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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Carl Brooks (ranked 3551 p4p, 272 weight class) and DJ Shaw (ranked 6835 p4p, 379 weight class). Brooks comes to the cage accompanied by Eminem - Phenomenal. DJ Shaw struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 147.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. DJ Shaw will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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156 lbs
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Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Carl Brooks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, DJ Shaw!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shaw moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Shaw shoots in but no luck this time.
Brooks closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Shaw did well to prevent Brooks getting side control.
Brooks controlling the action here.
Shaw is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Brooks pulls his head out easily.
Brooks is taking a breather. Shaw says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Brooks lands a nice short elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brooks landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Brooks keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brooks throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks trying to pass the guard but Shaw defending well.
Brooks looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brooks is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Shaw sees it coming and defends easily.
Shaw trying to control but Brooks postures up.
Brooks takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
We've been hearing good reports from Brooks's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Shaw is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Brooks lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Brooks passes to side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks controls the position.
Brooks lands an elbow.
Brooks controls the position.
Shaw tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Brooks just content to control the position.
Shaw looks winded!
Brooks's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Shaw is looking to regain half guard here but Brooks keeps moving and retains side control.
Brooks advances nicely into full mount.
A nice elbow there by Brooks.
Brooks controlling the pace for now.
Brooks pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brooks raining down shots from the mount!
Brooks controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carl Brooks dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Brooks scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Shaw is rocked!
Shaw wants to control but Brooks postures up.
Brooks in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Brooks working the ground and pound.
Shaw tries to buck Brooks off but Brooks is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
You can see the frustration on Shaw's face as Brooks controls the position.
Shaw is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brooks scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Shaw to see if he's OK.
Shaw gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Brooks has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Shaw's face.
Brooks controlling the position easily from mount.
Brooks fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Brooks controlling from the full mount.
Brooks lands a couple of good shots and Shaw has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
I would not like to be Shaw right now.
Brooks has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Further stalling from Brooks.
Brooks softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Brooks lands shots from the back.
Brooks lands strikes to the head.
Shaw is still in real trouble! Can Brooks finish him?
It looks like DJ Shaw has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brooks has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Shaw's body.
Brooks is cranking Shaw's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Shaw! He's tightened the choke and Shaw is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Carl Brooks!
Carl Brooks bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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RATING
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