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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Saint (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gavin Shamrock (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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205 lbs
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216 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Saint!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gavin Shamrock!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Trevor Gratis and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shamrock clinches up against the cage.
Shamrock tries to land knees in the clinch but Saint avoids the damage to the body.
Saint trying to land knees to the body.
Saint tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Shamrock smiles and moves away.
Saint throws a shot to the body.
Saint thuds a left hand into Shamrock's body.
Shamrock tries to close the distance and clinch but Saint swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Saint throws a hook but Shamrock blocks it.
Saint throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Shamrock stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Saint with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shamrock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shamrock is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Shamrock tries to clinch
letting Saint counter with a right hand.
Saint throws a body shot but no joy.
Saint keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shamrock clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint avoiding damage as Shamrock throws knees to the body.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saint avoids it.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saint is defending well for now.
Shamrock lands an elbow just above Saint 's eye.
Shamrock tries to land knees in the clinch but Saint avoids the damage to the body.
Saint avoiding damage as Shamrock throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Saint.
Shamrock lands an elbow just above Saint 's eye.
Saint is working for takedown but Shamrock is calmly controlling the position for now.
Saint dodges an elbow strike from Shamrock.
Shamrock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shamrock obliges.
Saint pushes off an throws an elbow but Shamrock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Shamrock keeps him there for the moment.
Saint breaks from the clinch.
Saint misses with a leg kick.
Shamrock ducks right into an uppercut from Saint.
Shamrock moves to clinch but Saint breaks away
enabling Saint to counter with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Saint gets tackled into the cage by Shamrock. Shamrock maintains the clinch.
Shamrock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Saint escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Shamrock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Saint.
Jab from Saint.
Saint connects with a crisp jab.
Saint throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Shamrock tries to clinch but Saint is having none of it.
Saint lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Shamrock has managed to clinch.
Saint tries to circle away but Shamrock has him pinned against the cage.
Saint changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Shamrock fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Saint. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Shamrock tries to clinch but Saint moves out of range.
Saint throws the left hand but Shamrock avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Saint lands an impressive looking overhand right. Shamrock doesn't seem phased though.
Saint scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shamrock doesn't seem bothered though.
Saint swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shamrock tries to clinch but Saint is having none of it.
Shamrock tries to clinch up.
Saint circles away from the clinch attempt
and Saint counters with a nice uppercut.
Shamrock has Saint up against the cage in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Saint's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saint is defending well for now.
Shamrock lands a good knee to the midsection. Saint won't want to take too many of those.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saint is defending well for now.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saint is defending well for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Saint's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Shamrock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Shamrock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saint on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saint escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Saint keeps the fight on the outside.
Shamrock checks a leg kick nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shamrock closes the distance and pushes Saint back into the cage.
Shamrock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Saint's efforts to push away.
Saint avoids a wild elbow strike from Shamrock.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saint avoids it.
Shamrock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Saint leaning against his opponent.
Saint tries to circle away but Shamrock has him pinned against the cage.
Shamrock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Saint blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shamrock obliges.
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 Johnny Saint will probably get the nod.
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.
Shamrock fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Saint, pushing him back against the cage.
Saint looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Saint on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saint managing to block the knees to the body from Shamrock.
Saint avoids the elbow strike from Shamrock, against the cage.
Shamrock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Saint avoiding damage as Shamrock throws knees to the body.
Shamrock tries to land knees in the clinch but Saint avoids the damage to the body.
Shamrock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Saint can't break the clinch.
Saint gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Shamrock regains guard.
Shamrock is wriggling around but Saint manages to pass to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shamrock is looking to escape.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saint looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Shamrock tries to kick Saint off in order to stand up. Saint Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Saint controlling from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Saint wants to control but Shamrock is keeping him busy.
Shamrock pushes Saint away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Saint gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Saint tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Shamrock rushes Saint and presses him up against the cage.
Saint lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Shamrock or not.
Shamrock missing with knees to the body.
Saint can't find room to land a body shot as Shamrock controls the action.
