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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shaquille ONeal (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ro Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). ONeal comes into the arena with Shaq's Highlight blaring out of the sound system. Shaquille ONeal had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shaquille ONeal!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ro Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
ONeal lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Da Silva at a distance.
ONeal shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Da Silva's guard.
ONeal tries to free his leg and advance position but Da Silva is retaining full guard.
ONeal is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
ONeal missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Da Silva keeping moving, preventing ONeal from controlling successfully.
ONeal is stalling in the full guard.
Da Silva controls ONeal momentarily but ONeal frees himself.
Da Silva is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
ONeal knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Da Silva on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ONeal is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Shaquille ONeal.
ONeal moves into the clinch successfully.
Da Silva looking to stall.
ONeal manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Da Silva trying to control the position from guard on top but ONeal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
ONeal keeping full guard, as Da Silva tries to pass.
Da Silva wants to control from the top but ONeal keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ONeal is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Da Silva stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. ONeal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Da Silva loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
ONeal wants to sweep here but Da Silva controlling him for the moment.
Da Silva is fighting to break ONeal's control of his arms but ONeal is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Da Silva enables ONeal to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Da Silva manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
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!
ONeal stands up from guard. Let's bang!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ONeal showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Da Silva.
Da Silva looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Da Silva thows a body shot but no joy.
Da Silva fails to land the takedown.
Oooooh!!! ONeal has knocked Da Silva down with a huge combo! ONeal steps away and waves a wobbly Da Silva back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
It looks like Ro Da Silva has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
ONeal fails with the takedown.
Da Silva shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Da Silva showed some decent athleticism there.
Da Silva thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed ONeal's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to pass the half guard into mount. ONeal knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Da Silva looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
ONeal tries to get to full guard but Da Silva has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shaquille ONeal dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ro Da Silva's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Da Silva shoots in and drives through. ONeal sprawls well.
Da Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but ONeal swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Da Silva stuffs the takedown attempt from ONeal. ONeal gets slowly back to his feet.
ONeal defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Da Silva.
Da Silva tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Da Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shaquille ONeal has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ro Da Silva.
Da Silva wants to clinch.
ONeal drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Da Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
ONeal is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Da Silva's shoulder. That is not cool.
Da Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
ONeal tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no ONeal has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Da Silva wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Da Silva sneaks back into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
ONeal working over Da Silva with some ground and pound. Da Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
ONeal trying to control the action but Da Silva is working from the bottom.
ONeal controlling the pace.
Da Silva wants to control but ONeal is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Da Silva missing with punches from the bottom.
ONeal is controlling the pace.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Da Silva actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva wants to get back to full guard but ONeal has passed into side control.
Da Silva is being controlled here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Da Silva is looking to regain half guard here but ONeal keeps moving and retains side control.
ONeal working the head with strikes.
Da Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but ONeal wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Da Silva missing with punches from the bottom.
Da Silva is looking to control ONeal's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Da Silva avoid being mounted?
Da Silva gets back to full guard.
ONeal is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
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 applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
ONeal is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
ONeal has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shaquille ONeal dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ro Da Silva's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
ONeal stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Da Silva misses with a combination
and ONeal counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Da Silva tries to clinch there but ONeal circles away.
Excellent takedown into side control there by ONeal.
Da Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
ONeal lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva is trying to control ONeal's posture but ONeal avoids it.
Da Silva is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Da Silva is trying to control ONeal's posture but ONeal avoids it.
ONeal in side control lands a decent elbow.
Shaquille ONeal overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Da Silva wants to control but ONeal postures up.
Da Silva is looking to reverse the position.
ONeal decides to stand up, so the ref orders Da Silva to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva tries to clinch but ONeal moves away
and ONeal counters by clinching up.
ONeal manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
ONeal is trying to trip Da Silva. He has hold of a leg but Da Silva is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. ONeal persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Da Silva can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as ONeal controls the pace.
Da Silva lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for ONeal!
Da Silva wants to control the pace but ONeal is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
ONeal in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
ONeal is wriggling around trying to escape.
ONeal wants to control but Da Silva is having none of it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
ONeal manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Da Silva is looking to take a break and control but ONeal is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Da Silva is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for ONeal!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Da Silva there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Da Silva throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Da Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as ONeal is looking to escape.
Da Silva misses with a head shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Da Silva looking to control but ONeal is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Ro Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shaquille ONeal is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Da Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shaquille ONeal showed his dominance in that final round.
Well ONeal has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shaquille ONeal!
A pretty intense looking Shaquille ONeal took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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