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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Krutcher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominic Rude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krutcher comes to the cage accompanied by Fun Things - Savage. Rude comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Gunslinger kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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203 lbs
37 - 20 - 1 |
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190 cm
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218 lbs
25 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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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
37 - 20 - 1, fighting out of New York, Jason Krutcher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, Dominic Rude!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Jonathan Paton and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Rude. Krutcher does a little dance to reset his feet.
Krutcher connects with a nice looking jab.
Rude shoots in looking for a takedown but Krutcher manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Rude's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Some wild striking there from Rude.
Krutcher throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Rude counters with an inside leg kick.
Krutcher looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Krutcher misses with a looping left.
Rude darts in looking for a takedown but Krutcher gets double underhooks and turns Rude into the cage.
Krutcher works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Rude controlling the position.
Rude keeping moving, preventing Krutcher from controlling successfully.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Krutcher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Krutcher wants to control from the top but Rude keeps moving.
Rude pulls Krutcher in close to his closed guard and prevents Krutcher from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krutcher wants to stand but Rude is controlling his posture from full guard.
Krutcher won't allow Rude to sweep him here.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Krutcher accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Krutcher working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Krutcher 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.
Krutcher throwing strikes from guard but Rude blocks nicely.
Krutcher throwing strikes but missing.
Krutcher postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Rude not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Krutcher shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Rude eats them both and turns towards Krutcher to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Rude dodges the punch combination from Krutcher.
Krutcher fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rude stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Krutcher takes a swing at Rude's ribcage but misses.
Krutcher lands with a hook. Rude tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Rude punishes Krutcher's body with a nice straight punch.
Rude thuds a left hand into Krutcher's body.
Krutcher lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Krutcher clinches.
Rude lands a body punch.
Rude lands with a short punch from the clinch.
It looks like Jason Krutcher has been cut.
Krutcher lands an elbow just above Rude 's eye.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rude lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Krutcher throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rude stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Krutcher is breathing heavily.
Rude softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Rude can't find room to land a body shot as Krutcher controls the action.
Nice body punch from Rude - that landed with a thud.
I was talking to Krutcher's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rude doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rude is trying to force a seperation but Krutcher has the dominant position.
Rude lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Krutcher stalling in the clinch but Rude improves position.
Rude misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rude lands a nice shot to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rude.
Rude trying to stall but Krutcher improves his position.
Rude lands a nice shot to the body.
Rude lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Krutcher.
Rude lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Krutcher backwards.
Rude breaks the clinch.
Rude fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krutcher manages to avoid it.
Sloppy strikes from Rude. Those never looked like landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rude lands with a shot to the body.
Krutcher keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A left and a right from Rude both land. Nice combination.
Krutcher takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Krutcher jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Krutcher walks into a jab.
Rude is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Krutcher rather than just go for the knockout.
Krutcher ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Krutcher misses with a low kick.
Rude tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Krutcher defends well and Rude ends up having to push Krutcher into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Jason Krutcher has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Dominic Rude.
Rude tries to throw a body punch but Krutcher avoids it by throwing Rude back against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Rude.
Krutcher prevents Rude from breaking the clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Rude pushes Krutcher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krutcher tries to land knees in the clinch but Rude avoids the damage to the body.
Krutcher has Rude pressed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dominic Rude dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jason Krutcher's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Krutcher throws a right hand that misses
and Rude counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Krutcher misses with a hook. Rude ducked under it nicely.
Rude lands a jab to the head.
Rude throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Krutcher has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Rude goes for a double leg but Krutcher avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Krutcher continues to drive forward.
Rude stops a takedown attempt from Krutcher.
Rude blocks an elbow strike from Krutcher.
Krutcher wants a takedown but no success here.
Rude avoiding damage.
Rude blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krutcher tries to land a knee to the head but Rude blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rude makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rude is leaning against Krutcher and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Rude working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Krutcher blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Rude tries to work over Krutcher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A hook to the body from Rude.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rude stalling against the cage.
A right hook to the body lands for Rude.
Rude's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Krutcher tries to land knees in the clinch but Rude avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Krutcher throws an elbow but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Rude fails to land.
Rude has Krutcher pressed against the cage.
Good body shot from Rude.
A bit of stalling here from Rude.
Rude lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Krutcher backwards.
Krutcher can't find room to land a body shot as Rude controls the action.
Rude gets through Krutcher's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Krutcher tries to stall but Rude uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rude stalling against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Rude's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Rude prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jason Krutcher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Rude fails to land.
Rude misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rude presses Krutcher against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Rude lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rude scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hand to the body from Rude.
Rude has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Rude struggles to land a body shot inside as Krutcher controls his hands.
Still in the clinch, Rude scores with a nice short uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krutcher blocks a body shot from Rude.
Rude breaks from the clinch.
Jab, jab by Rude - just one landing.
Krutcher is rocked!
Rude throws an overhand right that drops Krutcher like a sack of potatoes! Rude dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dominic Rude!
After the big win, Dominic Rude made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors The Dark Side and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
Jason Krutcher spoke after the fight, saying 'That was a tough fight tonight but that's how it goes sometimes. I'll be back again.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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