!
James Raban overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raban lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Raban landing punches.
Raban landing strikes from the mount and Oneil is in trouble!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Oneil is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Raban controlling from mount.
Oneil is working to get back to half guard.
Raban putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Raban controlling the pace for now.
Raban lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Oneil hang on?
Raban controlling from mount.
Raban looking to finish Oneil with some ground and pound. This is bad for Oneil!
Oneil is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Raban blocks Oneil's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Raban controlling from the full mount.
Oneil is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raban controlling from mount.
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!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Raban with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Raban dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Oneil tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Raban paws at him with a jab and circles away.
James Raban is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Oneil tries to close the distance and clinch up but Raban swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Raban thumps Oneil with a low kick.
Raban goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Oneil tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Raban avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Raban throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Oneil.
Oneil has his takedown stuffed
and Raban counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Oneil's guard now.
Oneil wants to hit a switch here but Raban passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Oneil there!
Raban with the ground and pound from mount.
Oneil takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Raban landing strikes from the mount and Oneil is in trouble!
Raban lands a couple of good shots and Oneil has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raban keeps control of the position easily here as Oneil tries to buck him off.
Oneil wants to escape the position.
Oneil keeps trying to improve his position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Raban is landing with strikes from the back.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Raban scores with punches to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raban is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Oneil is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Raban is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Oneil up.
Raban lands strikes to the head.
Raban throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Oneil!
Oneil takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Oneil is rocked!
Raban really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Oneil.
Oneil is still in real trouble! Can Raban finish him?
Oneil is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oneil seems to have recovered his senses.
Raban controls the position.
Raban punishes Oneil with strikes from the back mount.
Raban lands shots from the back.
Raban is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Oneil can do to turn this around?
Raban controlling well, preventing Oneil from escaping the position.
Raban throwing strikes from the back - he gets a warning from the referee for striking the back of the head but all these shots are hurting Oneil!
Raban is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Oneil. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raban connects with a couple of big shots that have Oneil covering up! Oh, this looks bad for Oneil! Raban fires away with several more unanswered shots and the referee has no choice but to step in! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Raban!
James Raban tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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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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