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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Le Petit Criss (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Ward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Criss comes to the cage accompanied by La danse des canards. Ward has chosen Everything in its right place- Radio Head as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Mr Ward has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Le Petit Criss's chin.
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132 lbs
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142 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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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
6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Le Petit Criss!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mr Ward!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Dillan Fox and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ward misses with a takedown attempt - Criss sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Ward fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Criss rushes Ward and presses him up against the cage.
Ward wants a takedown but no success here.
Le Petit Criss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Ward.
Criss gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Ward is trying to get back to full guard.
Criss lands with a punch from half guard.
Criss is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Criss is working for a submission of some sort.
Ward on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ward looking for a kimura from the bottom but Criss passes into side control!
Ward is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Criss's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Criss decides to return to a standing position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ward fails with a takedown attempt.
Ward closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Ward is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Criss is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Ward looks gassed!
Criss wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Criss is looking to reverse the position.
Criss wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Ward tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ward has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ward is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Criss is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Criss is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Ward has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Ward working away.
Criss is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Ward off and has taken his back!
Ward manages to reverse the position and now he's in Criss's guard. Nice work there by Ward.
Criss escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Ward gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Criss looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ward advances to half guard.
Criss is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ward has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Ward is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Criss can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Criss working to try and regain half guard.
Criss is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
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.
Ward takes his opponent's back. Perhaps a chance to lock up a rear naked choke here.
Criss is in bad spot here.
Criss trying to get back to his feet but Ward is in full control for now.
Ward is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Criss defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Criss fending off the submission attempt from Ward.
Criss tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Ward dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ward tries to keep at a distance but Criss has taken the fight into the clinch.
Ward tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Criss smiles and moves away.
Criss gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Ward goes for a takedown in the clinch but Criss prevents it.
Criss lands an uppercut.
Criss lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Criss decides to stand and escape the position.
Criss lands with a kick to the temple. Ward shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Ward fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Le Petit Criss has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Ward.
Ward fails with the takedown.
Criss throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Ward stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Criss follows into mount!
Ward is rocked!
It looks like Mr Ward has been cut.
Ward is breathing heavily.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Criss loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Ward scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Criss land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Criss stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Le Petit Criss!
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energy
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hype
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