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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pat Yang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marek Krajcovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pat Yang has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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193 lbs
1 - 3 - 0 |
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179 cm
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178 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Pat Yang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Marek Krajcovic!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Colin Fotheringham and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krajcovic looks to score with a jab to the body but Yang is just out of range.
Yang went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Krajcovic goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Krajcovic moves into the clinch.
Krajcovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Yang moves out of range of the body kick from Krajcovic.
A head kick by Yang misses
and Krajcovic counters with a nice body kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Yang.
Krajcovic looks for the body kick but Yang saw that one coming.
Krajcovic throws a sloppy head kick
and Yang counters with a left and a right that stings Krajcovic.
Marek Krajcovic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krajcovic looks winded!
Krajcovic tries to land a front kick but Yang steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
As Krajcovic tries to get set, Yang tries to push him back and clinch up but Krajcovic manages to avoid the attempt.
Krajcovic darts in and clinches Yang up against the cage.
Yang tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Krajcovic smiles and moves away.
Yang avoids a kick to the body.
Krajcovic blocks a head kick by Yang.
Yang shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Krajcovic as he jumps to the side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krajcovic misses with a kick to the body.
Yang attempts a counter takedown but Krajcovic avoids it well and moves away.
Krajcovic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Yang defends it nicely.
Krajcovic clinches up with Yang and pushes him back against the cage.
Yang keeps control of Krajcovic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Yang manages to pull guard.
Yang is looking for a triangle but Krajcovic pushes his legs off easily.
Yang has his foot on Krajcovic's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Krajcovic works his way back into a safe position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krajcovic got a little sloppy there for a moment and Yang has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Krajcovic has managed to get both his arms back between Yang's legs - danger averted.
Yang escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Krajcovic gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Yang looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Yang is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Krajcovic defends well.
Krajcovic passes Yang's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krajcovic is looking for a kimura here.
Yang is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Krajcovic pulls his head out easily.
Yang looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Yang looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Krajcovic stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Krajcovic throws a leg kick which misses Yang's front leg but catches the back leg as Yang tries to avoid it.
Krajcovic throws a head kick that Yang semi-blocks.
It looks like Pat Yang has been cut.
Yang takes the fight into the clinch.
Yang is trying to pull guard but Krajcovic has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat Yang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yang prevents the takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Krajcovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yang blocks the body kick.
Yang looks to land a combination but Krajcovic avoids it well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marek Krajcovic dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pat Yang's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Yang tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Krajcovic swivels and escapes.
Krajcovic tries to counter by closing the distance.
Krajcovic throws a hook to the side of Yang's head but Yang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krajcovic tests Yang's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pat Yang is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krajcovic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Yang looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A solid body kick from Krajcovic.
Krajcovic looks for a takedown but Yang sprawls well.
A shot to the liver by Yang. Beautiful body shot.
Krajcovic is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krajcovic throws a wild body kick that Yang sees coming a mile off.
Krajcovic looks to land a body kick but Yang moved away.
Marek Krajcovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Krajcovic throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang gets a clinch.
Yang fails to pull guard.
Yang jumps guard but Krajcovic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat Yang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Yang is trying to pull guard but Krajcovic turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Yang tries to pull guard but Krajcovic holds him up against the cage and eventually Yang drops back down to his feet.
Krajcovic can't break the clinch.
Yang tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Krajcovic taking a breather.
Yang lands a right hand.
Krajcovic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Krajcovic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Yang tries to pull guard but Krajcovic forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Yang manages to break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krajcovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yang throws a nice inside leg kick.
Krajcovic slaps away a takedown attempt from Yang, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Krajcovic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Krajcovic. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Krajcovic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Yang tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krajcovic swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Krajcovic misses with a head kick.
Krajcovic keeps the fight on the outside.
Krajcovic with the counter takedown but Yang avoids it easily.
Yang throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Krajcovic stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Krajcovic takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yang shoots in but no luck this time.
Yang tries to clinch but Krajcovic moves out of range.
Krajcovic throws a push kick but Yang slaps the foot to one side.
Yang thinks about countering with a head kick.
Yang clinches.
Yang prevents Krajcovic from breaking the clinch.
Krajcovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krajcovic wants to break free but Yang has control.
Yang jumps guard but Krajcovic turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Yang is trying to pull guard but Krajcovic turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Yang is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Krajcovic to keep the fight standing.
Yang fails to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yang is pressed up against the cage. Krajcovic has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Yang down to the mat. Yang avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Yang clinches up with Krajcovic and pushes him back against the cage.
Yang jumps guard but Krajcovic stands there with Yang around his waist. Yang gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Krajcovic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Krajcovic throws a half hearted mid kick.
Yang throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Yang tries to clinch up.
Krajcovic lands a nice leg kick that just misses Yang's sensitive parts.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Krajcovic will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Yang moves out of range of the body kick from Krajcovic.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Marek Krajcovic will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Pat Yang's cut.
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. This is the final round!
Krajcovic's corner calls for a 1-2. Krajcovic obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Yang changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Krajcovic tries to avoid it but Yang manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Krajcovic to the ground. Krajcovic escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Krajcovic flicks out a counter leg kick but Yang steps away.
Yang takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Yang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Krajcovic.
Yang throws a counter high kick but Krajcovic was just alert enough to avoid it.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Krajcovic.
Krajcovic looks to land a body kick but Yang moved away.
It looked like Yang was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Krajcovic shoots in looking for a takedown but Yang manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Krajcovic's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
As Krajcovic looks to move away, Yang throws a big counter combo bu Krajcovic just gets out of the way.
Krajcovic throws a wild body kick that Yang sees coming a mile off.
Yang is looking for a counter combo.
Krajcovic takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yang shoots for a takedown but Krajcovic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Yang goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Krajcovic looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Yang went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Yang fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Pat Yang. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yang blocks the body kick.
Yang appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Yang lands with a slapping head kick.
A lazy body kick from Krajcovic
and Yang counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Krajcovic tries to keep at a distance but Yang has taken the fight into the clinch.
Krajcovic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Yang fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Krajcovic can't get the takedown.
Yang tries to pull guard but Krajcovic won't allow it.
Yang pulls Krajcovic into guard.
Yang looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krajcovic decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Krajcovic looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Yang looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Yang moves in looking to clinch but Krajcovic pushes him off.
Krajcovic replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Yang blocks it well.
Yang fails with a takedown attempt.
Krajcovic pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Yang avoids a kick to the body.
Yang tried to counter with a leg kick but Krajcovic avoided it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krajcovic tries for a takedown but Yang sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Yang gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Krajcovic looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krajcovic wants to break free but Yang has control.
Yang lands with a right to the head.
Yang keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krajcovic's efforts to push away.
Yang successfully pulls guard.
Krajcovic wanted to stand there but Yang had control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yang is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Krajcovic frees his head nicely. Oh but Yang has switched to an armbar! Krajcovic is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Pat Yang!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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