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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Butch Wang (ranked 3259 p4p, 2957 weight class) and Edward Krause (ranked 335 p4p, 304 weight class). Edward Krause has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Butch Wang!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Edward Krause!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krause staying out of range there.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Wang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A big left from Wang misses.
Krause tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Wang connects with a looping right hand.
Wang scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Wang lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Krause avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A telegraphed right hand from Wang misses the target.
Krause tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Krause takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wang throws a hook but Krause blocks it.
Krause is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Wang throws a body kick that misses.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Wang swings for the body but Krause moves out of range.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Wang throws a hook but Krause avoids it easily.
Krause with the counter takedown but Wang avoids it easily.
Wang misses with a looping right.
Krause feints the counter takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krause uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wang.
Krause feints the counter takedown.
Wang definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Krause uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Wang.
Krause with the counter takedown but Wang avoids it easily.
Wang misses with a body kick.
And Krause tries to counter it with a takedown but Wang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wang misses with a hook.
Wang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Krause feints the counter takedown.
A big right from Wang misses.
Wang throws a big shot that misses.
And Krause tries to counter it with a takedown but Wang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A chopping leg kick lands by Wang.
Wang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krause.
Wang misses with a low kick.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Jab, jab by Wang - just one landing.
Wang cracks Krause with a right hand to the side of the head.
Krause ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang feints and then cracks Krause's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Krause down.
Krause moves out of range of the strikes.
Wang misses the shot to the body.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Wang takes a swing at Krause's ribcage but misses.
Krause is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Wang scores with a crisp jab that stopped Krause in his tracks.
Butch Wang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krause uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wang.
Krause with the counter takedown but Wang avoids it easily.
Wang throws a hook but Krause blocks it.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Krause looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Krause blocks the body kick.
Wang misses with a straight left.
Wang throws a push kick but Krause slaps the foot to one side.
Krause drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wang defends it well.
Krause checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Krause with the counter takedown but Wang avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang throws a jab but it's blocked by Krause.
Wang scores with a kick to the midsection.
Wang missing with a left hand there. Krause was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Krause with the counter takedown but Wang avoids it easily.
Krause moves out of range as Wang throws a body kick.
Krause steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Wang.
Wang misses with a hook. Krause ducked under it nicely.
Krause is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Wang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krause sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Wang misses with an uppercut.
Wang throws a solid leg kick but Krause takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wang.
Krause tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Krause slips under a jab from Wang.
Krause slips a straight right by Wang.
Wang tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Krause keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wang.
Krause drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wang defends it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang misses with a wild body shot.
Krause moves away from the strike by Wang.
Wang missing with a left hand there. Krause was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And Krause tries to counter it with a takedown but Wang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wang misses with a straight right.
Butch Wang is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Krause uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wang.
A big left from Wang misses.
And Krause tries to counter it with a takedown but Wang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wang misses with a body kick.
Krause with the counter takedown but Wang avoids it easily.
Wang throws an overhand right that lands on Krause's shoulder, as Krause tries to avoid the shot.
And Krause tries to counter it with a takedown but Wang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wang turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Wang misses with a looping right.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wang throws a big shot that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Butch Wang dominated that round.
That's time! Wang's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Krause moves out of range as Wang throws a body kick.
Wang is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Krause can do to turn this around?
Wang works over Krause's head and body with a nice combination.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Krause might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Wang has got the better of the exchanges.
Sloppy strikes from Wang. Those never looked like landing.
Krause checks the leg kick.
Wang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Edward Krause is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krause avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wang throws an overhand right that lands on Krause's shoulder, as Krause tries to avoid the shot.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Krause blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wang looks to score with a jab to the body but Krause is just out of range.
Krause feints the counter takedown.
Wang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice cross by Wang.
Wang misses with a straight right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
A low kick from Wang misses
and Krause counters with a nice double leg into side control. Wang won't be happy with that.
Krause tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Krause is trying to ground and pound but Wang uses the momentary lack of control by Krause to regain half guard.
