Semmy Schilt vs Akira Shoji championships

Lingerie Fighting Championships

Lingerie Fighting Championships (LFC) is an American Mixed Martial Arts promotion founded in 2024 by Shaun Donnelly.

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00:00Unlike, let's say, when DJ Belfort fought Pete Herring.

00:04Look at that!

00:05He's gonna get a stiff neck just looking him in the eye.

00:07He's gonna stare up, he's gonna stare down.

00:09Right.

00:10Ha-ha!

00:11Very good, Basito.

00:12Very good.

00:13Score!

00:14Here we gotta go!

00:16I expect this match to be a lot like watching the Discovery Channel.

00:25This is a really, really a wild match.

00:28We're going to places where no man has gun before.

00:30This is going to be...

00:31I've said it before and I'll say it again.

00:33Shoji being the David versus Sammy Schultz's Goliath.

00:37Let's see if he needs that slingshot.

00:40We know he needs a fast shot, as in takedown.

00:44Yeah, but it wouldn't hurt him to bring a gun also.

00:47I think Shoji should circle to the right because it's Sammy Schultz's right knee that is the dangerous weapon.

00:55If Shoji goes for a takedown he should defend the takedown first and then goes for strikes to the head.

01:08It may surprise Shoji if Shoji went with an overhand right through a low kick.

01:13Shoji's gotta get Shoji out of his game plan.

01:17But Schultz really, if you think about it, there's never...

01:21Oh! Left!

01:22It was a high kick.

01:23It would've been a rib kick to most people, but...

01:25Oh!

01:26He's got...

01:27He's got a body lock and Schultz going for the guillotine choke.

01:30Yeah, Guilt's got, uh, Schultz got some, uh, thin forearms and he can sink in that front choke like he did many times in Pankers.

01:40He's got a good front choke.

01:41I don't think it's gonna happen with, uh, on Akira Shoji because he's a submission artist.

01:45Oh!

01:46This is great!

01:47Akira Shoji gets the takedown.

01:49Now, I didn't expect this.

01:52I expected this to be a stand-up fight dictated by Schultz.

01:55Shoji in Schultz's guard.

01:57Got to be patient here.

01:59And what should he do here, Bob?

02:01He's exactly doing what he should do.

02:03He's, uh, bringing, uh, Sam Schultz away from the ropes so that he has more space to, uh, do his thing.

02:12He should try to escape.

02:13There we go.

02:14But Sam is very strong.

02:16We saw him, uh, fight against Pete Williams.

02:18He was just holding the hands of Pete Williams in the guard.

02:21And Pete couldn't break his grip.

02:23So, uh, yeah, he has to see if he can break his total grip and pull his left arm out, too.

02:28And I think one thing that gets underestimated is the strength of Shoji.

02:31People don't really talk about that.

02:33But Shoji has been in there and went the distance with people from Chance.

02:36And you have to be a strong man to do that.

02:39Yeah, that's one thing for sure.

02:40And he went the distance also with Mark Coleman, like we said before.

02:43Uh, it's gonna be a very typical pass here for, uh, Sam Schultz.

02:47Well, there's one main thing that we gotta remember in here.

02:50The Pride Fighting Championships is not just about who is the strongest fighter.

02:54But it also comes down to who's the more intelligent fighter and who has the biggest heart.

02:59And what bigger heart than Akira Shoji's?

03:02Yeah, him and Matsui, you know, these are two guys.

03:06Yeah, like we always say.

03:07I call him the little people of Chance and Akira Shoji.

03:10A lot of heart.

03:11He's actually built a little bit the same.

03:13A little smaller.

03:14And less in weight.

03:15Now, did you see that?

03:16Pete Williams in the Open Fighting Championship could not break the grip of Semi Schultz.

03:21Oh!

03:22Flip!

03:23Oh no!

03:24Schultz has flipped Shoji over.

03:26Now, the point I'm trying to make is that Shoji got out of that iron grip of Semi Schultz there for a second.

03:32But Shoji flipped the ball.

03:34Yeah, it doesn't surprise me at all.

03:36It looks like Shoji wants to go for now.

03:38But I see that he's trapping the right arm of Sam.

03:40Yeah, and he's going to go for it, I think.

03:42Sam's got long limbs, you know, everything is long.

03:45So he's very vulnerable for arm bars and leg locks.

03:49Just to watch out for that.

03:51Now, here's the battle of grips.

03:53Oh, yeah.

03:54And Semi is going to win that battle.

03:56But if he lets go and goes for strike, Shoji is doing really well at covering up.

04:01Yeah, Sam's hands are as big as Shoji's feet, I think.

04:05And he just slams his finger around the wrist.

04:08Shoji going for the neck crank there, but Shoji opens the guard up.

04:12He's prepping the arm of Semi Schultz.

04:14The right arm is going to go for the right arm bars.

04:19A real strategic fight here so far.

04:23And actually, an action-packed fight even though it's been in the guard.

04:27Because Shoji is making for the action, Shoji is Shoji.

04:30Shoji, I don't think it's possible for him to go fight.

04:34No, we've never seen him in a dull fight.

04:37Same as Sakuraba, always spectacular.

04:40Spectacular.

04:41What do you say in a minute?

04:42Spectacular.

04:43Spectacular.

04:44Spectacular.

04:46Now, Shoji got him in the iron grip.

04:49Yeah.

04:50But he pulled it out.

04:51Yeah.

04:52It was a good last hand.

04:53Yeah, it was.

04:54But to stop Shoji with striking, it's going to be difficult.

04:59I think to stop it, it really should be a knee.

05:02The feet stand on the feet.

05:03It should be a knee to the head.

