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KHFC Round 1 Group A PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rohan Vasquez (ranked 4270 p4p, 4131 weight class) and Koa Aka (ranked 411 p4p, 391 weight class). Koa Aka is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Rohan Vasquez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Koa Aka!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Russell Pearce and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Aka throws a lazy right hand but Vasquez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Aka lands a nice shot that snaps Vasquez's head back.
Vasquez avoids the body shot from Aka.
An attempted straight right counter from Vasquez misses the target.
Vasquez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Aka.
Vasquez swats away the attempt to clinch by Aka.
Aka throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Vasquez to counter with a crisp jab.
 It looks like Koa Aka has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A punch lands to the side of Aka 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Aka fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vasquez lands with a shot to the body.
Vasquez lands a lovely overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasquez thuds a left hand into Aka's body.
Vasquez swats away the attempt to clinch by Aka.
A little feinted left hand from Vasquez on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Vasquez ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Aka out cold! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rohan Vasquez!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Dory (ranked 4414 p4p, 4054 weight class) and Xikrin Mebengokre (ranked 429 p4p, 385 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Dory!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Xikrin Mebengokre!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Dean Styles and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mebengokre connects with a looping right hand.
Mebengokre looks to throw the jab but Dory is out of range.
Dory looks to throw the jab but Mebengokre is out of range.
Dory swings widly with a right hand
and Mebengokre counters with a straight right hand.
Mebengokre has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Mebengokre there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dory takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Mebengokre lands a nice shot that snaps Dory's head back.
 It looks like John Dory has been cut.
Mebengokre has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Dory getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Dory misses with a hook. Mebengokre ducked under it nicely.
Mebengokre lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Mebengokre tries to clinch but Dory is having none of it.
Dory thows a left - swing and a miss!
Dory rushes Mebengokre with punches - Mebengokre moves straight backwards instead of circling and gets clipped by the second strike... and the third... and the fourth! Oh, Mebengokre goes down! Dory follows up with more strikes and the ref steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Dory!
A relieved looking John Dory thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jonathon Craig (ranked 4294 p4p, 4329 weight class) and Terror Chill (ranked 413 p4p, 419 weight class). Chill has chosen Fu Manchu - Mongoose as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
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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 0 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jonathon Craig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Terror Chill!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Jonathan Paton and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chill falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chill takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Chill misses with a shot to the body
and Craig counters with a nice uppercut.
Craig lands a two punch combo.
Chill swings widly with a right hand
and Craig cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Craig throws a half hearted mid kick.
Chill stuns Craig with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chill feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Craigs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
It looks like Jonathon Craig has been cut.
Craig takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chill throws out a loose jab but Craig uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chill checks a low kick from Craig.
Chill throws a hook but Craig blocks it.
Craig seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Chill feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Craig sprawling to the canvas! Craig rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Chill finish him?!
Jonathon Craig's cut is getting worse.
Chill throws a lazy right hand but Craig sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chill looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Chill misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Craig.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Craig moves out of range of the strikes.
Craig pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Craig uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chill.
Terror Chill seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chill misses with an uppercut
and Craig counters with a nice uppercut.
Craig looking to land some kicks to the body here.
A left lands for Craig.
Craig walks into a straight right hand from Chill.
Chill misses with a hook
and Craig counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Chill throws a sloppy body shot
and Craig connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Craig moves out of range of the strikes.
A good leg kick by Craig.
Chill swings away with a body shot that misses
and Craig counters with a three punch combo that has Chill backing up. Chill nods at Craig to acknowledge the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chill lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Jonathon Craig's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craig bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Chill's head backwards.
Chill looks to score with a jab to the body but Craig is just out of range.
Chill misses with a looping left.
Chill closes the distance and clinches.
Chill has a couple of punches blocked by Craig.
I was talking to Craig's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Craig tries to pull guard but Chill holds him up against the cage and eventually Craig drops back down to his feet.
Craig blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Chill tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Craig's elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Chill.
Chill misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Craig.
Chill works on Craig's body with a couple of short punches.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Chill creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Chill doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chill scores with a nice hook to the head.
Craig's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Chill lands a left hand that snaps the head of Craig backwards.
Jeez, Jonathon Craig's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Craig jumps guard and drags Chill to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Chill controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Chill's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Craig is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Chill is controlling him.
Craig keeping full guard, as Chill tries to pass.
Craig wants to stand up but Chill is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chill stays in close to Craig's body and controls the position.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Chill tries to free his leg and advance position but Craig is retaining full guard.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Chill scores with a nice strike.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jonathon Craig's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Terror Chill!
