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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trey Anastasio (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Kruger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anastasio comes to the cage accompanied by Tweezer. Kruger has chosen Tnt as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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201 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
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30
197 lbs
14 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Counter fighter
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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
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Trey Anastasio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, John Kruger!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Matti Vanhoillinen and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Kruger as he connects with a hook.
Kruger throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anastasio is looking to clinch but Kruger is avoiding it.
Anastasio shoots and misses
enabling Kruger to counter with a crisp jab.
Anastasio gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Kruger misses with an uppercut.
A head kick misses from Anastasio.
A big left from Kruger misses.
Kruger keeps the fight on the outside.
Kruger lands with a hook. Anastasio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kruger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Anastasio fails with the takedown
and Kruger counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kruger lands with a hook. Anastasio tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Kruger is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruger throws a hook to the side of Anastasio's head but Anastasio sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Kruger punishes Anastasio's body with a nice straight punch.
Anastasio shoots for a double leg takedown but Kruger sprawls well. He's pushed Anastasio's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trey Anastasio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A combination from Anastasio does no damage.
Kruger lands a jab to Anastasio's midsection.
Kruger lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Kruger feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Anastasio's calf.
Kruger misses with a wild body shot.
Anastasio fails with the takedown
and Kruger counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Anastasio feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Anastasio tries to free his leg and advance position but Kruger is retaining full guard.
Anastasio preventing the sweep.
Anastasio wants to pass the guard but Kruger is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kruger manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Kruger tries to control but Anastasio wriggling away.
Kruger avoids the attempt from Anastasio to control.
Kruger scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Anastasio?
Kruger lands a big elbow.
Anastasio wants to hold on but Kruger pushes him away.
Kruger controlling the pace for now.
Anastasio taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruger breaks from Anastasio's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Kruger can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Anastasio is looking to escape.
Kruger controlling from mount.
Anastasio really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Anastasio slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Anastasio might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kruger is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio is not content to let Kruger control the position.
Kruger is thwarting Anastasio's attempts to control the position.
Kruger trying to pass the guard but Anastasio defending well.
Anastasio wants to get back to full guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Anastasio is working hard here to advance position.
Kruger trying to mount his opponent but Anastasio defends it.
Kruger is trying to control. Anastasio wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Kruger dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Kruger misses with a wild body shot.
Kruger scoring well with a low kick there.
Kruger throws a leg kick but Anastasio sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Kruger swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Anastasio.
Kruger uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Anastasio walks into a stiff left hand from Kruger.
Anastasio uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kruger.
Anastasio has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Anastasio there as he acknowledges the shot.
Kruger lands with an uppercut that bounces Anastasio off the cage and back into range.
Kruger keeps the fight on the outside.
Anastasio fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kruger lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Anastasio at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anastasio checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Anastasio checks a low kick from Kruger.
Anastasio fails with the takedown
and Anastasio takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Kruger throws a leg kick but Anastasio sees it coming and moves out of range.
Kruger bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Anastasio's head.
John Kruger seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Kruger scores with a sloppy right hand. Anastasio should have avoided that one.
Anastasio tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kruger paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Kruger uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Anastasio has time to react.
Kruger has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
A big right from Kruger misses.
Kruger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kruger throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Anastasio stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Anastasio will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trey Anastasio. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio has a takedown stuffed.
Kruger listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
John Kruger seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Anastasio fails with a takedown attempt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kruger defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Anastasio.
Kruger stuffs the takedown.
Kruger cracks Anastasio with an open hand slap.
Kruger listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Kruger with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kruger fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Anastasio looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Kruger misses with a low kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anastasio tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Kruger manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Kruger drops Anastasio with a straight right hand, right on the button! Kruger follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Kruger!
Our winner, John Kruger, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
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hype
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