Post by The Sandmen on Feb 7, 2012 5:05:05 GMT -5
Evans enters the cage and this place seems about to burst! He may be sure the fans are with him today.
Rashad Evans looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Ken Shamrock shifts back and forth nervously.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Evans and Shamrock circle around the center of the cage.
Rashad Evans shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Ken Shamrock is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Evans into his guard.
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Shamrock
Evans is in closed guard... Shamrock tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rashad Evans!
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Ken Shamrock is in full mount over Rashad Evans
Evans measures the resilience of Shamrock's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Shamrock blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Evans clumsily fails here and it's time for Ken Shamrock to fight back!
Ken Shamrock tries to better his position on the ground...
Rashad Evans tries to roll on the ground...
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Shamrock
Rashad Evans tries to better his position on the ground...
Evans breaks the closed guard of Ken Shamrock and moves to half guard
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock attempts to trap Rashad Evans in his guard.
Ken Shamrock manages to switch to half guard.
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Shamrock
Ken Shamrock attempts to move to full guard
Rashad Evans keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Shamrock
Shamrock measures the resilience of Evans's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Evans's side.
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Shamrock
Shamrock launches a few weak punches
Evans blocks them effectively.
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Shamrock
Evans tries to open up Ken Shamrock's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Shamrock in the side of the head
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Shamrock
Evans launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Ken Shamrock is not able to stop Shamrock ground skills and Rashad Evans moves to side mount!
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Rashad Evans looks to mount Ken Shamrock...
Rashad Evans slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock launches a few punches to Evans's cheek from the guard.
Rashad Evans uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Ken Shamrock
Evans fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Ken Shamrock's arm and tries an armbar!
Shamrock hold his own hand and breaks Evans's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Rashad Evans.
Ken Shamrock is in side mount over Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans launches a few punches to Shamrock's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Shamrock tries to cover his face,
Ken Shamrock is in side mount over Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans launches a few punches to Shamrock's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Shamrock tries to cover his face,
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Ken Shamrock is in side mount over Rashad Evans
Evans measures the resilience of Shamrock's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Shamrock's side.
Ken Shamrock is in side mount over Rashad Evans
Shamrock tries to open up Rashad Evans's defense faking a few punches.
Rashad Evans wraps his arms around Shamrock's arms and counters the punches.
Evans is trying to counter now!
Rashad Evans attempts to trap Ken Shamrock in his guard.
Rashad Evans manages to switch to half guard.
Ken Shamrock is in half guard over Evans
Rashad Evans attempts to move to full guard
Rashad Evans manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Ken Shamrock is in open guard over Evans
Ken Shamrock tries to pass to half guard...
Rashad Evans's closes his guard to prevent the pass.
Ken Shamrock is in closed guard over Evans
Shamrock is in closed guard... Evans tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Ken Shamrock!
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Ken Shamrock
Rashad Evans takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Ken Shamrock shoulder and pushes his arm againts the mat!
Ken Shamrock breaks that americana attempt!
Poorly executed technique. Ken Shamrock looks to counter!
Ken Shamrock launches a few punches to Evans's cheek from the guard.
Rashad Evans uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Herb Dean has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in St. Petersburg Arena (St. Petersburg, Russia) are cheering for the fighters.
A solid combination from Rashad Evans
connects with Shamrock.
There is a small laceration on Ken Shamrock's Nose
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
A left hook from Evans
grazes the chin of Shamrock.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans moves forward looking for some grappling action
Evans has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Ken Shamrock tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Shamrock circles out and slips free of Rashad Evans's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Rashad Evans is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around his opponent.
Evans fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Shamrock sprawls and remains on his feet.
Rashad Evans shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Ken Shamrock is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Evans into his guard.
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Shamrock
Evans struggles on the ground and tries to break Ken Shamrock's guard...
Rashad Evans is in Shamrock open guard now
Rashad Evans is in open guard over Shamrock
Evans tries to jump to side mount.
Ken Shamrock closed his guard around Rashad Evans.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Evans.
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Round 2
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Shamrock is holding Rashad Evans's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Rashad Evans shows great balance while pushing away Ken Shamrock
Shamrock clumsily fails here and it's time for Rashad Evans to fight back!
Bone shattering straight right hand from Rashad Evans!
Shamrock is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Shamrock's Left cheek is beginning to swell
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Shamrock studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Ken Shamrock shoots for a double leg takedown!
