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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dillon Sheppard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steve Crush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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214 lbs
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190 cm
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Dillon Sheppard!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Steve Crush!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Ivan Kurochkin and Valeri Chadov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Sheppard crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Crush - the referee stops the clock and Sheppard gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Crush. Sheppard manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sheppard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
As Sheppard backs off Crush throws a huge counter combo but Sheppard manages to avoid it all.
Crush looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Sheppard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crush gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Crush using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Sheppard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Crush misses with a knee strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crush connects with a knee to the head.
It looks like Dillon Sheppard has been cut.
Crush manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheppard tries to keep at a distance but Crush has taken the fight into the clinch.
Sheppard tries to circle away but Crush has him pinned against the cage.
Sheppard tries to break the clinch but Crush is controlling the position.
Crush misses with a knee strike.
Crush with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Sheppard tries to break free but Crush pushes him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Crush breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crush connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Sheppard swats away the attempt to clinch by Crush.
Sheppard checks the leg kick.
Crush swats away the attempt to clinch by Sheppard.
Crush tries to clinch but Sheppard is having none of it.
Crush avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crush tries a head kick but it misses.
Sheppard feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Crush finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sheppard looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Crush fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sheppard checks it well.
Sheppard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Crush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crush tries to score with some ground and pound. Sheppard controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Crush throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Sheppard is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Sheppard makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sheppard.
Crush with a flurry of punches that miss.
Crush stopping the sweep attempt from Sheppard.
Crush trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Crush is looking to advance position but Sheppard has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Crush wants to try and get back to his feet.
Crush is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Crush is trying to stand.
Sheppard controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crush wants to hold on but Sheppard pushes him away.
Crush wants to get back to his feet.
Sheppard with shots to the head and body - Crush looks very uncomfortable down there.
Sheppard wants to control the pace but Crush is squirming around nicely.
Crush tries to improve his position but instead Sheppard has taken his back!
Crush is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crush is trying to get back to his feet but Sheppard has full control of the position and if anything, Crush has just worked his way into a worse spot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Crush dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dillon Sheppard'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.
Sheppard misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crush will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crush swats away the attempt to clinch by Sheppard.
Sheppard throws a head kick but Crush moves out of range.
Sheppard tries to close the distance and clinch but Crush swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sheppard tries to clinch but Crush moves out of range.
Sheppard tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crush moves into range and clinches up with Sheppard.
Crush breaks from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crush changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Sheppard looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Sheppard struggling a bit here.
Sheppard manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheppard is trying is best to control the position here.
Crush is looking to advance position but Sheppard won't allow it.
Crush misses with a head shot. Sheppard uses the momentum to regain guard.
Sheppard looking to hit a scissor sweep but Crush is one step ahead there.
Crush throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Sheppard keeping full guard, as Crush tries to pass.
Sheppard has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Sheppard bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Crush's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Crush manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Crush prevents a body shot from Sheppard.
Crush prevents Sheppard from breaking the clinch.
Crush misses with a knee to the head.
Sheppard misses with a punch to the body.
Crush escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dillon Sheppard is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheppard tries to close the distance and clinch but Crush swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crush closes the distance and clinches.
Sheppard tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crush's elbow.
Crush has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crush prevents Sheppard from breaking the clinch.
Crush pressing his opponent against the cage.
Sheppard tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Crush tries a knee to the head but Sheppard blocks it.
Sheppard misses with the head strike.
Crush with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Crush breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Steve Crush showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Dillon Sheppard's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sloppy strikes from Crush. Those never looked like landing.
Sheppard lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sheppard checks the leg kick nicely there.
Crush is looking to chop away at Sheppard's legs.
Sheppard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Sheppard tried to counter with a leg kick but Crush avoided it.
Crush instigates a clinch.
Sheppard is trying to break the clinch but Crush has him pressed against the cage.
Crush has Sheppard pressed against the cage, preventing Sheppard from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crush misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sheppard misses with a punch to the body.
Crush tries to land a knee to the head but Sheppard blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sheppard tries to land knees in the clinch but Crush avoids the damage to the body.
Sheppard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crush breaks from the clinch.
Crush gets a double leg takedown into Sheppard's guard.
Sheppard is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Sheppard has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crush pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crush closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sheppard did well to prevent Crush getting side control.
Dillon Sheppard overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sheppard is looking to improve his position.
Sheppard lands with a few short shots to the body.
Sheppard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Crush tries to stand and escape but Sheppard actually recovers to full guard.
Crush wants to pass the guard but Sheppard is keeping the position.
Crush throws an elbow that misses. Sheppard uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crush's guard. Nice move by Sheppard!
Sheppard wants to control from the top but Crush keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sheppard won't allow Crush to sweep him here.
Crush controlling the position.
Sheppard looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Crush is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Crush takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Sheppard showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sheppard trying to control the position from guard on top but Crush is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crush utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Crush wants to stand up but Sheppard is controlling him.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Sheppard is looking to clinch but Crush is avoiding it.
Sheppard has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Sheppard tries to clinch up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Crush has closed the distance and engaged Sheppard in a clinch.
Sheppard is trying to break free.
And that's the end of the fight!
Steve Crush comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Crush winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Valeri Chadov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Steve Crush!
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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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