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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mentor Guruland (ranked 2622 p4p, 312 weight class) and Jay Crawford (ranked 1463 p4p, 197 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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205 lbs
25 - 11 - 0 |
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190 cm
28
215 lbs
6 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mentor Guruland!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford sizes up Guruland with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Guruland fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Crawford has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Crawford throws a leg kick but Guruland sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Guruland moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Crawford misses with a wild body shot.
Guruland with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crawford changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Crawford lands a right hook to the body.
Guruland on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crawford misses the shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Guruland, right into the meat.
Crawford gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Crawford looks to throw the jab but Guruland is out of range.
Crawford scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Mentor Guruland has been cut.
Crawford shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Crawford misses with a left hand
and Guruland counters with a two punch combo.
Guruland comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Guruland has managed to clinch.
Crawford lands a shoulder strike.
Guruland throws a punch but it's blocked by Crawford.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crawford makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Guruland misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guruland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crawford working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crawford blocks an uppercut.
Guruland working aggressively here.
Crawford scores with a shoulder strike.
Guruland misses with a punch to the body.
Guruland looking to stall.
A right hand to the body from Guruland.
Guruland throws a head punch that misses.
Guruland throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crawford throws a punch but it's blocked by Guruland.
Guruland blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Guruland throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Crawford has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Guruland seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Crawford can turn it around.
Guruland throws a head punch that misses.
Crawford misses with the head strike.
Crawford misses with a punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guruland doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Guruland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Guruland blocks a punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crawford lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Guruland misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crawford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crawford misses with the head strike.
Guruland goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crawford swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Guruland swings wildly with an uppercut but Crawford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Guruland throws a head punch that misses.
Crawford misses with a short punch on the inside.
Guruland stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guruland.
Guruland working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crawford.
Guruland throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crawford pushes Guruland back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crawford lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford tries to throw a body punch but Guruland avoids it by throwing Crawford back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Crawford.
Guruland misses with an elbow over the top.
Crawford lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crawford lands a hook to the side of the head.
Guruland swings wildly with an uppercut but Crawford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crawford lands a shot to the body.
Guruland is breathing heavily.
Crawford blocks an uppercut.
Guruland misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Guruland.
Guruland tries to work over Crawford's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crawford avoids a wild elbow strike from Guruland.
Guruland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Crawford.
Crawford working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Crawford scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crawford lands with a short punch from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crawford lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Crawford lands a nice shot to the body.
Crawford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guruland misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Crawford fails to land.
Crawford throws an elbow that misses.
Crawford makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Crawford softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short left from Crawford.
Guruland working aggressively here.
Crawford throws a punch but it's blocked by Guruland.
Guruland blocks an uppercut.
Crawford blocking some punches.
Crawford fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Guruland doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Guruland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Guruland fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crawford scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A body shot lands from Crawford.
Guruland misses with some punches.
Guruland is looking to control Crawford's arms but Crawford gets an underhook and turns him. Now Guruland has his back to the cage.
Guruland blocks an uppercut.
Crawford lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Crawford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mentor Guruland's cut.
That's time! Guruland's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Guruland throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crawford sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mentor Guruland is winning the standup battle so far.
Crawford scoring well with a low kick there.
Guruland throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A countering left hand to the body from Crawford misses.
Guruland waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crawford.
Guruland takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Guruland misses with an uppercut. Crawford saw that one coming.
Mentor Guruland seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crawford misses with a looping right.
Guruland rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crawford moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Crawford feints a counter leg kick.
Crawford wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Crawford finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Crawford ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Crawford feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Guruland sprawling to the canvas! Guruland rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Crawford finish him?!
Crawford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawford scores with a push kick.
Guruland has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crawford.
Crawford fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Guruland wants to stay close but Crawford steps back to make room for something. Guruland seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Crawford and Guruland drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Jay Crawford!
A less than humble Jay Crawford misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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hype
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FIGHT
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