After winning the bout, Terror Chill thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lebron King (ranked 5027 p4p, 4252 weight class) and Timur Kvaratskhelia (ranked 460 p4p, 406 weight class). Lebron King has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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BJJ White Belt
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Lebron King!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Timur Kvaratskhelia!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Jorge Garcia and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King throws a big shot that misses.
Kvaratskhelia closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into 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. Kvaratskhelia connects with a nice short shot to King's temple.
Kvaratskhelia content to control rather than advance.
Kvaratskhelia winds up and cracks King with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Kvaratskhelia stalling.
Kvaratskhelia maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! King could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Kvaratskhelia has cracked it and King is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Kvaratskhelia!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Timur Kvaratskhelia!
A relieved looking Timur Kvaratskhelia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jeffrey Ramirez (ranked 4321 p4p, 4331 weight class) and Alexander Schafer (ranked 418 p4p, 420 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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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 Sydney, Jeffrey Ramirez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alexander Schafer!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Bruno Lombardi and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Schafer moves out of range as Ramirez throws a body kick.
Ramirez throws out a powerful jab.
Schafer misses with a takedown attempt - Ramirez sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Schafer closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Ramirez to the mat! Ramirez manages to get full guard.
The fighters are working up against the cage. Ramirez manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Ramirez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schafer throws a right hand that Ramirez ducks under and follows up with a left that Ramirez also avoids with ease.
Ramirez throws a right and a left that Schafer avoids nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Schafer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Schafer misses with a two punch combination.
Schafer feints a jab promting Ramirez to slip. Schafer then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ramirez slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Ramirez with a hook.
Schafer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Ramirez manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ramirez.
Ramirez throws a hook to the side of Schafer's head but Schafer sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Schafer shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ramirez defends it nicely.
Ramirez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Schafer.
Ramirez turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Ramirez slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Schafer uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ramirez.
Schafer tries to counter by closing the distance.
Schafer tries to move into range but Ramirez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Schafer gets a takedown into half guard.
Schafer seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Ramirez is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Alexander Schafer!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Glenn Stegfelt (ranked 4169 p4p, 4320 weight class) and Bradley Martyn (ranked 393 p4p, 417 weight class). Glenn Stegfelt has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Glenn Stegfelt!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Bradley Martyn!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Russell Pearce and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Martyn fails with a takedown attempt.
We've been told by Stegfelt's head coaches at The Tank Factory that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Martyn shoots in but Stegfelt avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Martyn shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Stegfelt but Stegfelt pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Glenn Stegfelt has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bradley Martyn.
Stegfelt closes the distance and clinches.
Martyn has Stegfelt pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Stegfelt manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Stegfelt stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Stegfelt.
Martyn wants to take the fight to the mat but Stegfelt manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Martyn jumps guard but Stegfelt turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stegfelt lands a body punch.
Stegfelt manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A short right from Stegfelt.
Stegfelt lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stegfelt scores with a nice hook to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stegfelt lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Stegfelt lands a left hand.
Stegfelt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Stegfelt.
Martyn looks winded!
Stegfelt softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Stegfelt controlling the action here for a moment.
Martyn tries to pull guard but Stegfelt forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Stegfelt lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Martyn takes a shot to the head.
Stegfelt lands with a short shot to the head.
Stegfelt lands a right hand.
Stegfelt pushes Martyn back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stegfelt lands with a short shot to the head.
Stegfelt lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Stegfelt.
Stegfelt scores with a shoulder strike.
 Martyn is rocked!
Martyn blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martyn is still on wobbly legs! Can Stegfelt finish him?
Stegfelt working aggressively here.
Martyn seems to have recovered his senses.
Stegfelt prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stegfelt lands a body shot in the clinch.
Stegfelt scores with a shoulder strike.
Stegfelt pushes Martyn against the cage. Stegfelt is working some dirty boxing. Stegfelt pushes off with a quick right hook! Martyn goes down! Martyn tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Stegfelt moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Glenn Stegfelt!
Glenn Stegfelt decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brayden Patrick (ranked 4328 p4p, 4629 weight class) and Tom Cribeaux (ranked 421 p4p, 440 weight class). Cribeaux is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Ode To Joy (But Just The Good Part). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Brayden Patrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Cribeaux!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Columbo Gatti.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patrick shoots in and drives through. Cribeaux sprawls well.
Cribeaux drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Patrick defends it well.
Patrick drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Cribeaux is being controlled here.
Patrick working away.
Cribeaux tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Patrick wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Patrick taking a breather here.
Patrick seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Cribeaux for as long as he can get away with.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cribeaux is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick happy to just control the position for now.
Cribeaux is looking for a sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cribeaux is trying to control Patrick's posture but Patrick avoids it.
Cribeaux is looking to reverse the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cribeaux can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cribeaux trying his best to control but Patrick has mounted him.
