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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Demian Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Krueger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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195 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
22
205 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue 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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Demian Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jason Krueger!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Saam Ante and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maia is looking to clinch but Krueger is avoiding it.
Maia shoots in but Krueger avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Krueger shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Maia manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Maia is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Krueger tries to stand but Maia is controlling from the bottom.
Krueger postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Krueger stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Maia scores a takedown into full mount!
Krueger keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Krueger doing his best to control the position. Can he escape?
Krueger is trying desperately to improve position.
Krueger wants to control but Maia is having none of it.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Maia cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Maia scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Krueger tries to hold on but Maia postures up.
Krueger is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia with the ground and pound from mount.
Krueger tries to hold on but Maia postures up.
Krueger is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Krueger looks gassed!
Krueger is in all sorts of trouble here.
Maia scoring with strikes but Krueger is staying in there.
Maia landing strikes from the mount.
Maia fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Maia landing strikes from the mount.
Maia punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Maia lands a nice shot to the head.
Maia takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Maia looking to finish Krueger with some ground and pound. This is bad for Krueger!
Krueger defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Maia.
Krueger keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Krueger is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Krueger bucks up and throws Maia to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
Maia drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia lands a couple of elbows.
Maia works over Krueger with some ground and pound from guard.
Maia distracts Krueger with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Maia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Maia wants to control from the top but Krueger keeps moving.
Maia 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.
Maia with a nice head shot there.
Krueger 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.
Maia wants to control from the top but Krueger keeps moving.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krueger looking for a sweep. Not yet Krueger, not yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demian Maia dominated that round.
That's time! Maia's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Krueger gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Maia to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Maia stops Krueger from standing up.
Maia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Demian Maia overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Krueger is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Maia is looking to improve his position.
Krueger tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Krueger content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia is looking to improve his position.
Krueger is trying to control the action in half guard but Maia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Maia wants to control but Krueger is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Maia is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Krueger tries for a takedown but Maia circles away easily
and Maia counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Krueger manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Krueger is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Krueger is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Maia postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Maia scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krueger tries to strike from the bottom.
Maia is in close to Krueger's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Maia is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Maia trying to control but Krueger is working from the bottom.
Krueger looking to control.
Maia trying to control but Krueger is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Krueger listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Krueger wants to clinch up but Maia keeps it at a distance.
Maia walks into a jab.
Maia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krueger wants to control but Maia is keeping busy.
Maia passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Krueger!
Krueger is bucking up trying to escape but Maia cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Demian Maia dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Maia drives through with a takedown into guard.
Maia throwing strikes from guard but Krueger blocks nicely.
Krueger keeping moving, preventing Maia from controlling successfully.
Krueger looking to control.
Krueger is controlling Maia's posture.
Maia landing some decent shots from guard.
Maia preventing the sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Maia makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Krueger is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Maia postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Maia connects with a couple of short punches.
Krueger has an active guard here but Maia has managed to pass into half guard.
Maia content to control rather than advance.
Demian Maia is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krueger is trying to stand back up but Maia is controlling him
Well, if Maia is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Maia stops Krueger from getting back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krueger pushes Maia off but Maia dives into side control.
Krueger is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Maia asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Maia controls the position.
Krueger tries to bench press Maia off him but Maia keeps the position.
Krueger taking a bit of punishment here - Maia scoring with strikes.
Maia lands a few punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Krueger can't do much from the bottom here.
Maia is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Krueger will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Check out the look on Maia's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Krueger is looking for a sweep.
Maia in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Maia is working Krueger over with some ground and pound from side control.
Jason Krueger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Maia takes a little break here. Krueger wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Demian Maia showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Maia, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Demian Maia!
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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
43% |
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