05:04Otherwise, it could take a lot of pressure.

05:08I think one of the things that Shoji might have a problem with,

05:12is usually he's throwing a knee to someone over 6 feet tall.

05:15Shoji's being lower, it may be easier for him to bring the knee up,

05:19but it may be a problem for him to get the accuracy to get the head

05:21because he's so far down.

05:24Yeah, maybe it is, but he should visualize his solar flexors or something.

05:28Even opponent.

05:29Right.

05:33So far, Shoji doing a lot more than we may have expected,

05:37but Shoji pushing him back.

05:39Shilt motioning to him.

05:41Shoji probably wants Shilt to engage.

05:44Shoji doing the butt scoot here.

05:46Oh, Shilt should kick because he's got so much reach.

05:49He should try kicking in the head.

05:50Yeah.

05:51He could kick him in the head.

05:52Maybe he's afraid of the leg.

05:54Okay.

05:55Oh.

05:56That's actually a good call because Shoji basically is buying time.

06:01Now we've got to watch out for those knees, as Ba said.

06:03If Shoji goes for a single leg, he's got to go outside his right side.

06:10There's that knee, but it misses, and Shoji tries for a body lock.

06:14There's another knee.

06:15It lands on the arms and knocks Shoji down.

06:17That is a serious powerful.

06:19It hits Shoji on the arms, and down he went.

06:22Shoji definitely outgunned standing up there.

06:25Oh, yeah.

06:26Like I said before, he's got very good control.

06:28He's very tall, but he's got very good control over his body,

06:31which makes him a very dangerous striker.

06:33Well, this fight came as a result of two injuries.

06:38Originally, Igor Volchanchin, one of the top heavyweights in the sport from Ukraine,

06:42was to fight Semi-Shilt, but he injured his shoulder.

06:46And Brad Kohler from the United States was going to fight Shoji.

06:50So those two gentlemen got injured on short notice.

06:53So Shoji decided to take the offer, never back down from the fight,

06:56to fight the monster in Semi-Shilt.

07:01Yeah, you know, talking about always a fighter, huh?

07:05Samurai's prayer.

07:06He's got the fighter hard to step in.

07:08Igor Volchanchin, at least he has an even weight as Semi-Shilt.

07:12A little less.

07:13And Brad Kohler would have been better for Shoji.

07:15I think Shoji looks a little confused.

07:17He's really got to...

07:18Oh, no!

07:19That was a hard left eight!

07:21Knocked Shoji down.

07:23Shoji really has got to use lateral movement when he stands up.

07:27Yeah, that's what it is.

07:28If I were him, I would sprint to the right

07:32and make Semi-Shilt start to turn.

07:34That's the only way he's going to be able to trap the leg.

07:36For him to stand right in front of him like this,

07:38he can't do this.

07:39He's got to actually move as fast as he can,

07:41but it looks like Shoji may be carrying a few extra pounds in this fight,

07:44maybe he tried to bulk up.

07:46Shoji going for a back kick there,

07:49really not being effective with the kick.

07:53Yeah, the region of Semi's arms are longer than Shoji's legs.

07:57Oh, and another knee to the head.

07:59And you see he's very accurate with those knees.

08:02He's knocked out quite a few fighters with those knees,

08:05including Guy Mezger,

08:07who he fought in a pancreas fight some years ago.

08:10Yeah, he knocked out also Funaki with a liver punch.

08:13That was also great.

08:15Yeah, Shoji looks tired right here.

08:19A little winded.

08:21And Sem is known for his stamina.

08:23He can go all the way.

08:25If Shoji wanted to get an easy win,

08:29to get back in the winning streak after picking up two losses,

08:32this may have been the wrong fight to do that with.

08:35Oh, there's the liver shot again. You see?

08:37Oh, Shoji is out. That's it. That's it. It's over.

08:40It's over. It's over.

08:42Shoji has been stopped by the behemoth, Semi Schultz, with strikes.

08:48Wow.

08:50It was the liver shot that set it up. Did you see it?

08:54Yeah, the liver shot. You saw grip it a little bit.

08:56Then the knee to the head again.

08:58Yeah, very accurate.

09:00Okay, it was eight minutes, 19 seconds into round one.

09:06Uh, Semi Schultz really not surprising us,

09:10because going into this fight,

09:12it would have almost taken a miracle.

09:14It shows you to be able to defeat the sides of Semi Schultz.

09:20But showing the absolute warrior courage

09:24of taking the fight at last minute

09:26because of the two, uh, injuries from the two fighters previously mentioned.

09:30There's that left hook, and there's that left knee,

09:32and that's kind of what Dan, that left hook right there again,

09:35and a left kick, and it was left, left, left.

09:38One, two, three, four.

09:40Starting with a left hook to the body, left knee to the head,

09:44left hook again to the head.

09:46Shoji on the way down, and the left kick on the way down

09:50really was inconsequential.

09:51Shoji was already out.

09:52Shoji walking out of the ring a little dejected,

09:56but nonetheless stepped in with the Giant,

10:00gave it his best shot,

10:02and came up on the short end of the stick.

10:10My tongue has a lighter rotation.

10:14I'd like to του that.

10:16Not exactly who bryr and hull.

10:18I never wondered,

10:19but he only knew it.

10:20His hands would like him to reach out,

10:21so he only knew it.

10:22He won't understand-

10:23His hands would like to him.

10:24He won't let everything.

10:25But that guy, he doesn't want him.

10:26He dealt when digo you,

10:27he says he didn't want him to.

10:28I was able to realise.

10:29Heads exponentially Nicht-

10:31Haven Date Yay..

10:34He kept a ride on his Hee'angyscy,

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