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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Freddy Krueger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Zamble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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190 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Freddy Krueger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ray Zamble!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Shigeki Sano.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krueger tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zamble shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Krueger pinned against the cage. Krueger gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Krueger misses with a head kick.
Zamble tries to clinch there but Krueger circles away.
Zamble shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Krueger pinned against the cage. Krueger gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Zamble throws a head kick that Krueger semi-blocks.
Krueger scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Krueger passes the guard and advances to mount!
Krueger is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Zamble can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Krueger wants to finish this one by submission but Zamble is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Krueger.
Zamble wants to hold on but Krueger pushes him away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krueger stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Krueger fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Zamble sprawls well initially but Krueger persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Krueger is breathing heavily.
Zamble wants to control but Krueger is keeping busy.
Krueger keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Krueger tries to pass to full mount but Zamble defends it.
Krueger is thwarting Zamble's attempts to control the position.
Krueger prevents Zamble from improving his position.
Zamble wants to control but Krueger is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Krueger misses with a looping right.
Krueger scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Krueger working away.
Krueger is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Zamble knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Krueger looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Zamble gets back to half guard.
Zamble is trying to maintain the position but Krueger is very close to passing his half guard.
Krueger works his way into full mount!
Zamble tries to hold on but Krueger postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krueger stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Zamble looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Krueger trying to control but Zamble postures up.
Zamble is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Krueger might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Zamble's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Krueger wants to control but Zamble is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zamble tries to pass to full mount but Krueger defends it.
Krueger is trying to get back to full guard.
Zamble takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Krueger is looking to improve his position.
Zamble keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Zamble wants to lay and pray for a moment but Krueger keeps working.
Zamble wants to stand up but Krueger has a hold of him and won't allow it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Krueger sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Krueger throws a series of punches but Zamble moves out of range.
Zamble is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Zamble shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Krueger as he jumps to the side.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddy Krueger dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Zamble connects with a high kick.
Krueger gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Krueger fails to pull guard.
Krueger tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Krueger has hold of one of Zamble's legs. Zamble is fighting the takedown attempt but Krueger gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Zamble trying to control the position.
Krueger drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Krueger jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Zamble looking for a sweep. Not yet Zamble, not yet.
Zamble is trying to keep Krueger in close.
Zamble lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Krueger!
Krueger is trying desperately to improve position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zamble wants to control the pace but Krueger is squirming around nicely.
Zamble is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Krueger is in all sorts of trouble here.
Krueger is squirming around, avoiding Zamble's attempts to control the action.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Despite being in the dominant position, Ray Zamble just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Zamble misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Krueger gets a takedown into half guard.
Freddy Krueger overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Zamble tries to get to full guard but Krueger has control of the leg.
Zamble is looking to control Krueger's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Zamble avoid being mounted?
Krueger is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Krueger is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Zamble works his way to full guard. Good work.
Krueger postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zamble might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Krueger kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Zamble tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Zamble doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Krueger counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Krueger doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Zamble scores with a knee to the head.
Krueger tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Freddy Krueger. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Krueger takes a knee right on the jaw!
Zamble breaks from the clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Krueger as Zamble shoots in.
Zamble fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Zamble pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Krueger has a takedown stuffed.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Zamble has his takedown stuffed
so Krueger counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Krueger has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Zamble is proving hard to escape from.
Zamble is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krueger is pushing down on Zamble's leg trying to pass to half guard. Zamble is fighting to maintain full guard but Krueger has managed to sneak the leg through.
Zamble trying to control here.
Krueger is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Zamble defends it well.
Zamble has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Krueger is working away from the top position though.
Zamble is positioning himself well to prevent Krueger advancing to mount.
Zamble is trying to maintain the position but Krueger is very close to passing his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freddy Krueger dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Zamble avoids a punch combination nicely.
Krueger shoots for a takedown but Zamble saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Freddy Krueger is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Krueger keeps the fight on the outside.
Zamble throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Krueger tries to clinch but Zamble is having none of it.
Zamble shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Zamble showed some decent athleticism there.
Krueger wants to get back to full guard.
Zamble wants to control but Krueger is keeping him busy.
Krueger gets back to full guard.
Krueger is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Zamble slips nicely into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krueger wants to get back to his feet.
Zamble trying to control the action but Krueger is working from the bottom.
Krueger actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Krueger manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Krueger keeping moving, preventing Zamble from controlling successfully.
Zamble preventing the sweep.
Zamble stands up from Krueger's guard - Zamble perhaps looking for a knockout.
Zamble avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Zamble tries for a takedown but Krueger circles away easily
and Krueger counters with a takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krueger tries for a kimura but Zamble is defending well.
Zamble struggling a bit here.
Zamble tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Krueger wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Krueger wants to lay and pray for a moment but Zamble keeps working.
Krueger is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Zamble knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Krueger thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Krueger working away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krueger tries to move to mount but Zamble blocks the move with his legs.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Horrible takedown by Zamble or perhaps it was just good defense by Krueger which made him look bad.
Left hook, right uppercut from Krueger.
Zamble looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Krueger is fending him off so far but Zamble persists. Nope, Krueger circles away and we're back to standing.
Freddy Krueger has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ray Zamble.
Zamble looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Zamble clinches up with Krueger and pushes him back against the cage.
Zamble will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Krueger up against the cage.
Zamble landing knees to the head.
Krueger has Zamble pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Zamble manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krueger goes for a takedown in the clinch but Zamble prevents it.
Krueger misses with a hook from the clinch.
Zamble tries for a takedown but Krueger manages to get underhooks.
Zamble tries to land knees in the clinch but Krueger avoids the damage to the body.
Krueger fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Krueger breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Zamble showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Krueger.
Zamble has closed the distance and engaged Krueger in a clinch.
Krueger tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Zamble just stands there and leans against the cage.
Zamble tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Krueger smiles and moves away.
Zamble shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ray Zamble.
I think Krueger has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Freddy Krueger!
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energy
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hype
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