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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chicharito Souza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and J R Crain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Souza comes to the cage accompanied by Enter Sandman. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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197 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chicharito Souza!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, J R Crain!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Tiny Johnson and Chris Downing.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crain closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Souza quickly recovers to half guard.
Souza tries to roll over but Crain keeps him under control.
Souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Crain is looking for a kimura here.
Souza looking for submissions off his back.
Souza is staying active underneath Crain, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Souza is defending against the submission attempts here by Crain.
Crain wants to control but Souza is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crain winds up and cracks Souza with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Souza is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Crain pulls his head out easily.
Souza is looking for a sweep. Crain is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Souza looking for submissions off his back.
Souza tries to roll over but Crain keeps him under control.
Souza actively working from the bottom here.
Souza is looking for a sweep. Crain is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Souza is not content to let Crain control the position.
Souza looking for submissions off his back.
Crain is working for a kimura but Souza is defending it quite comfortably.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Souza tries to get to full guard but Crain has control of the leg.
Crain is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Souza wants to improve his position but Crain is controlling well.
Crain seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Still in half guard, Crain seems content to control.
Souza looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Crain trying to control the pace.
Crain lands with a punch from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Souza actively working from the bottom here.
Crain is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Souza sees it coming and defends easily.
Crain is looking for a kimura but Souza is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Crain to get the leverage.
Souza actively working from the bottom here.
Souza is pressing down on Crain's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Souza working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Crain has passed into half guard!
Souza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crain controlling the pace.
Crain working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Souza is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Crain is tapping! Great win for Souza!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Chicharito Souza!
A very excited looking Chicharito Souza made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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