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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Craig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Tobin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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175 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Nick Craig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Tobin!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tobin misses with a wild combination.
A punch combination from Tobin misses.
Craig slips a jab and a cross from Tobin.
No joy there for Tobin, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Craig tries to clinch up.
Tobin misses with a few strikes there.
Craig closes the distance and clinches up with Tobin, looking for a takedown. Craig pushes Tobin against the cage but Tobin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tobin misses with a double jab.
Tobin misses with a wild combination.
Tobin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tobin misses with a two punch combination.
Tobin throws a nice looking combination but Craig bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Craig takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Craig shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Tobin but Tobin pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Tobin throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Craig looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tobin is fending him off so far but Craig persists. Nope, Tobin circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Nick Craig. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Tobin misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
James Tobin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Craig slips a jab and a cross from Tobin.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tobin throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tobin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Craig.
Tobin throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Craig changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Tobin tries to avoid it but Craig manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Tobin to the ground. Tobin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Craig will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Some wild striking there from Tobin.
Craig fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Tobin!
Tobin throws a right and a left that Craig avoids nicely.
Tobin misses with a wild combination.
Craig shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tobin as he jumps to the side.
Craig shoots in and drives through. Tobin sprawls well.
Tobin throws a nice looking combination but Craig bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tobin finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tobin swinging wilding here.
Tobin comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Craig is breathing heavily.
A left and a right from Tobin both land. Nice combination.
Craig tries for a takedown but Tobin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
James Tobin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tobin tries to bum rush Craig with a series of wild strikes but Craig uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tobin throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Craig.
Tobin misses with a double jab.
Craig showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tobin.
Tobin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tobin cracks Craig with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A combination from Tobin does no damage.
Craig wants to land a leg kick but Tobin is out of range.
Craig fails to land the takedown.
Tobin stuffs the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oooh a lovely combination from Tobin sends Craig down but not out. Tobin dives into side control looking to finish.
Craig is rocked!
It looks like Nick Craig has been cut.
Tobin decides to stand up, so the ref orders Craig to his feet.
Oh Craig is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Craig. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Tobin digs a good body shot into Craig's ribs.
Tobin looks to land a combination but Craig avoids it well.
Craig seems to have got his legs back now.
Tobin throws a leg kick but Craig checks it.
Tobin lands a hook that stumbles Craig back into the cage. Tobin follows up with a straight and another hook that land right on the button, dropping Craig to the canvas! Tobin pounces and lands several unanswered shots - Craig has had enough and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). James Tobin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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