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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Shane Karwin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randy Bobandy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bobandy has chosen The Ultimate Cheeseburger as his entrance music. Randy Bobandy is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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214 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Cuts easily |
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shane Karwin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Randy Bobandy!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karwin wants to clinch.
Karwin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bobandy keeps the fight on the outside.
Karwin wants to clinch up but Bobandy keeps it at a distance.
Karwin pushes Bobandy up against the cage in a clinch.
Karwin crunches a lovely knee into Bobandy's ribcage.
Karwin tries to pull guard but Bobandy holds him up against the cage and eventually Karwin drops back down to his feet.
Karwin lands a nice knee to the body.
Bobandy breaks from the clinch.
Bobandy checks the leg kick.
Karwin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bobandy looks to score with a jab to the body but Karwin is just out of range.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Karwin scores a nice knee to the body.
Bobandy looks gassed!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Karwin landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Karwin with a knee to the head.
Karwin landing knees to the head.
Karwin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karwin prevents Bobandy from breaking the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karwin keeps control of Bobandy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Karwin connects with a knee to the head.
Karwin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Karwin can't get the takedown.
Karwin with a knee to the head.
Karwin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karwin connects with a knee to the head.
Karwin has Bobandy pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Bobandy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Karwin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Karwin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bobandy can't break the clinch.
Bobandy tries to break the clinch but Karwin is controlling the position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Karwin.
Bobandy avoiding damage as Karwin throws knees to the body.
Karwin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Bobandy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Bobandy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karwin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Bobandy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bobandy can't break the clinch.
Bobandy takes an elbow to the temple.
Karwin prevents Bobandy from breaking the clinch.
Bobandy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Karwin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Karwin misses with a knee strike.
Bobandy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Karwin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bobandy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karwin tries to clinch up.
Bobandy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Bobandy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Randy Bobandy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Karwin shoots for a takedown but Bobandy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bobandy throws a combination. Karwin tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
It looks like Shane Karwin has been cut.
Bobandy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bobandy thuds his right hand into Karwin's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Karwin.
Bobandy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Karwin's head.
Karwin fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karwin tries to clinch up.
Karwin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bobandy sprawls well initially but Karwin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bobandy wants to get back to full guard.
Karwin is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bobandy defends it well.
Karwin wants to stand up but Bobandy is controlling the position.
Bobandy is pressing down on Karwin's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bobandy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Bobandy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Karwin wants to pass the guard but Bobandy is keeping the position.
Bobandy wants to sweep but no luck.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Karwin shoots in for a takedown but Bobandy shows good takedown defense.
Karwin lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karwin needs to keep his hands up - Bobandy had a free shot at his head there.
Bobandy scores with a nice head shot.
Bobandy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Karwin tries to clinch there but Bobandy circles away.
Karwin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bobandy as he avoids it easily.
Bobandy misses with a double jab.
Bobandy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bobandy circles away from the clinch attempt.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Karwin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bobandy but Bobandy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bobandy works over Karwin's head and body with a nice combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shane Karwin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Karwin's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Karwin slips a jab from Bobandy.
Karwin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bobandy misses with the combination.
Bobandy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karwin wants to clinch.
Karwin is looking to clinch but Bobandy is avoiding it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karwin fails with a takedown attempt.
Karwin shoots in looking for a takedown. Bobandy tries to sprawl out of it but Karwin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bobandy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch combination from Bobandy misses.
Shane Karwin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Bobandy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bobandy throws a jab but it's blocked by Karwin.
Bobandy misses with a straight left.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Karwin.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Karwin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bobandy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karwin doesn't manage to clinch there - Bobandy circles away.
Karwin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Bobandy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Karwin.
Karwin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bobandy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Bobandy misses with a double jab.
Shane Karwin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No joy there for Bobandy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Bobandy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Karwin looks for a takedown but Bobandy sprawls well.
Bobandy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Bobandy misses with a looping left.
Karwin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Bobandy circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bobandy misses with the combination.
Karwin shoots in looking for a takedown. Bobandy tries to sprawl out of it but Karwin keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bobandy manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Karwin uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Bobandy.
Karwin shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bobandy but Bobandy pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Karwin defending well as Bobandy loads up on a big left hand.
Bobandy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Bobandy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karwin.
Bobandy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karwin.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karwin moves out of range of the leg kick from Bobandy.
Karwin tries to clinch but Bobandy moves out of range.
Bobandy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Karwin sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Karwin shoots in for a takedown but Bobandy shows good takedown defense.
A slow jab from Bobandy misses its intended target.
Bobandy connects with the punch.
Bobandy throws a jab when Karwin was well out of range.
Horrible takedown by Karwin or perhaps it was just good defense by Bobandy which made him look bad.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A combination from Bobandy does no damage.
Bobandy looks to land a right hand but Karwin moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Bobandy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Shane Karwin's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Karwin has a takedown stuffed.
Karwin shoots in and drives through. Bobandy sprawls well.
Bobandy misses the jab.
Karwin throws a jab when Bobandy was well out of range.
Bobandy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bobandy misses with a body shot.
Karwin is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bobandy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bobandy keeps the fight on the outside.
Bobandy throws a right and a left that Karwin avoids nicely.
Bobandy misses with a hook. Karwin ducked under it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karwin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bobandy tries to avoid it but Karwin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bobandy to the ground. Bobandy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Shane Karwin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bobandy misses with an uppercut. Karwin saw that one coming.
Bobandy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Karwin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Bobandy tries to avoid it but Karwin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Bobandy to the ground. Bobandy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Karwin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bobandy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bobandy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Karwin tries to close the distance and clinch but Bobandy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bobandy missing with a left hand there. Karwin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bobandy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bobandy throws a series of punches but Karwin moves out of range.
Karwin shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Karwin moves away from the strike by Bobandy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Karwin slips a straight right by Bobandy.
Karwin ducks under a wild hook from Bobandy.
Bobandy keeps the fight on the outside.
Nice shot lands for Bobandy.
Bobandy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karwin tries to clinch but Bobandy moves out of range.
Karwin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bobandy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Karwin will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Karwin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bobandy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bobandy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Karwin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karwin shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Bobandy's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Karwin drops back looking for a leg! Bobandy is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Bobandy manages to kick Karwin off! Karwin jumps back into Bobandy's guard.
Karwin stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bobandy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bobandy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Karwin looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Karwin works his way to full guard. Good work.
Karwin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Karwin keeping full guard, as Bobandy tries to pass.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karwin is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Karwin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Bobandy!
Karwin wants to take Bobandy's back here but Bobandy is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Karwin working for a submission but Bobandy is keeping him at bay.
Karwin is looking to stand but Karwin has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Bobandy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Karwin fails to move to back control.
Bobandy swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Shane Karwin.
I think Karwin 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:28
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shane Karwin!
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hype
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