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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cloud Van Rude (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jay Power (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Power has chosen Survivor - Eyes of The Tiger as his entrance music. Cloud Van Rude could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jay Power's chin.
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215 lbs
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187 cm
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218 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Cloud Van Rude!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jay Power!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Power takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Cloud Van Rude seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Van Rude shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Van Rude misses with a takedown attempt - Power sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Van Rude forces Power back against the ropes and clinches.
Power avoids a wild elbow strike from Van Rude.
Power wants to get back to striking at distance but Van Rude won't allow it.
Power is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Power working hard to break the clinch.
Power jumps guard but Van Rude turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Power fails to pull guard.
Power blocks an elbow strike.
Van Rude breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Power tries to clinch but Van Rude moves away
so Van Rude counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Van Rude content to stall in guard here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Van Rude working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Power's head.
Van Rude trying to control but Power is working from the bottom.
Power is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Power has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Van Rude can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van Rude with a flurry of punches that miss.
Power is trying to keep Van Rude in close.
Power isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Van Rude stacks Power on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Van Rude!
Power is trying to improve his position.
Van Rude is staying tight to Power's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rude working away.
Power is trying to get back to half guard.
Power can't do much from the bottom here.
Van Rude controls the position.
Power tries to improve position but can't.
Van Rude controls the position.
Van Rude with the ground and pound but Power regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Power is looking to control Van Rude's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Power avoid being mounted?
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Van Rude drives through with a takedown into guard.
Power had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Van Rude defends it easily.
Power is trying to control the position but Van Rude postures up.
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!
Van Rude trying to control the position from guard on top but Power is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Power is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Van Rude controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Cloud Van Rude will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Van Rude lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Van Rude moves into the clinch.
Power drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Van Rude breaks the clinch.
Van Rude throws a right and a left that Power avoids nicely.
Power moves to clinch but Van Rude breaks away
and Van Rude makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Power looks to land a combination. Van Rude sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
It looks like Cloud Van Rude has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Power tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Van Rude moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Rude is looking to control Power's arms but Power gets an underhook and turns him. Now Van Rude has his back to the ropes.
Van Rude escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Power ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Van Rude moves away.
Van Rude tries to close the distance and clinch up but Power swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Van Rude doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Power tries to clinch up.
Jay Power seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Some wild striking there from Power.
Nice shot lands for Power.
Power moves into the clinch.
Power pulls guard effortlessly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Rude landing with the ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Rude avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Van Rude knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Power on the ground.
Van Rude trying to control the position from guard on top but Power is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Power has his foot on Van Rude's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Van Rude works his way back into a safe position though.
Cloud Van Rude overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Van Rude with a flurry of punches that miss.
Van Rude trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Van Rude trying to control the position from guard on top but Power is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Power is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Van Rude defends well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Rude lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Van Rude engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Power has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Van Rude can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Power trying to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Van Rude trying to control but Power is working from the bottom.
Van Rude controls from within his opponent's guard.
Power is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Van Rude defends well.
Van Rude throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Van Rude trying to control but Power is working from the bottom.
Van Rude is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Power is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jay Power showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Cloud Van Rude's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
The fight stays on the outside here - Van Rude looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Power closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Van Rude on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Power scores with a body shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Power tries to clinch but Van Rude is having none of it.
Power tries to clinch up but Van Rude circles away and keeps his distance.
Power slips a straight right by Van Rude.
Van Rude shoots in but no luck this time.
Van Rude tries to close the distance and clinch up but Power swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Power throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Power connects with a crisp jab.
Van Rude misses with a telegraphed body shot
enabling Power to counter with a crisp jab.
Van Rude tries to move into range but Power moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Power lands a body shot.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Power tries to clinch there but Van Rude circles away.
Van Rude drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Van Rude looking to pass the guard.
Van Rude wants to control from the top but Power keeps moving.
Power looking for a triangle here. Van Rude is fighting it but it looks tight! Power pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Van Rude is tapping out - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Jay Power!
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