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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Peter Parker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ravi Shankoli (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Shankoli is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Ravi Shankar - Om Shiva. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 cm
33
187 lbs
24 - 11 - 0 |
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187 cm
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191 lbs
34 - 9 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Peter Parker! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
34 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ravi Shankoli! The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Parker clinches up against the cage. Parker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shankoli's elbow. Parker has a couple of punches blocked by Shankoli.
Shankoli breaks from the clinch.
Parker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Shankoli misses with a double jab.
Shankoli lands with a kick to the temple. Parker shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" A punch lands to the side of Shankoli 's head but he takes it in his stride. Parker tries to clinch up but Shankoli circles away and keeps his distance. Parker moves into the clinch successfully.
Parker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Parker taking a breather. Shankoli prevents a body shot from Parker. Shankoli blocks an uppercut.
Parker tries a body shot but Shankoli blocks it.
Shankoli lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shankoli pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round. Parker jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Parker tries to clinch but fails miserably and Parker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Parker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shankoli swats him away and circles back towards the center. Parker wants to clinch. Parker clinches up with Shankoli and pushes him back against the cage. Parker blocks a body shot from Shankoli. Shankoli breaks the clinch.
Shankoli ducks under a wild hook from Parker. A left lands for Parker. Parker throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shankoli, right into the meat.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The fight stays on the outside here - Parker looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Parker rushes Shankoli and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. A short right hand to the side of the head by Parker. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Parker working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Parker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Shankoli breaks from the clinch.
Shankoli connects with a body shot that sends Parker's belly button to the back. Parker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shankoli swats him away and circles back towards the center. Parker tries to clinch up. Parker tries to clinch but Shankoli moves out of range. Parker takes a swing at Shankoli's ribcage but misses. Shankoli is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own. Shankoli misses with a leg kick. Shankoli attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Parker misses with a right hand and Shankoli counters with a series of strikes. Parker will be more careful next time no doubt. Parker scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one. Parker misses the shot to the body. Parker clobbers Shankoli with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Parker fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice body punch from Parker. Shankoli gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Shankoli blocks a jab. Parker tries to clinch and Shankoli counters with a three punch combo that has Parker backing up. Parker nods at Shankoli to acknowledge the strikes. Parker looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Parker darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Parker paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Shankoli cracks the inside of Parker's front leg. Parker throws a hook but Shankoli blocks it. Shankoli throws out a counter right but Parker avoids it with no problem. Parker throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Shankoli unleashes a big counter combination but Parker bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Parker misses with a straight right. Parker throws a body punch but Shankoli moves out of range. Shankoli throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Parker. Shankoli avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Parker tries to clinch up but Shankoli circles away and keeps his distance. Shankoli is looking for the big counter here. Shankoli gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Shankoli connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son. Parker throws a shot from downtown. Shankoli moves away and avoids it. Parker closes the distance and clinches. Shankoli wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee. Parker lands a body shot in the clinch.
Parker doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Shankoli wants to break free but Parker has control.
Shankoli misses with a hook to the ribs.
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 Peter Parker will probably get the nod. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Parker just misses with a punch to the body.
Shankoli keeps the fight on the outside. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Shankoli, right into the meat.
Parker tries to clinch up but Shankoli circles away and keeps his distance. Parker tests Shankoli's chin there with a solid looking shot. Shankoli throws a hook but Parker avoids it easily. Parker tries to counter by clinching up but Shankoli breaks away and moves out of range. Parker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shankoli manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Shankoli is looking for the big counter here. Parker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shankoli paws at him with a jab and circles away. Parker tries to bum rush Shankoli with a series of wild strikes but Shankoli uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Parker throws a right hand that misses
and Shankoli counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Shankoli throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Shankoli thuds a left hand into Parker's body. Parker misses with a looping right. Parker tries to clinch up. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Parker chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Shankoli can pounce on him.
That's one minute gone in the round. Parker tries to clinch up but Shankoli circles away and keeps his distance. Parker dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Parker tries to clinch there but Shankoli circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Parker. Those never looked like landing. Shankoli just misses with a punch to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Shankoli as he connects with a hook. Shankoli swats away the attempt to clinch by Parker. Parker scores with a hook. Ravi Shankoli seems to be getting the better of the standup. Parker rushes Shankoli and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Shankoli blocks an uppercut.
Parker misses with a hook from the clinch. Parker tries a body shot but Shankoli blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Shankoli manages to break the clinch.
Shankoli keeps the fight on the outside. Shankoli flicks out a counter leg kick but Parker steps away. Parker clinches. Shankoli blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Parker fails to land. Parker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. 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! Parker swings and misses with a shot to the body and Shankoli counters with a body kick. Shankoli misses with a jab, cross combination.
Parker tries to clinch up. Shankoli throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Parker works the jab nicely. Parker takes a swing at Shankoli's ribcage but misses. Parker avoids a kick to the body.
Parker takes a swing at Shankoli's ribcage but misses. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shankoli! But no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Shankoli tries to work over Parker's front leg with a kick but Parker checks it. Parker is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Despite the aggression on Shankoli's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter. Parker connects with a right hand. Shankoli shakes it off. Shankoli throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Peter Parker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Parker is looking to clinch but Shankoli is avoiding it.
Shankoli doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Parker tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Shankoli manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Shankoli 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 Parker has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Parker and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Shankoli lands with a nice combination. Parker backs away looking to recover. Shankoli takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Shankoli is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Shankoli moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Parker tries to close the distance and clinch but Shankoli swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Shankoli lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Parker backs up against the cage.
Parker misses with a double jab.
Shankoli connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Shankoli throws the left hand but Parker avoids the punch easily. Parker tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shankoli swats him away and circles back towards the center. Shankoli connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt. Parker gets a clinch. Parker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Parker misses with a body punch.
Parker takes a shot to the head. Shankoli is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Shankoli breaks from the clinch.
Parker's corner calls for a 1-2. Parker obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ravi Shankoli showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Parker scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shankoli in his tracks. Shankoli misses with a low kick. Parker tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Shankoli paws at him with a jab and circles away. Parker takes one to the chin there.
Parker is rocked! A solid body kick from Shankoli. A chopping leg kick lands by Shankoli. Shankoli lands a lovely overhand right. Oh Parker is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Parker looks up at the clock. Bad move! Shankoli lands a right hand from hell, dropping Parker. Shankoli pounces and finishes the fight with a flurry of punches and elbows.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ravi Shankoli! Ravi Shankoli is the new middleweight champion! Ravi Shankoli looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'His spirit was strong, but my intention was to crush him. Psychologically, as well as physically with my boxing. I knew that he would be a willing opponent, and he showed heart, but my soul wanted this more! I feel strongly against animal violence, but in this case taking the hammer to the panda wa'.
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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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