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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joaquim Rapture (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Raylan Crowder (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rapture comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Joaquim Rapture had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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150 lbs
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149 lbs
24 - 10 - 2 |
BJJ Red Belt
World class boxer
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Joaquim Rapture!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 10 - 2, fighting out of St Petersburg, Raylan Crowder!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowder stuns Rapture with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Rapture throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Jab, jab by Rapture - just one landing.
Crowder on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Rapture looks to land a body kick but Crowder moved away.
Rapture shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Crowder manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Rapture missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rapture 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.
Crowder is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Rapture landing with the ground and pound.
Crowder avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Crowder keeping full guard, as Rapture tries to pass.
Rapture trying to control but Crowder is working from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rapture in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Rapture wants to pass the guard but Crowder is keeping the position.
Rapture lands a couple of digs.
Rapture missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rapture trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Crowder keeping moving, preventing Rapture from controlling successfully.
Rapture tries to free his leg and advance position but Crowder is retaining full guard.
Crowder wants to stand and escape but Rapture is having none of it.
Rapture pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Crowder is keeping the position for now.
Rapture trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Crowder is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rapture is controlling him.
That's two 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.
Rapture is standing up over Crowder. Crowder looks to escape but Rapture dives into side control.
Crowder is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Rapture has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Rapture lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Rapture tries to advance to mount but can't.
Crowder tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Rapture has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Crowder's face.
Crowder wants to control but Rapture is having none of it.
Rapture is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Crowder is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Rapture lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Rapture looking to control but Crowder is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rapture is landing with some decent strikes but Crowder is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Crowder is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Rapture cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Rapture lands a couple of good shots and Crowder has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Crowder looking very determined here, making life difficult for Rapture.
Crowder is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Rapture off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Rapture is riding his opponent, not letting Crowder buck him off.
Rapture is not going to allow Crowder to sit and survive in this position.
Rapture has Crowder flattened out and is raining down punches.
Rapture is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Crowder. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Rapture is working the ground and pound. Can Crowder escape?
Crowder is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Rapture is raining down hard shots and and Crowder has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Joaquim Rapture!
Joaquim Rapture retains his featherweight title!
In his post fight interview, Joaquim Rapture started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
In defeat, Raylan Crowder stepped up to the mic, saying 'JLP sure is hung.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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