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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Shigoku Jintani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mac Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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141 lbs
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134 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Shigoku Jintani!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mac Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crawford tries to clinch up.
Crawford keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Crawford has Jintani up against the cage in a clinch.
Jintani managing to block the knees to the body from Crawford.
Jintani is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Crawford can't fight it off and eventually Jintani manages to take the fight to the floor. Crawford looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Crawford tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Crawford seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Jintani wants to stand but Crawford is controlling his posture from full guard.
Crawford isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Jintani stacks Crawford 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 Jintani!
Crawford tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford is not content to let Jintani control the position.
Crawford is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Jintani is controlling him well.
Jintani wants to stand but Crawford has his arm trapped.
Crawford is not content to let Jintani control the position.
Crawford manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Jintani thows a huge punch but Crawford dodges it nicely.
Jintani trying to control from half guard but Crawford is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Crawford tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jintani shoots in and drives through. Crawford sprawls well.
Jintani tries to clinch up
and Crawford counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Crawford is looking for a kimura but Jintani is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Crawford to get the leverage.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Crawford in particular looking to stall.
Crawford looks gassed!
Crawford wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jintani keeps working.
Crawford seems to be working for a kimura but Jintani defends the submission attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford tries to pass to full mount but Jintani defends it.
Jintani is trying to get back to full guard.
Crawford trying to pass the guard but Jintani defending well.
Crawford is looking for submissions but instead, Jintani has regained full guard.
Jintani is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
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.
Crawford stays in close to Jintani's body and controls the position.
Crawford thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Crawford drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Crawford seems to have locked his on tight now - Jintani screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Crawford, as he picks up the win!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Mac Crawford!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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