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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Shamrock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karri Koira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bobby Shamrock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Karri Koira!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Paul Gruel and Roger Salmon.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Koira with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Koira misses with a jab, cross combination.
A jab from Shamrock does it's job there.
Shamrock looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Koira scoring well with a low kick there.
Koira misses with a jab, cross combination.
Koira misses the jab.
Shamrock lands with a cross.
It looks like Karri Koira has been cut.
A telegraphed right hand from Koira misses the target.
Shamrock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Koira.
Koira takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Shamrock misses the jab.
Koira tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shamrock was well out of range. Poor timing from Koira.
Shamrock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Koira manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koira slips a straight right by Shamrock.
Shamrock cracks Koira with a good jab.
Koira cracks Shamrock with an open hand slap.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Koira lands a body shot.
Shamrock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Koira moves away.
Shamrock moves out of range of the strikes.
Koira tries to clinch there but Shamrock circles away.
Koira changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Koira rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shamrock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shamrock throws an overhand right that lands on Koira's shoulder, as Koira tries to avoid the shot.
Koira displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Bobby Shamrock has been cut.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Koira breaks the clinch.
Koira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shamrock lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Koira closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Koira throws a looping overhand right but Shamrock ducks down to avoid it.
Koira moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Koira misses with a few strikes there.
Koira forces Shamrock back against the cage and clinches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Koira creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Koira working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Koira lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shamrock takes a shot to the head.
Koira lands with a short shot to the head.
Koira's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Koira swings for the body but Shamrock moves out of range.
Shamrock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Koira tries to bum rush Shamrock with a series of wild strikes but Shamrock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Koira throws a nice inside leg kick.
Koira fails to land with a series of punches.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Koira lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Shamrock has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Shamrock and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Koira tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Koira misses.
Shamrock is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Koira looks to land a left hand but Shamrock moved out of range nicely.
Koira swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Koira connects with the punch.
Koira throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Koira gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Shamrock.
Koira showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shamrock.
A jab from Shamrock misses.
Shamrock moves into range and clinches up with Koira.
Shamrock manages to break the clinch.
Shamrock is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Shamrock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Shamrock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Shamrock misses.
Koira takes one to the chin there.
Koira blocks a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Koira ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
Koira fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Shamrock is out of range.
Karri Koira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Koira tries to clinch but Shamrock is having none of it.
Koira walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Nice uppercut lands for Koira. That snapped Shamrock's head back.
Shamrock cracks Koira with an uppercut from hell and Koira crumples to the canvas, he's out! Oh no, he's recovered and he's grabbed one of Shamrock's legs and pulled him into guard. The ref thought about stopping it there but he's let it go - good reffing!
Koira is rocked!
Koira bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Shamrock's guard.
Koira is still in real trouble! Can Shamrock finish him?
Koira is stalling in the full guard.
Shamrock scrambles and gets back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shamrock is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Koira hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Bobby Shamrock!
Bobby Shamrock bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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RATING
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