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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Medranda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bernard Krakowski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bernard Krakowski struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 136.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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145 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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144 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carlos Medranda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Bernard Krakowski!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Wagner Zegers and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A punch combination from Medranda misses.
Medranda scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Medranda checks a low kick from Krakowski.
Medranda really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Krakowski lands a slapping body shot.
Medranda tries to clinch but Krakowski is having none of it.
Krakowski walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Carlos Medranda seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Medranda misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Krakowski misses with a series of wild punches.
Krakowski throws a head kick but Medranda moves out of range.
Medranda moves into the clinch.
Krakowski is trying to break the clinch but Medranda is controlling him.
Medranda tries to land a knee to the head but Krakowski blocks with his arms.
Krakowski wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Medranda leaning against his opponent.
Medranda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Medranda with an attempt at a knee that misses.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Medranda takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Krakowski is trying to break the clinch but Medranda has him pressed against the cage.
Medranda trying to land knees to the body.
Medranda's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Krakowski just misses with a elbow thrown towards Medranda's brow.
Medranda misses with a knee to the head.
Medranda looking to throw knees to the head but Krakowski is blocking nicely.
Medranda controlling the action here for a moment.
Medranda is looking to control Krakowski's arms but Krakowski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Medranda has his back to the cage.
Krakowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Medranda avoids it.
Medranda throws an elbow but it misses.
Medranda throws an elbow but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski avoiding damage as Medranda throws knees to the body.
Medranda keeps control of Krakowski as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Medranda looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Medranda looking to throw knees to the head but Krakowski is blocking nicely.
Medranda pressing his opponent against the cage.
Krakowski can't break the clinch.
Krakowski is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Medranda is defending well for now.
Medranda misses with a knee to the head.
Medranda is looking to control Krakowski's arms but Krakowski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Medranda has his back to the cage.
Medranda landing knees to the body.
Krakowski breaks from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Medranda scores with a hook.
Medranda fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Medranda checks a low kick from Krakowski.
Medranda throws out a powerful jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Medranda lands a high kick!
Krakowski fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Medranda tries to clinch but Krakowski is having none of it.
Medranda thuds his right hand into Krakowski's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Medranda moves into range and clinches up with Krakowski.
Krakowski is trying to force a seperation but Medranda has the dominant position.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Krakowski lands a nice elbow.
Krakowski is looking to break free of the clinch but Medranda has double underhooks.
Krakowski taking a breather.
Krakowski looks gassed!
Medranda tries to land a knee to the head but Krakowski blocks with his arms.
Krakowski is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski breaks from the clinch.
Medranda cracks Krakowski with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Medranda takes the fight into the clinch.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Krakowski blocks an elbow strike.
Medranda connects with a nasty looking knee right to Krakowski's face.
Medranda misses with a knee strike.
Medranda misses with a knee strike.
Medranda lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Krakowski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Medranda is looking to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Medranda avoids the head kick by Krakowski.
Krakowski showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Medranda.
Krakowski misses with a double jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Medranda dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Medranda stalks Krakowski and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Krakowski's face. Krakowski staggers backwards, shaken.
Medranda throws a series of punches but Krakowski avoids them all with ease.
Medranda takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Medranda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Medranda moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Medranda lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Medranda throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Medranda scores with a shot to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Medranda looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Krakowski throws a head kick that misses.
Medranda has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Krakowski is breathing heavily.
Medranda misses with a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Medranda tries to close the distance and clinch but Krakowski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Medranda tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Carlos Medranda is winning the standup battle so far.
Medranda pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Krakowski back to the cage. Medranda follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Medranda misses with a jab, cross combination.
Krakowski slips a jab from Medranda.
Medranda misses with a double jab.
Medranda fails in his attempt to clinch.
Krakowski avoids a punch combination nicely.
Medranda doesn't manage to clinch there - Krakowski circles away.
Nice uppercut lands for Medranda. That snapped Krakowski's head back.
