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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ibbe Ribbler (ranked 5239 p4p, 461 weight class) and Thomas Krakow (ranked 7924 p4p, 554 weight class). Ribbler's entrance music is Smash Mouth - All Star. A fine choice. Ibbe Ribbler has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
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180 cm
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160 lbs
3 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ibbe Ribbler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Krakow!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Andrew Berry and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ribbler connects with a right hand. Krakow shakes it off.
Ribbler has taken the fight to the clinch.
Krakow misses with an elbow strike.
Ribbler lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
It looks like Thomas Krakow has been cut.
Ribbler is pressed up against the cage. Krakow has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ribbler down to the mat. Ribbler avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Ibbe Ribbler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Krakow tries for a takedown but Ribbler circles away easily
and Ribbler counters with a stiff right hand.
Krakow takes one to the chin there.
Krakow walks into a straight right hand from Ribbler.
Krakow is rocked!
Krakow fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Ibbe Ribbler has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Thomas Krakow.
Krakow gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ribbler lands an uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krakow jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Ribbler walks away with a smile on his face. Krakow gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Krakow tries to keep at a distance but Ribbler has taken the fight into the clinch.
Krakow wants a takedown.
I was talking to Ribbler's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Ribbler.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ribbler.
Ribbler lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Krakow or not.
Krakow looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krakow decides to pull guard.
Ribbler postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Ribbler keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Krakow's head.
That has opened up Thomas Krakow's cut even more.
Ribbler throwing strikes but missing.
Ribbler postures up and lands a big shot to Krakow's brow.
Krakow is still in real trouble! Can Ribbler finish him?
Ribbler looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Krakow seems to have recovered his senses.
Ribbler working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Ribbler makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler prevents Krakow from getting back to his feet.
Ribbler lands a couple of digs.
Ribbler lands a couple of digs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ribbler stopping the sweep attempt from Krakow.
Ribbler stands up over Krakow, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krakow wants to sweep but no luck.
Krakow manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ribbler manages to get himself to full guard.
Ribbler tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Ribbler is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Ribbler's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Krakow gets to his feet. Ribbler looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Ribbler lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The cut above Thomas Krakow's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Krakow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Krakow wants a takedown but no success here.
Ribbler softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Krakow drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Ribbler gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Ribbler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Krakow backwards.
Ribbler gets through Krakow's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ribbler lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Ribbler keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Krakow's efforts to push away.
Ribbler lands a right hand.
Ribbler scores with a shot to the side of Krakow's head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ribbler prevents a takedown attempt there.
Krakow goes for a takedown in the clinch but Ribbler prevents it.
Ribbler blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ribbler lands a left hand.
Thomas Krakow's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Ribbler.
Ribbler scores with a shoulder strike.
Krakow can't break the clinch.
Ribbler lands a right hand that snaps the head of Krakow backwards.
Krakow wants the takedown. Ribbler is fighting it off but Krakow persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Ribbler's guard against the cage.
Ribbler seems keen to control Krakow's posture.
Ribbler looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ibbe Ribbler dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Krakow's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Ribbler keeps the fight on the outside.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Krakow.
Ribbler struggling a bit here.
Ribbler tries to bench press Krakow off him but Krakow keeps the position.
Ribbler is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Krakow off and has taken his back!
Ribbler misses with punches from the back.
Ribbler lands punches and elbows.
Krakow is trying to stand back up.
Ribbler softening up his opponent with strikes here.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Thomas Krakow's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ibbe Ribbler!
Our winner, Ibbe Ribbler, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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