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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Crier (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lars Christiansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crier's entrance music is Red Hot Chili Peppers - Get On Top. A fine choice. 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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155 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
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175 cm
25
166 lbs
9 - 6 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Johnny Crier!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lars Christiansen!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, George Francis and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Christiansen misses with a shot to the body
and Crier counters with a straight right hand.
Christiansen tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crier paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Christiansen takes a swing at Crier's ribcage but misses.
Christiansen misses with a right hand
and Crier connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Christiansen throws a leg kick
and Crier counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Christiansen fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Crier on the side of the head.
Christiansen gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Christiansen blocks a body shot from Crier.
Christiansen scores with a shot to the side of Crier's head.
With the fighters up against the cage, Christiansen throws an elbow but misses.
Crier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Christiansen avoiding damage.
Crier has Christiansen pushed against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Christiansen as Crier tries to tie him up.
Crier is working for takedown but Christiansen is calmly controlling the position for now.
Crier misses with a punch to the body.
Christiansen tries a body shot but Crier blocks it.
Christiansen throws an elbow but it misses.
Christiansen comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
It looks like Johnny Crier has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Christiansen.
Christiansen blocks a body shot from Crier.
A body shot lands from Crier.
Crier lands a body punch.
Christiansen tries to land knees in the clinch but Crier avoids the damage to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crier lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Christiansen tries to get to full guard but Crier has control of the leg.
Christiansen is pressing down on Crier's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Christiansen striking off his back but it's not causing Crier any problems.
Crier won't allow Christiansen to sweep him here.
Christiansen is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Christiansen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Crier does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Crier wants to control but Christiansen is keeping busy.
Christiansen wants to pass to mount but Crier is defending the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen trying to control the action but Crier is working from the bottom.
Crier is trying to control but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Christiansen wants to control but Crier is keeping him busy.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Christiansen takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Nice uppercut there from Christiansen.
Christiansen throws a lazy uppercut
and Crier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christiansen with a lazy takedown attempt
and Crier makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Crier tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Christiansen was well out of range. Poor timing from Crier.
Crier lands with a shot to the body.
Crier scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Christiansen stuns Crier with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crier swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crier clinches with his opponent.
Crier tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Christiansen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crier breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Christiansen swings away with a body shot that misses
and Crier counters with a right hand to the body.
Christiansen wants to clinch but Crier slips to the side
letting Crier counter with a right hand.
Christiansen misses with a left hand
and Crier counters with a right hand to the body.
Christiansen with a poor takedown
and Crier counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Christiansen!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crier landing strikes from the mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Crier lands with some strikes.
Christiansen manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Christiansen is looking to control Crier's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Christiansen avoid being mounted?
Crier seems to be looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crier is nestled in close to Christiansen, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crier thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Crier thows a huge punch but Christiansen dodges it nicely.
Crier is trying to control. Christiansen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Crier with the ground and pound but Christiansen uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Christiansen manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Crier manages to get himself to full guard.
Crier manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Christiansen manages to get himself to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christiansen is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Crier is aware though and is defending well.
Crier slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Crier dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Crier's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Christiansen thows a left - swing and a miss!
Christiansen throws a hook but Crier avoids it easily.
Christiansen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Crier cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Christiansen thows a body shot but no joy.
Crier lands with an overhand left.
Crier ducks under a wild hook from Christiansen.
Christiansen misses with a hook
and Crier counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Christiansen lands with an uppercut that bounces Crier off the cage and back into rage.
Christiansen misses with an uppercut
and Crier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crier checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christiansen misses with a lunging right hand
and Crier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christiansen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Crier counters with a takedown into side control.
Crier working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Christiansen is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Crier working Christiansen over with strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crier is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Crier raining down shots from the mount!
Crier postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Christiansen looks a forlorn figure.
Crier working the ground and pound effectively.
Crier landing strikes, looking to finish!
Crier landing strikes from the mount and Christiansen is in trouble!
Crier connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Christiansen is bucking up trying to escape but Crier cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Christiansen is in a horrible position here. Crier smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Crier is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Christiansen is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Crier's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Crier's back!
Crier trying to control the position but Christiansen manages to sink in the hooks.
Crier prevents Christiansen from getting a body triangle.
Christiansen is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Crier up.
Christiansen misses with punches from the back.
Crier just trying to survive but Christiansen is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen tries to get the hooks in deep but Crier pushed the leg off.
Crier looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Christiansen missing with punches from the back.
Johnny Crier overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Christiansen trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Christiansen controlling the position well here. Crier rolled but Christiansen kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Christiansen is looking to control Crier but Crier is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Christiansen punches Crier on the ear.
Crier avoids the strikes from Christiansen.
Even with his hooks in, Christiansen manages to miss with strikes from the back.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Christiansen missing with strikes from the back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Johnny Crier dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Johnny Crier's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Christiansen darts in trying to clinch
and Crier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crier throws a jab but it's blocked by Christiansen.
Christiansen tries to clinch there but Crier circles away.
Crier shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Christiansen as he jumps to the side.
Christiansen doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Crier counter with a right hand.
Christiansen throws a lazy uppercut
and Crier counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Christiansen lands with a thumping leg kick.
Christiansen wants to land a leg kick but Crier is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crier tries to clinch there but Christiansen circles away.
Crier fails in his attempt to clinch.
Christiansen misses with a double jab
and Crier counters with a right hand to the body.
Christiansen takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Christiansen scores with a jab.
Christiansen throws a left and a right that both miss
and Crier counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Christiansen looks to land a combination but Crier avoids it well.
Crier throws the left hand but Christiansen avoids the punch easily.
Christiansen scores with a sloppy right hand. Crier should have avoided that one.
Christiansen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Christiansen swings for the body but Crier moves out of range.
Lars Christiansen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Christiansen misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crier.
A shot to the body from Christiansen misses
and Crier counters with a left to the body.
Christiansen throws a combination that misses
and Crier counters with a nice double leg into side control. Christiansen won't be happy with that.
Christiansen regains half guard.
Christiansen tries to roll over but Crier keeps him under control.
Christiansen avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Crier.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Christiansen is looking to improve his position.
Crier seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Christiansen wants to improve his position but Crier is controlling well.
Christiansen is staying active underneath Crier, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Crier prevents Christiansen from improving his position.
Christiansen keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Christiansen is trying to get back to full guard.
Christiansen takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crier landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crier slips a nice elbow through Christiansen's hands, connecting with Christiansen's forehead.
Crier thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Christiansen gets back to full guard.
Crier is looking to work some ground and pound but Christiansen has wrist control.
Christiansen looking to hit a scissor sweep but Crier is one step ahead there.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Crier accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Crier's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Christiansen looking for a sweep. Not yet Christiansen, not yet.
Crier stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Christiansen swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crier postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Christiansen doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Christiansen trying to keep a closed guard but Crier is proving a slippery customer.
Christiansen is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Crier with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lars Christiansen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crier working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Christiansen wants to improve his position but instead Crier has moved into half guard.
Crier not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Crier looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Christiansen tries to roll over but Crier keeps him under control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Johnny Crier showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Crier 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Johnny Crier!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
RATING
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