Shamrock prevents Saint from breaking the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shamrock obliges.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saint avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Shamrock.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saint is defending well for now.
Shamrock missing with knees to the body.
Saint's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saint throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Shamrock tries to counter with a clinch but Saint shakes him off and moves away.
Shamrock takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Saint swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shamrock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Shamrock closes the distance and clinches.
Saint is trying to break free.
Shamrock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Saint's efforts to push away.
Shamrock misses with an elbow strike.
Shamrock lands a good knee to the midsection. Saint won't want to take too many of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Saint on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Shamrock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saint lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shamrock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock trying to land knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Shamrock.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shamrock tries to land knees in the clinch but Saint avoids the damage to the body.
Shamrock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Shamrock trying to land knees to the body.
Gavin Shamrock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Shamrock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Saint is defending well for now.
Shamrock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Saint tries to break free but Shamrock pushes him back against the cage.
Shamrock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saint creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Saint is trying to push Shamrock away but Shamrock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Saint is trying to stall.
Saint wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shamrock obliges.
Saint is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saint wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gavin Shamrock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Shamrock moves into range and clinches up with Saint.
Shamrock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
A head punch on the inside from Saint fails to land.
Shamrock tries to land knees in the clinch but Saint avoids the damage to the body.
Saint pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Saint just misses with a punch to the body.
A lazy left from Saint finds it's target.
Shamrock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Saint.
Shamrock clinches with his opponent.
Shamrock trying to land knees to the body.
Shamrock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shamrock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Saint wants to break free but Shamrock has control.
Knees to the body from Shamrock.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shamrock obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shamrock lands an elbow inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shamrock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saint lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shamrock lands an elbow just above Saint 's eye.
Saint misses with a hook to the ribs.
Shamrock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Shamrock utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shamrock utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Shamrock keeps control of Saint as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Shamrock lands an elbow just above Saint 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Saint avoiding damage as Shamrock throws knees to the body.
Saint is trying to break free.
Shamrock lands a damaging elbow.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saint avoids it.
Shamrock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Saint lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Shamrock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saint blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Saint tries to pull guard but Shamrock won't allow it.
Saint is looking for a takedown.
Shamrock missing with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shamrock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Shamrock putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Saint in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Saint blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Saint wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Shamrock has him pressed against the cage.
Shamrock trying to land knees to the body.
Shamrock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Shamrock lands a nice knee to the body.
Shamrock missing with knees to the body.
Shamrock lands a good knee to the midsection. Saint won't want to take too many of those.
Shamrock lands an elbow inside that Saint shrugs off.
Saint is trying to break the clinch but Shamrock has him pressed against the cage.
Shamrock comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shamrock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shamrock lands a knee to the body.
Shamrock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Saint's defenses.
Shamrock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Saint breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Saint ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shamrock moves away.
Shamrock clinches up against the cage.
Shamrock missing with knees to the body.
Saint blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Saint tries to break the clinch but Shamrock is controlling the position.
Saint takes a knee to the side of the body.
Shamrock is pressed up against the cage. Saint has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Shamrock down to the mat. Shamrock avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Johnny Saint. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Good standup being displayed there by Saint as he connects with a hook.
Saint misses with a hook. Shamrock ducked under it nicely.
The fighters circling - Saint throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Saint.
Saint connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shamrock momentarily.
Shamrock blocks a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saint gets tackled into the cage by Shamrock. Shamrock maintains the clinch.
Shamrock throws an elbow that misses.
Shamrock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Saint is looking to break free of the clinch but Shamrock has double underhooks.
Shamrock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Saint breaks from the clinch.
Saint thows a leg kick but Shamrock checks it
and Shamrock counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Saint has had enough of the clinch but Shamrock keeps him there for the moment.
Shamrock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Saint.
Shamrock lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Shamrock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Saint avoids it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Shamrock obliges.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gavin Shamrock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Shamrock has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gavin Shamrock!
Gavin Shamrock took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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