Rashad Evans sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Ken Shamrock tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Rashad Evans jumps backwards and frees his leg.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Rashad Evans tries to bring the fight to the ground
Shamrock goes down.
Hard blow to Shamrock's mid-section, he seems hurt
Rashad Evans is in open guard over Shamrock
Evans tries to jump to side mount.
Ken Shamrock closed his guard around Rashad Evans.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Shamrock tries to show some ground skills
Evans uses his strength to keep Evans at a disadvantage
Evans is trying to counter now!
Evans fires a barrage of punches at Shamrock's head!
This is bad! Evans is just pounding on Ken Shamrock's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock attempts to trap Rashad Evans in his guard.
Rashad Evans keeps control and remains in side mount.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Evans leans back...
He clobbers Ken Shamrock's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Terrible one sided match... Shamrock was not ready to fight a fighter of Rashad Evans calibre.
Evans gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Ken Shamrock! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Ken Shamrock doesn't defend himself!
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Evans throws a few hammer fists to the face of Ken Shamrock
Solid shots!
Shamrock's Right eye is bruised after the punishment he's received!
Shamrock has a large cut to his Right eye – it’s bleeding profusely!
The referee has paused the fight to give the doctor a look at that cut.
It’s all over!
Winner is Rashad Evans by Doctor Stoppage (cut Right eye) at 2:19 Round 2
Statistics: Rashad Evans
Punches 4/4 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 24/29 (83%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 286 s
Statistics: Ken Shamrock
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/3 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/15 (13%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 286 s
A decent performance by both fighters today. Both men read the fight well and weren’t afraid to go after it.
This makes the event worth the money!
Rashad Evans looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Ken Shamrock shifts back and forth nervously.
The referee of the bout is Herb Dean.
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Round 1
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The bell announces the first round!
Evans and Shamrock circle around the center of the cage.
Rashad Evans shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Ken Shamrock is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Evans into his guard.
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Shamrock
Evans is in closed guard... Shamrock tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Rashad Evans!
The clock says 0:35 in the 1 round
Ken Shamrock is in full mount over Rashad Evans
Evans measures the resilience of Shamrock's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Shamrock blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Evans clumsily fails here and it's time for Ken Shamrock to fight back!
Ken Shamrock tries to better his position on the ground...
Rashad Evans tries to roll on the ground...
The clock says 0:45 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Shamrock
Rashad Evans tries to better his position on the ground...
Evans breaks the closed guard of Ken Shamrock and moves to half guard
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock attempts to trap Rashad Evans in his guard.
Ken Shamrock manages to switch to half guard.
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Shamrock
Ken Shamrock attempts to move to full guard
Rashad Evans keeps good control and remains in half guard.
The clock says 1:20 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Shamrock
Shamrock measures the resilience of Evans's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Evans's side.
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Shamrock
Shamrock launches a few weak punches
Evans blocks them effectively.
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Shamrock
Evans tries to open up Ken Shamrock's defense faking a few punches.
He is aggressively and repeatedly punching Shamrock in the side of the head
Rashad Evans is in half guard over Shamrock
Evans launches a few fake punches and tries to escape!
Ken Shamrock is not able to stop Shamrock ground skills and Rashad Evans moves to side mount!
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Rashad Evans looks to mount Ken Shamrock...
Rashad Evans slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock launches a few punches to Evans's cheek from the guard.
Rashad Evans uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Ken Shamrock
Evans fakes a few punches and after a brief struggle he catches Ken Shamrock's arm and tries an armbar!
Shamrock hold his own hand and breaks Evans's lock. He rolls over himself and launches over Rashad Evans.
Ken Shamrock is in side mount over Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans launches a few punches to Shamrock's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Shamrock tries to cover his face,
Ken Shamrock is in side mount over Rashad Evans
Rashad Evans launches a few punches to Shamrock's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Shamrock tries to cover his face,
The clock says 2:50 in the 1 round
Ken Shamrock is in side mount over Rashad Evans
Evans measures the resilience of Shamrock's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Shamrock's side.
Ken Shamrock is in side mount over Rashad Evans
Shamrock tries to open up Rashad Evans's defense faking a few punches.
Rashad Evans wraps his arms around Shamrock's arms and counters the punches.
Evans is trying to counter now!
Rashad Evans attempts to trap Ken Shamrock in his guard.
