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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Craik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ron Fuller (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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258 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jason Craik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ron Fuller!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Craik looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Fuller moves forwards but Craik connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Craik waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Fuller.
Craik swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Fuller as Craik shoots in.
Jason Craik seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuller dodges the punch combination from Craik.
Craik throws a series of punches but Fuller moves out of range.
Craik fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch combination from Craik misses.
Craik lands a head shot.
Craik fails with a takedown attempt.
Fuller uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Craik.
Craik changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Fuller tries to avoid it but Craik manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Fuller to the ground. Fuller escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Craik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuller misses with a takedown attempt
and Craik decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Fuller's guard.
Fuller tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Fuller pulls Craik in to control the position.
Fuller bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Craik's guard.
Craik looking for a sweep. Not yet Craik, not yet.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Craik is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuller manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Craik manages to get himself to full guard.
Craik working for a triangle but Fuller defends it easily.
Fuller distracts Craik with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fuller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fuller keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Craik's head.
Fuller working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Craik's head.
Fuller working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Craik is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuller postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Fuller lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Fuller postures up.
Craik is looking for a triangle but Fuller pushes his legs off easily.
Fuller throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Craik on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Craik tries to get out of the position.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fuller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fuller working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Craik wants to get back to his feet but Fuller is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Fuller passes Craik's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Craik desperately trying to maintain half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Craik taking some punishment here, with Fuller in his half guard.
Fuller thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Craik's head.
Craik tries to roll over but Fuller keeps him under control.
Fuller working Craik over with strikes.
Fuller prevents Craik from improving his position.
Craik might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Fuller winds up and cracks Craik with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Craik slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ron Fuller will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Craik looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Craik swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Craik misses with a jab, cross combination.
Craik throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Craik misses with a takedown
and Fuller counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Craik's guard now.
Fuller won't allow Craik to sweep him here.
Fuller works over Craik with some ground and pound from guard.
Craik wants to sweep but no luck.
Fuller has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Fuller trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fuller scoring with some ground and pound.
Fuller cracks Craik with a solid left hand.
Fuller chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuller content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Fuller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fuller working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Craik's head.
Fuller postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Fuller scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fuller scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Fuller chips away with some ground and pound.
Craik wants to stand up but Fuller is controlling him.
Fuller cracks Craik with a solid left hand.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Fuller accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Craik is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Fuller is doing well to control the position and prevent Craik from advancing to side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fuller moves into full guard.
Fuller is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Craik wants to get back to his feet.
Fuller looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Craik with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Craik trying to control from the bottom.
Craik manages to get to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craik working a defensive guard here.
Fuller postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fuller postures up and lands a big shot to Craik's brow.
Ron Fuller has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fuller won't allow Craik to sweep him here.
Fuller throwing strikes from guard but Craik blocks nicely.
Fuller working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Craik looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fuller keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Craik's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Craik kicks Fuller off and gets to his feet.
Craik throws a leg kick
and Fuller counters with a good low kick that Craik was not able to check.
Fuller tried to score with a low kick but Craik checks it.
Craik throws a looping overhand right but Fuller ducks down to avoid it.
A right-left combo lands from Craik.
Craik shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Fuller counters with a takedown into side control.
Fuller lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Fuller in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Craik taking a bit of punishment here - Fuller scoring with strikes.
Fuller cracks Craik with a big elbow.
Craik gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Fuller showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Fuller looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Fuller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Fuller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Craik pulls Fuller in close to prevent any damage.
Craik keeping full guard, as Fuller tries to pass.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fuller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fuller being controlled here momentarily.
Fuller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fuller takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fuller scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Craik is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fuller missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Fuller working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Craik is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fuller distracts Craik with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Fuller won't allow Craik to get back to his feet.
Fuller in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Fuller loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Fuller working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Craik wants to sweep here but Fuller controlling him for the moment.
Fuller stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Craik swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Craik is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fuller throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Craik lands a glancing blow to the side of Fuller's head.
Fuller blocks a head kick by Craik.
Craik scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Ron Fuller has been cut.
Fuller tries to clinch but Craik is having none of it.
Some wild striking there from Craik.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fuller blocks a head kick by Craik.
Fuller shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Craik manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Fuller's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fuller trying to move into half guard but instead Craik has managed to sweep!
Ron Fuller is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Craik trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Craik wants to get up but he can't break Fuller's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Fuller keeping moving, preventing Craik from controlling successfully.
Fuller seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Craik trying to control the position from guard on top but Fuller is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jason Craik has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Craik throwing strikes but missing.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Fuller takes a body punch but keeps moving.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ron Fuller.
I've got Fuller winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 28:30
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Fuller!
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