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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Laimonas Zemaitis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Shredd (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zemaitis comes to the cage accompanied by Queen - 'Don't Stop Me Now. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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200 lbs
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203 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Intelligent |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Laimonas Zemaitis!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Dean Shredd!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shredd misses with a series of wild punches.
Shredd shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Zemaitis is trying to defend but Shredd finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Zemaitis is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Shredd's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Shredd's back!
Zemaitis really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Shredd.
Zemaitis has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Shredd has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Zemaitis working for a choke but Shredd is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shredd avoids the strikes from Zemaitis.
Zemaitis misses with punches from the back.
Zemaitis wants to control but Shredd is keeping busy.
Zemaitis lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Shredd.
Shredd covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Shredd has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Zemaitis.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Zemaitis.
Zemaitis misses with a punch to the head.
Zemaitis throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Zemaitis throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Shredd looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Shredd looks winded!
Zemaitis is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Shredd defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Zemaitis's arms.
Shredd defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Zemaitis's arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Zemaitis throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
Zemaitis 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.
Zemaitis is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Shredd covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Zemaitis looking for the RNC.
Shredd showing good submission defense here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zemaitis keeps control of the position easily here as Shredd tries to buck him off.
Zemaitis throws a big right hand but he misses and hits the mat. Ouch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Zemaitis throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
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!
Shredd has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Zemaitis.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Laimonas Zemaitis dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Left hook, right uppercut from Shredd.
Shredd shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Zemaitis pushes Shredd off and gets back to his feet.
Zemaitis shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Zemaitis showed some decent athleticism there.
Zemaitis throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Shredd is breathing heavily.
Zemaitis is looking to take a break and control but Shredd is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zemaitis thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Zemaitis throwing shots but Shredd is blocking nicely.
Shredd is in trouble now - Zemaitis has advanced to mount!
Zemaitis lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Zemaitis content just to control the position here.
Shredd in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Zemaitis sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Zemaitis there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Zemaitis with shots to the head and body - Shredd looks very uncomfortable down there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zemaitis raining down shots from the mount!
Zemaitis thowing shots but they're missing.
Zemaitis scoring with strikes but Shredd is staying in there.
Shredd is rocked!
Shredd takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Zemaitis's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Laimonas Zemaitis!
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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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