Rashad Evans manages to switch to half guard.
Ken Shamrock is in half guard over Evans
Rashad Evans attempts to move to full guard
Rashad Evans manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 3:25 in the 1 round
Ken Shamrock is in open guard over Evans
Ken Shamrock tries to pass to half guard...
Rashad Evans's closes his guard to prevent the pass.
Ken Shamrock is in closed guard over Evans
Shamrock is in closed guard... Evans tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Ken Shamrock!
Rashad Evans is in full mount over Ken Shamrock
Rashad Evans takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Ken Shamrock shoulder and pushes his arm againts the mat!
Ken Shamrock breaks that americana attempt!
Poorly executed technique. Ken Shamrock looks to counter!
Ken Shamrock launches a few punches to Evans's cheek from the guard.
Rashad Evans uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Herb Dean has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in St. Petersburg Arena (St. Petersburg, Russia) are cheering for the fighters.
A solid combination from Rashad Evans
connects with Shamrock.
There is a small laceration on Ken Shamrock's Nose
The clock says 4:05 in the 1 round
A left hook from Evans
grazes the chin of Shamrock.
The clock says 4:15 in the 1 round
Rashad Evans moves forward looking for some grappling action
Evans has his opponent in a text book double collar thai clinch!
Ken Shamrock tries to shrug his way out of the clinch.
Shamrock circles out and slips free of Rashad Evans's grip. Nice job of getting out of that position.
Rashad Evans is slowing the pace of the fight a bit and circles around his opponent.
Evans fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Shamrock sprawls and remains on his feet.
Rashad Evans shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Ken Shamrock is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Evans into his guard.
Rashad Evans is in closed guard over Shamrock
Evans struggles on the ground and tries to break Ken Shamrock's guard...
Rashad Evans is in Shamrock open guard now
Rashad Evans is in open guard over Shamrock
Evans tries to jump to side mount.
Ken Shamrock closed his guard around Rashad Evans.
The ref stops the action. The round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for Evans.
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Round 2
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Shamrock is holding Rashad Evans's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Rashad Evans shows great balance while pushing away Ken Shamrock
Shamrock clumsily fails here and it's time for Rashad Evans to fight back!
Bone shattering straight right hand from Rashad Evans!
Shamrock is going to have a big headache after that blow!
Shamrock's Left cheek is beginning to swell
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Shamrock studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
Ken Shamrock shoots for a double leg takedown!
Rashad Evans sprawls and manages to stay on his feet.
Ken Shamrock tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Rashad Evans jumps backwards and frees his leg.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
Rashad Evans tries to bring the fight to the ground
Shamrock goes down.
Hard blow to Shamrock's mid-section, he seems hurt
Rashad Evans is in open guard over Shamrock
Evans tries to jump to side mount.
Ken Shamrock closed his guard around Rashad Evans.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Shamrock tries to show some ground skills
Evans uses his strength to keep Evans at a disadvantage
Evans is trying to counter now!
Evans fires a barrage of punches at Shamrock's head!
This is bad! Evans is just pounding on Ken Shamrock's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Ken Shamrock attempts to trap Rashad Evans in his guard.
Rashad Evans keeps control and remains in side mount.
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Evans leans back...
He clobbers Ken Shamrock's face with a huge punch! Ouch!
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Terrible one sided match... Shamrock was not ready to fight a fighter of Rashad Evans calibre.
Evans gets a good position on the ground. ..
and what an incredible flurry! He's just wailing away at Ken Shamrock! The referee is saying he's going to stop it if Ken Shamrock doesn't defend himself!
Rashad Evans is in side mount over Ken Shamrock
Evans throws a few hammer fists to the face of Ken Shamrock
Solid shots!
Shamrock's Right eye is bruised after the punishment he's received!
Shamrock has a large cut to his Right eye – it’s bleeding profusely!
The referee has paused the fight to give the doctor a look at that cut.
It’s all over!
Winner is Rashad Evans by Doctor Stoppage (cut Right eye) at 2:19 Round 2
Statistics: Rashad Evans
Punches 4/4 (100%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 3/4 (75%)
GnP strikes 24/29 (83%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 286 s
Statistics: Ken Shamrock
Punches 0/0 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/3 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/15 (13%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 286 s
A decent performance by both fighters today. Both men read the fight well and weren’t afraid to go after it.
This makes the event worth the money!
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!