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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between James Assange (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mic Krilla (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Assange comes to the cage accompanied by Eddie Van Halen - Eruption. Krilla is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: A Tribe Called Quest - Buggin' Out. Mic Krilla acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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Good wrestling
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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
16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, James Assange!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mic Krilla!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Assange tests Krilla's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nice defenses there by Krilla.
Assange bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Krilla avoids a punch combination nicely.
A slow jab from Assange misses its intended target.
Krilla fails in his attempt to clinch.
Assange moves out of range as Krilla strikes.
Krilla avoids a punch combination nicely.
Krilla fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Krilla steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Assange.
Krilla keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Krilla getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Good shot there by Assange.
Assange misses with a lunging right hand
and Krilla counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assange swings for the body but Krilla moves out of range.
Assange misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krilla.
Assange misses with an uppercut. Krilla saw that one coming.
Assange looks to score with a jab to the body but Krilla is just out of range.
Krilla lands a body shot.
Krilla tries to clinch but Assange is having none of it.
James Assange seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Assange fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Good standup being displayed there by Krilla as he connects with a hook.
Krilla misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Assange goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Assange lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Krilla at a distance.
Assange ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Assange thows a body shot but no joy.
Krilla pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Assange blocks a head kick by Krilla.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krilla misses with a double jab.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Assange lands a hook to the side of the head.
Assange scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krilla lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Assange misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krilla lands a nice elbow.
It looks like James Assange has been cut.
Krilla misses with some punches.
Krilla's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Krilla walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Assange uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Krilla.
Krilla moves into range and clinches up with Assange.
Krilla stalls.
Krilla tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Assange escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krilla scores with a nice strike.
Assange misses with an uppercut. Krilla saw that one coming.
Krilla defending well as Assange loads up on a big left hand.
Krilla closes the distance and pushes Assange back into the cage.
Krilla looking to throw knees to the head but Assange is blocking nicely.
Krilla lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Assange backwards.
Assange lands a nice uppercut.
Krilla unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Nice body punch from Assange.
Krilla putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Assange in a tight clinch and is doing some damage 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!
Assange can't break the clinch.
Assange goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krilla has Assange pressed against the cage, preventing Assange from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A short right from Assange on the inside.
Krilla lands a shoulder strike.
Assange tries a body shot but Krilla blocks it.
A knee to the head by Krilla.
Krilla tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Krilla fails to land.
Krilla is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Krilla is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Assange is defending well for now.
Krilla lands a knee to the head.
Assange tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krilla's elbow.
Krilla tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Assange avoids it.
Assange misses with a short punch on the inside.
Krilla using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Krilla throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Assange blocks it with crossed arms.
Assange lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Krilla works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Krilla misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Assange.
Krilla misses with a knee to the head.
Krilla trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Assange tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Assange lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Assange looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Krilla tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Mic Krilla will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on James Assange's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Assange misses with a straight left.
Assange connects with a looping right hand.
Assange throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krilla sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Assange.
Assange slips under a jab.
Assange scores with a jab to the body.
Assange tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Krilla manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Assange misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krilla.
Assange swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Krilla takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Assange throws a hook to the side of Krilla's head but Krilla sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Krilla lands with a shot to the body.
Assange bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Krilla's head.
Krilla throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Assange sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assange's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Assange duly obliges.
Assange looks to throw the jab but Krilla is out of range.
Krilla fails to land with a series of punches.
Assange misses with a left hand
and Krilla counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Assange takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Assange misses with a few strikes there.
Assange throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Assange misses with a left hand
and Krilla counters with a head kick. That will keep Assange thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Assange avoids the head kick by Krilla.
Krilla uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Assange.
Assange throws a hook but Krilla avoids it easily.
Assange lands a nice looking body shot.
Assange slips under a jab.
Assange throws a body punch but Krilla moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krilla tries to clinch up but Assange circles away and keeps his distance.
Assange misses with a shot to the body
and Krilla counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Krilla on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
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!
A big right from Krilla misses.
Assange misses with a looping right.
A head kick by Krilla misses
and Assange counters with a stiff right hand.
Assange throws a body punch but Krilla moves out of range.
Krilla avoids the body shot from Assange.
