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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Victor Craig (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Bias (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chris Bias looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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143 lbs
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142 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Victor Craig!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chris Bias!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bias looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Bias on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Craig crunches a lovely knee into Bias's ribcage.
Craig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Craig comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Craig.
Craig lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Craig with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Craig lands a damaging elbow.
Craig landing knees to the head.
Craig lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Bias's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Craig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Craig lands an elbow inside.
Craig utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Craig lands an elbow just above Bias 's eye.
Bias takes a knee to the side of the body.
Craig landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Craig lands an elbow inside.
Craig with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Craig.
Craig lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Craig working Bias over with knees to the body.
Craig lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Craig.
Craig crunches a lovely knee into Bias's ribcage.
Craig misses with a knee strike.
Bias tries to pull guard but Craig holds him up against the cage and eventually Bias drops back down to his feet.
Craig lands an elbow just above Bias 's eye.
Craig lands a good knee to the midsection. Bias won't want to take too many of those.
Craig throws a knee to the head but misses.
Craig landing knees to the body.
Craig lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Craig lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Craig lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Craig lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bias takes an elbow to the forehead.
Craig gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Craig working Bias over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Craig unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Craig landing some nice looking knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craig lands an elbow inside that Bias shrugs off.
Craig lands an elbow inside that Bias shrugs off.
Craig lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bias wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Craig has him pressed against the cage.
Craig lands a damaging elbow.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Craig obliges.
Bias takes an elbow to the temple.
Craig creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bias's defenses.
Bias dodges an elbow strike from Craig.
Craig lands an elbow inside that Bias shrugs off.
Craig connects with a knee to the head.
Craig landing knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Craig.
Craig lands a knee to the head.
Craig lands a good knee to the midsection. Bias won't want to take too many of those.
Craig putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bias in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Craig using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bias has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Craig lands an elbow that stopped Bias in his tracks for a moment.
Craig with a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bias takes an elbow to the forehead.
Craig working Bias over with knees to the body.
Bias has a couple of punches blocked by Craig.
Craig lands an elbow that stopped Bias in his tracks for a moment.
Craig tries a knee to the head but Bias blocks it.
Craig lands an elbow inside that Bias shrugs off.
Craig lands an elbow that stopped Bias in his tracks for a moment.
Craig lands an elbow just above Bias 's eye.
Craig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Craig lands an elbow just above Bias 's eye.
Craig lands a damaging elbow.
Craig lands a nice elbow.
Craig misses with a knee strike.
Craig lands an elbow just above Bias 's eye.
Craig lands an elbow that stopped Bias in his tracks for a moment.
Craig utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bias is trying to pull guard but Craig turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Craig comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Craig.
Craig lands an elbow that stopped Bias in his tracks for a moment.
Bias fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Victor Craig has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Bias.
Craig landing some nice looking knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Craig.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Craig landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Craig landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Craig scores with a knee to the head.
Bias takes a knee right on the jaw!
Craig lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bias tries to pull guard but Craig won't allow it.
Craig lands an elbow inside that Bias shrugs off.
Craig lands an elbow that stopped Bias in his tracks for a moment.
Bias takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bias has a couple of punches blocked by Craig.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Craig obliges.
Craig lands a nice elbow.
Craig lands an elbow inside that Bias shrugs off.
Craig comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Craig 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.
The fight stays on the outside here - Craig looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Craig tries to clinch but Bias is having none of it.
Chris Bias is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Craig gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Craig.
Nice elbow from Craig.
Nice elbow from Craig.
Bias is trying to break the clinch but Craig has him pressed against the cage.
Bias misses with the head strike.
Craig landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Craig gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Craig connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bias's face.
Craig utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Craig working Bias over with knees to the body.
Craig creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bias's defenses.
Bias is breathing heavily.
Craig with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Craig putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bias in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Craig scores with a knee to the head.
Craig crunches a lovely knee into Bias's ribcage.
Craig looking to throw knees to the head but Bias is blocking nicely.