Medranda lands a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Medranda throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krakowski sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Medranda lands with an uppercut that bounces Krakowski off the cage and back into rage.
Medranda pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Carlos Medranda is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Medranda tries to clinch there but Krakowski circles away.
Medranda is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Krakowski on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Krakowski scoring well with a low kick there.
Medranda closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Medranda missing with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Medranda missing with knees to the body.
Krakowski avoiding damage as Medranda throws knees to the body.
Krakowski breaks the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski throws a head kick but Medranda moves out of range.
Medranda throws a right hand that Krakowski ducks under and follows up with a left that Krakowski also avoids with ease.
Medranda throws a lazy right hand but Krakowski sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A thudding body kick lands there by Krakowski!
Medranda misses with a jab, cross combination.
Medranda throws out a loose jab but Krakowski uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krakowski connects with a body shot.
Medranda cracks Krakowski with an open hand slap.
Krakowski with a nice cross.
Medranda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krakowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Medranda tries to clinch but Krakowski is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski moves out of range of the strikes.
Medranda fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Krakowski looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Krakowski swats away the attempt to clinch by Medranda.
Medranda throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Krakowski counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Medranda looks to land a combination but Krakowski avoids it well.
Krakowski scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Krakowski is looking to chop away at Medranda's legs.
Krakowski connects with a high kick.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Medranda throws a series of punches but Krakowski avoids them all with ease.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Medranda swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Medranda fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Carlos Medranda dominated that second 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. This is the final round!
A head kick misses from Krakowski.
Medranda lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Medranda tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Krakowski counters with a head kick.
Medranda gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Medranda trying to stall but Krakowski improves his position.
Medranda tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Krakowski wants to break free but Medranda has control.
Krakowski wants to break free but Medranda has control.
A nice left hand lands by Krakowski.
Medranda lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Medranda misses with a knee strike.
Medranda missing with knees to the body.
Krakowski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A frustrated look appears on Krakowski's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Carlos Medranda has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Medranda lands a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of stalling here from Medranda.
Medranda looking to throw knees to the head but Krakowski is blocking nicely.
Krakowski is trying to stall.
Krakowski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Medranda has him pressed against the cage.
Medranda lands an elbow inside that Krakowski shrugs off.
Medranda unloads a knee to the mid-section. Krakowski lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Medranda scores a nice knee to the body.
Medranda lands a knee to the body.
Krakowski avoiding damage as Medranda throws knees to the body.
Krakowski wants to break free but Medranda has control.
Medranda throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Krakowski blocks it with crossed arms.
Medranda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski is trying to break the clinch but Medranda is controlling him.
Krakowski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Medranda avoids it.
Medranda working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Medranda gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Krakowski has had enough of the clinch but Medranda keeps him there for the moment.
Krakowski can't break the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Krakowski.
Medranda misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Krakowski.
Krakowski takes an elbow to the forehead.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Medranda throws an elbow but it misses.
Medranda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Medranda just leaning against Krakowski, taking a breather.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Medranda for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krakowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Medranda.
Krakowski avoids a wild elbow strike from Medranda.
Medranda pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Krakowski tries to break free but Medranda pushes him back against the cage.
Medranda on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Medranda throws an elbow but it misses.
Medranda lands with a left to the head.
Krakowski is trying to break the clinch but Medranda is controlling him.
Medranda leaning against his opponent.
Krakowski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Medranda.
Medranda lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A head kick misses from Medranda.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Medranda throws a lazy head kick
and Krakowski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Krakowski misses with a body kick.
Medranda throws a combination that misses
and Krakowski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Left hook, right uppercut from Medranda.
Krakowski scores with a nice body kick.
Medranda tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Krakowski paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Medranda bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Krakowski has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Krakowski there as he acknowledges the shot.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Krakowski takes a swing at Medranda's ribcage but misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Medranda clinches up with Krakowski and pushes him back against the cage.
Bernard Krakowski has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Medranda comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that's the end of the fight!
Carlos Medranda showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Medranda 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Carlos Medranda!
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hype
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pop
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