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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Shane Myres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Reealopubo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Reealopubo comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Chop Suey kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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150 lbs
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145 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Shane Myres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joe Reealopubo!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reealopubo moves into range and clinches up with Myres.
Reealopubo connects with a knee to the head.
Reealopubo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Reealopubo scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Shane Myres has been cut.
A knee to the head by Reealopubo.
Reealopubo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reealopubo tries a knee to the head but Myres blocks it.
Myres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reealopubo misses with a knee strike.
Myres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Reealopubo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Myres's face.
Myres misses with some punches.
Reealopubo tries a knee to the head but Myres blocks it.
Myres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Reealopubo scores with a knee to the head.
Reealopubo blocking some punches.
Myres swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Reealopubo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Myres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reealopubo.
Reealopubo connects with a knee to the head.
Reealopubo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Reealopubo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Reealopubo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Reealopubo looking to throw knees to the head but Myres is blocking nicely.
Reealopubo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reealopubo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Myres definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Reealopubo is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Reealopubo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reealopubo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Myres fails to land.
Myres misses with the head strike.
Reealopubo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Reealopubo blocks an uppercut.
Reealopubo crunches a lovely knee into Myres's ribcage.
Myres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Myres throws a punch but it's blocked by Reealopubo.
Myres swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Myres working aggressively here.
Reealopubo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Myres throws a punch but it's blocked by Reealopubo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Reealopubo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Myres has a couple of punches blocked by Reealopubo.
Reealopubo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reealopubo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reealopubo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Myres has a couple of punches blocked by Reealopubo.
Reealopubo blocking some punches.
Myres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Myres swings wildly with an uppercut but Reealopubo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Myres misses with some punches.
Reealopubo tries a knee to the head but Myres blocks it.
Reealopubo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Reealopubo scores with a knee to the head.
Reealopubo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Reealopubo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Myres's face.
Reealopubo looks winded!
Myres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Reealopubo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Myres is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Reealopubo misses with a knee strike.
Reealopubo tries to land a knee to the head but Myres blocks with his arms.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reealopubo.
Reealopubo blocks an uppercut.
Myres misses with a short punch on the inside.
Myres swings wildly with an uppercut but Reealopubo uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reealopubo.
Reealopubo throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Myres blocks it with crossed arms.
Reealopubo lands a knee to the head.
Myres throws a head punch that misses.
Reealopubo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Reealopubo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Myres lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Reealopubo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Myres has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Reealopubo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Myres misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reealopubo looking to throw knees to the head but Myres is blocking nicely.
Myres misses with some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Myres misses with a punch on the inside.
Myres misses with a hook from the clinch.
Myres fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Myres throws a head punch that misses.
Reealopubo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Reealopubo.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Myres misses with the head strike.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Reealopubo connects with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Myres fails to land.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Myres.
Myres tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Myres misses with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Myres fails to land.
Myres misses with some punches.
Reealopubo tries a knee to the head but Myres blocks it.
Myres misses with a short punch on the inside.
Reealopubo blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Myres fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Reealopubo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Shane Myres's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Myres shoots in and gets a takedown into Reealopubo's guard.
Myres thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Myres works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Myres is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Reealopubo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Myres.
Myres is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Reealopubo sees it coming and defends easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Myres is looking for a kimura but Reealopubo is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Myres to get the leverage.
Myres is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Reealopubo is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Shane Myres!
Shane Myres was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
Joe Reealopubo spoke after the fight, saying 'I...ugh...I don't know what to say...Congratulations to my opponent...he did a really good job and I...I'll be back...That's all I can say. '.
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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