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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ekong Bell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shayne Corson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ekong Bell has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ekong Bell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shayne Corson!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yuuki Gou and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bell fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Corson is out of range.
Bell definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Bell finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Bell scores with a nice right hand.
Corson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Bell takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Corson feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Bell's calf.
Bell throws a body kick that misses.
Bell on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corson digs a good body shot into Bell's ribs.
Bell connects with a solid leg kick.
Corson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Bell can pounce on him.
Corson throws a leg kick but Bell checks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Corson cracks the inside of Bell's front leg.
A leg kick checked by Corson.
It seemed like Corson was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bell throws a solid leg kick but Corson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Bell.
Bell blocks the body kick.
Bell throws a wild body kick that Corson sees coming a mile off.
Corson darts in and clinches Bell up against the cage.
Bell tries to break free but Corson pushes him back against the cage.
Bell blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bell wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Corson has him pressed against the cage.
Corson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bell breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Bell.
Corson throws a solid leg kick but Bell takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Corson.
Bell looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell throws the kick towards the body but Corson avoids it.
Corson thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Bell if he has to take too many more of those.
Corson scores with a kick to the body.
Corson lands a leg kick that knocks Bell off balance momentarily.
Corson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice uppercut lands for Corson. That snapped Bell's head back.
Bell throws a leg kick but Corson moved away.
Corson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bell throws a leg kick but Corson checks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Bell. Corson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Corson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Bell throws a head kick but Corson moves out of range.
Bell throws a front kick aimed at Corson's knee but Corson avoids it well.
Corson tries a quick counter leg kick but Bell is wise to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell throws a lazy body kick
and Corson counters with a nice low kick that buckles Bell's knee momentarily.
Bell attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Corson throws a leg kick which misses Bell's front leg but catches the back leg as Bell tries to avoid it.
Corson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Bell.
Bell takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Corson throws a leg kick that is checked
and Bell counters with a slapping leg kick.
Bell walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A nice leg kick lands there from Corson.
Bell is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Corson is looking to score with low kicks.
Corson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Corson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bell has time to react.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bell tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Corson is able to avoid easily.
Corson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Corson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Bell checks a low kick from Corson.
Bell misses with a few strikes there.
Corson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Corson punishes Bell's body with a nice straight punch.
Corson doesn't manage to clinch there - Bell circles away.
Corson tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Bell manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Corson avoids the head kick by Bell.
Corson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shayne Corson dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bell throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice cross by Corson.
A good leg kick by Corson.
Bell uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Corson.
A telegraphed right hand from Corson misses the target.
Corson scores with a leg kick.
Bell pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Bell throws a front kick aimed at Corson's knee but Corson avoids it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Corson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Bell throws a leg kick but Corson moved away.
Bell takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Corson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bell lands a high kick!
Corson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bell paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Corson.
Corson has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Corson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bell misses with a wild combination.
Bell looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Corson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bell does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Corson connects with the punch.
Corson lands with a cross.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bell throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Corson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Jab from Corson.
Shayne Corson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bell throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bell tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Corson is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A good leg kick by Bell.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Corson, as that shot connected.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bell 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 Corson has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Corson and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A nice side step and Corson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A leg kick checked by Bell.
Bell avoids a kick to the body.
Bell throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A lazy body kick from Corson
and Bell counters with a good low kick that Corson was not able to check.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bell takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Corson lands the left hand.
Bell stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Corson.
Corson moves out of range of the body kick from Bell.
Corson lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
A bone on bone clash there as Corson blocks the leg kick.
Corson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Bell checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Bell misses with a lunging right hand
and Corson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Corson moves out of range as Bell strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Corson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Bell misses with an uppercut. Corson saw that one coming.
Corson misses with a low kick.
As Corson backs away, Bell returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Bell closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Donk. Corson catches Bell right on the button with a cross.
Bell throws out a leg kick but Corson moves out of range and Bell only half commits.
Corson drops Bell with a straight right hand, right on the button! Corson 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 4:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shayne Corson!
An out of breath Shayne Corson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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