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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mando Morin (ranked 666 p4p, 1665 weight class) and Drew Krueger (ranked 89 p4p, 200 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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6 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mando Morin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Drew Krueger!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, John Roberts and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Morin forces Krueger back against the cage and clinches.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but Krueger blocks with his arms.
Morin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krueger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Krueger escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Morin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Krueger!
Krueger lands a right hook to the body.
Krueger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Morin wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Krueger fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Morin, pushing him back against the cage.
Morin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krueger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krueger.
Krueger misses with a punch to the body.
Morin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Krueger throws a head punch that misses.
Krueger's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right from Krueger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morin tries to land knees in the clinch but Krueger avoids the damage to the body.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krueger is defending well for now.
Krueger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short left from Krueger.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Morin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Krueger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but Krueger blocks with his arms.
Krueger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morin backwards.
Krueger content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Krueger lands a right hand.
Morin is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Krueger is keeping busy.
Morin trying to land knees to the body.
Morin being controlled against the cage.
We've been informed that Krueger has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Krueger working aggressively here.
Krueger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morin backwards.
Morin misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Krueger working aggressively here.
Morin missing with knees to the body.
Krueger leaning his opponent against the cage.
Krueger has a couple of punches blocked by Morin.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A bit of stalling here from Krueger.
Krueger pushes Morin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krueger lands a shoulder strike.
Morin misses with a knee strike.
Still in the clinch, Krueger scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Krueger avoids it.
Morin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Krueger as Morin tries to tie him up.
Krueger scores with a nice hook to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Krueger.
Krueger lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Krueger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Krueger.
Morin is breathing heavily.
Morin is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Morin crunches a lovely knee into Krueger's ribcage.
Krueger lands an uppercut.
Krueger lands a hook to the side of the head.
Morin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Krueger avoids it.
Morin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Krueger is defending well for now.
Krueger holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Krueger blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Still in the clinch, Krueger scores with a nice short uppercut.
Morin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Krueger avoids it.
Krueger stalling against the cage.
Morin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krueger pushes Morin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krueger lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morin backwards.
Krueger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krueger throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morins head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krueger managing to block the knees to the body from Morin.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Krueger.
A bit of stalling here from Krueger.
Krueger tries a body shot but Morin blocks it.
Krueger makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Krueger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krueger closes the distance and pushes Morin back into the cage.
Krueger lands with a light punch inside.
Krueger gets through Morin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Krueger pressing his opponent against the cage.
Nice body punch from Krueger.
Krueger lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morin or not.
Krueger working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Krueger lands with a right to the head.
Morin is rocked!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krueger throws a big uppercut that drops Morin! More strikes from Krueger and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Morin lies dazed against the cage as Krueger celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Drew Krueger!
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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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