Krause throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Wang to regain full guard.
Krause throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Krause throwing strikes from guard but Wang blocks nicely.
Krause throwing strikes but missing.
Krause has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Krause throws a strike but Wang rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Krause throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Krause trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krause trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Krause throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Krause trying to strike off his back.
Krause striking off his back but it's not causing Wang any problems.
Wang has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Krause trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Krause trying to strike off his back.
Krause thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Krause doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Krause trying to strike off his back.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Wang shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Wang lands a jab to the head.
Wang scores with a jab to the head.
Krause blocks a head kick by Wang.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Wang. Those never looked like landing.
Krause keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wang.
Krause feints the counter takedown.
A big right from Wang misses.
Wang throws a lazy right hand but Krause sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Krause moves out of range as Wang strikes.
And Krause tries to counter it with a takedown but Wang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Wang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Krause manages to avoid it.
Krause tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Wang swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wang misses the jab.
Krause feints the counter takedown.
Wang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krause was well out of range. Poor timing from Wang.
Wang throws a jab but it's blocked by Krause.
Krause drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wang defends it well.
Krause staying out of range there.
Krause drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wang defends it well.
Wang throws a leg kick but Krause sees it coming and moves out of range.
Krause with the counter takedown but Wang avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krause checks a leg kick.
Krause changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Krause takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Wang throws a jab when Krause was well out of range.
And Krause tries to counter it with a takedown but Wang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Butch Wang is winning the standup battle so far.
A jab from Wang misses.
Wang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Decent striking displayed by Wang there.
Wang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Wang. Those never looked like landing.
Krause feints the counter takedown.
Krause showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wang.
Krause feints the counter takedown.
A telegraphed right hand from Wang misses the target.
A jab from Wang misses.
Krause is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Butch Wang dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Krause slips a jab from Wang.
Krause takes one to the chin there.
Wang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Krause was well out of range. Poor timing from Wang.
A swing and a miss from Wang.
Krause with the counter takedown but Wang avoids it easily.
A slow jab from Wang misses its intended target.
Krause moves away from the strike by Wang.
Wang throws a solid leg kick but Krause takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Wang.
Wang lands with a slapping head kick.
Wang thows a left - swing and a miss!
And Krause tries to counter it with a takedown but Wang pushes his down on his head and steps out.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wang falls off balance throwing a combination
and Krause counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Krause loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Krause accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Krause accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wang knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Krause on the ground.
Wang preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Wang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krause throwing strikes from guard but Wang blocks nicely.
Krause throwing strikes from guard but Wang blocks nicely.
Krause is looking to work some ground and pound but Wang has wrist control.
Wang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Krause missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Krause accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Krause trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Krause is looking to work some ground and pound but Wang has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krause throwing strikes but missing.
Wang trying to keep a closed guard but Krause is proving a slippery customer.
Krause is looking to work some ground and pound but Wang has wrist control.
Krause throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Wang utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Wang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Wang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Krause working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Krause is looking to work some ground and pound but Wang has wrist control.
Wang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Krause is looking to work some ground and pound but Wang has wrist control.
Krause throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krause throwing strikes but missing.
Wang preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Krause throwing strikes from guard but Wang blocks nicely.
Wang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Krause.
Krause with a flurry of punches that miss.
Wang working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Krause.
Krause throws a big elbow that misses.
Krause with a flurry of punches that miss.
Krause working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Krause throwing strikes from guard but Wang blocks nicely.
Wang avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang is controlling Krause's posture.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Wang misses the jab.
Krause feints the counter takedown.
Wang throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Wang looks to throw the jab but Krause is out of range.
Krause avoids a kick to the body.
Krause drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Wang defends it well.
Wang is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Krause.
Wang throws a leg kick
and Krause counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Krause throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Krause missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krause sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Wang defending well though.
Butch Wang is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Krause thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
And that's the end of the fight!
Edward Krause comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Wang has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:27
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:27
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Butch Wang!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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