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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gil Shaffer (ranked 6229 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Pepe (ranked 5527 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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215 lbs
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209 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gil Shaffer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, John Pepe!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, William Peck and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pepe tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Shaffer defends well and Pepe ends up having to push Shaffer into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Shaffer feinted with a counter takedown.
Shaffer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Shaffer stands up over Pepe, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Shaffer wanted to stand there but Pepe had control of the position.
Shaffer stands up and waves to Pepe to follow him.
Shaffer shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Pepe is trying to defend but Shaffer finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Shaffer is nestled in close to Pepe, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Shaffer looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Shaffer working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaffer seems to be looking for submissions.
Shaffer is working for a kimura but Pepe is defending it quite comfortably.
Pepe trying to hold on to Shaffer's head to control him but Shaffer postures up.
Shaffer seems to be working for a kimura but Pepe defends the submission attempt.
Shaffer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Shaffer throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pepe is trying to get back to full guard.
Pepe is defending against the submission attempts here by Shaffer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pepe is trying to get back to full guard.
Pepe manages to get to full guard.
Shaffer tries to stand but Pepe is controlling from the bottom.
Shaffer stops Pepe from standing up.
Shaffer has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pepe is proving hard to escape from.
Pepe is trying to keep Shaffer in close.
Pepe has momentary wrist control but Shaffer slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaffer throwing strikes but missing.
Shaffer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Shaffer postures up in Pepe's guard and throws a big left but Pepe blocks it.
Pepe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Shaffer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shaffer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Shaffer could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Pepe is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Shaffer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Pepe works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Pepe tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pepe looks winded!
Shaffer is looking to stand up but Pepe won't let him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Shaffer might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pepe shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Shaffer as he avoids it easily.
Pepe with a lazy takedown attempt
and Shaffer counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Pepe pushes Shaffer off and gets back to his feet.
Gil Shaffer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Pepe.
Shaffer bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Shaffer wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Pepe, who protects the arm well.
Pepe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shaffer is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Pepe knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Check out the look on Shaffer's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gil Shaffer dominated that round.
That's time! Shaffer's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Shaffer scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Pepe wants to get back to his feet.
Shaffer lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Shaffer looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Shaffer is trying to work for a kimura but Pepe is defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaffer is looking for a kimura but Pepe is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Shaffer to get the leverage.
Shaffer thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pepe's head.
Shaffer looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Pepe wants to control but Shaffer is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shaffer is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Shaffer is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Shaffer is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Shaffer blocks the strikes from Pepe.
Pepe manages to get to full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Pepe holds on and takes a little breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Shaffer lands a couple of elbows.
Pepe has a closed guard, preventing Shaffer from standing up.
Shaffer missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Shaffer wants to stand but Pepe is controlling his posture from full guard.
Pepe is pulling down on Shaffer's head to control his posture.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Shaffer blocks a head kick by Pepe.
Pepe tries to clinch
and Shaffer decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Pepe's guard.
Pepe wriggles free and stands up.
Pepe is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaffer scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Pepe bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Pepe closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Shaffer's guard.
Shaffer pushes Pepe off and scrambles back to his feet.
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!
The fight stays on the outside here - Pepe looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Shaffer shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Pepe sprawls well. Pepe wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Shaffer gets slowly back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepe leaves Shaffer with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Pepe smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Pepe clinches with his opponent.
Pepe jumps guard.
Shaffer avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but John Pepe will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Pepe.
Pepe misses with a takedown attempt - Shaffer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Shaffer tries to counter with a takedown but Pepe is quick to defend against it.
Pepe lands with a right hand.
Gil Shaffer is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pepe tries to close the distance and clinch but Shaffer swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Shaffer seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Shaffer shoots in and gets a takedown into Pepe's guard.
Shaffer preventing the sweep.
Shaffer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Pepe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pepe utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Shaffer cracks Pepe with a solid left hand.
Pepe preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Pepe is trying to control the position but Shaffer postures up.
Shaffer works over Pepe with some ground and pound from guard.
Shaffer decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Pepe, up you get!
Pepe finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Horrible takedown attempt by Pepe or perhaps it was just good defense by Shaffer, which made it look bad.
Gil Shaffer has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Pepe.
Pepe tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Shaffer defends well and Pepe ends up having to push Shaffer into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Pepe enables Shaffer to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Pepe manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shaffer's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Shaffer working some strikes from top position.
Shaffer scoring with punches to the head and body.
Shaffer would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Shaffer's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Shaffer stands up from Pepe's guard - Shaffer perhaps looking for a knockout.
Shaffer defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Pepe.
Shaffer is looking to counter the offense by Pepe and move into the clinch.
Shaffer fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pepe checks it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shaffer shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Pepe napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Gil Shaffer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shaffer tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Shaffer tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Pepe on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Shaffer is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Pepe knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Shaffer misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pepe sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Pepe tries to get to full guard but Shaffer has control of the leg.
Shaffer working Pepe over with strikes.
Shaffer is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pepe can do to turn this around?
Shaffer stands up and beckons Pepe to join him on the feet.
Shaffer closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Shaffer is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Pepe has escaped the position, nice work there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pepe is trying to control Shaffer's posture but Shaffer avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gil Shaffer showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Shaffer has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Gil Shaffer!
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