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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Irvin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jimmy Sheppard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jimmy Sheppard has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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212 lbs
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211 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Good knees
Big heart |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Irvin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Sheppard!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sheppard throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good standup being displayed there by Sheppard as he connects with a hook.
Irvin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Irvin has Sheppard up against the cage in a clinch.
Sheppard misses with a punch to the body.
Sheppard can't find room to land a body shot as Irvin controls the action.
Irvin lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Jimmy Sheppard has been cut.
Irvin blocks an uppercut.
Irvin working Sheppard over with knees to the body.
Irvin misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Irvin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Sheppard blocks it with crossed arms.
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sheppard misses with a body punch.
Irvin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Knees to the body from Irvin.
Sheppard looks winded!
Irvin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Irvin slowing the pace effectively.
Irvin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Irvin crunches a lovely knee into Sheppard's ribcage.
Irvin misses with a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Irvin looking to throw knees to the head but Sheppard is blocking nicely.
Irvin lands a knee to the body.
Irvin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Irvin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Irvin obliges.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees to the body from Irvin.
Irvin lands a nice knee to the body.
Irvin scores with a knee to the head.
Sheppard misses with a short punch on the inside.
Irvin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Irvin.
Irvin landing knees to the head.
Irvin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irvin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Irvin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Sheppard letting Irvin take a breather here.
Sheppard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Irvin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Irvin connects with a knee to the head.
Irvin crunches a lovely knee into Sheppard's ribcage.
Sheppard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Irvin lands a nice knee to the body.
Irvin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees to the body from Irvin.
Sheppard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Irvin taking a breather.
Sheppard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Irvin slowing the pace effectively.
Sheppard throws a head punch that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irvin holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Irvin working Sheppard over with knees to the body.
Irvin lands a knee to the head.
Sheppard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Irvin crunches a lovely knee into Sheppard's ribcage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Irvin obliges.
Irvin leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sheppard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Irvin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sheppard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
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!
Irvin connects with a knee to the head.
Irvin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sheppard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Irvin connects with a knee to the head.
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Irvin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Irvin scores with a knee to the head.
Irvin connects with a knee to the head.
Irvin connects with a knee to the head.
Irvin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Irvin with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Jimmy Sheppard's cut even more.
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Irvin takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Irvin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Irvin scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Irvin working Sheppard over with knees to the body.
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sheppard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Irvin obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Irvin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Sheppard's cut.
That's time! Irvin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Irvin moves into range and clinches up with Sheppard.
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Irvin's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Irvin crunches a lovely knee into Sheppard's ribcage.
Sheppard takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Irvin.
A knee to the head by Irvin.
Irvin blocks a body shot from Sheppard.
Irvin crunches a lovely knee into Sheppard's ribcage.
Irvin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sheppard can do to turn this around?
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Irvin obliges.
Irvin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sheppard's face.
Irvin landing knees to the head.
Irvin has Sheppard pushed against the cage.
James Irvin has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Irvin scores a nice knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheppard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Sheppard is breathing heavily.
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The cut above Jimmy Sheppard's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Irvin landing knees to the body.
Irvin scores a nice knee to the body.
Irvin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Irvin connects with a knee to the head.
Sheppard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Irvin lands a nice knee to the body.
Irvin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Irvin landing knees to the head.
Irvin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sheppard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irvin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Irvin obliges.
Irvin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Irvin with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irvin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Irvin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Irvin connects with a knee to the head.
Sheppard working aggressively here.
Irvin with a knee to the head.
Irvin blocks a body shot from Sheppard.
Irvin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sheppard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Irvin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Irvin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Sheppard tries to throw a body punch but Irvin avoids it by throwing Sheppard back against the cage.
Irvin lands a knee to the body.
Irvin with a knee to the head.
Irvin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Irvin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Sheppard tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Sheppard lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheppard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Irvin.
Irvin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Irvin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Irvin is pushing Sheppard up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Sheppard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Irvin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Irvin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Irvin misses with a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Irvin.
Irvin connects with a nasty looking knee right to Sheppard's face.
Irvin blocks a body shot from Sheppard.
Sheppard tries to work over Irvin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four 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!
Irvin scores a nice knee to the body.
Knees in the clinch landing for Irvin.
Knees to the body from Irvin.
A knee to the head by Irvin.
Sheppard tries to work over Irvin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Irvin effectively controlling the action here.
Sheppard tries to throw a body punch but Irvin avoids it by throwing Sheppard back against the cage.
Irvin landing knees to the body.
Sheppard pushes Irvin back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Sheppard misses with a body punch.
Sheppard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Irvin's elbow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Knees in the clinch landing for Irvin.
Irvin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Irvin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Irvin dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jimmy Sheppard's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Sheppard takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Sheppard throws a nice looking combination but Irvin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Sheppard throws a jab when Irvin was well out of range.
Irvin bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Irvin is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Irvin fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sheppard.
A nice leg kick lands there from Irvin.
Irvin takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Irvin.
Sheppard chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Irvin can pounce on him.
Irvin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sheppard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A head kick misses from Irvin.
Irvin connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sheppard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Irvin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Irvin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sheppard looks to land a combination but Irvin avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheppard swats away the attempt to clinch by Irvin.
Irvin moves in looking to clinch but Sheppard pushes him off.
Irvin slips a jab from Sheppard.
Irvin connects with a high kick.
A punch lands to the side of Irvin 's head but he takes it in his stride.
A jab from Sheppard misses.
Irvin has closed the distance and engaged Sheppard in a clinch.
Sheppard lands an uppercut.
Irvin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Sheppard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Irvin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Irvin lands a knee to the body.
Knees to the body from Irvin.
Irvin using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Irvin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Irvin just leaning against Sheppard, taking a breather.
Irvin lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Irvin landing knees to the head.
Irvin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Irvin scores a nice knee to the body.
Irvin lands a good knee to the midsection. Sheppard won't want to take too many of those.
Irvin lands a knee to the body.
Irvin is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Irvin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Irvin lands a nice knee to the body.
Irvin lands a good knee to the midsection. Sheppard won't want to take too many of those.
Irvin lands a knee to the head.
Irvin scores with a knee to the head.
Irvin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sheppard pushes Irvin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Irvin is trying to maintain a safe position but Sheppard gets an underhook and turns Irvin into the cage.
Irvin missing with knees to the body.
Irvin tries to land knees in the clinch but Sheppard avoids the damage to the body.
Good body shot from Sheppard.
Sheppard misses with a body punch.
Sheppard misses with a punch to the body.
Irvin lands a knee to the head.
Sheppard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sheppard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sheppard misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Sheppard fails to land.
Sheppard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Irvin looking to throw knees to the head but Sheppard is blocking nicely.
Sheppard lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sheppard misses with a punch to the body.
Sheppard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sheppard can't find room to land a body shot as Irvin controls the action.
Knees to the body from Irvin.
Irvin working Sheppard over with knees to the body.
Sheppard can't find room to land a body shot as Irvin controls the action.
Irvin misses with a knee strike.
Come on Irvin - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Irvin obliges.
Jimmy Sheppard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Irvin landing knees to the head.
Irvin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Irvin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Sheppard goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Irvin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Sheppard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Irvin scores with a knee to the head.
James Irvin is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sheppard misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Irvin showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Irvin 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:26
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Irvin!
After winning the bout, James Irvin thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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