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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kelvin Shum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Solih (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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225 lbs
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260 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
10 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Kelvin Shum!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tim Solih!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Yves DeLean and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shum tests Solih's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Shum looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Shum is nestled in close to Solih, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Shum tries to pass the half guard into mount. Solih knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Solih tries to get to full guard but Shum has control of the leg.
Shum blocks the strikes from Solih.
Solih is trying to get back to full guard.
Solih trying to get back to full guard but Shum takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
A nice elbow there by Shum.
Shum scoring with strikes but Solih is staying in there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Solih keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Solih throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shum in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Shum with the ground and pound from mount.
Shum prevents Solih from getting the reversal.
Shum 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.
Shum landing strikes from the mount.
Shum tries to control but Solih wriggling away.
Solih is trying desperately to improve position.
Shum scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Solih?
Shum tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Solih keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shum controlling his opponent.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shum working Solih over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shum controlling from the full mount.
Solih taking shots to the head.
Solih is working to get back to half guard.
Shum wants to control the pace but Solih is squirming around nicely.
Shum tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Solih is squirming around, avoiding Shum's attempts to control the action.
Solih swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Shum controlling the position easily from mount.
Shum has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Solih's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solih keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Solih looks gassed!
Shum is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Shum dominating with strikes here.
Shum pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Shum tries to control but Solih wriggling away.
Solih is desperately trying to improve his position but Shum has a good base and remains in mount.
Shum has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Solih's face.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Solih can do anything to dispel that myth.
Solih is bucking up trying to escape but Shum cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Shum lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Solih hang on?
Solih wants to hold on but Shum pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Solih is trying to escape the mount.
Shum lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Solih hang on?
Shum landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shum lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Solih is trying desperately to improve position.
Shum takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Solih is bucking up trying to escape but Shum cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shum has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Solih's face.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shum controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelvin Shum dominated that round.
That's time! Shum's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Shum misses with a double jab.
Solih takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Shum lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shum has Solih up against the cage in a clinch.
Shum escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheers as Shum lands an impressive looking overhand right. Solih doesn't seem phased though.
Shum looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Solih looking for a sweep. Not yet Solih, not yet.
Solih keeping moving, preventing Shum from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Solih trying to keep a closed guard but Shum is proving a slippery customer.
Solih is breathing heavily.
Shum works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Shum lands with a punch from half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Solih trying to control here.
Shum is trying to control the action in half guard but Solih is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Solih flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Shum passes to full mount!
Solih taking shots to the head.
Solih is trying desperately to improve position.
Shum working the ground and pound effectively.
Shum with the ground and pound from mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shum looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Solih is desperately trying to improve his position but Shum has a good base and remains in mount.
Shum lands a big elbow.
Solih throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Shum is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Solih can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shum putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The referee warns Solih that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Shum lands a nice shot to the head.
Shum content just to control the position here.
Shum can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Solih is looking to escape.
Solih is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Shum connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Shum controlling from mount.
Shum landing punches.
Shum has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Solih's face.
Shum looking to finish Solih with some ground and pound. This is bad for Solih!
Solih can't escape the position.
Shum in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Shum trying to control but Solih is having none of it.
Solih keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shum can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Solih is looking to escape.
Solih throwing hammer fists to the chest of Shum. What's that going to do exactly?
Shum landing strikes from the mount and Solih is in trouble!
Shum landing shots from mount.
Shum looking to control but Solih is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shum scores with a couple of good head shots there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kelvin Shum dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Solih on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Shum throws a series of punches but Solih avoids them all with ease.
Solih shoots in but Shum avoids the takedown attempt easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Shum darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Solih.
Shum is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Solih can do to turn this around?
Shum closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Shum wants to lay and pray for a moment but Solih keeps working.
Kelvin Shum overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Shum is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Solih will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Solih wants to control but Shum postures up.
Shum working the head with strikes.
Shum wants to control but Solih is keeping him busy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Shum landing strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shum moves into full mount!
Shum landing strikes, looking to finish!
Shum takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Shum trying to control but Solih is having none of it.
Solih is wriggling around trying to escape.
Shum looking to control but Solih is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shum lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Shum lands a big shot there that rocks Solih but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Shum raining down shots from the mount!
Solih is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shum lands a heavy elbow.
Shum connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Shum wants to control the pace but Solih is squirming around nicely.
Shum punishing his opponent with strikes.
Shum looking to control but Solih is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Shum takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Solih is in a horrible position here. Shum smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Shum landing strikes from the mount and Solih is in trouble!
Solih can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Solih is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Shum lands a heavy elbow.
Shum looking to control but Solih is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Solih tries to hold on but Shum pushes him away.
Solih tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Kelvin Shum is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shum controlling from the full mount.
Solih is wriggling around trying to escape.
The referee warns Solih that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Solih tries to reverse the position but Shum maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Solih tries to lock up and control but Shum gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Shum blocks Solih's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Shum tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Shum prevents Solih from getting the reversal.
Shum raining down shots from the mount!
Solih throwing hammer fists to the chest of Shum. What's that going to do exactly?
Tim Solih has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Solih is wriggling around trying to escape.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kelvin Shum showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Shum has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:25
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:24
Judge William Peck scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kelvin Shum!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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