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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Albert Drake (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Shaver (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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185 lbs
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186 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
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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
9 - 10 - 0, fighting out of London, Albert Drake!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dick Shaver!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Donald Grub and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Drake lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Shaver circles away quickly and effectively.
Drake slips a straight right by Shaver.
Drake gets a clinch.
Shaver fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shaver taking a breather.
A bit of stalling here from Drake.
Shaver misses with a hook to the ribs.
Drake lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Shaver backwards.
Drake can't break the clinch.
Shaver is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Drake gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
A short body shot lands from Drake as the two fighters clinch.
Drake managing to block the knees to the body from Shaver.
Shaver letting Drake take a breather here.
Drake tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Shaver smiles and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Drake throws a right and a left that Shaver avoids nicely.
Drake fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Drake shoots in for a double leg but Shaver sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Shaver wants to clinch.
Drake misses with a jab, cross combination.
Shaver looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Drake lands a head shot.
Drake has managed to clinch.
Shaver prevents Drake from breaking the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drake misses with an elbow over the top.
Shaver has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Drake is trying to keep an underhook but Shaver manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Drake is looking to get back to full guard here but Shaver has managed to pass to side control instead.
Drake is looking to regain half guard here but Shaver keeps moving and retains side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The referee asks Shaver politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Shaver prefers to stall for the moment though.
Drake is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Shaver happy to just control the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Drake is trying to get back to half guard.
Shaver thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Shaver tries to move to mount but Drake blocks the move with his legs.
Drake is trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shaver tries to advance to mount but can't.
Drake knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Shaver on the ground.
Shaver has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Shaver moves to the back position.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shaver has got one arm under Drake's chin. This could be trouble... Drake trying to control the other hand but Shaver gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Drake has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dick Shaver!
During a confident post fight interview, Dick Shaver thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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