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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Achab Denis (ranked 2769 p4p, 0 weight class) and Shock Linewood (ranked 1951 p4p, 0 weight class). Denis comes to the cage accompanied by Can't be touched . Achab Denis has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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188 cm
37
194 lbs
25 - 10 - 0 |
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185 cm
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201 lbs
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
25 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Achab Denis! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Shock Linewood! The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Daniel Bishop and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Linewood lands a two punch combo.
Denis misses with a straight right. Linewood looks like he wants to counter punch here. Linewood connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Linewood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Denis moves away. Denis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Denis throws a nice outside leg kick. Denis staying out of range there. Linewood turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick. Linewood lands with a right hand. Denis connects with a jab. Denis walks into a straight right hand from Linewood. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Linewood cracks Denis with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. Denis scoring well with a low kick there.
Linewood takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Linewood throws a combination that misses and Denis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Linewood takes one to the chin there.
That's one minute gone in the round. Linewood connects with an inside leg kick. Nice body kick there by Linewood. Linewood has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Linewood there as he acknowledges the shot. Denis with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Good shot there by Denis. Linewood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Denis moves away. Denis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross. Denis throws a poor cross that misses
and Linewood counters with a lovely straight right hand! A looping hook to the body misses from Linewood. Denis does a little dance to reset his feet. Denis misses with a lunging right hand
and Linewood counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Linewood has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout. Linewood throws a nice outside leg kick. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. The fight stays on the outside here - Linewood looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Linewood wants to slow Denis down by chopping away at his legs. Denis thinks about countering with a body kick. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Linewood, right into the meat.
Denis throws a low kick but Linewood moves out of range easily. Denis chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Linewood can pounce on him.
Denis throws a right hand that Linewood ducks under and follows up with a left that Linewood also avoids with ease. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Linewood.
Linewood looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it. Linewood throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Denis. Denis throws a quick counter kick to the body but Linewood avoids it. Denis throws a quick inside leg kick. Denis misses with an uppercut. Linewood saw that one coming. Linewood replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Denis blocks it well. Linewood with a body punch. A glancing blow. Linewood throws the kick towards the body but Denis avoids it. Linewood lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Denis at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Denis connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head. Linewood ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Denis moves away. Denis avoids the body shot from Linewood.
Denis takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Denis misses with an uppercut. Linewood saw that one coming. Linewood falls off balance throwing a combination
and Denis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Linewood fails in his attempt to clinch. Denis swings for the body but Linewood moves out of range.
Linewood now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Linewood connects with a jab. Denis throws an overhand right that lands on Linewood's shoulder, as Linewood tries to avoid the shot. Linewood tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Denis manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Denis quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect. Linewood moves out of range of the body kick from Denis.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Linewood lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. A chopping leg kick lands by Linewood. Denis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Some bone on bone action there as Denis checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one. Denis checks a leg kick. Denis was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Linewood moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Linewood fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done. Linewood dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Denis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Denis is looking to counter punch. Linewood scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Linewood getting the better of the striking in that exchange. Linewood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Denis was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit. Denis checks the leg kick. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shock Linewood dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Denis waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Linewood. Linewood looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. A slow jab from Linewood misses its intended target. Denis bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut. Linewood misses with a shot to the body and Denis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. Shock Linewood seems to be getting the better of the standup. Denis moves out of range of the leg kick from Linewood. Denis tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Linewood is able to avoid easily. Linewood defending well as Denis loads up on a big left hand. Linewood lands a jab to Denis's midsection. Linewood throws a body shot but no joy. A quick step to the side and Denis tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Linewood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Denis. Linewood has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Linewood just misses with a punch to the body.
An attempted straight right counter from Denis misses the target. Shock Linewood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Linewood lands a body shot.
Linewood avoids the body shot from Denis.
That's one minute gone in the round. Denis checks a leg kick nicely. Linewood throws a big shot that misses. Denis just misses with a punch to the body.
Denis scores with a shot to the body.
