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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Yuri Boyka (ranked 151 p4p, 23 weight class) and Jack Shaw (ranked 626 p4p, 94 weight class). Boyka's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Three 6 Mafia - Its A Fight lyrics . Shaw has chosen Family Force 5 - Chainsaw as his entrance music. Jack Shaw has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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190 cm
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207 lbs
17 - 7 - 0 |
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191 cm
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214 lbs
30 - 16 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yuri Boyka! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
30 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack Shaw! The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Nice shot lands for Shaw. Shaw fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Shaw getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Shaw has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Boyka ducks under a wild hook from Shaw. Boyka waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shaw. Boyka lands an overhand right. Boyka throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Shaw let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Boyka listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Shaw drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Shaw throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Boyka on the side of the head. Boyka throws a quick inside leg kick. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Boyka drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Boyka takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Shaw avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Boyka throws a quick inside leg kick. Shaw looks to land a combination but Boyka avoids it well. Shaw bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Boyka's head. Shaw lands a really nice looking cross but Boyka seems unphased.
Shaw lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Shaw lands with an uppercut that bounces Boyka off the cage and back into range. Jack Shaw seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round. Boyka misses with a body kick. Boyka throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shaw tries to clinch up. Shaw swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shaw bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Boyka's head backwards. Boyka takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Shaw lands a nice shot to the body.
Shaw is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Boyka. Shaw jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Boyka throws a body punch but Shaw moves out of range. Shaw misses with a lunging right hand
and Boyka counters with a nice uppercut. Boyka throws a body shot but no joy. A clash of legs there as Shaw blocks the low kick. Shaw lands with a hook. Boyka tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Shaw takes a swing at Boyka's ribcage but misses. This has been an exciting period of action! Boyka scores with a nice strike. Good standup being displayed there by Boyka as he connects with a hook. Boyka swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Boyka ducks right into an uppercut from Shaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Boyka fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Boyka misses with a wild body shot. Boyka scores with a jab. Shaw scores with a jab to the jaw. A punch lands to the side of Boyka 's head but he takes it in his stride. Boyka takes a swing at Shaw's ribcage but misses. Shaw is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Boyka. Shaw tries to move into range but Boyka moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. Boyka throws a shot to the body.
Good exchange - Boyka coming out on top.
Shaw is rocked! Boyka fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Shaw square on the jaw! Damn, Shaw is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yuri Boyka! Yuri Boyka decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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energy
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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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