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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Aron Gray (ranked 1019 p4p, 3871 weight class) and Ricky Judge (ranked 112 p4p, 367 weight class). Judge comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Game- Disturbed kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Powerful takedowns
Counter fighter
Insanely flexible |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aron Gray !
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ricky Judge!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice sprawl there from Gray as Judge shoots in.
Judge shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Gray manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Gray is looking for a triangle but Judge pushes his legs off easily.
Gray is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Judge is pushing down on Gray 's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gray is fighting to maintain full guard but Judge has managed to sneak the leg through.
Gray looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gray actively working from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judge keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's one minute gone in the round.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Judge working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Let's hope that Judge has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Gray makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Gray .
Gray has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Judge can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Judge looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Gray keeping full guard, as Judge tries to pass.
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.
Gray looking for a sweep. Not yet Gray , not yet.
Gray is looking for a triangle but Judge pushes his legs off easily.
Gray has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Gray has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Judge can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Judge works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Judge is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Judge content to control rather than advance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gray looking for submissions off his back.
Judge content to control rather than advance.
Gray trying to hold on to Judge's head to control him but Judge postures up.
That's four 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.
Judge is looking for a kimura here.
Judge controlling the pace.
Judge is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gray sees it coming and defends easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gray actively working from the bottom here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Judge dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Judge is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Gray 's half guard.
Gray looking for submissions off his back.
Gray tries to roll over but Judge keeps him under control.
Well, if Judge is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Judge is trying for a kimura here. Gray looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Judge wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ricky Judge!
Ricky Judge is the new featherweight champion!
Ricky Judge really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that KRAKEN Nutrition + Laundry logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
Aron Gray was interviewed post fight and said 'Thank you my fans and thanks to EFC Threads!!!'.
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hype
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pop
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