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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mel Kramer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Russell Edwards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Russell Edwards has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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278 lbs
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250 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Mel Kramer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Russell Edwards!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Donald Grub and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Edwards moves into the clinch successfully.
Edwards breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Edwards wants to clinch
and Kramer counters with a nice double leg into side control. Edwards won't be happy with that.
Edwards can't do much from the bottom here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kramer sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Edwards is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Edwards is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Kramer is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Edwards is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edwards tries to reverse the position but Kramer maintains control.
Kramer manages to capitalize on a mistake by Edwards to take his back!
I really don't envy Edwards right now.
Kramer working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards wants to escape the position.
Kramer throwing damaging strikes from the back! Edwards could be in trouble here!
Kramer gets his hands free as Edwards looks to control.
Kramer lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Kramer has the hooks in. Edwards is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Edwards just trying to survive but Kramer is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Edwards turns into Kramer and is now in his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kramer is controlling Edwards's posture.
Kramer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Edwards manages to get himself to full guard.
Edwards looks winded!
Kramer preventing the sweep.
Edwards has momentary wrist control but Kramer slips an elbow through the middle.
Edwards is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Kramer working some strikes from top position.
Edwards wants to improve his position but instead Kramer has moved into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kramer lands strikes from half guard.
Kramer is looking for a kimura but Edwards is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kramer to get the leverage.
Kramer scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kramer working the head and body with strikes.
Edwards looking for submissions off his back.
Edwards is defending against the submission attempts here by Kramer.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edwards is looking to get back to full guard here but Kramer has managed to pass to side control instead.
Kramer stands up and beckons Edwards to his feet.
Kramer clinches with his opponent.
Kramer decides to pull guard.
Kramer manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Edwards manages to get himself to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mel Kramer dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Edwards is looking to clinch but Kramer is avoiding it.
Kramer changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Kramer shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Edwards 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.
Kramer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Kramer throws a big elbow that misses.
Edwards working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edwards has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Kramer has passed into side control.
Kramer swings around for an armbar but Edwards sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Kramer's guard.
Edwards is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kramer pulls Edwards in close to his closed guard and prevents Edwards from doing any damage or advancing position.
Edwards is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kramer bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Edwards's guard.
Mel Kramer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kramer chips away with some ground and pound.
Kramer postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Kramer throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Edwards works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Edwards wants to get back to his feet but Kramer is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kramer with a nice head shot there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kramer postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Edwards is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kramer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kramer working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kramer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Edwards has momentary wrist control but Kramer slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kramer keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Edwards's head.
Kramer stands up over Edwards, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Edwards has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Kramer has passed into side control.
Kramer cracks Edwards with a big right hand but Edwards just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Kramer scores with punches from side control.
Kramer tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Kramer has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kramer stands up and we're back to a striking position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kramer has closed the distance and engaged Edwards in a clinch.
Kramer misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Edwards.
Edwards breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kramer fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Edwards, pushing him back against the cage.
Edwards managing to block the knees to the body from Kramer.
Kramer pulls Edwards into guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kramer pushes Edwards off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kramer has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mel Kramer dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Kramer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kramer tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kramer avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Edwards clinches up against the cage.
Edwards lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Kramer makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Kramer pushes Edwards up against the cage in a clinch.
Edwards misses with the head strike.
Kramer missing with knees to the body.
Edwards works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kramer tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Edwards takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Edwards wants to control from the top but Kramer keeps moving.
Kramer is adopting a defensive guard.
Edwards looking to sit in guard and control but Kramer gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Kramer's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
That's two 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.
Kramer is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Edwards working a defensive guard here.
Kramer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kramer is working Edwards over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Kramer lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kramer content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Edwards is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Edwards has momentary wrist control but Kramer slips an elbow through the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Edwards is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Kramer keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Edwards's head.
Kramer cracks Edwards with a solid left hand.
Kramer is in close to Edwards's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Edwards wants to control the position but Kramer says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kramer connects with a nice short shot to Edwards's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kramer seems to be looking for submissions.
Edwards is trying to stand.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Kramer connects with a nice short shot to Edwards's temple.
Edwards punching from the bottom.
Kramer is looking for a kimura but Edwards is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Kramer to get the leverage.
Kramer lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Kramer looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mel Kramer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Kramer, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mel Kramer!
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FIGHT
RATING
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