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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between David Shields (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wayne Ballantine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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185 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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178 cm
27
181 lbs
18 - 3 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, David Shields!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wayne Ballantine!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ballantine uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shields.
Ballantine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shields throws a low kick but it's checked well by Ballantine.
Shields jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shields bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Ballantine's head.
Wayne Ballantine seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shields lands a nice shot that snaps Ballantine's head back.
Shields scores with a hook to the body. Ballantine takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Shields thuds a left hand into Ballantine's body.
Shields throws a leg kick but Ballantine sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ballantine moves away from the strike by Shields.
A swing and a miss from Ballantine.
Shields does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Ballantine dives in and grabs Shields's left leg, looking for a takedown. Shields pushes down on Ballantine's head and hops out.
Shields loads up on a big right hand but Ballantine slips the punch.
Shields slips under a jab from Ballantine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Ballantine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ballantine throws a looping overhand right but Shields ducks down to avoid it.
Ballantine throws a hook but Shields avoids it easily.
Ballantine misses with a lunging right hand
and Shields counters with a thumping low kick.
Shields throws a front kick aimed at Ballantine's knee but Ballantine avoids it well.
Ballantine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A low kick from Shields misses
and Ballantine counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Ballantine.
Ballantine wants a takedown.
Ballantine changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Shields fights it off and pushes away nicely.
David Shields has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wayne Ballantine.
A slapping leg kick lands for Shields.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shields fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Ballantine is out of range.
Ballantine closes the distance and clinches.
Shields drops down looking for an ankle pick but Ballantine pulls his leg out and moves away.
A head kick misses from Shields.
Shields slips under a jab.
Ballantine scores with a jab to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballantine scores with a three punch combo!
Shields throws a head kick that misses.
Shields with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Ballantine.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Shields.
Ballantine fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ballantine connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Shields momentarily.
Ballantine throws a poor cross that misses
and Shields counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ballantine fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ballantine throws a lazy uppercut
and Shields counters with a body kick.
Ballantine uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shields.
Ballantine tries to move into range but Shields moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Ballantine drives through with a takedown into guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Shields manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballantine can't escape the position.
Shields content just to control the position here.
Ballantine wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Shields.
Ballantine is in a horrible position here. Shields smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shields looking to ground and pound but Ballantine is blocking nicely.
Shields scoring with strikes but Ballantine is staying in there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Shields dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A punch combination from Ballantine misses.
Shields on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ballantine throws a shot from downtown. Shields moves away and avoids it.
Ballantine tries to clinch up
letting Shields counter with a right hand.
Shields scores with a punch to the head.
David Shields is winning the standup battle so far.
Ballantine misses with a lunging right hand
and Shields counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Ballantine pushes Shields off and gets back to his feet.
Shields lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Ballantine might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shields fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ballantine.
Shields connects with the punch.
Ballantine moves forwards but Shields connects with a nice, crisp jab.
The fighters circling - Ballantine throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Shields throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Shields takes a swing at Ballantine's ribcage but misses.
Shields scores with a nice right hand.
Ballantine slips a straight right by Shields.
Shields scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Ballantine jabs Shields to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Shields on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Ballantine tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slow jab from Shields misses its intended target.
Ballantine misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Shields.
A solid leg kick lands there for Shields.
Ballantine tries to clinch but Shields moves out of range.
Ballantine works Shields's body with a nice hook.
Ballantine shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Ballantine throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Shields working a defensive guard here.
Shields is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Shields wants to pass to mount but Ballantine is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shields trying to control from Ballantine's half guard. Ballantine has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Ballantine scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Ballantine decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Shields gets back to full guard.
Ballantine must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Shields looking for a guillotine here but Ballantine defends easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Shields utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shields is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Ballantine defends well.
Shields has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Shields has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Ballantine can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Shields pulls Ballantine in close to prevent any damage.
Ballantine throws a big right hand that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ballantine throwing strikes but missing.
Shields bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ballantine's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Shields dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Ballantine blocks a jab.
Ballantine shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Shields as he jumps to the side.
Ballantine shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Shields pinned against the cage. Shields gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A left lands for Shields.
Ballantine fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballantine.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shields fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shields lands a right hand.
Ballantine lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Shields prevents the takedown attempt.
David Shields has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Wayne Ballantine.
Shields is pressed up against the cage. Ballantine has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Shields down to the mat. Shields avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ballantine is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ballantine connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Shields misses with a low kick.
Ballantine's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Shields connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Ballantine scrambles back to his feet.
Ballantine's corner calls for a 1-2. Ballantine obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Ballantine misses with a looping left.
Decent striking displayed by Shields there.
Shields throws a wild body kick that Ballantine sees coming a mile off.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ballantine listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Ballantine moves in looking to clinch but Shields pushes him off.
Ballantine swings widly with a right hand
and Shields counters with a slapping leg kick.
Shields slips under a jab.
Shields thows a body kick. Ballantine tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Ballantine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ballantine tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shields swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Shields lands with a cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ballantine tries to clinch but Shields is having none of it.
Shields misses with a low kick.
Ballantine misses with an uppercut
and Shields counters with a straight right hand.
Ballantine throws the left hand but Shields avoids the punch easily.
Ballantine throws a big shot that misses.
Shields pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Decent striking displayed by Ballantine there.
Ballantine throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Shields counters with a body kick that stops Ballantine in his tracks momentarily.
Ballantine throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Shields's waist but Shields gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ballantine off to one side.
Shields connects with an inside leg kick.
Wayne Ballantine has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballantine throws the left hand but Shields avoids the punch easily.
Shields slips under a jab from Ballantine.
Shields scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Nice uppercut lands for Shields. That snapped Ballantine's head back.
Shields looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ballantine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Shields counters with a stiff right hand.
Ballantine connects with a body shot that sends Shields's belly button to the back.
Shields walks into a straight right hand from Ballantine.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ballantine throws a poor cross that misses
and Shields counters with a left and a right that stings Ballantine.
Ballantine misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Shields to counter with a crisp jab.
Ballantine is rocked!
Shields fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Ballantine sprawls well initially but Shields persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to David Shields.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Shields, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Shields!
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energy
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pop
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RATING
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