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Event:
RFC 12.5: A Brave New World
Date: Oct 21, 2016 |
#R1#
Tang scores with a crisp jab that stopped Shelby in his tracks.
Tang takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Tang looks to throw the jab but Shelby is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Shelby.
Shelby stalks Tang and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tang's face. Tang staggers backwards, shaken.
Shelby throws a nice looking combination but Tang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tommy Shelby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shelby lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tang at a distance.
A punch combination from Shelby misses.
Shelby listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Tang throws a series of punches but Shelby moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tang jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shelby lands a jab-cross combination.
Shelby looks to land a right hand but Tang moved out of range.
Shelby with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tang fails to land with a series of punches.
Tang has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Shelby finds it's way round the side to connect with Tang's head.
Tang waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shelby.
Shelby throws a combination that misses
and Tang cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tang misses with the combination.
Shelby scores with a jab to the jaw.#T1#
No joy there for Tang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shelby lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shelby slips a jab and a cross from Tang.
Shelby bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Tang's head backwards.
Tang misses with the combination.
Tang takes one on the button.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tang rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shelby moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shelby looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shelby misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tang was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Tang definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A jab from Tang misses.
Shelby throws a right and a left that Tang avoids nicely.
Shelby lands a slapping body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Shelby as he connects with a hook.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tang slips a jab and a cross from Shelby.
Tang showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shelby.
Decent striking displayed by Shelby there.
Shelby throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Tang stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.#T2#
Shelby throws a one two combo.
Shelby fails to land with a series of punches.
Tang really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Shelby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tang moves away.#CL#
Tang clinches.
Tang fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shelby blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stalling in the clinch from Tang.
Shelby is trying to force a seperation but Tang has the dominant position.
A short uppercut from Tang.
Tang lands a left hand.
Shelby managing to block the knees to the body from Tang.
Tang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shelby.
#T3#
Tang pressing his opponent against the cage.
Tang misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Shelby.
Shelby is trying to push Tang away but Tang has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Shelby being controlled against the cage.
Tang is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Tang gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Tang tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tang.
Tang holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Tang stalling.
#BC#
Tang breaks from the clinch.
Shelby misses with a wild body shot.
Shelby slips a jab and a cross from Tang.
Shelby connects with a crisp jab.
Tang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Shelby swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Tang takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Shelby scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tang misses with a wild combination.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy Shelby dominated that round.
That's time! Tang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Shelby thuds a left hand into Tang's body.
Shelby with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Tang takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tang walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Shelby fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shelby looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Shelby, as that shot connected.
Shelby lands an overhand right.
Shelby misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
An attempted straight right counter from Tang misses the target.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shelby catches Tang with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Shelby looks to score with a jab to the body but Tang is just out of range.
Shelby throws a nice looking combination but Tang bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
No joy there for Shelby, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tang shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tang connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Shelby's hands.
Shelby with a jab.#ROC2#
Tang is rocked!
Shelby throws an overhand right that drops Tang like a sack of potatoes! Shelby dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Shelby!
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Event:
RFC 10: In The Zone
Date: Oct 01, 2016 |
#R1#
Tang staying out of range there.
Saki lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Saki's jab looks to have found its range, popping Tang under the eye.#CL2#
Saki forces Tang back against the cage and clinches.
Saki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saki lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. #CUT2#
It looks like Moo Tang has been cut.
Tang is trying to push Saki away but Saki has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Saki lands an elbow inside that Tang shrugs off.
Tang takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Saki creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tang's defenses.
Saki keeps control of Tang as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tang takes an elbow to the forehead.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tang wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Saki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Saki tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saki tries to work over Tang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saki gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tang really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Saki tries to work over Tang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saki. #T1#
Saki tries a body shot but Tang blocks it.
Tang definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saki has him pressed against the cage.
Saki lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Saki lands an elbow inside.
Tang is trying to break the clinch but Saki is controlling him.
Saki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tang wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tang leaning against his opponent.
Tang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Saki can't find room to land a body shot as Tang controls the action.
Saki misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Saki as the two fighters clinch.
Saki struggles to land a body shot inside as Tang controls his hands.
Saki tries a body shot but Tang blocks it.
Tang has had enough of the clinch but Saki keeps him there for the moment.
Saki misses with a body punch.
Saki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tang backwards.
Tang tries to land a knee to the head but Saki blocks with his arms.
Tang prevents a body shot from Saki.
A short right from Saki on the inside. #T2#
Saki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Saki misses with a punch to the body.
Saki misses with a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Saki.
Saki scores with an uppercut up the middle.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tang is trying to break free.
Saki cracks Tang with a nice body shot.
Saki lands an elbow inside.
Saki has Tang pressed against the cage, preventing Tang from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A left hand lands to the body for Saki.
Saki lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tang wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Saki has him pressed against the cage.
Nice elbow from Saki.
Saki misses with a body punch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Saki. #ROC2#
Tang is rocked!
Saki working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Oh Tang is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Saki pulls back and lands a big elbow that stuns Tang! Saki unloads with more strikes and Tang sinks to his knees! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Oroku Saki!
A very excited looking Oroku Saki made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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