Cribeaux tries to reverse the position but Patrick maintains control.
Cribeaux wants to control but Patrick is having none of it.
Cribeaux might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Patrick haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cribeaux tries to reverse the position but Patrick maintains control.
Cribeaux keeps trying to improve his position.
Cribeaux wants to hold on but Patrick pushes him away.
Cribeaux is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Patrick avoids the attempt from Cribeaux to control.
Patrick controlling the pace for now.
Cribeaux is trying to escape the mount.
Cribeaux has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cribeaux wants to hold on but Patrick pushes him away.
Cribeaux is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brayden Patrick dominated that round.
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.
Cribeaux tries to score a power double leg takedown but Patrick sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cribeaux somewhat.
Patrick drops down looking for a counter takedown but Cribeaux sprawls and moves away.
Patrick scores with a takedown into Cribeaux's guard.
Cribeaux is pulling down on Patrick's head. It's preventing any offense from Patrick, at least for the moment.
Cribeaux wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cribeaux wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Patrick is now in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Patrick prevents Cribeaux from improving his position.
Cribeaux is looking to control Patrick's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cribeaux avoid being mounted?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cribeaux is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cribeaux has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Patrick is working away from the top position though.
Cribeaux is trying to get back to full guard.
Cribeaux is trying to control but Patrick manages to pass to mount!
Cribeaux tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Patrick tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cribeaux is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cribeaux sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Cribeaux is trying to get back to full guard.
Cribeaux trying to get back to full guard but Patrick takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Cribeaux working to try and regain half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cribeaux is still trying to improve position.
Patrick controlling the pace for now.
Patrick is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cribeaux can do to turn this around?
Cribeaux wants to control but Patrick is having none of it.
Cribeaux is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Patrick tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cribeaux is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cribeaux regains half guard.
Patrick keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Cribeaux has a hand on Patrick's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Patrick takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Patrick content just to control the position here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cribeaux is trying to escape the mount.
Cribeaux sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Brayden Patrick dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Patrick drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cribeaux wants to sweep here but Patrick controlling him for the moment.
Cribeaux is trying to control the position but Patrick postures up.
Cribeaux wants to sweep here but Patrick controlling him for the moment.
Cribeaux is trying to keep Patrick in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cribeaux looking to hit a scissor sweep but Patrick is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Patrick shoots in and bounces Cribeaux off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cribeaux pulls Patrick in close to his closed guard and prevents Patrick from doing any damage or advancing position.
Patrick preventing the sweep.
Cribeaux is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Patrick slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cribeaux has Patrick pulled in close to control his posture.
Patrick preventing the sweep.
Cribeaux wants to stand and escape but Patrick is having none of it.
Patrick preventing the sweep.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Patrick tries to score a power double leg takedown but Cribeaux sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Patrick somewhat.
Cribeaux tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Patrick swivels and escapes.
Patrick tries to counter with a takedown but Cribeaux is quick to defend against it.
Patrick shoots in for a takedown but Cribeaux shows good takedown defense.
Cribeaux shoots in looking for a takedown but Patrick manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cribeaux's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Patrick feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Patrick slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cribeaux is looking to reverse the position.
Cribeaux struggling a bit here.
Cribeaux looking for a sweep but Patrick has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Cribeaux tries to hold on but Patrick postures up.
Cribeaux is desperately trying to improve his position but Patrick has a good base and remains in mount.
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.
Cribeaux is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Cribeaux is desperately trying to improve his position but Patrick has a good base and remains in mount.
Cribeaux wants to control but Patrick is having none of it.
Cribeaux is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Patrick controlling the pace for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cribeaux is working to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brayden Patrick showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Patrick has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 30:27
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Columbo Gatti scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brayden Patrick!
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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Herschel Long (ranked 4253 p4p, 4318 weight class) and Kei Muraoka (ranked 407 p4p, 415 weight class). Long comes to the cage accompanied by Fire Lessons by PROF. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Herschel Long!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kei Muraoka!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Steve Montenegro and David Schapiro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Horrible takedown attempt by Muraoka or perhaps it was just good defense by Long, which made it look bad.
Muraoka is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Muraoka moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Long connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Muraoka momentarily.
Long misses with a wild combination.
Muraoka shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Long defends it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Long. Those never looked like landing.
Muraoka looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Long is fending him off so far but Muraoka persists. Nope, Long circles away and we're back to standing.
Herschel Long has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kei Muraoka.
Long lands a big right hand that sends Muraoka crashing to the mat! Long stays standing though and waves Muraoka back to his feet!
Muraoka is rocked!
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!
Long throws an uppercut from hell that sends Muraoka clean off his feet! He's out cold! Long stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Herschel Long!
Herschel Long seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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