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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Antti Railio (ranked 240 p4p, 140 weight class) and Takeda Shida (ranked 9 p4p, 11 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Antti Railio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Takeda Shida!
The judges for this bout are Ben Watson, Ron Honeybunn and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shida ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Railio moves away.
Shida keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Railio takes a swing at Shida's ribcage but misses.
Shida scores with a jab to the jaw.
Railio misses with a straight right.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shida! But no joy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice defenses there by Railio.
Railio appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Railio walks into a straight right hand from Shida.
Railio shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
It looks like Antti Railio has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Railio slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Shida fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Railio manages to avoid it.
Shida throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Railio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shida looks to land a right hand but Railio moved out of range.
Shida uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Railio.
Shida throws out a counter right but Railio avoids it with no problem.
Railio throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shida drops his hands momentarily and Railio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
It looks like Takeda Shida has been cut.
Shida misses with an uppercut
enabling Railio to counter with a crisp jab.
Shida smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Railio jabs Shida to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Shida digs a good hook to Railio's body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shida fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Shida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shida keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shida takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Railio definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Railio scores with a sloppy right hand. Shida should have avoided that one.
Railio takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Railio misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Shida counters with a nice body shot.
Shida throws a body shot but no joy.
Railio swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A slow jab from Shida misses its intended target.
Railio misses with a left hand
and Shida counters with a stiff right hand.
Railio ducks under a wild hook from Shida.
Railio throwing a counter right hand but Shida manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Railio waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Shida.
Shida shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Railio throws the left hand but Shida avoids the punch easily.
Railio looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Railio throws a right hand that misses
and Shida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shida misses with a hook
and Railio makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Shida throws an overhand right that lands on Railio's shoulder, as Railio tries to avoid the shot.
Shida throws a right hand that Railio ducks under and follows up with a left that Railio also avoids with ease.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Takeda Shida dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Railio uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shida.
An attempted straight right counter from Railio misses the target.
Shida has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Shida moves out of range of the strikes.
It seemed like Shida was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Shida bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Railio. Shida does a little dance to reset his feet.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Shida! But no joy.
Railio throws a hook but Shida blocks it.
Railio swings for the body but Shida moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Railio scores with a jab to the head.
Shida digs a good hook to Railio's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Railio fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Some wild striking there from Shida.
Railio swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Shida ducks under a wild hook from Railio.
Shida throws out a counter right but Railio avoids it with no problem.
Shida throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shida takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shida pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Railio throws a lazy uppercut
and Shida counters with a nice uppercut.
Railio misses with a body shot.
Shida let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Railio scores with a jab to the jaw.
Shida swings for the body but Railio moves out of range.
Shida misses with a lunging right hand
and Railio connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Shida lands with an overhand left.
Shida lands a jab to the nose.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Railio misses with a hook. Shida ducked under it nicely.
Takeda Shida seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Railio swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Shida counters with a straight right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Shida. Railio does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shida misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Railio.
Antti Railio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Railio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Railio lunges at Shida with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Shida's hand.
Railio misses with an uppercut
and Shida counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Shida scores with a shot to the body.
Railio uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Shida misses the jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shida bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Railio misses with a straight left.
Railio moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Shida throws out a loose jab but Railio uses good head movement to avoid it.
A telegraphed right hand from Railio misses the target.
It seemed like Shida was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Railio with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shida throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Shida is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Takeda Shida will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Shida thows a left - swing and a miss!
Railio looks to throw the jab but Shida is out of range.
A lazy left from Shida finds it's target.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Railio might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Railio misses with a right hand
and Shida counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Railio misses with a hook
and Shida counters with a straight right hand.
Railio throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shida throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Railio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shida.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Railio throws an off balance right hand
and Shida connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Antti Railio's cut is getting worse.
Railio misses with a right hand
and Shida counters with a left to the body.
Railio lands a jab to Shida's midsection.
Shida lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Railio at a distance.
Railio misses with an uppercut
and Shida counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shida lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Shida is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Good standup being displayed there by Shida as he connects with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Railio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Shida.
A quick step to the side and Railio tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shida swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Shida looks to land a right hand but Railio moved out of range.
Nice shot by Railio.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Railio swings widly with a right hand
and Shida counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Railio on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Shida works Railio's body with a nice hook.
Shida connects with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shida throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Shida swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Shida uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Railio.
Shida swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Shida slips a jab from Railio.
Shida throws a right hand that misses
and Railio makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Antti Railio has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Shida lands a really nice looking cross but Railio seems unphased.
Shida scores with a nice strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shida misses with a lunging right hand
and Railio cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Railio looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Railio throws an off balance right hand
and Shida cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Antti Railio's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Railio takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Takeda Shida is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Railio scores with a sloppy right hand. Shida should have avoided that one.
Shida ducks under a wild hook from Railio.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Railio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shida uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Railio.
And that's the end of the fight!
Takeda Shida comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Shida has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ron Honeybunn scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Takeda Shida!
After winning the bout, Takeda Shida thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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