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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jimmy Gotti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tj Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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152 lbs
10 - 11 - 0 |
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147 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jimmy Gotti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tj Shields!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gotti throws a head kick but Shields moves out of range.
A head kick misses from Gotti.
Gotti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gotti throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sloppy strikes from Gotti. Those never looked like landing.
Shields drops his hands momentarily and Gotti takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Gotti misses with a few strikes there.
Gotti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Gotti. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Gotti. Those never looked like landing.
We've been told by Gotti's head coaches at MMA Gods - 16 Elites! + Roger Gracie that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gotti misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotti scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Nice shot by Gotti.
Gotti misses with a head kick.
Gotti closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gotti shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Shields eats them both and turns towards Gotti to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gotti!
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!
Gotti looks to land a right hand but Shields moved out of range.
Gotti fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shields manages to avoid it.
Gotti misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gotti scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Gotti connects with a leg kick. Shields looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Gotti scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Gotti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Gotti pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gotti swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Gotti throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Gotti with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Gotti tries to land a front kick but Shields steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gotti displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Gotti thows a left - swing and a miss!
Gotti finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Gotti throws a head kick that misses.
Gotti looks to score with a jab to the body but Shields is just out of range.
Gotti throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Gotti lands a nice hook to Shields's body. Shields takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gotti misses with a head kick.
A punch combination from Gotti misses.
Gotti is breathing heavily.
Gotti scores with a one two! Shields had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gotti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shields moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Gotti uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Shields has time to react.
Gotti lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Shields backs up against the cage.
Gotti throws a series of punches but Shields avoids them all with ease.
Jimmy Gotti is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A head kick misses from Gotti.
Gotti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Gotti throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gotti misses with a head kick.
Gotti misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Gotti dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gotti misses with a double jab.
A punch combination from Gotti misses.
Gotti misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Gotti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Gotti throws a series of strikes that have Shields backpedaling.
Gotti is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shields can do to turn this around?
Shields avoids the head kick by Gotti.
Gotti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shields moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shields slips a jab and a cross from Gotti.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gotti misses with a straight right.
Shields has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gotti.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotti looks for the body kick but Shields saw that one coming.
Gotti lands a jab-cross combination.
Gotti cracks Shields with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A combination from Gotti does no damage.
Gotti throws a head kick but Shields moves out of range.
Gotti is working the combinations to good effect here.
Gotti lands a two punch combo.
Gotti will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gotti throws a head kick but Shields moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shields blocks a head kick by Gotti.
Gotti scores with a leg kick.
Gotti lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Gotti looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Gotti looks to land a combination but Shields avoids it well.
Gotti does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gotti throws a low kick but Shields avoids it.
Gotti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gotti throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Gotti. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Gotti, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Gotti misses with a few strikes there.
Gotti throws a series of punches but Shields moves out of range.
Shields keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shields avoids a punch combination nicely.
Gotti misses the jab.
Gotti motions for Shields to come forward. Gotti throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Gotti misses with the combination.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gotti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shields moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Jimmy Gotti is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gotti attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Gotti tries to clinch but Shields moves out of range.
Jimmy Gotti is winning the standup battle so far.
Gotti misses with a head kick.
Gotti looks for the body kick but Shields saw that one coming.
Gotti throws a series of punches but Shields moves out of range.
Gotti throws an overhand right that lands on Shields's shoulder, as Shields tries to avoid the shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gotti looks to land a combination but Shields avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jimmy Gotti dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Gotti.
Gotti throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gotti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gotti misses with a straight left.
Gotti tries to bum rush Shields with a series of wild strikes but Shields uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Gotti tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A bone on bone clash there as Shields blocks the leg kick.
Gotti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gotti throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Gotti throws a series of punches but Shields moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gotti throws a jab when Shields was well out of range.
Gotti throws a head kick that misses.
Gotti misses with a double jab.
Gotti looks to land a body kick but Shields moved away.
Gotti tries a head kick but it misses.
Gotti fails to land with a series of punches.
Gotti rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shields moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gotti. Shields does a little dance to reset his feet.
Shields slips a jab and a cross from Gotti.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shields moves out of range as Gotti throws a body kick.
Gotti tries a head kick but it misses.
Gotti fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gotti misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gotti misses with a kick to the body.
Gotti looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Gotti throws a half hearted mid kick.
Gotti throws a sloppy head kick and Shields moves out of range easily.
Gotti fails to land with a series of punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gotti misses with a head kick.
Gotti misses with a combination
and Shields counters with a single leg into guard. Gotti didn't expect that.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Gotti controls Shields momentarily but Shields frees himself.
Shields stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gotti swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Tj Shields has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shields loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Shields sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Gotti's guard.
Gotti won't allow Shields to pass to mount.
Nice strikes from Shields there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gotti wants to control but Shields is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shields works his way into full mount!
Shields scoring with strikes but Gotti is staying in there.
Shields with the ground and pound from mount.
Shields has hold of Gotti's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Gotti manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shields scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gotti?
And that's the end of the fight!
Tj Shields comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Gotti has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:26
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:26
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jimmy Gotti!
Jimmy Gotti seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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