UFC 121 Results: Jake Shields Controls Martin Kampmann for a Split Decision Win
by Luke Thomas on Oct 24, 2010 12:08 AM EDT
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Jake Shields, the former Strikeforce middleweight champion and one of the UFC's biggest acquisition's since Brock Lesnar, was ready to make UFC 121 his coming out party for UFC fans. Martin Kampmann, coming off the best win of his career against Paulo Thiago at UFC 115, was set to be the spoiler.
The first round began with Shield able to land a single leg and movement direclty to side control. He was able to briefly achieve mount, but was Kampmann was able to stand right back up. Neither fighter was able to execute much, but Shields clearly took the first frame.
In the second round Shields took two monster knees but was able to recover position when it mattered. There were several instances where Kampmann was able to reverse or threaten with strikes of his own, but there was nothing doing.
In third round, however, Kampann was resisting most of the grappling efforts of Shields and even taking dominant positions him. He was certainly able to hurt him thought the course of the round. However, with roughly a minute left, Shields was able to get Kampmann's back and hold the position to ride out the round.
The judges score the fight 29-28 Kampmann, 30-27 Shields, 29-27 Shields to win a split decision.
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Shields could hardly make it thru 3 rounds. Can’t see him lasting 5 with GSP.
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by We All Hate Caleb on Oct 24, 2010 1:42 AM EDT up reply actions
Great win??
Hardly. Jake showed excellent grappling but NO offense at all.
Exactly
Everything that could go wrong for Shields, did go wrong, but he still found a way to win. Shields won despite a bad weight cut, Octagon jitters, a couple of massive knees by Kampmann, and gassing badly late in the fight. Beating Martin Kampmann is no small accomplishment, and beating him on an ‘off’ night is impressive. That is what great fighters do. They find a way to win even they when they don’t bring their ‘A’ game.
You expected something different?
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adrenaline dump?
Why are people still using this term, Carwin made it popular all of a sudden?
Fitch should be contending for the title, not Shields
I’m no doctor or fighter but I know I have experienced two types of gassing out recently. I did a run-bike-run event and coming towards the finished line I tried to sprint to pass a couple of people in front of me and there was absolutely nothing there. I felt like I was trying to sprint but it just resulted in the same plodding jog. Compare that to when my daughter took the car without permission (and without a license) to visit her boyfriend who lives less than a mile away. I was angry and ran over there to bring the car back but when I got there I had what I guess is what people are calling an adrenaline dump. I could barely stand and couldn’t catch my breath.
So I could do a 5-20-5 run-bike-run event without a break but got exhausted running less than a mile. Seems like one is about physical conditioning, the other about keeping your emotions in check.
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That was a better fight than I expected. Great performance by Kampmann, but damn, Shields was beet red done, and still slick as hell on the ground.
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by Kwisatz Haderach on Oct 24, 2010 12:31 AM EDT reply actions
Kampmanns hip movements, scrambles, and other grappling techniques
to get out of bad positions was the highlight of the fight for me. Some real beautiful stuff there. I don’t know what he was thinking in the third, but Shields was tired enough to easily get knocked out. I think Kampmann just wanted that submission win too much.
I like watching Shields work on the ground, but....
How the hell did he win that fight? If somebody gasses hard in round 2 and doesn’t do any damage whatsoever isn’t it pretty clear they lost?
Somebody scored that 30-27 for Shields. That is just insane.
Shields controlled and decided where the fight took place..
shields dominated position…if i take you down and keep you there…thats octagon control…do any of you train?
Martin Kampmann got controlled for 3 rounds…furthermore Martin Kampmann didnt do any damage himself..that knee that he hit shields with that made it look like he went down…barely grazed sheilds..
sooo what damage did kampmann!
props to shields!
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Sweet.
That knee was the best shot either fighter gave all night. Kampmann attempted submissions, which maybe wasn’t the best idea, but still, Shields didn’t even attempt any offense.
Props to Shields? Seriously? I mean I guess you’re a big fan, but its pretty weird do be celebrating a “win” like that. f he gets a title shot because of that junk it’ll be totally bogus.
Are you high?
Those knee’s were scary as shit.
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by We All Hate Caleb on Oct 24, 2010 1:44 AM EDT up reply actions
i guess you didnt see the replay..
im not a big sheilds fan but i did pick him to win…just like this!
and when i pick i do want them to win because i bet $$$
its kampmann’s fault he couldnt do NOTHING AT ALL!
under what guidelines would anyone give kampmann that fight?
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Let me get this straight...
What Shields just did was essentially what Fitch does in every fight and against better fighters but he can’t get a title shot.
Alright.
Shields passed to better positions but never threatened and never did any damage. At least Fitch will hit ya when he’s on top.
This fight really, really should have been a draw.
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