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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mads Krogh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Tate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krogh kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Low Estate. Tate comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Diamonds Aren't Forever kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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166 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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153 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mads Krogh!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brandon Tate!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krogh shoots in and bounces Tate off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Tate can do anything to dispel that myth.
Krogh thows a big elbow that misses.
Tate working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Krogh.
Krogh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tate is pulling down on Krogh's head to control his posture.
Krogh throws and elbow that misses. Tate uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Krogh's guard. Nice move by Tate!
Krogh looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Krogh has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Tate can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Tate works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Krogh 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate trying to mount his opponent but Krogh defends it.
Krogh is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Krogh manages to get to full guard.
Tate trying to control but Krogh is working from the bottom.
Krogh is looking for a triangle but Tate pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Tate tries to free his leg and advance position but Krogh is retaining full guard.
Tate controls from within his opponent's guard.
Krogh lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Tate!
Krogh raining down shots from the mount!
Tate slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate tries to get to full guard but Krogh has control of the leg.
Krogh working Tate over with strikes.
Krogh working the head and body with strikes.
Tate is trying to stand back up but Krogh is controlling him
Krogh passes to side control.
Krogh tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Krogh has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Krogh scoring with punches from side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate manages to work his way to half guard, despite Krogh's best efforts.
Tate keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Krogh looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Krogh thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Tate's head.
Krogh not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Tate tries to roll over but Krogh keeps him under control.
Tate wants to get back to his feet.
Krogh seems to be working for a kimura but Tate defends the submission attempt.
Tate is trying to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mads Krogh dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
No luck with that takedown attempt from Krogh.
Tate stuffs the takedown attempt from Krogh. Krogh gets slowly back to his feet.
Krogh fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tate avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mads Krogh. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krogh closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Tate is trying to maintain the position but Krogh is very close to passing his half guard.
Tate is trying to stand back up but Krogh is controlling him
Tate pushes Krogh off and gets back to his feet.
Krogh shoots in looking for a takedown. Tate tries to sprawl out of it but Krogh keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Tate manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Tate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krogh fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krogh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tate moves in looking to clinch but Krogh pushes him off.
Tate has Krogh up against the cage in a clinch.
Krogh tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Krogh gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Tate regains guard.
Tate looking to hit a scissor sweep but Krogh is one step ahead there.
Krogh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Krogh throwing strikes from guard but Tate blocks nicely.
Tate pushes Krogh off and gets back to his feet.
Krogh shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tate pinned against the cage. Tate gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate is looking to clinch.
Krogh shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tate pinned against the cage. Tate gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krogh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tate is looking to clinch but Krogh is avoiding it.
Tate slaps away a takedown attempt from Krogh, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Krogh swats away the attempt to clinch by Tate.
Krogh avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brandon Tate is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krogh paws at him with a jab and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tate fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krogh shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Tate pinned against the cage. Tate gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Krogh tries to score a power double leg takedown but Tate sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Krogh somewhat.
Mads Krogh is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krogh closes the distance and clinches up with Tate, looking for a takedown. Krogh pushes Tate against the cage but Tate circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but Krogh swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Krogh closes the distance and clinches up with Tate, looking for a takedown. Krogh pushes Tate against the cage but Tate circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Tate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Krogh shoots in for a takedown but Tate shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Tate fails with an attempt to clinch.
Krogh swats away the attempt to clinch by Tate.
Krogh is trying hard to land a takedown here. Tate sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Tate is looking to clinch but Krogh is avoiding it.
Tate defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Krogh.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up but Krogh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Krogh shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Tate sprawls well. Tate wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Krogh gets slowly back to his feet.
Tate doesn't manage to clinch there - Krogh circles away.
Krogh fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Tate fails in his attempt to clinch.
Tate wants to clinch up but Krogh keeps it at a distance.
Tate has closed the distance and engaged Krogh in a clinch.
Krogh working hard to break the clinch.
Tate lands a knee to the head.
Tate stalling in the clinch.
Tate looking to throw knees to the head but Krogh is blocking nicely.
Tate comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tate has Krogh pushed against the cage.
Tate with a knee to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Krogh fails to land.
Krogh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Krogh is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Tate gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brandon Tate showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Tate clinches up against the cage.
Krogh looking to stall.
Tate will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Krogh up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Tate.
Tate lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Krogh takes a knee right on the jaw!
Tate prevents the takedown attempt.
Krogh misses with the head strike.
Tate with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Mads Krogh has been cut.
Tate lands an elbow just above Krogh 's eye.
Tate taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Tate avoiding damage as Krogh throws knees to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tate takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tate throws a knee to the head but misses.
Krogh fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Tate.
Krogh swings wildly with an uppercut but Tate uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Stalling in the clinch from Tate.
Tate lands an elbow inside that Krogh shrugs off.
Krogh takes an elbow to the forehead.
Krogh fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Tate is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tate keeps control of Krogh as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Tate stalling the fight.
Tate lands a nice knee to the body.
Tate is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Krogh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tate lands a knee to the head.
A bit of stalling here from Tate.
Krogh pushes off an throws an elbow but Tate leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stalling in the clinch from Tate.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Brandon Tate.
Krogh decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krogh is trying for a kimura here. Tate looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Krogh wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mads Krogh!
Mads Krogh is the new lightweight champion!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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