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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Gaspar (ranked 521 p4p, 497 weight class) and Shape Shifter (ranked 76 p4p, 71 weight class). Gaspar comes to the cage accompanied by Narco. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pablo Gaspar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 28 - 1, fighting out of London, Shape Shifter!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A combination from Gaspar does no damage.
Shifter feints the counter takedown.
Gaspar lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Shifter walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Nice cross by Gaspar.
Shifter avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shifter drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Gaspar defends it well.
Gaspar throws a series of punches but Shifter moves out of range.
And Shifter tries to counter it with a takedown but Gaspar pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Gaspar throws a hook but Shifter blocks it.
Shifter changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Gaspar tries to bum rush Shifter with a series of wild strikes but Shifter uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Shifter steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gaspar.
And Shifter tries to counter it with a takedown but Gaspar pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Shifter moves away from the strike by Gaspar.
Shifter tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gaspar misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Shifter drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Gaspar defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gaspar swinging wildly here.
Shifter tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Gaspar misses with a double jab.
Shifter wants to counter the offense by Gaspar and move into the clinch position.
Shifter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Gaspar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Shifter drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Gaspar defends it well.
Shifter fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gaspar throwing a counter right hand but Shifter manages to avoid it.
Gaspar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shifter manages to avoid it.
Gaspar misses with a body shot.
Shifter looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Gaspar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
so Shifter counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Gaspar pushes Shifter off and gets back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Gaspar lands a body shot.
Gaspar throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Shifter feints the counter takedown.
Gaspar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shifter wants to counter the offense by Gaspar and move into the clinch position.
Gaspar throws a looping overhand right but Shifter ducks down to avoid it.
Gaspar throws a series of punches but Shifter moves out of range.
Shifter is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Gaspar misses with a series of wild punches.
Shifter is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Gaspar scores with a jab to the body.
Pablo Gaspar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Good shot there by Gaspar.
Shifter fails to land the takedown.
Gaspar bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Shifter's head backwards.
Gaspar misses with a double jab.
Gaspar lands a nice looking body shot.
Gaspar swinging wildly here.
Shifter tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Shifter ducks under a wild hook from Gaspar.
Shifter feints the counter takedown.
Gaspar pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Shifter with the counter takedown but Gaspar avoids it easily.
Gaspar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Shifter was well out of range. Poor timing from Gaspar.
Shifter gets a takedown into half guard.
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!
Shifter working Gaspar over with strikes.
Shifter throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Shifter is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Shifter is looking for a kimura but Gaspar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Shifter to get the leverage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Gaspar dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Gaspar throws a jab but it's blocked by Shifter.
Shifter shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Gaspar but Gaspar pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Gaspar is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Shifter can do to turn this around?
Gaspar throws a nice looking combination but Shifter bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Shifter changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Shifter is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Gaspar.
Gaspar misses with a body shot.
Gaspar lands a slapping body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaspar throws a hook to the side of Shifter's head but Shifter sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've been told by Gaspar's head coaches at War Hound MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gaspar loads up on a big right hand but Shifter slips the punch.
Shifter with the counter takedown but Gaspar avoids it easily.
Gaspar misses with a double jab.
Gaspar sets himself, and Shifter steps forward looking for the clinch! Gaspar avoids it this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shifter slips a straight right by Gaspar.
Gaspar jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Shifter tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Gaspar lands a two punch combo.
Pablo Gaspar is winning the standup battle so far.
Shifter shoots in but Gaspar avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gaspar thows a left - swing and a miss!
And Shifter tries to counter it with a takedown but Gaspar pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Gaspar throws a jab when Shifter was well out of range.
Gaspar stuffs the takedown attempt from Shifter. Shifter gets slowly back to his feet.
Gaspar is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pablo Gaspar has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Shape Shifter.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Shifter doesn't seem bothered though.
Gaspar displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Pablo Gaspar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Shifter is looking to clinch.
Gaspar swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Shifter counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gaspar avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Shifter.
Shifter is working for a kimura but Gaspar is defending it quite comfortably.
Shifter looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar wants to improve his position but Shifter is controlling well.
Shifter is working for a kimura but Gaspar is defending it quite comfortably.
Shifter is working for a submission of some sort.
Shifter is working for an americana but Gaspar has been sneaky and has managed to get back to half guard, whilst Shifter was thinking about the submission.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Shifter stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gaspar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shifter has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gaspar looking for a sweep. Not yet Gaspar, not yet.
Shifter drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Gaspar dives on top into guard.
Shifter throws his legs up looking for a submission but Gaspar uses it to pass to side control.
Shifter tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Shifter is still trying to improve position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Pablo Gaspar dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Shifter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Shifter drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Gaspar defends it well.
Pablo Gaspar is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gaspar lands the left hand.
Jab by Gaspar.
Shifter uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Gaspar.
Gaspar stalks Shifter and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Shifter's face. Shifter staggers backwards, shaken.
Shifter slips a jab and a cross from Gaspar.
Gaspar misses with a double jab.
Shifter changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gaspar throws a left and a right that both miss
and Shifter counters with a nice double leg into side control. Gaspar won't be happy with that.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sloppy strikes there by Shifter.
Shifter tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Shifter has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shifter tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Shifter goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Gaspar rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Shifter's guard! Nice work there by Gaspar!
Our spies down at at London MMA Club inform us that Shifter has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Shifter looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Gaspar passes into half guard.
Shifter works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gaspar stands and throws Shifter's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Gaspar trying to control the position but Shifter is working away.
Shifter tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shifter manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Shifter trying to get back to full guard but Gaspar takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Gaspar manages to capitalize on a mistake by Shifter to take his back!
Gaspar controlling well, preventing Shifter from escaping the position.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Shifter rolls, trying to escape but Gaspar keeps control of the position.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Gaspar controlling the positon.
Shifter is really stuck here.
Gaspar biding his time, looking for the opening.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gaspar controlling well, preventing Shifter from escaping the position.
Shifter staying busy and making it hard for Gaspar to control.
Gaspar has good solid back control here.
You can see the frustration on Shifter's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Gaspar has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Shifter's body.
Shifter is really stuck here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shifter keeps trying to improve his position.
Gaspar is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Gaspar's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Gaspar keeps control of the position easily here as Shifter tries to buck him off.
And that's the end of the fight!
Pablo Gaspar showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Gaspar 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Pablo Gaspar!
Pablo Gaspar took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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energy
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