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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Duce Bigalo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rufus Shepherd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shepherd comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alter Bridge - Addicted to pain kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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165 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
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161 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Duce Bigalo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Rufus Shepherd!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shepherd shoots in and drives through. Bigalo sprawls well.
Duce Bigalo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shepherd shoots in looking for a takedown but Bigalo manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Shepherd's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Bigalo throws a lazy head kick
and Shepherd counters by clinching up.
Bigalo lands a nice elbow.
Shepherd has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Bigalo is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Duce Bigalo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rufus Shepherd.
Bigalo scores a nice knee to the body.
Shepherd looks winded!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bigalo.
It looks like Rufus Shepherd has been cut.
Bigalo jerks Shepherd's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Shepherd drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Bigalo goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Bigalo because Shepherd was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Duce Bigalo!
A very excited looking Duce Bigalo made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Rufus Shepherd spoke after the fight, saying 'Unfortunately i lost but i will train a lot to win next fight for myself and you- my fans'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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