Bias jumps guard but Craig stands there with Bias around his waist. Bias gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Craig.
Bias tries to pull guard but Craig won't allow it.
Bias working hard to break the clinch.
Craig lands an elbow just above Bias 's eye.
Craig unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Craig lands a nice elbow.
Craig lands a damaging elbow.
Craig lands a nice knee to the body.
Craig creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bias's defenses.
Bias avoiding damage as Craig throws knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Craig.
Craig working Bias over with knees to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Craig lands an elbow inside that Bias shrugs off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craig tries to land knees in the clinch but Bias avoids the damage to the body.
Bias takes a knee to the side of the body.
Nice elbow from Craig.
Bias tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Craig just stands there and leans against the cage.
Victor Craig has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Bias.
Bias misses with the head strike.
Craig lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Craig lands a knee to the body.
Craig lands a nice knee to the body.
Craig lands a nice elbow.
Craig trying to land knees to the body.
Craig lands an elbow just above Bias 's eye.
Craig connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bias's face.
Bias breaks from the clinch.
Craig moves to clinch but Bias breaks away
and Bias counters with a single leg into guard. Craig didn't expect that.
Bias working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bias postures up.
Bias throws a strike but Craig rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Bias is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bias working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Craig doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Craig manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bias working for a triangle but Craig defends it easily.
Bias is looking for a triangle here but Craig uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Craig decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Craig tries to clinch up but Bias circles away and keeps his distance.
Craig fails with an attempt to clinch.
Craig is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Craig has taken the fight to the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Craig obliges.
Craig lands a damaging elbow.
Craig comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Craig lands an elbow just above Bias 's eye.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Craig dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Craig throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Victor Craig seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Craig tries to clinch but Bias is having none of it.
Bias keeps the fight on the outside.
Craig is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Bias keeps the fight on the outside.
Craig throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bias's head.
Bias fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Craig lands a nice looking body kick.
Bias takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Craig throws a head kick but Bias moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bias looks to land a combination but Craig avoids it well.
Craig tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Craig is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Craig tries to clinch there but Bias circles away.
Craig wants to clinch up but Bias keeps it at a distance.
Craig doesn't manage to clinch there - Bias circles away.
Craig throws a head kick but Bias moves out of range.
Craig rushes Bias and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Craig landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Craig landing knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craig lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Craig lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Craig lands a nice elbow.
Craig creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bias's defenses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Craig.
Craig gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Craig lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Craig landing knees to the body.
Bias blocks an elbow strike.
Craig lands an elbow inside that Bias shrugs off.
Knees in the clinch landing for Craig.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Craig with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Craig connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bias's face.
Bias on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Craig using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bias has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Bias blocks an elbow strike from Craig.
Craig utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bias tries to pull guard but Craig won't allow it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bias is trying to pull guard but Craig has him pressed against the cage.
Victor Craig has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chris Bias.
Craig tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Craig lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bias tries to break free but Craig pushes him back against the cage.
Craig lands a good knee to the midsection. Bias won't want to take too many of those.
Craig blocks an uppercut.
Craig tries to land a knee to the head but Bias blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the cage, Craig throws an elbow but misses.
Craig is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Bias wants to break free but Craig has control.
Craig lands an elbow inside.
Bias tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Victor Craig has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Craig lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Craig gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Craig lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Craig.
Craig connects with a nasty looking knee right to Bias's face.
Bias has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bias misses with a punch on the inside.
Craig lands an elbow just above Bias 's eye.
Bias takes an elbow to the temple.
Craig landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Craig gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Craig lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Craig unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bias lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bias on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Craig connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Craig using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Bias fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Chris Bias has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nice elbow from Craig.
Craig lands an elbow inside that Bias shrugs off.
Craig connects with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Craig scores a nice knee to the body.
Bias jumps guard but Craig stands there with Bias around his waist. Bias gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bias jumps guard but Craig stands there with Bias around his waist. Bias gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Craig showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Craig, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Craig!
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energy
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hype
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