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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shane McDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damien Newsome (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shane McDonald looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Improved boxing
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shane McDonald!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Damien Newsome!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonald pushes Newsome up against the cage in a clinch.
Newsome tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. McDonald just stands there and leans against the cage.
Newsome wants to stall.
Newsome goes for a takedown attempt but McDonald pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
McDonald fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Newsome sprawls well initially but McDonald persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Newsome works his way to full guard. Good work.
Newsome is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Newsome trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Newsome has his foot on McDonald's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. McDonald works his way back into a safe position though.
McDonald loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Newsome is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Newsome has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McDonald stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Newsome swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newsome is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
McDonald thows a big elbow that misses.
Newsome trying to keep a closed guard but McDonald is proving a slippery customer.
Newsome keeping moving, preventing McDonald from controlling successfully.
Newsome throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Newsome looking for submissions from the bottom but instead McDonald passes into side control.
Newsome looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
McDonald lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Newsome down.
McDonald wants to lay and pray for a moment but Newsome keeps working.
Newsome manages to work his way to half guard, despite McDonald's best efforts.
Newsome is trying to control but can't.
Newsome gets back to full guard.
McDonald has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Newsome has a closed guard, preventing McDonald from standing up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newsome is trying to control the position but McDonald postures up.
McDonald postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Newsome keeping moving, preventing McDonald from controlling successfully.
McDonald stopping the sweep attempt from Newsome.
Newsome is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
McDonald trying to control but Newsome is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Newsome is on top in guard.
McDonald looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Newsome trying to control the position from guard on top but McDonald is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Newsome trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
McDonald working a defensive guard here.
Newsome not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Damien Newsome will probably get the nod.
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.
McDonald swats away the attempt to clinch by Newsome.
McDonald misses with a straight left.
McDonald takes one to the side of the head.
Newsome gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and McDonald counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Newsome's guard now.
Newsome keeping moving, preventing McDonald from controlling successfully.
Newsome has a closed guard, preventing McDonald from standing up.
McDonald is posturing up here but Newsome has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! McDonald tries to roll out but it's too tight and McDonald has to tap! Slick submission there by Newsome!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:04 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Damien Newsome!
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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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