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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between rahsheed shakur (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rulon Sanderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for rahsheed shakur has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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225 lbs
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190 cm
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255 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Self confident |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
Intelligent |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, rahsheed shakur!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rulon Sanderson!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Steve Montenegro and Eddie Farnsworth.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
shakur shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sanderson but Sanderson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
shakur looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Sanderson changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. shakur looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sanderson controlling the position from side mount.
Sanderson moves into full mount!
shakur takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Sanderson is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but shakur is surviving well by controlling Sanderson's body position as best he can.
Sanderson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Sanderson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can shakur hang on?
Sanderson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sanderson landing shots from mount.
Sanderson goes for an armbar but shakur turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from shakur.
Sanderson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sanderson is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
shakur trying to control but Sanderson is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sanderson is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Still in half guard, Sanderson seems content to control.
shakur is trying to stand up here but Sanderson is controlling him well.
Sanderson perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Despite being in the dominant position, Rulon Sanderson just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
shakur misses with a takedown
and Sanderson counters with a nice double leg into side control. shakur won't be happy with that.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sanderson trying to control the action but shakur is working from the bottom.
Sanderson taking a breather here.
shakur is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Sanderson's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sanderson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks shakur with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sanderson is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! shakur is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:04 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Rulon Sanderson!
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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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FIGHT
RATING
54% |
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