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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Shaw (ranked 4322 p4p, 181 weight class) and Rustam Damian (ranked 5390 p4p, 116 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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243 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Good elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tim Shaw!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rustam Damian!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damian tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Shaw misses.
Damian jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Damian gets tackled into the cage by Shaw. Shaw maintains the clinch.
Shaw stalls.
Shaw is struggling to control the position.
Shaw stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Shaw effectively controlling the action here.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Shaw for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
Shaw blocks the elbow strike.
Shaw is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Damian pulls him back up using the underhooks.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shaw blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Damian tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Shaw taking a breather.
Shaw slowing the pace effectively.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tim Shaw.
Damian is looking to clinch.
Shaw misses with a two punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shaw.
Shaw takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
It looks like Tim Shaw has been cut.
Shaw fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Damian, pushing him back against the cage.
Damian misses with a hook to the ribs.
Damian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shaw content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Damian can't find room to land a body shot as Shaw controls the action.
Shaw definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Damian gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Shaw.
The referee is keeping an eye on Shaw - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Shaw will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Damian up against the cage.
Shaw just leaning against Damian, taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tim Shaw.
Shaw clinches with his opponent.
Shaw looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damian gets underhooks to prevent Shaw's takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tim Shaw. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Stalling in the clinch from Shaw.
Shaw stalling in the clinch.
Damian gets underhooks to prevent Shaw's takedown attempt.
Nice elbow from Damian.
Damian gets through Shaw's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Damian prevents the takedown attempt.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Shaw stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Shaw blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shaw blocks an elbow strike.
Shaw is looking to control Damian's arms but Damian gets an underhook and turns him. Now Shaw has his back to the cage.
Shaw has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Damian is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Damian lands an elbow inside.
Shaw's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Shaw blocks a body shot from Damian.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damian misses with the head strike.
Damian breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shaw clinches.
Damian prevents a takedown attempt there.
Damian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Shaw looking to stall.
Shaw taking a breather.
Shaw seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Damian is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Damian gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tim Shaw's cut is getting worse.
Shaw takes an elbow to the temple.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tim Shaw.
Shaw swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Rustam Damian is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Damian lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Tim Shaw's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Damian scores with a shot to the body.
Shaw is breathing heavily.
Shaw forces Damian back against the cage and clinches.
Damian struggles to land a body shot inside as Shaw controls his hands.
Shaw effectively controlling the action here.
Damian prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damian goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Damian tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Shaw's elbow.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Damian just misses with a elbow thrown towards Shaw's brow.
Damian tries to throw a body punch but Shaw avoids it by throwing Damian back against the cage.
Shaw stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Shaw controlling the action here for a moment.
Damian lands a damaging elbow.
Damian comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jeez, Tim Shaw's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Shaw is trying to stall.
Damian lands an uppercut.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Tim Shaw's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Rustam Damian!
A relieved looking Rustam Damian 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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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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