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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Cael Shaughnessy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Banyat Pu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shaughnessy's entrance music is I Against I - Massive Attack & Mos Def. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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154 lbs
16 - 16 - 0 |
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166 cm
23
156 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cael Shaughnessy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Banyat Pu!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pu lets loose with a powerful body kick. Shaughnessy will feel that in the morning.
Shaughnessy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pu.
Shaughnessy throws a leg kick but Pu checks it.
A punch combination from Shaughnessy misses.
Pu wants to clinch up but Shaughnessy keeps it at a distance.
Shaughnessy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pu.
Pu dodges the punch combination from Shaughnessy.
Pu throws a head kick but Shaughnessy moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Shaughnessy.
Pu tries to clinch up but Shaughnessy circles away and keeps his distance.
Pu cracks the inside of Shaughnessy's front leg.
Pu has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Shaughnessy is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Pu throws a leg kick but Shaughnessy moved away.
Shaughnessy misses with a body shot.
Shaughnessy moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromPu.
Shaughnessy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pu flicks out a counter leg kick but Shaughnessy steps away.
Pu drops Shaughnessy with a beautiful combination! Shaughnessy stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pu is looking for the KO!
Shaughnessy is rocked!
It looks like Cael Shaughnessy has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pu is looking to clinch.
Oh Shaughnessy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Shaughnessy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pu showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shaughnessy.
A combination from Pu does no damage.
Cael Shaughnessy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pu tries to clinch up but Shaughnessy circles away and keeps his distance.
Shaughnessy appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pu rushes Shaughnessy and presses him up against the cage.
Shaughnessy manages to break the clinch.
Pu moves out of range as Shaughnessy strikes.
Pu takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Pu looks to score with a jab to the body but Shaughnessy is just out of range.
Pu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shaughnessy.
Shaughnessy misses with a wild combination.
A good leg kick by Pu.
Shaughnessy seems to have got his legs back now.
Shaughnessy lands with a right hand.
Shaughnessy takes a swing at Pu's ribcage but misses.
Pu appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pu clinches up with Shaughnessy and pushes him back against the cage.
Shaughnessy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pu swings for the body but Shaughnessy moves out of range.
Pu lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shaughnessy circles away quickly and effectively.
Pu on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Decent striking displayed by Shaughnessy there.
Shaughnessy digs a good body shot into Pu's ribs.
Pu rushes Shaughnessy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shaughnessy blocks a body shot from Pu.
Pu misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shaughnessy misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shaughnessy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Shaughnessy breaks from the clinch.
Shaughnessy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Shaughnessy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pu flicks out a counter leg kick but Shaughnessy steps away.
Shaughnessy lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Pu circles away quickly and effectively.
Shaughnessy scores with the left hand. Pu knows he should have avoided that one.
Pu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Pu moves in looking to clinch but Shaughnessy pushes him off.
Shaughnessy is looking to wear down Pu with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Pu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Shaughnessy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pu's head backwards.
Shaughnessy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Pus jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Shaughnessy blocks a head kick by Pu.
Shaughnessy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pu.
Pu appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Pu rushes Shaughnessy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shaughnessy blocks an elbow strike.
Pu landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Pu lands a nice elbow.
Shaughnessy is trying to push Pu away but Pu has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Shaughnessy managing to block the knees to the body from Pu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaughnessy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pu throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Shaughnessy throws a hook but Pu blocks it.
Shaughnessy blocks a leg kick.
Pu keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shaughnessy.
Shaughnessy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pu.
Shaughnessy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shaughnessy swats away the attempt to clinch by Pu.
Pu tries to close the distance and clinch but Shaughnessy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Pu tries to move into range but Shaughnessy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Shaughnessy throws a hook but Pu blocks it.
Shaughnessy throws an overhand right that lands on Pu's shoulder, as Pu tries to avoid the shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pu digs a good body shot into Shaughnessy's ribs.
Shaughnessy tests Pu's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pu is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pu dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pu on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Shaughnessy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Pu momentarily.
Pu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Shaughnessy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Pu misses with a right hand
and Shaughnessy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Pu pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shaughnessy throws out a loose jab but Pu uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shaughnessy misses with a body shot.
Shaughnessy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Shaughnessy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pu throws the left hand but Shaughnessy avoids the punch easily.
Shaughnessy throws a body punch but Pu moves out of range.
Pu moves out of range of the leg kick from Shaughnessy.
Pu flicks out a counter leg kick but Shaughnessy steps away.
Shaughnessy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Cael Shaughnessy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Cael Shaughnessy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Shaughnessy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Cael Shaughnessy is winning the standup battle so far.
Nice uppercut lands for Shaughnessy. That snapped Pu's head back.
Pu clinches up against the cage.
Good body shot from Shaughnessy.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Shaughnessy.
Shaughnessy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Pu has him pressed against the cage.
Pu looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pu misses with a knee to the head.
Shaughnessy takes a shot to the head.
Pu looking to throw knees to the head but Shaughnessy is blocking nicely.
Shaughnessy can't break the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Shaughnessy's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Pu misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice elbow from Pu.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pu throws an elbow but misses.
Pu lands a nice uppercut.
Shaughnessy wants to break free but Pu has control.
Pu prevents Shaughnessy from breaking the clinch.
Shaughnessy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Pu lands an elbow inside that Shaughnessy shrugs off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaughnessy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Pu pivots, looking for a leg kick but Shaughnessy is out of range and Pu settles back down.
Shaughnessy checks a leg kick nicely.
Pu with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Shaughnessy to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice body punch from Shaughnessy.
Nice uppercut lands for Shaughnessy. That snapped Pu's head back.
Shaughnessy misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Shaughnessy. Those never looked like landing.
Shaughnessy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Pu throws a chopping leg kick but Shaughnessy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Shaughnessy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Shaughnessy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Pu connects with a solid leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shaughnessy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
And Pu tries to counter it with a takedown but Shaughnessy pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Pu chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Shaughnessy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pu takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Shaughnessy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Pu is looking to clinch.
Shaughnessy scores with a nice strike.
Shaughnessy sizes up Pu with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pu shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Shaughnessy swats away the attempt to clinch by Pu.
Pu walks into a left hand.
Pu is looking to clinch.
Shaughnessy scores with a jab to the body.
Shaughnessy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Shaughnessy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaughnessy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Pu prevents Shaughnessy from breaking the clinch.
Pu keeps control of Shaughnessy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pu lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pu landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Pu lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Shaughnessy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pu prevents Shaughnessy from breaking the clinch.
Pu trying to land knees to the body.
Shaughnessy manages to break the clinch.
Pu is looking to clinch.
Pu has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
A telegraphed right hand from Pu misses the target.
Pu drops Shaughnessy with a beautiful combination! Shaughnessy stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Pu is looking for the KO!
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!
Pu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shaughnessy swats away the attempt to clinch by Pu.
Pu drops Shaughnessy with a straight right hand, right on the button! Pu follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Banyat Pu!
A victorious Banyat Pu thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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