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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Andy Shifter (ranked 919 p4p, 138 weight class) and Darth Sidious (ranked 274 p4p, 37 weight class). Shifter comes into the arena with Lützenkirchen- Nutcracker blaring out of the sound system. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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216 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
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204 lbs
28 - 18 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Andy Shifter!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
28 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darth Sidious!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shifter shoots in looking for a takedown. Sidious tries to sprawl out of it but Shifter keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Sidious manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Shifter shoots in but no luck this time.
Shifter shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Sidious sprawls well. Sidious wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Shifter gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Shifter. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shifter gets a takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shifter wants to free his trapped foot but Sidious is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Shifter is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Sidious is just riding it out for now. Shifter eventually gives up the hold.
Shifter is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Sidious defends it well.
Shifter 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.
Shifter is working for a submission of some sort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Sidious is trying to control but can't.
Shifter is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Shifter is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sidious is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Shifter is trying for a kimura here. Sidious looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Shifter wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Andy Shifter!
A relieved looking Andy Shifter thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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