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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Destin Craven (ranked 1579 p4p, 2842 weight class) and Tyson Thompson (ranked 159 p4p, 277 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Destin Craven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Tyson Thompson !
The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Ben Watson and Topper Green.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson missing with a left hand there. Craven was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Thompson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Craven scores with a nice right hand.
We've been hearing reports that Craven has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Craven lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Craven pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thompson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Thompson swings for the body but Craven moves out of range.
Nice body punch from Thompson .
Thompson swinging wildly here.
Craven slips a straight right by Thompson .
Thompson connects with a body shot.
Thompson misses with a double jab.
Craven slips a jab from Thompson .
Craven lands a nice shot to the body.
Thompson gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Craven to score an easy takedown into full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thompson has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Craven can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Craven's guard.
Thompson stays in close to Craven's body and controls the position.
Craven throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Craven trying to keep a closed guard but Thompson is proving a slippery customer.
Craven doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Thompson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Thompson has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Gainers . Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Craven looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Thompson content to stall in guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craven trying to keep a closed guard but Thompson is proving a slippery customer.
Thompson postures up in Craven's guard and throws a big left but Craven blocks it.
Craven looking to hit a scissor sweep but Thompson is one step ahead there.
Thompson trying to control the position from guard on top but Craven is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Craven is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Craven looking for a sweep. Not yet Craven, not yet.
Thompson is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Craven working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Thompson doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Thompson manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craven has his foot on Thompson 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Thompson works his way back into a safe position though.
Thompson is fighting to break Craven's control of his arms but Craven is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Craven is working actively from the bottom, looking for submissions. He's escaped his hips to the side and he's going for an armbar! Thompson has his hands clasped together but Craven extends and breaks Thompson 's desperate grasp, forcing a tap out due to armbar! Nice BJJ displayed there by Craven.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Destin Craven!
Destin Craven tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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hype
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