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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Aubrey Vasquez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Michaels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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178 lbs
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178 cm
25
180 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Aubrey Vasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shawn Michaels!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Gregory Folan and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasquez chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Michaels can pounce on him.
Michaels throws a leg kick
and Vasquez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Vasquez blocks an uppercut.
Michaels tries a body shot but Vasquez blocks it.
Michaels lands a takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels controlling from the top position.
Michaels is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Michaels engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Vasquez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Michaels working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Michaels is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Michaels with a flurry of punches that miss.
Michaels wants to control from the top but Vasquez keeps moving.
Vasquez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Michaels scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Michaels postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Vasquez keeping moving, preventing Michaels from controlling successfully.
Michaels postures up and lands a big shot to Vasquez's brow.
Michaels must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Michaels throws a big right hand that misses.
Vasquez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Vasquez avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Michaels controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez is trying to control the position but Michaels postures up.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Shawn Michaels.
Michaels misses with an attempted mid kick.
Michaels leaves Vasquez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Michaels feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Michaels lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Vasquez trying to keep a closed guard but Michaels is proving a slippery customer.
Michaels throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Michaels defends it easily.
Vasquez looking for a guillotine here but Michaels defends easily.
Michaels is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Michaels is looking to work some ground and pound but Vasquez has wrist control.
Michaels sitting in guard here, content to control.
Vasquez looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez being controlled here, momentarily.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Michaels is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Michaels is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Michaels forces his way into half guard.
Michaels scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Michaels in particular looking to stall.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Michaels dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Michaels looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Vasquez!
Vasquez is not content to let Michaels control the position.
Michaels working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Vasquez could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Vasquez is trying to control Michaels's posture but Michaels avoids it.
Shawn Michaels has got the better of the ground game so far.
Michaels scoring with punches from side control.
Michaels in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Vasquez takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Michaels is working Vasquez over with some ground and pound from side control.
Vasquez takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Michaels lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Vasquez down.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Check out the look on Michaels's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Vasquez wants to control but Michaels postures up.
Check out the look on Michaels's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Michaels lands a few punches from side control.
Michaels scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Vasquez to see if he's OK.
Michaels moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Michaels working the ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Michaels lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Vasquez down.
Michaels lands a nice forearm strike.
Vasquez manages to work his way to half guard, despite Michaels's best efforts.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasquez throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Vasquez trying to control but Michaels postures up.
Vasquez holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Vasquez trying to hold on to Michaels's head to control him but Michaels postures up.
Michaels missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Michaels controlling the pace.
Vasquez wants to control but Michaels is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Vasquez has hold of Michaels's hands but Michaels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michaels is nestled in close to Vasquez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Michaels wants to take a breather but Vasquez is having none of it.
Michaels working the head and body with strikes.
Vasquez has hold of Michaels's hands but Michaels slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Michaels looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Vasquez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Michaels seems to be looking for submissions.
Ground and pound from Michaels.
Vasquez looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Vasquez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Michaels.
Michaels is controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Michaels.
Michaels slows the pace down in half guard.
Michaels drops an elbow to the side of Vasquez's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vasquez has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Michaels is working away from the top position though.
Michaels has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Vasquez looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Michaels with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Michaels showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Vasquez stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Michaels.
Michaels looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Michaels dives in and scores a takedown into Vasquez's guard.
Michaels is looking to work some ground and pound but Vasquez has wrist control.
Vasquez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Michaels missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Vasquez looking to control.
Michaels stands up over Vasquez, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Michaels working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Vasquez's head.
Michaels postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Michaels controls from within his opponent's guard.
Vasquez preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Michaels working some strikes from top position.
Vasquez is trying to control the position but Michaels postures up.
Michaels working some strikes from top position.
Michaels connects with a couple of short punches.
Michaels in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Michaels throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Michaels makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Michaels distracts Vasquez with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Vasquez has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Michaels can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Michaels content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Michaels lands a couple of digs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michaels scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Michaels connects with a couple of short punches.
Michaels stays in close to Vasquez's body and controls the position.
Michaels throws a big right hand that misses.
Vasquez can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Michaels controls the pace.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Michaels with a nice head shot there.
Michaels throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Vasquez works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Michaels trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Michaels trying to control but Vasquez is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Michaels controls the pace.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Shawn Michaels hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Michaels is looking to slow Vasquez down with leg kicks.
Michaels delivers a nice body kick.
Michaels cracks the inside of Vasquez's front leg.
Michaels drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Michaels accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Vasquez keeping moving, preventing Michaels from controlling successfully.
Michaels takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasquez wants to sweep here but Michaels controlling him for the moment.
Michaels trying to control the position from guard on top but Vasquez is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Michaels is stalling in the full guard.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Shawn Michaels hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Michaels lands a nice looking kick to the body. Vasquez takes a step back to recover.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Michaels throws a body kick that misses.
Aubrey Vasquez 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.
Michaels fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Vasquez to the ground. Michaels is now in Vasquez's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Shawn Michaels comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Michaels has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 27:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shawn Michaels!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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