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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Tate (ranked 22826 p4p, 22641 weight class) and Righteous Crusader (ranked 530 p4p, 548 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 29 - 3, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 31 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Righteous Crusader !
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate tries to clinch up but Crusader circles away and keeps his distance.
Crusader drops Tate with a beautiful combination! Tate stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Crusader is looking for the KO!
It looks like William Tate has been cut.
Tate has Crusader up against the cage in a clinch.
Crusader 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tate scores with a jab to the jaw.
Crusader takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crusader clinches up with Tate and pushes him back against the cage.
Crusader drags the fight down to the ground.
Crusader working for submissions but it's allowed Tate to get to half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Tate landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Crusader !
Tate pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Tate controlling from the full mount.
Tate can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Crusader is looking to escape.
Tate working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Tate is working for a guillotine from mount but Crusader frees his head quite easily.
Tate working for a submission but Crusader is keeping him at bay.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tate is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Crusader to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Crusader shrugs it off.
Tate is landing with some decent strikes but Crusader is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Tate controlling from the full mount.
Tate raining down hammerfists from mount.
Tate has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Tate content just to control the position here.
Tate looking to isolate an arm here. Crusader doesn't see it coming and as Tate extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Tate!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). William Tate!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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