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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Alejandro Torres (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Craig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alejandro Torres could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Simon Craig's chin.
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171 lbs
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172 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
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Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Alejandro Torres!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Simon Craig!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Torres misses with a jab, cross combination.
Craig avoids a punch combination nicely.
Torres scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Torres misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Torres takes the fight into the clinch.
Craig gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Torres.
Craig pulls guard successfully.
Torres throws a big right hand that misses.
Torres with a flurry of punches that miss.
Torres in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Craig preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Torres throwing strikes from guard but Craig blocks nicely.
Craig wants to get back to his feet but Torres is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Torres's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Torres throwing strikes but missing.
Torres cracks Craig with a solid left hand.
Torres with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Torres accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Torres postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Craig looking for a sweep. Not yet Craig, not yet.
Torres throwing strikes but missing.
Craig working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Torres.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres throwing strikes but missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Torres accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Torres is looking to work some ground and pound but Craig has wrist control.
Torres throwing strikes but missing.
Craig working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Torres doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Torres manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Craig looks gassed!
Torres trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Torres lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torres with a flurry of punches that miss.
Torres pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Craig is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Torres slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Torres cracks Craig with a big right hand but Craig just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Torres looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Craig is avoiding damage well.
Torres working the head and body with strikes.
Craig takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Torres scores with a couple of short elbows.
Torres in side control lands a decent elbow.
Craig prevents Torres from improving position.
Torres working the strikes but Craig uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Torres missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Torres missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Torres is nestled in close to Craig, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Torres lands with a punch from half guard.
Torres lands with a punch from half guard.
Torres working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Torres thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing Craig to regain full guard.
Torres with a flurry of punches that miss.
Torres working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Torres postures up.
Torres working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torres postures up.
Torres lands a couple of digs.
Torres is looking to work some ground and pound but Craig has wrist control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alejandro Torres dominated that round.
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.
Craig takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Torres misses with a series of wild punches.
Torres fails to land with a series of punches.
Craig throws a head kick that misses.
Torres swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Craig counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Torres misses with a combination
and Craig counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Torres pushes Craig off looking to stand but Craig dives back in and keeps control.
Torres tries to get to full guard but Craig has control of the leg.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Craig seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Torres does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Torres manages to get to full guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Craig slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Craig trying to control the pace.
Craig is trying to control the action in half guard but Torres is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Torres won't allow Craig to pass to mount.
Torres regains full guard. Nicely done.
Torres is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Craig is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Simon Craig wasn't active enough on the ground.
A jab from Torres does it's job there.
Craig on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Torres fails to land the takedown.
Torres looks for a takedown but Craig sprawls well.
Torres scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Torres throws a nice head kick!
Alejandro Torres is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Torres misses with a few strikes there.
Sloppy strikes from Torres. Those never looked like landing.
Craig lands a body shot.
Torres throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craig takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Torres shoots in for a takedown but Craig shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alejandro Torres. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Craig darts in and clinches Torres up against the cage.
Craig tries a knee to the head but Torres blocks it.
Torres looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Torres gets underhooks to prevent Craig's takedown attempt.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Torres pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Torres.
Torres throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Craig.
A left and a right from Torres both land. Nice combination.
Torres tries to bum rush Craig with a series of wild strikes but Craig uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Craig drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Torres tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Craig tries to advance to mount but Torres denies him.
Torres gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Craig seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Torres does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Torres is trying to escape back to his feet but Craig uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Torres is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alejandro Torres will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Torres.
Torres misses with a few strikes there.
Craig lands a jab-cross combination.
Craig shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Torres as he jumps to the side.
Craig has a takedown stuffed.
Torres throws a lazy head kick
and Craig counters with a big head kick but Torres shrugs it off.
Torres misses with a few strikes there.
Torres moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Craig dodges the punch combination from Torres.
Torres pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Craig back to the cage. Torres follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Craig blocks a head kick by Torres.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Torres looks to land a combination but Craig avoids it well.
Craig is trying hard to land a takedown here. Torres sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Alejandro Torres has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Simon Craig.
Torres throws a good cross that connects.
Craig looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Torres connects with an inside leg kick.
Torres scores with a jab to the jaw.
Craig is looking to clinch.
Torres lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Craig at a distance.
Craig circles away from the clinch attempt.
Torres misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Craig tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Craig's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Torres connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Craig scrambles back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Torres throws a one two combo.
Torres looks to land a right hand but Craig moved out of range.
Torres gets caught flat footed, as Craig shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Craig throws a big right hand that misses.
Torres wants to stand but Craig is controlling the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Torres looking for a triangle here. Craig is fighting it but it looks tight! Torres pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Craig is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Alejandro Torres!
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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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