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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Joe Shahen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Petawawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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165 cm
25
155 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joe Shahen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Joe Petawawa!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Paul Gruel and Colin Fray.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Petawawa closes the distance and pushes Shahen back into the cage.
Shahen misses with an elbow strike.
Shahen is working for takedown but Petawawa is calmly controlling the position for now.
Petawawa blocks an uppercut.
Petawawa lands an uppercut.
Petawawa misses with the head strike.
Petawawa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Shahen's efforts to push away.
Shahen throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Petawawa misses with some punches.
Petawawa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shahen pushes off an throws an elbow but Petawawa leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Petawawa scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Petawawa pushes Shahen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
I was talking to Shahen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shahen taking a breather.
Shahen tries a knee to the head but Petawawa blocks it.
Shahen throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petawawa blocks it with crossed arms.
Petawawa avoids the elbow strike from Shahen, against the cage.
Shahen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Petawawa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Petawawa.
A head punch on the inside from Petawawa fails to land.
Petawawa blocks an elbow strike.
Shahen pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Petawawa lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shahen.
Petawawa takes a knee right on the jaw!
Shahen misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petawawa.
Petawawa throws a punch but it's blocked by Shahen.
Shahen taking a breather.
Petawawa prevents Shahen from breaking the clinch.
Petawawa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Petawawa misses with some punches.
Petawawa lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shahen backwards.
A shot in the inside from Petawawa.
Petawawa lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
With the fighters up against the cage, Shahen throws an elbow but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Petawawa pushes Shahen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Petawawa fails to land.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Petawawa.
Shahen blocking some punches.
Shahen is trying to maintain a safe position but Petawawa gets an underhook and turns Shahen into the cage.
Petawawa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Shahen is rocked!
Shahen using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petawawa has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Oh Shahen is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Petawawa blocks an elbow strike from Shahen.
Shahen seems to have got his legs back now.
Shahen blocking some punches.
Petawawa avoids the elbow strike from Shahen, against the cage.
Shahen tries to throw a body punch but Petawawa avoids it by throwing Shahen back against the cage.
Petawawa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Shahen backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shahen.
Shahen's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Petawawa throws a head punch that misses.
Shahen trying to stall but Petawawa improves his position.
Petawawa gets through Shahen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shahen tries to throw a body punch but Petawawa avoids it by throwing Shahen back against the cage.
Shahen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shahen is trying to stall.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shahen.
Shahen manages to break the clinch.
Shahen avoids the head kick by Petawawa.
Shahen is looking to counter punch.
Shahen avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Shahen moves into the clinch successfully.
Petawawa misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Petawawa fails to land.
Petawawa gets through Shahen's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Petawawa dodges an elbow strike from Shahen.
Shahen is trying to stall.
Shahen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Shahen tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Shahen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Petawawa throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Petawawa blocks the elbow strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Petawawa.
Shahen tries to work over Petawawa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Petawawa lands with a short shot to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Petawawa.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shahen trying to stall but Petawawa improves his position.
Shahen tries to land knees in the clinch but Petawawa avoids the damage to the body.
Shahen blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Petawawa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Petawawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Petawawa.
Shahen throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petawawa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Petawawa lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Petawawa.
A head punch on the inside from Petawawa fails to land.
Petawawa lands with a short shot to the head.
Petawawa lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Petawawa dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Petawawa moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Petawawa misses with the head strike.
Petawawa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Petawawa avoids the elbow strike from Shahen, against the cage.
Petawawa scores with a shoulder strike.
Shahen is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Petawawa pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Petawawa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Petawawa blocks the elbow strike.
Shahen working hard to break the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Shahen.
Shahen creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Petawawa drops Shahen onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Shahen is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
It looks like Joe Shahen has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petawawa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Petawawa dips a shoulder and cracks Shahen with a mighty uppercut! Shahen falls back against the cage and Petawawa unloads with a barrage of strikes! Shahen is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Petawawa screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joe Petawawa!
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