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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rick Piano (ranked 334 p4p, 30 weight class) and Bill Shorton (ranked 1327 p4p, 133 weight class). Piano 's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rick going ham on a bitch. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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270 lbs
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rick Piano !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bill Shorton!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Darius Henderson and Ron Honeybunn.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Shorton misses its intended target.
Bill Shorton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Piano tries to close the distance and clinch up but Shorton swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A big left from Shorton misses.
Piano misses with the body kick
and Shorton cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Piano ducks under a wild hook from Shorton.
Good exchange - Shorton coming out on top.
Piano drives through and clinches with Shorton against the cage.
Piano blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Piano goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Piano lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Shorton throws a punch but it's blocked by Piano .
Shorton misses with some punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Piano .
Shorton is working Piano over against the cage.
Piano misses with some punches.
Piano working some nice short punches in the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Shorton creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Shorton swings wildly with an uppercut but Piano uses good head movement to avoid it.
Shorton blocks a body shot from Piano .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Piano breaks the clinch.
Piano keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shorton.
Shorton throws a hook but Piano avoids it easily.
Piano swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Donk. Piano catches Shorton right on the button with a cross.
Piano ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Shorton moves away.
Shorton throws an off balance right hand
and Piano counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Piano looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Piano misses with a looping left.
Piano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Shorton.
Piano tries to land a front kick but Shorton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Shorton misses with a body shot.
Piano showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Shorton.
Shorton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Shorton looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shorton throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Piano takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Piano lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Shorton backs up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Shorton bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Piano 's head backwards.
Shorton has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Shorton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Piano was well out of range. Poor timing from Shorton.
Shorton takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Shorton looks winded!
Piano scores with a jab to the body.
Piano throws a body kick that misses.
Shorton walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Piano swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Rick Piano !
Rick Piano retains his heavyweight title!
After the fight, Rick Piano was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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hype
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