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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Purple Karaage (ranked 5575 p4p, 439 weight class) and Shaun Wallace (ranked 5810 p4p, 448 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Wallace's choice of entrance music: The Chase Theme. Shaun Wallace has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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183 cm
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170 lbs
1 - 0 - 0 |
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191 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Self confident |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Purple Karaage! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Shaun Wallace! The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Karaage misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karaage scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Wallace throws an off balance right hand
and Karaage counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Wallace lands a right hook to the body.
Karaage misses with a kick to the body letting Wallace counter with a right hand. Wallace throws an overhand right that lands on Karaage's shoulder, as Karaage tries to avoid the shot. Karaage fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Wallace, pushing him back against the cage. Wallace escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wallace clobbers Karaage with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Wallace looks to throw the jab but Karaage is out of range. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Wallace throws a lazy right hand but Karaage sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Karaage throws a head kick that misses. Wallace looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Wallace scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. Wallace uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Karaage. It seemed like Wallace was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Karaage takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Wallace lands with a hook. Karaage tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Karaage misses with a leg kick. Karaage uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wallace. Karaage throws a head kick but Wallace moves out of range.
Purple Karaage seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Wallace throws a lazy uppercut
and Karaage counters with a big head kick but Wallace shrugs it off. Karaage misses with the combination.
Wallace scores with a jab to the body. Karaage rushes Wallace and presses him up against the cage. Karaage breaks the clinch.
A shot to the body from Karaage misses and Wallace counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wallace misses with an uppercut. Karaage throwing a counter right hand but Wallace manages to avoid it. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Karaage throws a lazy head kick and Wallace counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Wallace throws out a powerful jab.
Karaage is rocked! Shaun Wallace is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Wallace lands a really nice looking cross but Karaage seems unphased.
Oh Karaage is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Karaage misses with a head kick.
Karaage swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wallace drops Karaage with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Karaage! Wallace dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shaun Wallace! Our winner, Shaun Wallace, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
57% |
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