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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Imma Bag (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aziz Shavershian (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shavershian is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by John O'callaghan - Zyzz Version V2, - Find Yourself feat. Sarah Howells (Re. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Imma Bag!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Aziz Shavershian!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bag throws a right hand that misses
and Shavershian counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Bag is looking to clinch but Shavershian is avoiding it.
An inside leg kick from Shavershian misses.
Shavershian walks into a straight right hand from Bag.
Shavershian lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Shavershian lands a jab to the nose.
Shavershian lands a nice looking body shot.
Bag throws a sloppy head kick and Shavershian moves out of range easily.
Shavershian slips under a jab from Bag.
The fight stays on the outside here - Shavershian looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shavershian uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bag.
Bag walks into a straight right hand from Shavershian.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bag scores with the left hand. Shavershian knows he should have avoided that one.
Bag throws a hook but Shavershian blocks it.
Shavershian misses with a left hand
and Bag counters with a two punch combo.
Shavershian moves into range and connects with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bag moves out of range of the leg kick from Shavershian.
Bag misses the jab.
Shavershian moves out of range as Bag strikes.
Shavershian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Imma Bag seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bag lands a head kick!
Bag tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shavershian manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Shavershian blocks a head kick by Bag.
Bag closes the distance and clinches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bag throws an elbow but misses.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shavershian.
Bag goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shavershian blocks an elbow strike from Bag.
Bag lands a nice uppercut.
Shavershian looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shavershian lands a shot to the body.
Bag tries to land a knee to the head but Shavershian blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shavershian takes a knee to the side of the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shavershian misses with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bag throws an elbow but misses.
Bag misses with a punch on the inside.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Bag lands a knee to the body.
Bag swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Shavershian blocks an uppercut.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bag just misses with a elbow thrown towards Shavershian's brow.
Bag is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shavershian is defending well for now.
Shavershian's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Shavershian scores with a sloppy right hand. Bag should have avoided that one.
Shavershian looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shavershian circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bag shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Bag missing with a left hand there. Shavershian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bag fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shavershian misses with a body shot.
Bag tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Shavershian counters with a nice uppercut.
Shavershian swings for the body but Bag moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Bag throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Bag has Shavershian up against the cage in a clinch.
Bag throws an elbow but it misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Bag.
Bag tries a body shot but Shavershian blocks it.
Shavershian cracks Bag with a nice body shot.
Bag tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shavershian avoids it.
Shavershian takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Aziz Shavershian has been cut.
Shavershian can't find room to land a body shot as Bag controls the action.
Bag misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shavershian avoiding damage as Bag throws knees to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shavershian lands with a short shot to the head.
Bag tries a body shot but Shavershian blocks it.
Shavershian has a couple of punches blocked by Bag.
Bag misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shavershian.
Shavershian is struggling to control the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bag lands a nice elbow.
Bag throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bag with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bag throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shavershian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Imma Bag has been cut.
Bag misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shavershian dodges an elbow strike from Bag.
Bag misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bag pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bag working Shavershian over with knees to the body.
Bag landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shavershian breaks the clinch.
Bag fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Imma Bag dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bag rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shavershian moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bag cracks Shavershian with an open hand slap.
Shavershian lands the left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bag looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Imma Bag is winning the standup battle so far.
Shavershian lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bag scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Bag avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bag is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Shavershian tries to land a leg kick but Bag saw it coming and moves away.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Shavershian in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Shavershian throws a push kick but Bag slaps the foot to one side.
Bag swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bag wants to clinch.
Bag throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shavershian counters with a good low kick that Bag was not able to check.
Shavershian takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd cheers as Bag lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shavershian doesn't seem phased though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Shavershian.
A slow jab from Bag misses its intended target.
Bag takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Bag lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Bag.
Shavershian slips under a jab from Bag.
Shavershian throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bag stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shavershian.
Bag on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bag stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Shavershian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bag paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bag scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Bag keeps the fight on the outside.
Bag misses with a looping left.
