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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Max Handle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shawn Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Handle comes to the cage accompanied by Right On. Shawn Wright acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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170 cm
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190 lbs
11 - 13 - 0 |
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183 cm
28
187 lbs
2 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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
11 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Max Handle! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
2 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Shawn Wright! The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Handle lands a glancing blow to the side of Wright's head. Wright moves away from the strike by Handle. Wright on the wrong end of a nice hook. Wright goes for a double leg but Handle avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Handle continues to drive forward. Wright dodges the punch combination from Handle.
Wright appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body. Handle throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Wright 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. Wright is working Handle over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. Handle tries to land a sweep but no joy. Wright cracks Handle with a solid left hand. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Wright trying to control but Handle is working from the bottom. Wright has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Wright advances position into side control! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. The ground and pound from Wright seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent. Wright misses with the ground and pound. Wright lands a few punches from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round. Wright connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Handle some visible discomfort.
Wright misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Handle can't do much from the bottom here. Handle is not in a great position here, taking some shots. Handle tries to bench press Wright off him but Wright keeps the position. Handle is working hard here to advance position. Wright lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Handle down.
Handle is trying to control Wright's posture but Wright avoids it. Wright working the ground and pound but Handle is defending the strikes. Handle is trying to get back to half guard. Wright lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Handle down.
Wright lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wright cracks Handle with an elbow. That is naaassty. Handle taking a bit of punishment here - Wright scoring with strikes. Handle is not in a great position here, taking some shots. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Check out the look on Wright's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Handle is rocked! Wright working the head and body with strikes. Oh Handle is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Wright working the body and head with strikes. A big shot lands for Wright! That's hurt Handle! Will he recover? Wright fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shawn Wright! A very excited looking Shawn Wright made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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