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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ikemba Okoye (ranked 2933 p4p, 3947 weight class) and Chiharu Shiba (ranked 382 p4p, 484 weight class). Shiba has chosen Sick Puppies - Survive as his entrance music. Ikemba Okoye is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ikemba Okoye!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chiharu Shiba!
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Winston Howard and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shiba tries a low kick but Okoye avoids it.
Okoye blocks the body kick.
Okoye checks a leg kick nicely.
Okoye was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Shiba throws out a leg kick but Okoye moves out of range and Shiba only half commits.
Okoye swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Shiba misses with a leg kick
and Okoye counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Chiharu Shiba has been cut.
Shiba throws a leg kick
letting Okoye counter with a right hand.
Okoye throws a leg kick which misses Shiba's front leg but catches the back leg as Shiba tries to avoid it.
Shiba moves into range and clinches up with Okoye.
Okoye takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Ikemba Okoye has been cut.
Okoye dodges an elbow strike from Shiba.
Shiba looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shiba.
Okoye blocks the elbow strike.
Shiba lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Okoye blocks the elbow strike.
Okoye fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Shiba gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Shiba misses with an elbow strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shiba blocks a body shot from Okoye.
Shiba misses with an elbow over the top.
Shiba lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Okoye makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shiba lands a damaging elbow.
Nice body punch from Okoye - that landed with a thud.
Okoye tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Shiba just stands there and leans against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shiba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Okoye's brow.
Shiba comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shiba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Okoye's brow.
Shiba throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Okoye blocks an elbow strike from Shiba.
Okoye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Okoye lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Okoye.
Okoye blocks an elbow strike.
Okoye lands a left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Shiba throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shiba lands an elbow inside that Okoye shrugs off.
Okoye misses with a hook from the clinch.
Okoye blocks the elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Shiba.
A short left from Okoye.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okoye misses with some punches.
Okoye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Okoye misses with the head strike.
Shiba misses with an elbow strike.
Shiba blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Shiba pushes off an throws an elbow but Okoye leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Okoye avoids the elbow strike from Shiba, against the cage.
Okoye makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shiba throws an elbow that misses.
Shiba pushes off an throws an elbow but Okoye leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Okoye blocks an elbow strike from Shiba.
Okoye lands with a short shot to the head.
Shiba lands a nice elbow.
Okoye lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Okoye blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shiba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Okoye's brow.
Shiba blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Okoye misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Okoye tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Shiba just stands there and leans against the cage.
Okoye blocks an elbow strike.
Okoye blocks the elbow strike.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shiba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Okoye's brow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Okoye lands a nice uppercut.
Shiba throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Shiba throws an elbow but it misses.
Okoye avoids a wild elbow strike from Shiba.
Shiba comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Shiba looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Okoye digs a right hand into Shiba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shiba's gas tank.
Okoye digs a right hand into Shiba's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Shiba's gas tank.
Shiba looks winded!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okoye.
Okoye avoids the elbow strike from Shiba, against the cage.
Okoye fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ikemba Okoye. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Okoye misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Shiba.
Okoye blocks an elbow strike from Shiba.
Okoye is trying to force a seperation but Shiba has the dominant position.
Okoye softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okoye.
Okoye tries to throw a body punch but Shiba avoids it by throwing Okoye back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okoye.
Okoye blocks an elbow strike.
Shiba throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Shiba throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Okoye has a couple of punches blocked by Shiba.
Okoye blocks an elbow strike.
Okoye dodges an elbow strike from Shiba.
Okoye tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Okoye works on Shiba's body with a couple of short punches.
Okoye lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Shiba looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Okoye blocks an elbow strike from Shiba.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Okoye struggles to land a body shot inside as Shiba controls his hands.
Okoye working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Shiba just misses with a elbow thrown towards Okoye's brow.
Okoye avoids a wild elbow strike from Shiba.
Okoye lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Okoye blocks an elbow strike from Shiba.
A short right from Okoye.
Okoye pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Okoye lands a nice looking body shot.
Okoye tests Shiba's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Okoye and Shiba goes tumbling to the canvas! Okoye follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
Shiba is rocked!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ikemba Okoye will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Okoye closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Shiba out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ikemba Okoye!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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