Bag with a nice cross.
Shavershian feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bag's calf.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shavershian tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bag paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Nice straight punches there by Shavershian. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shavershian.
Bag pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Shavershian ducks right into an uppercut from Bag.
Bag fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bag drives through and clinches with Shavershian against the cage.
Nice elbow from Bag.
Bag throws an elbow that misses.
Bag is trying to stall.
Bag blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shavershian lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Shavershian.
Shavershian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Shavershian connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shavershian tries to clinch but Bag is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bag tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shavershian manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Bag throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bag wants to clinch.
Bag checks a leg kick.
Shavershian throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shavershian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Shavershian stuns Bag with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bag looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shavershian blocks a head kick by Bag.
Bag closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Imma Bag has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Bag gets through Shavershian's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bag swings wildly with an uppercut but Shavershian uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shavershian struggles to land a body shot inside as Bag controls his hands.
Bag misses with a hook from the clinch.
Shavershian managing to block the knees to the body from Bag.
Shavershian is leaning against Bag and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bag lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shavershian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bag tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Shavershian avoids it.
Bag has a couple of punches blocked by Shavershian.
Shavershian fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Shavershian.
Shavershian has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Bag seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Shavershian can turn it around.
Shavershian takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bag looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Shavershian lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Shavershian scores with a shoulder strike.
Shavershian misses with a punch to the body.
Bag misses with some punches.
Bag throws a punch but it's blocked by Shavershian.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Imma Bag will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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!
Shavershian misses with a hook. Bag ducked under it nicely.
Bag tries to close the distance and clinch but Shavershian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shavershian looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Bag swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bag misses with a body shot.
A head kick by Bag misses
and Shavershian counters by moving into the clinch.
Shavershian lands a body punch.
Shavershian stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Shavershian lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bag or not.
Bag pushes off an throws an elbow but Shavershian leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bag working aggressively here.
Shavershian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bag throws a head punch that misses.
Shavershian tries to work over Bag's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Shavershian lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bag backwards.
Bag misses with some punches.
Shavershian breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shavershian avoids the head kick by Bag.
Shavershian misses the shot to the body.
Shavershian lands with a good body shot.
Bag lands a nice looking body shot.
Shavershian tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Bag takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Bag fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shavershian manages to avoid it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Shavershian.
Shavershian takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Bag fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bag pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shavershian lands a slapping body shot.
Shavershian misses the shot to the body.
Bag throws a sloppy head kick and Shavershian moves out of range easily.
Shavershian lands with a thumping leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bag misses with a wild combination.
Shavershian just misses with a punch to the body.
Shavershian getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Shavershian misses with a wild body shot.
Bag 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.
Shavershian scores with a leg kick.
Shavershian avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bag tries to close the distance and clinch but Shavershian swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A swing and a miss from Shavershian.
Bag throws a head kick but Shavershian moves out of range.
Bag goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Shavershian turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Bag on the wrong end of a nice hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shavershian has taken the fight to the clinch.
Bag tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Shavershian struggles to land a body shot inside as Bag controls his hands.
Bag misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shavershian misses with a punch to the body.
Shavershian taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Shavershian.
Shavershian misses with a punch to the body.
Bag tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bag.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bag throws an elbow but misses.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Shavershian.
Shavershian blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bag pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Nice elbow from Bag.
Bag working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bag throws a head punch that misses.
Aziz Shavershian has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Imma Bag is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shavershian is trying to force a seperation but Bag has the dominant position.
Shavershian lands an elbow inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bag lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bag.
Bag tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bag trying to land knees to the body.
A left hand lands to the body for Shavershian.
Shavershian misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shavershian is looking to break free of the clinch but Bag has double underhooks.
Shavershian misses with a punch to the body.
Shavershian tries a body shot but Bag blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short right from Shavershian on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bag.
Shavershian misses with a hook to the ribs.
Bag pushes Shavershian back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Aziz Shavershian comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Bag 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Imma Bag!
A relieved looking Imma Bag thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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