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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stannis Baratheon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Seb Sha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seb Sha is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.
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193 cm
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223 lbs
10 - 5 - 1 |
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187 cm
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210 lbs
7 - 6 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
10 - 5 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stannis Baratheon! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Seb Sha! The judges for this bout are Dmitry Maklakov, Igor Prikhodko and Aleksei Zolotukhin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Baratheon lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sha backs up against the cage.
Baratheon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Sloppy strikes from Sha. Those never looked like landing. Sha pivots, looking for a leg kick but Baratheon is out of range and Sha settles back down. Baratheon lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Baratheon. Sha shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Baratheon defends it nicely. Baratheon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A combination from Baratheon does no damage. Sha avoids the body shot from Baratheon.
No joy there for Sha, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
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! Baratheon misses with a double jab
and Sha connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Sha finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Baratheon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Sha in his tracks. A swing and a miss from Sha.
That's one minute gone in the round. Baratheon throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sha. Sha scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Sha misses with a combination
and Baratheon counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Baratheon throws a series of punches but Sha avoids them all with ease. Sha throws a chopping leg kick but Baratheon manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Baratheon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Seb Sha seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Sha is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Baratheon. Sha looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. A right-left combo lands from Sha. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Sha jabbing away but nothing is landing. We've been told by Baratheon's head coaches at St Petersburg MMA Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Sha lands a head shot. Baratheon connects with a body shot. Baratheon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sha manages to avoid it. Baratheon throws a right and a left that both miss. Baratheon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sha.
That's two minutes gone in the round. A nice inside leg kick there by Sha. That's going to slow Baratheon down. Baratheon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sha was well out of range. Poor timing from Baratheon. Baratheon gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Sha stalks Baratheon and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Baratheon's face. Baratheon staggers backwards, shaken. Baratheon tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sha was well out of range. Poor timing from Baratheon. Sha shoots in but no luck this time. As Sha looks to move away, Baratheon throws a big counter combo but Sha just gets out of the way. Sha feints and as Baratheon raises his hands in defense, Sha changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Sha trying to control the position from guard on top but Baratheon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Baratheon trying to control the position.
Sha avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sha accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sha showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Sha passes easily into side control. Nice work. Sha tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sha has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Baratheon is looking for a sweep. Sha lands a decent elbow from side control. Sha scoring with punches from side control. Baratheon is working to avoid the ground and pound but Sha connects with a decent elbow. Baratheon is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard. Baratheon is trying to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Sha landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent. Baratheon makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Baratheon. Baratheon lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Sha had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Baratheon defends it easily. Baratheon trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Sha is on top in guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Baratheon is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Baratheon wants to work for an arm triangle but Sha is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Baratheon is thwarting Sha's attempts to control the position. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seb Sha dominated that round. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Baratheon misses with an uppercut. Baratheon slips a straight right by Sha. Baratheon throws a series of punches but Sha avoids them all with ease. Sha pushes Baratheon away with a front kick. Baratheon throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Sha, right into the meat.
Sha throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Baratheon takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt. Sha shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Sha showed some decent athleticism there. Sha lands with a punch from half guard. Sha has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Baratheon looking for submissions from an awkward position here. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Baratheon gets back to full guard.
Baratheon tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sha's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Baratheon trying to keep a closed guard but Sha is proving a slippery customer.
Baratheon had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Sha defends it easily. Baratheon looking for a sweep. Not yet Baratheon, not yet. Sha working some strikes from top position. Baratheon looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Baratheon keeping moving, preventing Sha from controlling successfully. Sha is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sha with a nice head shot there. Hammerfist, elbow! yells Sha's corner. There ya go! There ya go! Sha postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Sha landing some decent shots from guard. Baratheon throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Sha escapes and throws Baratheon's legs to the side, diving into side control! Baratheon takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Baratheon tries to bench press Sha off him but Sha keeps the position. Baratheon looks to move to half guard but instead Sha has passed into mount! Damn! Baratheon wants to hold on but Sha pushes him away. Seb Sha has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Baratheon taking shots to the head. Sha with good strikes from the mount here! Sha is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Baratheon has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Baratheon taking shots to the head. Baratheon is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Sha has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan. Baratheon is working hard here to advance position. Sha is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Baratheon keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Baratheon is in a horrible position here. Sha smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Baratheon tries to get back to half guard but can't. Sha lands a couple of good shots and Baratheon has given up his back, trying to escape the position! Sha is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Baratheon trying to control the hands but Sha won't let him. Baratheon wants to escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seb Sha showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Baratheon swinging wildly here.
Sha cracks the inside of Baratheon's front leg. Sha misses with an uppercut
and Baratheon counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Sha misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baratheon throws a series of punches but Sha avoids them all with ease. Baratheon misses with a hook. Sha ducked under it nicely. Sha throws a right hand that Baratheon ducks under and follows up with a left that Baratheon also avoids with ease. Sha jabbing away but nothing is landing. Danga de danga de dang - Baratheon scores with a four punch combination! Baratheon gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Baratheon throws a left and a right that both miss
and Sha counters with a right hand to the body. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Sha scores with a leg kick.
A combination from Baratheon does no damage. Sha blocks a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round. Sha lands a jab to the nose. Stannis Baratheon is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Sha shoots in and drives through. Baratheon sprawls well. Baratheon went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected. Sha misses with a series of wild punches.
Sha throws a lazy body kick and Baratheon counters with a two punch combo. Baratheon fails to land with a series of punches.
Sha looks like he wants to counter punch here. A punch combination from Baratheon misses. Sha throws a right and a left that both miss. It looked like Baratheon was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit. Baratheon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Sha throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Baratheon's waist but Baratheon gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sha off to one side. Baratheon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sha. A combination from Sha does no damage. Baratheon is looking to counter punch. A left and a right from Baratheon both land. Nice combination. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Sha fails to land with a series of punches.
Stannis Baratheon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Sha showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Baratheon.
Baratheon throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Baratheon walks into a straight right hand from Sha. A shot to the body from Sha misses and Baratheon counters with a crisp one two that drops Sha! Baratheon thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Sha to his feet! Sha is in big trouble!
Sha is rocked! Both fighters are breathing heavily. Baratheon keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sha. Sha is still on wobbly legs! Can Baratheon finish him? Sha throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Baratheon's waist but Baratheon gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Sha off to one side. Stannis Baratheon has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Seb Sha. Baratheon misses with a double jab
and Sha counters with a nice uppercut. Sha seems to have recovered his senses. Baratheon takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him. Sha shoots for a takedown but Baratheon saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Sha slips a jab and a cross from Baratheon.
Sha waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Baratheon. As Sha looks to move away, Baratheon throws a big counter combo but Sha just gets out of the way. Sha moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Sha throws a series of punches but Baratheon avoids them all with ease. Sha throws a left and a right that both miss
and Baratheon counters with a straight right hand. Sha takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Some wild striking there from Baratheon.
Sha with the counter takedown but Baratheon avoids it easily. Sha is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Baratheon's half guard. Sha moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Baratheon. Sha lands some shots froms side control. Check out the look on Sha's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Seb Sha is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A lull in the action here. Sha's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Baratheon is trying to control Sha's posture but Sha avoids it. Sha controlling from side mount. Baratheon tries to improve position but can't. Baratheon misses with a strike from the bottom. Sha is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Baratheon's shoulder. That is not cool.
And that's the end of the fight! Seb Sha comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Sha has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30 Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 27:30 Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Seb Sha! During a confident post fight interview, Seb Sha thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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