Krilla tries to bum rush Assange with a series of wild strikes but Assange uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Assange misses with a hook
enabling Krilla to counter with a crisp jab.
Assange loads up on a big right hand but Krilla slips the punch.
Krilla moves into the clinch successfully.
Krilla blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Krilla lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krilla misses with a knee to the head.
Krilla with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Krilla tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Assange avoids it.
Assange misses with some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Assange.
A short uppercut from Assange.
Assange effectively controlling the action here.
Assange blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Krilla throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Assange blocks it with crossed arms.
Krilla working Assange over with knees to the body.
Assange wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Krilla has him pressed against the cage.
Krilla tries to land a knee to the head but Assange blocks with his arms.
Assange lands a body punch in the clinch.
Krilla scores with a knee to the head.
Krilla is breathing heavily.
Assange on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Assange scores with a shoulder strike.
A short right from Krilla.
Assange manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krilla needs to keep his hands up - Assange had a free shot at his head there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krilla on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Krilla tries to bum rush Assange with a series of wild strikes but Assange uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Assange fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Assange throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Krilla swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Assange throws a series of punches but Krilla moves out of range.
Krilla ducks under a wild hook from Assange.
Assange throws out a loose jab but Krilla uses good head movement to avoid it.
Assange misses with an uppercut.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Assange takes a swing at Krilla's ribcage but misses.
Assange ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Assange connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Assange dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Assange's cut.
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!
Assange throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Krilla scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Nice defenses there by Krilla.
Nice shot by Assange.
Assange throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Krilla uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Assange.
Krilla throws a shot from downtown. Assange moves away and avoids it.
Assange swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Krilla throws a head kick that misses.
Krilla fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Assange looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Assange swings away with a body shot that misses
and Krilla counters with a good low kick that Assange was not able to check.
Krilla throws a body punch but Assange moves out of range.
Assange scores with a sloppy right hand. Krilla should have avoided that one.
James Assange is winning the standup battle so far.
Krilla uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Assange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Assange misses with a few strikes there.
Krilla takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Assange misses the shot to the body.
Assange swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Krilla moves away from the strike by Assange.
Krilla avoids the body shot from Assange.
Krilla thows a left - swing and a miss!
Assange misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Krilla.
Assange swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Krilla counters with a straight right hand.
Krilla tries a head kick but it misses.
Assange just misses with a punch to the body.
Krilla lands a jab to the nose.
Krilla moves out of range as Assange strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Assange displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Krilla throws out the jab.
The fighters circling - Assange throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Assange misses the jab.
Krilla drives through and clinches with Assange against the cage.
Krilla misses with an elbow strike.
Krilla blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Assange blocking some punches.
Assange tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krilla lands a good knee to the midsection. Assange won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Krilla scores with a knee to the head.
Assange is trying to stall.
A knee to the head by Krilla.
Krilla connects with a nasty looking knee right to Assange's face.
Krilla misses with a knee strike.
Krilla lands a shoulder strike.
Assange swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Krilla.
Krilla blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Krilla fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Krilla.
Krilla tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Assange is looking to control Krilla's arms but Krilla gets an underhook and turns him. Now Assange has his back to the cage.
Assange fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A hook to the body from Assange.
Assange throws a head punch that misses.
Assange pushes Krilla back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Krilla lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Assange backwards.
Assange tries to throw a body punch but Krilla avoids it by throwing Assange back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Krilla.
Krilla misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Assange.
Assange on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Assange.
Nice body punch from Assange.
Assange escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krilla tries to clinch but Assange moves out of range.
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!
Krilla has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Assange finds it's way round the side to connect with Krilla's head.
Krilla scores with a jab to the jaw.
Krilla bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Krilla walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Assange throws a lazy uppercut
and Krilla counters with a nice leg kick.
Krilla swings widly with a right hand
and Assange counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Assange staying out of range there.
Assange lands with a shot to the body.
Assange takes a swing at Krilla's ribcage but misses.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Assange connects with a crisp jab.
Krilla throws a jab when Assange was well out of range.
Assange dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mic Krilla.
I think Krilla has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Mic Krilla!
An out of breath Mic Krilla thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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