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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Giovanni Gate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lateef Crowder (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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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Giovanni Gate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Lateef Crowder!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowder scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crowder lands a head kick. Gate smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Crowder throws a low kick but Gate moves out of range easily.
Gate misses with a takedown
and Crowder counters with a big head kick but Gate shrugs it off.
Gate misses with a takedown attempt
and Crowder counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gate's knee momentarily.
A clash of legs there as Gate blocks the low kick.
Gate doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crowder counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giovanni Gate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowder throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crowder does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Gate doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crowder counters with a slapping leg kick.
Giovanni Gate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gate tries for a takedown but Crowder circles away easily
and Crowder counters with a slapping leg kick.
Crowder bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Crowder tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gate is able to avoid easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gate misses with a takedown
and Crowder counters with a head kick. That will keep Gate thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Gate avoids the head kick by Crowder.
Crowder throws out a leg kick but Gate moves out of range and Crowder only half commits.
Crowder tried to score with a low kick but Gate checks it.
Gate doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crowder counters with an outside leg kick.
Gate is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gate with a poor takedown
and Crowder counters with a nice leg kick.
Crowder misses with the combination.
Gate stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Crowder.
Crowder misses with a series of wild punches.
Gate with a poor takedown
and Crowder counters with a low kick, right behind Gate 's knee.
Crowder throws a low kick but it's checked well by Gate.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowder scores with a head kick. Gate tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Crowder connects with an inside leg kick.
Crowder lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gate's sensitive parts.
Gate fails with the takedown
and Crowder counters with a head kick.
Crowder with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Sloppy strikes from Crowder. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lateef Crowder dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Gate shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Crowder counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gate's knee momentarily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Crowder.
Crowder moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Gate tries for a takedown but Crowder circles away easily
and Crowder counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Crowder throws a low kick but Gate avoids it.
Gate misses with a takedown attempt
and Crowder counters with a good low kick that Gate was not able to check.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giovanni Gate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gate on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crowder connects with a high kick.
Crowder throws a nice outside leg kick.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Gate keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crowder throws a nice inside leg kick.
Crowder turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Crowder misses with a low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowder moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Crowder throws a chopping leg kick but Gate manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Gate dodges the punch combination from Crowder.
Lateef Crowder is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crowder tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gate is able to avoid easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowder uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gate.
Crowder plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Gate. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Crowder misses with a low kick.
Gate tries for a takedown but Crowder circles away easily
and Crowder counters with a thumping low kick.
Gate with a lazy takedown attempt
and Crowder counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gate's knee momentarily.
Crowder throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gate has his takedown stuffed
and Crowder counters with a nice body kick.
Lateef Crowder seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crowder scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Gate gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Crowder counters with a slapping leg kick.
Gate has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Crowder.
Crowder feints and then cracks Gate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gate down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lateef Crowder showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Crowder throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gate with a poor takedown
and Crowder counters with a slapping leg kick.
Crowder uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gate.
Crowder lands a nice leg kick that just misses Gate's sensitive parts.
Gate doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Crowder counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gate's knee momentarily.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crowder lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gate with a lazy takedown attempt
and Crowder makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Giovanni Gate. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crowder feints and then cracks Gate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gate down.
Crowder turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Crowder throws a nice inside leg kick.
Gate throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crowder scores with a leg kick.
Crowder lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowder will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Gate avoids the head kick by Crowder.
Gate takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Crowder feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Gate's calf.
Gate shoots and misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Nice body kick from Crowder.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Crowder.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Gate might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowder lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Crowder tries to bum rush Gate with a series of wild strikes but Gate uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crowder feints and then cracks Gate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gate down.
A solid leg kick lands there for Crowder.
Crowder feints and then cracks Gate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gate down.
Gate keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Gate has his takedown stuffed
and Crowder counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowder lands a high kick!
Crowder feints and then cracks Gate's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Gate down.
Crowder lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Some wild striking there from Crowder.
Gate is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Gate moves to clinch but Crowder breaks away
and Crowder counters with a three punch combo that has Gate backing up. Gate nods at Crowder to acknowledge the strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lateef Crowder comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Crowder has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 27:30
Judge Edson Gomes scores the fight 27:30
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lateef Crowder!
A victorious Lateef Crowder thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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