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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Crowley Osbourne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rainer Hagert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Osbourne comes to the cage accompanied by Mr Crowley. Hagert has chosen Romanimies laulaa as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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175 cm
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164 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
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184 cm
26
159 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Knockout power |
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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
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Crowley Osbourne! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Rainer Hagert! The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hagert tries to bum rush Osbourne with a series of wild strikes but Osbourne uses good footwork to avoid the assault. Osbourne bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Osbourne lands some shots froms side control. Osbourne working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Hagert gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard. Osbourne not landing any meaningful shots this time. Osbourne is pressing down on Hagert's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hagert is holding on for now. Osbourne thows a huge punch but Hagert dodges it nicely.
Osbourne content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. Osbourne is pressing down on Hagert's thigh, looking to free his foot. Hagert is holding on for now. Osbourne thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Hagert's head.
That's one minute gone in the round. Osbourne seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Hagert does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Osbourne wants to pass the guard but Hagert is defending well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Hagert throws a head kick but Osbourne moves out of range.
Nice cross by Osbourne. Osbourne avoids the head kick by Hagert.
Hagert does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. Nice jab there from Osbourne. Osbourne shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard. Osbourne is controlling the pace.
Hagert keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Osbourne wants to pass the guard but Hagert is defending well. Hagert blocking the ground and pound attempt from Osbourne. Osbourne looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Osbourne not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. Osbourne is controlling the pace.
Osbourne wants to take a breather but Hagert is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Osbourne scores with a nice body kick.
Hagert throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land. A punch combination from Hagert misses. Hagert looks gassed! Hagert has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Hagert there as he acknowledges the shot. Osbourne shoots in looking for a takedown. Hagert tries to sprawl out of it but Osbourne keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Hagert manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Osbourne decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard. Osbourne passes to side control. Hagert is positioning himself to get back to half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Osbourne is chipping away with strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The referee asks Osbourne politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Osbourne prefers to stall for the moment though. Osbourne wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hagert keeps working. Osbourne is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hagert is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him. A lull in the action here as Osbourne stalls from top position. Hagert is not content to let Osbourne control the position. Osbourne working the body and head with strikes. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Crowley Osbourne dominated that round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Hagert throws a chopping leg kick but Osbourne manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Hagert throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Osbourne shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hagert manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Hagert keeping full guard, as Osbourne tries to pass. Osbourneis looking to pass into half guard but Hagert pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Hagert is in guard. Osbourne looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Osbourne pulls Hagert in to control the position. Hagert must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu. Osbourne looking for a sweep. Not yet Osbourne, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hagert controls from within his opponent's guard. Osbourne looking to control.
Osbourne manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Osbourne scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Hagert?
Hagert is breathing heavily. Osbourne working away from the top, dropping strikes. Osbourne dominating with strikes here. Osbourne fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Hagert is rocked! Osbourne looking to finish Hagert with some ground and pound. This is bad for Hagert! Hagert is still in real trouble! Can Osbourne finish him?
That's two minutes gone in the round. Osbourne loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Hagert scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Osbourne land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Osbourne stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Crowley Osbourne!
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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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