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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Zachary Crawford (ranked 2098 p4p, 23630 weight class) and Andrzej Bebok (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Andrzej Bebok has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Zachary Crawford's chin.
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9 - 8 - 1 |
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130
7 - 38 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Experienced |
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zachary Crawford!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 38 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Andrzej Bebok!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Konstantin Menshow and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bebok shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Crawford defends it nicely.
Bebok shoots and misses
and Crawford counters with a nice body shot.
Bebok dives in for a single leg takedown but Crawford sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Zachary Crawford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andrzej Bebok.
Crawford fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Bebok sprawls well initially but Crawford persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Bebok is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Crawford scores with a couple of nice shots.
Crawford sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Crawford has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bebok wants to control but Crawford is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Crawford sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Crawford 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's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bebok knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Crawford takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Crawford passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bebok really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Crawford. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Crawford sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Crawford working for a submission here. He's tucked his head under his opponent's arm, looking for an arm triangle. He's hopped off into side control, looking to tighten the submission... is it going to work? He's given up a good position looking for it. Bebok looks OK. Oh, I spoke too soon, he's out! That must have been tighter than I thought! Excellent work there by Crawford! Submission of the night perhaps?
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Zachary Crawford!
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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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