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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Eddie Young (ranked 1027 p4p, 1639 weight class) and Frans Kronstedth (ranked 94 p4p, 135 weight class). Young's entrance music is Evanescence - Bring Me To Life. A fine choice. Eddie Young had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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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 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Young!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Frans Kronstedth!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kronstedth scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Kronstedth misses with a looping right.
Kronstedth avoids the head kick by Young.
Young throws a chopping leg kick but Kronstedth manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Kronstedth misses with an uppercut.
Young avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kronstedth throws an overhand right that lands on Young's shoulder, as Young tries to avoid the shot.
Kronstedth misses with a looping left.
Kronstedth has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kronstedth getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Sloppy strikes from Young. Those never looked like landing.
Kronstedth throws a hook to the side of Young's head but Young sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Young lands with a hook. Kronstedth tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Young uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kronstedth.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Young slips a jab from Kronstedth.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Kronstedth displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Young throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Young throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kronstedth takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Young looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kronstedth connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Young's hands.
Young pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Kronstedth! But no joy.
Kronstedth has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Good leg kick by Young.
Young lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Young connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Kronstedth ducks under a wild hook from Young.
Young throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Young moves out of range of the strikes.
Young throwing a counter right hand but Kronstedth manages to avoid it.
Young bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Young walks into a jab.
Kronstedth throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Young stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Young throws a low kick but Kronstedth moves out of range easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Young ducks under a wild hook from Kronstedth.
Kronstedth has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Young.
Kronstedth pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kronstedth lands with a nice combination. Young backs away looking to recover.
Jab from Kronstedth.
Kronstedth throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Young misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kronstedth swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Kronstedth stuns Young with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Kronstedth gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Young with a knee to the head.
Young misses with an elbow strike.
Young throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kronstedth has a couple of punches blocked by Young.
Kronstedth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Kronstedth blocks with his arms.
Young lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Kronstedth blocks with his arms.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Kronstedth.
Young misses with a knee to the head.
Kronstedth misses with a punch on the inside.
Come on Kronstedth - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Kronstedth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Young using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kronstedth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Young lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Kronstedth backwards.
Young swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Young has Kronstedth pressed against the cage, preventing Kronstedth from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Kronstedth misses with a punch on the inside.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Kronstedth blocks with his arms.
Young throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Young blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Young landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Young.
Young looking to throw knees to the head but Kronstedth is blocking nicely.
Kronstedth tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
Young tries a knee to the head but Kronstedth blocks it.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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!
Kronstedth misses with some punches.
Young tries a knee to the head but Kronstedth blocks it.
Kronstedth tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kronstedth avoiding damage as Young throws knees to the body.
Kronstedth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Young takes a shot to the head.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but Kronstedth blocks with his arms.
Young lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kronstedth works on Young's body with a couple of short punches.
Young with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Young scores with a knee to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Eddie Young will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Kronstedth moves out of range as Young strikes.
Young swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Young sizes up Kronstedth with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Kronstedth bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Young's head backwards.
Young swinging wildly here.
A cross from Kronstedth lands.
Young throws a hook but Kronstedth avoids it easily.
A big right from Young misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Young - that will leave a mark!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kronstedth throws the left hand but Young avoids the punch easily.
Kronstedth scores with a three punch combo!
Young throws a leg kick
and Kronstedth counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young throws a nice outside leg kick.
Frans Kronstedth seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Young takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young keeps the fight on the outside.
Young jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Young finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Kronstedth lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kronstedth looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kronstedth uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Young.
Young throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Young misses with the combination.
Kronstedth jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Kronstedth might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Young lands a leg kick that knocks Kronstedth off balance momentarily.
Kronstedth wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Kronstedth connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Young scores with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A low kick from Young misses
and Kronstedth counters with a straight right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kronstedth misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut there from Kronstedth.
Kronstedth instigates a clinch.
Young tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Young throws an elbow but it misses.
Young missing with knees to the body.
Kronstedth trying to stall but Young improves his position.
Kronstedth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kronstedth working aggressively here.
A short left from Young.
Young landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Young.
Kronstedth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kronstedth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kronstedth takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Young using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kronstedth blocks it with crossed arms.
Kronstedth fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kronstedth struggles to land a body shot inside as Young controls his hands.
A short left from Kronstedth.
Kronstedth takes a knee right on the jaw!
Young swings wildly with an uppercut but Kronstedth uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice elbow from Young.
Young lands a damaging elbow.
Eddie Young has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Young using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kronstedth has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Young keeps control of Kronstedth as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Kronstedth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Kronstedth is looking to control Young's arms but Young gets an underhook and turns him. Now Kronstedth has his back to the cage.
Kronstedth misses with a hook from the clinch.
Kronstedth has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Young throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Young lands an elbow just above Kronstedth 's eye.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of Kronstedth backwards.
Kronstedth slows down the pace here.
Young lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Kronstedth is rocked!
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kronstedth wants to stall.
Kronstedth wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Young blocking some punches.
Kronstedth misses with a punch on the inside.
Young looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kronstedth misses with the head strike.
Young with an attempt at a knee that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Eddie Young dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Young swings widly with a right hand
and Kronstedth counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Young scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Young plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kronstedth is looking to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Young.
Young connects with a good right hand that stumbles Kronstedth. Kronstedth circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Young has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Kronstedth tries to clinch but Young moves out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Young misses the target.
Young uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kronstedth.
Young moves out of range as Kronstedth strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Young.
Kronstedth throws a looping overhand right but Young ducks down to avoid it.
A head kick misses from Young.
Kronstedth ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Young throws an off balance right hand
and Kronstedth cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Young scores with a jab to the head.
Kronstedth misses with a hook.
Kronstedth misses with a body punch
and Young moves into the clinch.
Kronstedth takes a knee right on the jaw!
Young is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kronstedth softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Young misses with a punch on the inside.
Young creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Kronstedth's defenses.
Young lands a hook to the side of the head.
Kronstedth is still on wobbly legs! Can Young finish him?
A knee to the head by Young.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kronstedth misses with a short punch on the inside.
Young lands a big knee to the head and Kronstedth goes down! Young pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eddie Young!
After winning the bout, Eddie Young thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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