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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sam Hebert (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Denny Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crane has chosen TOUCHED as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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215 lbs
11 - 9 - 0 |
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185 cm
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215 lbs
11 - 14 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Hebert!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Denny Crane!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crane closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Crane lands in his opponent's guard.
Hebert is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Crane throwing strikes but missing.
Crane throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Crane drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Hebert dives on top into guard.
Hebert seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane is looking for a triangle but Hebert pushes his legs off easily.
Crane has his foot on Hebert's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hebert works his way back into a safe position though.
Hebert trying to control but Crane is working from the bottom.
Hebert throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Crane works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hebert scoring with some ground and pound.
Crane has his foot on Hebert's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hebert works his way back into a safe position though.
Hebert's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Hebert connects with a couple of short punches.
Crane escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Hebert gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Crane looks gassed!
Hebert works over Crane with some ground and pound from guard.
Hebert lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hebert lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hebert showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hebert trying to control the position from guard on top but Crane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crane looking for a guillotine here but Hebert defends easily.
Hebert wants to control from the top but Crane keeps moving.
Hebert preventing the sweep.
Crane has his foot on Hebert's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hebert works his way back into a safe position though.
Hebert wants to control from the top but Crane keeps moving.
Hebert postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hebert decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Hebert is looking to take a break and control but Crane is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hebert moves nicely into side control.
Crane takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Crane tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Hebert tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Hebert has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hebert lands a nice forearm strike.
The referee asks Hebert politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Hebert prefers to stall for the moment though.
Crane takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Crane takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
A lull in the action here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crane tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Hebert wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Hebert in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Hebert trying to control the action but Crane is working from the bottom.
Hebert tries to advance to mount but Crane denies him.
Hebert in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Hebert dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Hebert closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Crane to the mat! Crane manages to get full guard.
Crane wants to sweep here but Hebert controlling him for the moment.
Crane working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hebert doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hebert manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Crane wants to sweep but no luck.
Hebert content to stall in guard here.
Hebert stopping the sweep attempt from Crane.
Crane is looking for a triangle but Hebert pushes his legs off easily.
Hebert not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Crane is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hebert working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hebert sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Sam Hebert.
Hebert drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Hebert lands an elbow.
Hebert taking a breather here.
Crane misses with a strike from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane is not content to let Hebert control the position.
Crane taking a bit of punishment here - Hebert scoring with strikes.
Crane struggling a bit here.
Hebert staying calm.
Hebert trying to control the action but Crane is working from the bottom.
Hebert in side control, just content to control the action for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hebert is trying to get an arm triangle but Crane is defending well.
Hebert is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Crane will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Sam Hebert.
Hebert shoots and misses
and Crane counters with a shoot takedown. Hebert fights it but they end up in guard.
Crane throwing strikes but missing.
Sam Hebert overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Crane accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crane throws and elbow that misses. Hebert uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crane's guard. Nice move by Hebert!
Hebert trying to control the position from guard on top but Crane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crane looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hebert controlling from the top position.
Crane looking for a sweep. Not yet Crane, not yet.
Crane being controlled here, momentarily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Hebert 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!
Hebert closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Hebert thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Crane is trying to improve his position.
Crane is trying to escape the position but Hebert is controlling the position.
Hebert seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Crane for as long as he can get away with.
Crane is looking for a sweep.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crane is trying to escape the position but Hebert is controlling the position.
Crane is trying to improve his position.
Crane is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hebert seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Sam Hebert.
Hebert shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Hebert was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Crane tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hebert with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Hebert lands a nice shot to the head.
Crane is desperately trying to improve his position but Hebert has a good base and remains in mount.
Hebert controlling from mount.
Crane gets back to half guard.
Hebert with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hebert wants to take a breather but Crane is having none of it.
Hebert working Crane over with strikes.
Hebert drops an elbow to the side of Crane's head.
Crane is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hebert slips a nice elbow through Crane's hands, connecting with Crane's forehead.
Hebert trying to pass the guard but Crane defending well.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Hebert drives through with a takedown into guard.
Crane working for a triangle but Hebert defends it easily.
Hebert controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Denny Crane has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hebert scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hebert slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Crane looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hebert is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Crane looking for a sweep. Not yet Crane, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Hebert controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hebert works over Crane with some ground and pound from guard.
Hebert postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Hebert has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hebert trying to control the position from guard on top but Crane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hebert won't allow Crane to sweep him here.
Hebert showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Hebert working some strikes from top position.
Hebert trying to control the position from guard on top but Crane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Sam Hebert is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Sam Hebert.
Hebert blocks a low kick nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam Hebert showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hebert has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sam Hebert!
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energy
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
51% |
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