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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Street Cred (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nathan Ames (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cred's entrance music is Stronger. A fine choice. Ames is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Break down the walls. Street Cred had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.5lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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170 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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166 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Street Cred!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nathan Ames!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Anthony Taglia and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cred feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cred preventing the sweep.
Ames is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cred with a nice head shot there.
Ames trying to control the position.
Cred avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cred lands a couple of digs.
Cred is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cred drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Ames dives on top into guard.
Cred is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cred trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Ames wants to control from the top but Cred keeps moving.
Cred is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Ames trying to control the position from guard on top but Cred is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Ames throws a jab when Cred was well out of range.
Ames drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ames drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Cred manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Ames has Cred in his guard.
Cred wants to pass the guard but Ames is keeping the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cred in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ames has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Cred is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Ames.
Ames looks to move to half guard but instead Cred has passed into mount! Damn!
Ames tries to hold on but Cred postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cred lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cred lands a nice shot to the head.
Ames wants to hold on but Cred pushes him away.
Ames really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ames is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ames is trying to escape the mount.
Ames tries to lock up and control but Cred gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ames really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Cred punishing his opponent with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cred lands with some strikes.
Cred fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cred looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Ames is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ames flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Cred scoring with strikes but Ames is staying in there.
Cred with shots to the head and body - Ames looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cred breaks from Ames's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Ames tries to hold on but Cred pushes him away.
Ames working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ames tries to lock up and control but Cred gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Street Cred dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Ames closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cred keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Ames is working for a submission of some sort.
Cred trying to control from the bottom.
Ames is looking to take a break and control but Cred is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ames is stalling here. Cred is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Ames seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Cred has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Ames misses with a strike from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ames manages to get back to half guard.
Ames is trying to control but Cred passes into side control!
Ames is looking to regain half guard here but Cred keeps moving and retains side control.
Ames is breathing heavily.
Ames taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cred working away.
Cred trying to control the position but Ames is working away.
Cred working away.
Cred connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Ames some visible discomfort.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cred thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Cred tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cred has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ames wants to control but Cred postures up.
Cred lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Ames gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cred is looking to take a break and control but Ames is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cred missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cred lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cred throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ames strikes from the bottom but Cred passes into mount!
Ames is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ames is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Ames manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ames trying to control but Cred postures up.
Ames gets full guard.
Ames bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cred's guard.
Ames looking to sit in guard and control but Cred gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Ames is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cred pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ames is keeping the position for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nathan Ames will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Cred throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Ames was covering up waiting for the punch and Cred finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Ames is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cred is aware though and is defending well.
Ames keeping moving, preventing Cred from controlling successfully.
Ames 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.
Ames working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cred.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ames thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Ames has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cred can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Street Cred overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ames is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Cred is aware though and is defending well.
Cred trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ames has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Cred is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Ames.
Ames manages to get back to half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cred lands a nice short elbow.
Ames avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cred.
Ames controlling the position for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ames gets full guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cred's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cred looking to sit in guard and control but Ames gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Cred looking for a sweep. Not yet Cred, not yet.
Ames trying to control but Cred is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ames has gone for a leg lock! Cred slips out almost immediately though and dives into Ames's guard.
Ames throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Cred chips away with some ground and pound.
Ames has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Cred can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Ames is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cred defends well.
Ames controls Cred momentarily but Cred frees himself.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cred landing some decent shots from guard.
Ames 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.
Cred makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cred works over Ames with some ground and pound from guard.
Cred preventing the sweep.
Ames looking for subs off his back but Cred has passed one foot through into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Street Cred showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cred has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 29:28
Judge Anthony Taglia scores the fight 29:28
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Street Cred!
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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
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