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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stephan Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Brown's choice of entrance music: James brown - Superbad. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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164 lbs
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137 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephan Kruger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, James Brown!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruger tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brown drives through and clinches with Kruger against the cage.
Kruger is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Kruger tries for a takedown. No joy.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Kruger.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown scores with a shot to the side of Kruger's head.
Kruger blocks an uppercut.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Kruger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kruger wants a takedown but no success here.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Kruger controls the action.
Kruger is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephan Kruger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown avoids a wild elbow strike from Kruger.
Kruger fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Kruger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kruger content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kruger tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
A head punch on the inside from Brown fails to land.
Kruger jumps guard but Brown stands there with Kruger around his waist. Kruger gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Kruger blocks it.
Brown connects with a knee to the head.
Kruger drags the fight down to the ground.
Kruger looking for a guillotine here but Brown defends easily.
Kruger has his hands on Brown's head, controlling the position.
Brown preventing the sweep.
Brown would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Kruger is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger looking for a guillotine here but Brown defends easily.
Brown trying to stand up but can't free himself from Kruger's guard.
Kruger is working an open guard so Brown takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Kruger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kruger circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kruger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Brown fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Kruger.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Kruger blocks with his arms.
Brown working aggressively here.
Brown tries to land knees in the clinch but Kruger avoids the damage to the body.
Brown tries to work over Kruger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kruger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kruger tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Brown misses with the head strike.
Brown lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Kruger backwards.
Brown is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kruger tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brown just stands there and leans against the cage.
Kruger is working for takedown but Brown is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kruger is breathing heavily.
Kruger pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Brown misses.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Brown tries to clinch up.
Brown moves into range and clinches up with Kruger.
Kruger blocks an uppercut.
Brown blocks an elbow strike from Kruger.
Kruger misses with a knee strike.
Kruger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruger lands a nice knee to the body.
Kruger tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Brown scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kruger trying to land knees to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brown lands an elbow just above Kruger 's eye.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Brown misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Brown 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.
Brown tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kruger is looking to clinch.
Kruger shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Brown sprawls well. Brown wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Kruger gets slowly back to his feet.
Brown avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kruger fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kruger tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Brown paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Brown pushes Kruger up against the cage in a clinch.
Brown can't find room to land a body shot as Kruger controls the action.
Brown lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Kruger blocks it.
Kruger tries to land a knee to the head but Brown blocks with his arms.
Kruger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kruger blocking some punches.
Brown lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
Kruger misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Kruger.
Kruger misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown avoiding damage as Kruger throws knees to the body.
Kruger stalling in the clinch but Brown improves position.
Brown prevents the takedown attempt.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Kruger blocks with his arms.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Kruger.
Kruger avoids a wild elbow strike from Brown.
Brown tries to work over Kruger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Kruger jumps guard but Brown stands there with Kruger around his waist. Kruger gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephan Kruger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brown scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Kruger using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Brown has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kruger throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruger has hold of one of Brown's legs. Brown is fighting the takedown attempt but Kruger gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Brown has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Kruger off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brown moves into the clinch successfully.
Kruger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Kruger tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brown avoids it.
Kruger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Kruger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Brown digs a right hand underneath Kruger's ribcage. Kruger let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brown is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but Kruger blocks with his arms.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brown.
Brown throws a knee to the head but misses.
James Brown seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Kruger.
Brown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brown has a couple of punches blocked by Kruger.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown misses with a body punch.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kruger blocks it with crossed arms.
Kruger is trying to maintain a safe position but Brown gets an underhook and turns Kruger into the cage.
Kruger misses with a knee to the head.
Kruger tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Brown just stands there and leans against the cage.
Brown gets through Kruger's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kruger blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown scores with a nice hook to the head.
Kruger jumps guard but Brown stands there with Kruger around his waist. Kruger gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Brown lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Kruger has Brown pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Brown manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kruger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruger blocks an uppercut.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Kruger blocks it.
Kruger throws an elbow but it misses.
Kruger misses with a punch on the inside.
Kruger drops down looking for an ankle pick but Brown pulls his leg out and moves away.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kruger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Stephan Kruger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown just misses with a punch to the body.
Brown tries to clinch but Kruger moves out of range.
Kruger wants to clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Brown tries to close the distance and clinch up but Kruger swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brown closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Brown showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Kruger wants to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Kruger. Brown does a little dance to reset his feet.
Stephan Kruger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kruger gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kruger misses with a knee to the head.
Kruger lands a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Brown.
Kruger is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brown gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Brown lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right from Brown on the inside.
Kruger with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kruger tries a knee to the head but Brown blocks it.
Kruger blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
Brown struggles to land a body shot inside as Kruger controls his hands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brown throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kruger blocks it with crossed arms.
Brown lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown tries to work over Kruger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Kruger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brown clinches up against the cage.
Kruger is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Brown is defending well.
Brown with a knee to the head.
Brown tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Brown swings wildly with an uppercut but Kruger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brown tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown lands a nice elbow.
Brown digs a right hand into Kruger's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Kruger's gas tank.
Brown doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Kruger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brown lands with a short shot to the head.
Brown misses with an elbow over the top.
Brown looking to throw knees to the head but Kruger is blocking nicely.
Brown scores with a knee to the head.
Brown using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kruger jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brown walks away with a smile on his face. Kruger gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stephan Kruger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kruger is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kruger gets tackled into the cage by Brown. Brown maintains the clinch.
Brown throws a punch but it's blocked by Kruger.
Kruger takes a shot to the head.
Brown trying to land knees to the body.
Kruger content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Kruger tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kruger is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown throws a head punch that misses.
Brown throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Brown with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kruger takes a shot to the head.
Kruger is trying to pull guard but Brown turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Brown.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Kruger blocks it.
Brown putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Kruger in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Brown goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brown working Kruger over with knees to the body.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Kruger blocks it.
Brown tries a knee to the head but Kruger blocks it.
Kruger is trying to drag Brown to the mat but Brown just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Brown obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kruger wants to take the fight to the mat but Brown manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Brown with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Brown working Kruger over with knees to the body.
Kruger is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Brown lands with a left to the head.
Brown misses with a punch on the inside.
A right handed body shot lands from Brown.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brown.
Kruger jumps guard but Brown turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Kruger jumps guard but Brown turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Stephan Kruger has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kruger is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brown is defending well for now.
Brown lands a nice knee to the body.
Brown using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Kruger has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
James Brown is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kruger blocking some punches.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Brown comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Brown winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Brown!
An out of breath James Brown 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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