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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between OJ Pines (ranked 2507 p4p, 293 weight class) and Arthur Shelby (ranked 6318 p4p, 519 weight class). Shelby has chosen Peeky Blinder Anthem as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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194 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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195 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, OJ Pines!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Arthur Shelby!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pines changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Shelby looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Pines working the head and body with strikes.
Pines scores with punches from side control.
Pines working the ground and pound.
Pines working the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shelby is pushing Pines's head away, looking to escape. Pines manages to hold on to the position though.
Pines working the ground and pound.
Shelby is trying to improve his position.
Shelby can't do much from the bottom here.
Check out the look on Pines's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pines landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Shelby tries to bench press Pines off him but Pines keeps the position.
Shelby is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Shelby manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Pines looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Shelby with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Pines winds up and cracks Shelby with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Shelby landing small, sideways elbows.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pines lands a nice short elbow.
Shelby is rocked!
Pines lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Shelby is still in real trouble! Can Pines finish him?
Pines is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Pines scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Pines is trying to control the action in half guard but Shelby is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Shelby seems to have recovered his senses.
Shelby has hold of Pines's hands but Pines slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Pines working over Shelby with some ground and pound. Shelby looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Shelby looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Shelby is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pines pulls his head out easily.
Pines scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Pines lands a nice short elbow.
Shelby is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pines pulls his head out easily.
Shelby is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Pines pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Pines.
Pines seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Pines lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pines 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.
Pines seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Shelby is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). OJ Pines!
OJ Pines was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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