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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ari Gold (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Camron Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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148 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
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165 cm
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151 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined |
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ari Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Camron Crawford!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Shigeki Fujiwara and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gold blocks a jab.
Gold clinches with his opponent.
Crawford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gold misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gold swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crawford tries a head kick but it misses.
Crawford misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gold.
A left and a right from Gold both land. Nice combination.
Crawford misses with a head kick.
A head kick misses from Gold.
Gold misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crawford slow jab from Gold misses its intended target.
Crawford swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gold misses with a wild combination.
Gold keeps the fight on the outside.
Gold connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Gold uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Crawford has time to react.
Crawford looks to land a combination but Gold avoids it well.
Crawford is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crawford moves out of range of the body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Gold.
Gold fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gold misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crawford showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gold.
Crawford moves into the clinch.
Gold wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crawford has him pressed against the ropes.
Crawford lands a damaging elbow.
Crawford escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gold tries a head kick but it misses.
Gold misses with a double jab
and Crawford connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Gold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crawford tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Gold paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crawford tries to clinch up.
Gold ducks under a wild hook from Crawford.
Gold throws a head kick that misses
and Crawford counters with a nice low kick that buckles Gold's knee momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Gold.
Crawford clinches.
Crawford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Gold swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gold misses with a double jab
and Crawford counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Crawford.
Nice elbow from Crawford.
Crawford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crawford stalling in the clinch but Gold improves position.
Gold wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crawford looking to throw knees to the head but Gold is blocking nicely.
Gold is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Crawford with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gold can't break the clinch.
Gold wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gold escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Gold tries to clinch but Crawford moves out of range.
Gold paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Crawford takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Gold looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Crawford avoids the head kick by Gold.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold misses with a few strikes there.
A big right from Crawford misses.
Gold throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crawford.
Gold is breathing heavily.
Some wild striking there from Crawford.
Gold displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Crawford throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gold misses with a combination
and Crawford counters by clinching up.
Gold wants to break free but Crawford has control.
Crawford is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Gold wants to break free but Crawford has control.
Crawford looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Crawford tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gold is looking to break free of the clinch but Crawford has double underhooks.
Crawford lands with a right to the head.
Crawford lands with a short shot to the head.
Gold takes a knee right on the jaw!
Come on Crawford - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Gold is trying to break the clinch but Crawford has him pressed against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Gold!
Donk. Gold catches Crawford right on the button with a cross.
Gold throws a head kick that misses.
Gold steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crawford.
Crawford wants to clinch up but Gold keeps it at a distance.
Crawford gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Crawford.
Gold breaks from the clinch.
Crawford avoids the head kick by Gold.
Ari Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Crawford moves out of range as Gold strikes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crawford lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Gold tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Gold throws a left and a right that both miss
and Crawford counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Gold throws a lazy body kick
and Crawford counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ari Gold dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Crawford blocks a head kick by Gold.
Crawford misses with a double jab.
Crawford might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Gold uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crawford.
Decent striking displayed by Gold there.
Gold avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Gold misses with a few strikes there.
Gold will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gold staying out of range there.
Crawford misses with a jab, cross combination.
Gold lands a head kick. Crawford smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Crawford moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Crawford is rocked!
Crawford throws an overhand right that lands on Gold's shoulder, as Gold tries to avoid the shot.
Gold is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Crawford.
Gold throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Crawford has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Crawford is still on wobbly legs! Can Gold finish him?
Gold throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crawford uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Gold has time to react.
Crawford seems to have recovered his senses.
Gold wants to clinch up but Crawford keeps it at a distance.
Gold connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Crawford's hands.
Gold connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crawford. Crawford circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Gold circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Crawford drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Gold follows Crawford to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ari Gold!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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