Denis ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Denis lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Linewood has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Linewood and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Linewood feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Denis's calf. Linewood throws a quick inside leg kick. Linewood is looking to slow Denis down with leg kicks. Linewood wants to slow Denis down by chopping away at his legs. Linewood lands a head shot. Linewood throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Linewood checks a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Denis stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Linewood. Denis throws a leg kick and Linewood counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw. Denis avoids a low kick by using good footwork. An attempted straight right counter from Denis misses the target. Denis throws a body shot but no joy. The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so! Denis ducks under a wild hook from Linewood. Denis misses with a hook
and Linewood counters with an outside leg kick.
Denis throws a big shot that misses. Denis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Linewood listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut. Linewood slips a straight right by Denis. Linewood fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Denis looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Denis is looking to chop away at Linewood's legs. Linewood tries a quick counter leg kick but Denis is wise to it. Denis throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Linewood counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Linewood lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. A jab from Linewood misses. A low kick from Denis misses enabling Linewood to counter with a crisp jab. Linewood throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Denis takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Linewood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Denis manages to avoid it. Denis thows a left - swing and a miss! Linewood throws the kick towards the body but Denis avoids it. Linewood looks to throw the jab but Denis is out of range. Denis slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Denis on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Linewood. Linewood obviously looking to wear him down.
Linewood cracks Denis with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Denis rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Linewood counters with a straight right hand. Linewood lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Linewood uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Denis. Linewood connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Linewood thuds his right hand into Denis's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Linewood jabbing away but nothing is landing. Denis is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Denis throws a shot from downtown. Linewood moves away and avoids it. Denis throws a poor cross that misses
and Linewood counters with an outside leg kick.
Linewood tries to land a leg kick but Denis saw it coming and moves away.
Linewood staying out of range there. Denis throws out a loose jab but Linewood uses good head movement to avoid it. Denis misses with a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shock Linewood showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Linewood gets in close and instigates a clinch. Denis lands with a left to the head. Denis doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Linewood blocks the elbow strike.
Linewood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Linewood is trying to pull guard but Denis has him pressed against the cage. Denis misses with an elbow over the top. Denis has a couple of punches blocked by Linewood.
Linewood misses with a hook to the ribs.
Linewood tries a body shot but Denis blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Linewood. Denis tries to throw a body punch but Linewood avoids it by throwing Denis back against the cage. Denis misses with an elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A body shot lands from Linewood.
Linewood tries to work over Denis's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Denis has a couple of punches blocked by Linewood.
Denis lands an elbow just above Linewood 's eye. Linewood pushes Denis back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Denis lands a left hand that snaps the head of Linewood backwards. Linewood takes an elbow to the temple.
That's one minute gone in the round. Linewood'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. Linewood working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
It looks like Achab Denis has been cut. Denis struggles to land a body shot inside as Linewood controls his hands.
Linewood is trying to maintain a safe position but Denis gets an underhook and turns Linewood into the cage. Denis throws an elbow that misses.
Denis blocking some punches.
Denis tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Denis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Denis swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Denis blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Linewood fails to land. Linewood swings wildly with an uppercut but Denis uses good head movement to avoid it. Denis is trying to break the clinch but Linewood has him pressed against the cage. Denis lands an elbow inside. Linewood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Denis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses. Achab Denis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Linewood tries to pull guard but Denis forces him back to his feet, against the cage. Denis tries to work over Linewood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Linewood misses with a hook from the clinch. Denis misses with a body punch.
Denis throws an elbow but it misses.
Denis misses with a hook from the clinch. Denis pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. A body shot lands from Linewood.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Linewood. Linewood has a couple of punches blocked by Denis.
Linewood throws a punch but it's blocked by Denis. This has been an exciting period of action! Denis lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Shock Linewood has been cut. Denis goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Denis lands with a right to the head. Denis scores with an uppercut up the middle. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Linewood. Denis misses with a hook to the ribs.
Linewood lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Denis backwards. Linewood blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Denis struggles to land a body shot inside as Linewood controls his hands.
Denis misses with some punches.
Denis lands a nice elbow. Denis looks to throw an elbow but misses. Linewood is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath. Denis misses with an elbow strike.
Denis misses with a body punch.
Nice body punch from Linewood - that landed with a thud.
Linewood drags the fight down to the ground.
Linewood has control of Denis's left arm, preventing Denis from doing any damage. Linewood looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Denis is defending well. Linewood quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Denis has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Linewood celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shock Linewood! Shock Linewood thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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