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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Charles Douglas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Sharkhausen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles Douglas could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Max Sharkhausen's chin.
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170 lbs
9 - 5 - 0 |
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charles Douglas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Max Sharkhausen!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Douglas misses with a left hand
and Sharkhausen counters with a low kick, right behind Douglas 's knee.
Douglas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sharkhausen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Charles Douglas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sharkhausen checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sharkhausen slips a jab from Douglas.
No joy there for Sharkhausen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Douglas thows a leg kick but Sharkhausen checks it
and Sharkhausen cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sharkhausen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Douglas moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sharkhausen throws the left hand but Douglas avoids the punch easily.
Douglas scores with a jab. Sharkhausen acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sharkhausen rushes Douglas and presses him up against the cage.
Sharkhausen stalling in the clinch but Douglas improves position.
Sharkhausen tries to break the clinch but Douglas is controlling the position.
Douglas works on Sharkhausen's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Douglas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sharkhausen's efforts to push away.
Douglas prevents Sharkhausen from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Douglas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Douglas working aggressively here.
Douglas lands a left hand.
Douglas misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Douglas softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
I was talking to Douglas's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Douglas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short left from Douglas.
Douglas lands a body shot in the clinch.
Douglas scores with a shoulder strike.
Douglas throws a head punch that misses.
Sharkhausen misses with a knee to the head.
Sharkhausen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharkhausen takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Sharkhausen misses with a head kick.
Douglas misses with a straight right.
Sharkhausen takes a kick to the side of the head.
Douglas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A head kick from Douglas lands but Sharkhausen takes it in his stride.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Douglas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice cross by Sharkhausen.
Douglas connects with an inside leg kick.
Douglas tries to clinch up but Sharkhausen circles away and keeps his distance.
Douglas throws a low kick, looking for Sharkhausen's leg but Sharkhausen calmly moves out of range.
Douglas misses with an uppercut.
Sharkhausen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Douglas uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Sharkhausen has time to react.
Sharkhausen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sharkhausen circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sharkhausen closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sharkhausen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Douglas.
Douglas can't find room to land a body shot as Sharkhausen controls the action.
Sharkhausen breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Douglas bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Sharkhausen throws a sloppy head kick and Douglas moves out of range easily.
Douglas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharkhausen tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Douglas is able to avoid easily.
Douglas tries to land a front kick but Sharkhausen steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sharkhausen slips under a jab.
Sharkhausen moves out of range of the strikes.
Douglas throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Sharkhausen was covering up waiting for the punch and Douglas finishes the takedown easily into guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Douglas in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Douglas throws a big elbow that misses.
Douglas working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Sharkhausen keeping moving, preventing Douglas from controlling successfully.
Douglas throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglas is looking to work some ground and pound but Sharkhausen has wrist control.
Douglas wants to control from the top but Sharkhausen keeps moving.
Sharkhausen is pulling down on Douglas's head to control his posture.
Douglas loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Douglas works over Sharkhausen with some ground and pound from guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Douglas distracts Sharkhausen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Douglas is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Douglas throwing strikes from guard but Sharkhausen blocks nicely.
Douglas has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Douglas throwing strikes from guard but Sharkhausen blocks nicely.
Sharkhausen looking to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Douglas dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Sharkhausen moves into range and clinches up with Douglas.
Sharkhausen has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sharkhausen tries a knee to the head but Douglas blocks it.
Sharkhausen is looking to break free of the clinch but Douglas has double underhooks.
Sharkhausen tries to circle away but Douglas has him pinned against the cage.
Douglas taking a breather.
Douglas lands a shot to the body.
Douglas keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Sharkhausen's efforts to push away.
Sharkhausen fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sharkhausen blocks an elbow strike from Douglas.
Douglas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Douglas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sharkhausen is trying to break the clinch but Douglas has him pressed against the cage.
Sharkhausen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Douglas blocking some punches.
Sharkhausen looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Douglas jumps guard but Sharkhausen turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Sharkhausen lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharkhausen takes an elbow to the forehead.
Sharkhausen is trying to push Douglas away but Douglas has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sharkhausen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sharkhausen blocks an uppercut.
Sharkhausen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Douglas fails to land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Douglas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Sharkhausen's brow.
Douglas throws a punch but it's blocked by Sharkhausen.
Douglas struggles to land a body shot inside as Sharkhausen controls his hands.
Douglas misses with an elbow over the top.
Sharkhausen is trying to force a seperation but Douglas has the dominant position.
Douglas throws a head punch that misses.
Sharkhausen is looking to break free of the clinch but Douglas has double underhooks.
A body shot lands from Sharkhausen.
Sharkhausen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Douglas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Jab, jab by Sharkhausen - just one landing.
Douglas is looking to clinch but Sharkhausen is avoiding it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Douglas loads up on a big right hand but Sharkhausen slips the punch.
A jab from Sharkhausen does it's job there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sharkhausen avoids the head kick by Douglas.
Douglas throws a wild body kick that Sharkhausen sees coming a mile off.
Sharkhausen takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Sharkhausen ducks right into an uppercut from Douglas.
Sharkhausen fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Douglas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sharkhausen tries a head kick but it misses.
Sharkhausen slips a jab and a cross from Douglas.
Charles Douglas is winning the standup battle so far.
Douglas tries to clinch but Sharkhausen is having none of it.
Sharkhausen misses with a jab, cross combination.
A bone on bone clash there as Sharkhausen blocks the leg kick.
Douglas has closed the distance and engaged Sharkhausen in a clinch.
Sharkhausen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sharkhausen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sharkhausen manages to break the clinch.
Sharkhausen throws a series of strikes that have Douglas backpedaling.
It looks like Charles Douglas has been cut.
Sharkhausen has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Douglas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The fight stays on the outside here - Douglas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sharkhausen fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Douglas checks it well.
A jab from Sharkhausen misses.
Douglas connects with a leg kick. Sharkhausen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Douglas pushes Sharkhausen up against the cage in a clinch.
Sharkhausen manages to break the clinch.
Douglas misses with a left hand
and Sharkhausen counters with a flying knee that drops Douglas! Sharkhausen dives in and finishes the fight with a flurry of strikes from the mount!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Max Sharkhausen!
A very excited looking Max Sharkhausen 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.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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