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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Zane Raven (ranked 828 p4p, 2157 weight class) and Carl Crap (ranked 79 p4p, 187 weight class). Raven's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, 300 Violin Orchestra - Jorge Quintero. Crap comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Morrowind kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Carl Crap acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
Dangerous knees
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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 12 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Zane Raven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 10 - 2, fighting out of New York, Carl Crap!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Skip Squint and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Raven pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Crap uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Raven.
Crap tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Raven swings and misses with a hook to the body.
And Crap tries to counter it with a takedown but Raven pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Raven throws a shot from downtown. Crap moves away and avoids it.
Raven throws a body shot but no joy.
Crap is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Raven thuds a left hand into Crap's body.
Raven looks to score with a jab to the body but Crap is just out of range.
Crap with the counter takedown but Raven avoids it easily.
Zane Raven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crap gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Raven to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Crap doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Crap wants to sweep but no luck.
Raven connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raven stands up over Crap, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Raven preventing the sweep.
Crap throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Crap trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Raven is working Crap over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Raven with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Crap has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at The Purpose Martial Arts Academy. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Crap trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Raven wants to control from the top but Crap keeps moving.
We've been hearing that Raven has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Crap will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Crap throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Raven stands up over Crap, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Crap throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Raven chips away with some ground and pound.
Crap throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Crap throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Raven trying to control but Crap is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raven working some strikes from top position.
Crap tries to strike from the bottom.
Crap will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Crap looking to hit a scissor sweep but Raven is one step ahead there.
Raven landing some decent shots from guard.
Raven trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Raven trying to control but Crap is working from the bottom.
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.
Raven 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.
Crap throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Raven landing with the ground and pound.
Raven working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Crap's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crap trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Crap throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Crap throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Raven wants to control from the top but Crap keeps moving.
Crap throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Crap being controlled here, momentarily.
Crap throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Crap throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Crap doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Crap tries to sprawl but Raven drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Crap is in trouble now - Raven has advanced to mount!
Crap regains half guard.
Raven blocks the strikes from Crap.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crap throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Raven trying to control from half guard but Crap is working away.
Crap gets back to full guard.
Crap wants to sweep here but Raven controlling him for the moment.
Raven passes Crap's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Raven content to control rather than advance.
Crap wants to get back to full guard but Raven has mounted him!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crap sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Raven slips a nice elbow through Crap's hands, connecting with Crap's forehead.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Zane Raven dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Raven drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Crap has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Raven has passed into side control.
Zane Raven overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Crap tries to bench press Raven off him but Raven keeps the position.
Crap prevents Raven from improving position.
Raven working the head with strikes.
Raven connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Crap some visible discomfort.
Raven connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Crap some visible discomfort.
Crap tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Raven avoids the strikes from the bottom by Crap.
Raven avoids the strikes from the bottom by Crap.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Raven scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Crap to see if he's OK.
Raven has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Crap!
Raven landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Raven with good strikes from the mount here!
Raven is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crap can do to turn this around?
Raven is landing with some decent strikes but Crap is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Raven lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raven lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Crap swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Raven unloading with bombs!
Raven tries to control but Crap wriggling away.
Crap really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Raven with a couple of short strikes.
Raven blocks Crap's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Raven trying to control but Crap is having none of it.
Crap throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Raven blocks Crap's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Raven raining down hammerfists from mount.
Raven cracks Crap with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Crap throwing hammer fists to the chest of Raven. What's that going to do exactly?
Crap is looking to get to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raven blocks Crap's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Crap flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Crap throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Crap is trying desperately to improve position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raven controlling from mount.
Raven lands with some strikes.
Raven blocks Crap's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Raven scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Crap?
Raven scoring with strikes but Crap is staying in there.
Raven putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Crap flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Raven lands a couple of good shots and Crap has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Crap tries to break free.
Raven lands punches and elbows.
Raven wants to control but Crap is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crap is trapped and Raven is scoring with shots to the head and body.
You can see the frustration on Crap's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Raven tries to keep control of the position but Crap is staying busy.
Raven is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Crap defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Raven's arms.
Raven has Crap flattened out and is raining down punches.
Raven lands a shot to the body.
Crap tries to escape but Raven has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Crap is covering up but some of the strikes from Raven are getting through and doing damage.
Crap is rocked!
Crap takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Crap is still in real trouble! Can Raven finish him?
Raven is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Crap is defending well though. Raven let's go of the attempt for now.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raven is working the ground and pound. Can Crap escape?
Raven working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
Raven is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Crap taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Raven.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Zane Raven!
During a confident post fight interview, Zane Raven thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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