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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Soap Aandn (ranked 5437 p4p, 4426 weight class) and Jordan Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Soap Aandn has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Soap Aandn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jordan Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford moves into the clinch successfully.
Crawford breaks from the clinch.
Crawford misses with a two punch combination.
Aandn throws a counter high kick but Crawford was just alert enough to avoid it.
Crawford drives through with a takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crawford stays in close to Aandn's body and controls the position.
Crawford must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aandn is trying to control the position but Crawford postures up.
Crawford wants to stand but Aandn has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Crawford stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Aandn swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crawford stands and throws Aandn's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Aandn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Crawford wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Crawford landing a few strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford lands a decent elbow from side control.
Crawford wants to stand but Aandn has his arm trapped.
Crawford tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Aandn trying to remain calm as Crawford controls from the top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Crawford keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Aandn is breathing heavily.
Aandn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Crawford pinned against the cage. Crawford gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Crawford lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Crawford clinches up against the cage.
That's four 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.
Crawford turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Crawford manages to end up in side control.
Crawford tries for a kimura but Aandn is defending well.
A lull in the action here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Crawford decides to take the fight back to the feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Crawford dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
A leg kick checked by Aandn.
Crawford avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crawford fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Aandn sprawls well initially but Crawford persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Crawford perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Aandn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Crawford scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crawford stalling.
Aandn trying to control here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford drops an elbow to the side of Aandn's head.
Crawford is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Crawford scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Crawford is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Aandn is trying to stand up here but Crawford is controlling him well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Crawford in particular looking to stall.
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.
Aandn is defending against the submission attempts here by Crawford.
Crawford passes the guard and advances to mount!
Crawford takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crawford is continuing to stall.
Crawford cracks Aandn with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
That's four 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.
Crawford takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Crawford is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Aandn has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Crawford looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jordan Crawford showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Aandn shoots in for a takedown but Crawford shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Crawford bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Crawford takes a little break here. Aandn wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Aandn really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Crawford lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Aandn down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Aandn is letting Crawford control him for a moment.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crawford is putting a hurting on Aandn here, landing some big shots from side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Jordan Crawford has got the better of the ground game so far.
Crawford is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Aandn will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Crawford's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Aandn is trying to control Crawford's posture but Crawford avoids it.
Aandn is trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Crawford tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Crawford is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Aandn is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Crawford scoring with punches from side control.
Crawford decides to stand up, so the ref orders Aandn to his feet.
Crawford gets a takedown into half guard.
Aandn kicks Crawford off and gets back to his feet.
Soap Aandn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Crawford working Aandn over with strikes.
Aandn is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Crawford scores with a couple of nice shots.
Crawford seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Crawford is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Crawford has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crawford is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Aandn!
Aandn takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Crawford dominating with strikes here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crawford controlling from the full mount.
Crawford working away from the top, dropping strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jordan Crawford comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Crawford has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jordan Crawford!
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