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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kelly Van Soest (ranked 5827 p4p, 4043 weight class) and Carl Crap (ranked 355 p4p, 280 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Van Soest might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Philipee Rochard - The World (Frequencerz Remix). Crap is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Morrowind. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Kelly Van Soest!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Carl Crap!
The judges for this bout are Sergei Dronov, Vladimir Khabensky and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Van Soest lands a body shot.
Van Soest fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crap manages to avoid it.
Van Soest throws a series of punches but Crap avoids them all with ease.
Crap takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Van Soest looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A big left from Van Soest misses.
Van Soest throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Crap on the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Soest ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crap moves away.
And Crap tries to counter it with a takedown but Van Soest pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Van Soest just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crap displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Van Soest throws out the jab.
Van Soest scores with a jab to the body.
Van Soest just misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Van Soest darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Van Soest misses the shot to the body.
Van Soest looking to score a takedown here. Crap is defending well but Van Soest drives through and ends up in Crap's guard.
Crap is striking off his back. Van Soest thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crap missing with punches from the bottom.
Crap is staying active underneath Van Soest, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Crap throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Crap has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Crap missing with punches from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crap tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Crap punching from the bottom.
Van Soest landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Van Soest prevents Crap from improving his position.
Crap missing with punches from the bottom.
Crap throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Crap missing with punches from the bottom.
Van Soest takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crap misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Crap punching from the bottom.
Crap moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Crap throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Crap thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Van Soest has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Van Soest is working Crap over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Crap trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Crap has momentary wrist control but Van Soest slips an elbow through the middle.
Crap will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Crap tries to strike from the bottom.
Van Soest scoring with punches to the head and body.
Crap throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Crap striking off his back but it's not causing Van Soest any problems.
Crap thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crap throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Crap tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Crap doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Crap trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Van Soest sitting in guard here, content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Van Soest misses with a body shot.
Van Soest throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crap with the counter takedown but Van Soest avoids it easily.
Van Soest waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crap.
Crap is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A looping hook to the body misses from Van Soest. Crap does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crap drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Van Soest defends it well.
Crap on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kelly Van Soest dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Van Soest closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Crap did well to prevent Van Soest getting side control.
Crap missing with punches from the bottom.
Crap is looking for a sweep. Van Soest is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Van Soest blocks the strikes from Crap.
Crap is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Crap missing with punches from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crap missing with punches from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Van Soest working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Crap flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Van Soest is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Van Soest is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Soest content to control rather than advance.
Van Soest trying to control the action but Crap is working from the bottom.
Crap on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Crap moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Crap throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Crap throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Crap looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Crap throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crap thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Van Soest slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Crap will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Crap tries to strike from the bottom.
Crap throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Crap trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Crap doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Van Soest lands a really nice looking cross but Crap seems unphased.
Van Soest is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crap can do to turn this around?
A big right from Van Soest misses.
Crap keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crap tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Van Soest looks to land a right hand but Crap moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Soest misses with a hook. Crap ducked under it nicely.
Crap changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Van Soest uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Crap has time to react.
Van Soest looks to score with a jab to the body but Crap is just out of range.
Van Soest cracks Crap with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Van Soest throws a body shot but no joy.
Crap feints the counter takedown.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Van Soest throws a shot from downtown. Crap moves away and avoids it.
Crap feints the counter takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Soest clobbers Crap with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Crap uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Van Soest.
Van Soest swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crap changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
The fighters circling - Van Soest throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Van Soest scores with a nice right hand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Crap uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Van Soest.
Crap drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Van Soest defends it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kelly Van Soest dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Van Soest tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crap was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Soest.
Van Soest looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Crap!
Crap is trying to get back to half guard.
Crap tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Crap tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Van Soest lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kelly Van Soest overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crap taking punishment in the form of punches.
Crap is looking to reverse the position.
Van Soest in side control lands a decent elbow.
Crap throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crap striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Crap is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Van Soest scoring with punches and elbows.
Van Soest is chipping away with strikes.
Crap tries to improve position but can't.
Van Soest trying to control the action but Crap is working from the bottom.
A lull in the action here.
Van Soest trying to control the position but Crap is working away.
Van Soest is really struggling to control Crap but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Soest works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Crap manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Crap punching from the bottom.
Crap throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Crap is pressing down on Van Soest's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Van Soest is on the wrong end of a couple of strikes there.
Van Soest makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Crap looking for a sweep. Not yet Crap, not yet.
Crap trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Crap striking off his back but it's not causing Van Soest any problems.
Crap throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Crap bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Van Soest's guard.
Van Soest is trying to control the position but Crap postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crap loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Crap throws a big elbow that misses.
Crap loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Crap preventing the sweep.
Crap postures up in Van Soest's guard and throws a big left but Van Soest blocks it.
Crap postures up in Van Soest's guard and throws a big left but Van Soest blocks it.
Crap throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Van Soest works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Crap is looking to work some ground and pound but Van Soest has wrist control.
Crap working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Van Soest looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Crap wants to pass the guard but Van Soest is keeping the position.
Van Soest is adopting a defensive guard.
Crap working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Crap throws a strike but Van Soest rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crap throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Crap trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Van Soest is in close to Crap's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Crap is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Crap thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Van Soest lands a couple of digs.
Van Soest controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Crap wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crap trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Crap has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Van Soest has passed into side control.
Crap throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kelly Van Soest showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Van Soest has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kelly Van Soest!
Kelly Van Soest thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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