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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Evan TanHer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Aleksei Kruschev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruschev has chosen Shout at the Devil by Motley Crue as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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163 lbs
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155 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Evan TanHer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Aleksei Kruschev!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
TanHer scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
TanHer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kruschev keeps working.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Kruschev takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
TanHer cracks Kruschev with a big elbow.
Kruschev is trying to buck TanHer off.
TanHer works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Kruschev is pushing TanHer's head away, looking to escape. TanHer manages to hold on to the position though.
Kruschev is not content to let TanHer control the position.
TanHer scores with a couple of short elbows.
TanHer lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
TanHer landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
TanHer trying to control the position but Kruschev is working away.
TanHer thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
TanHer is working Kruschev over with some ground and pound from side control.
TanHer works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
TanHer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kruschev keeps working.
Kruschev wants to get back to his feet but TanHer drags him back down.
TanHer is putting a hurting on Kruschev here, landing some big shots from side control.
TanHer cracks Kruschev with a big right hand but Kruschev just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
TanHer working the head with strikes.
TanHer wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Kruschev, who protects the arm well.
TanHer is breathing heavily.
TanHer working the ground and pound but Kruschev is defending the strikes.
Kruschev on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
TanHer is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kruschev knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Kruschev wants to get back to his feet.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
TanHer working the ground and pound.
Kruschev is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, TanHer asserts his dominance and retains side control.
TanHer is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kruschev has escaped the position, nice work there.
TanHer has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The strikes coming from TanHer are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev wants to get back to his feet.
TanHer slows the pace down.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
TanHer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
TanHer is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
TanHer wants to control from the top but Kruschev keeps moving.
Kruschev utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Kruschev working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from TanHer.
Kruschev has his feet on TanHer's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
TanHer clinches up with Kruschev and pushes him back against the ropes.
A short uppercut from Kruschev.
TanHer is trying to trip Kruschev. He has hold of a leg but Kruschev is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. TanHer persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
TanHer throwing strikes from guard but Kruschev blocks nicely.
Kruschev keeping full guard, as TanHer tries to pass.
Kruschev is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Kruschev keeping moving, preventing TanHer from controlling successfully.
Kruschev wants to stand but TanHer is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
TanHer chips away with some ground and pound.
TanHer scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evan TanHer dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
TanHer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
A punch lands to the side of Kruschev 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Evan TanHer seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kruschev tries to clinch up but TanHer circles away and keeps his distance.
TanHer throws out a powerful jab.
TanHer thows a body shot but no joy.
TanHer instigates a clinch.
Kruschev working aggressively here.
Kruschev tries for a takedown but TanHer manages to get underhooks.
TanHer manages to break the clinch.
TanHer closes the distance but Kruschev moves to the side
and Kruschev counters with a shoot takedown. TanHer fights it but they end up in guard.
TanHer trying to control the position.
TanHer manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Kruschev is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
TanHer has control of Kruschev's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Kruschev regains control of the situation pretty easily.
TanHer unloading with bombs!
Kruschev is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Kruschev is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
TanHer trying to control but Kruschev is having none of it.
TanHer controlling his opponent.
TanHer dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
TanHer working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Kruschev really wants to buck TanHer off and get back to his feet.
TanHer landing strikes from the mount and Kruschev is in trouble!
TanHer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
TanHer with good strikes from the mount here!
TanHer looking to control but Kruschev is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
TanHer postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Kruschev looks a forlorn figure.
TanHer is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Kruschev can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
TanHer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Kruschev really wants to buck TanHer off and get back to his feet.
Kruschev in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
TanHer landing shots from mount.
Kruschev is trying to stand up.
TanHer goes for an armbar but Kruschev turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Kruschev.
Kruschev wants to stand but TanHer has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
TanHer working for a triangle but Kruschev defends it easily.
TanHer is striking but Kruschev is not phased and passes to half guard.
TanHer is trying to get back to full guard.
Kruschev decides to return to a standing position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
TanHer thows a leg kick but Kruschev checks it
and Kruschev counters with a nice body kick.
Kruschev scores a takedown into full mount!
TanHer regains half guard.
Evan TanHer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
TanHer gets back to full guard.
TanHer throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
TanHer striking off his back but it's not causing Kruschev any problems.
Kruschev must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
TanHer is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
TanHer is trying to control the position but Kruschev postures up.
Kruschev wants to stand but TanHer is controlling his posture from full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Evan TanHer will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from TanHer.
Kruschev looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
TanHer wants to clinch
and Kruschev counters by moving into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Kruschev fails to land.
TanHer breaks from the clinch.
No joy there for TanHer, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kruschev closes this distance looking for a takedown but TanHer circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
TanHer drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
TanHer working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
TanHer stops Kruschev from standing up.
TanHer distracts Kruschev with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
TanHer scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruschev is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
TanHer postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
TanHer makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kruschev wants to stand but TanHer is controlling the position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
TanHer clinches up against the ropes.
TanHer wants to get back to striking at distance but Kruschev won't allow it.
Kruschev stops a takedown attempt from TanHer.
Kruschev swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Kruschev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
TanHer has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Kruschev clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
TanHer scores with punches from the back.
Kruschev trying to get back to his feet but TanHer is in full control for now.
Good control from TanHer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
TanHer throwing damaging strikes from the back! Kruschev could be in trouble here!
Kruschev looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
Kruschev defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
TanHer softening up his opponent with strikes here.
TanHer lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
TanHer trying to control momentarily.
TanHer misses with punches from the back.
TanHer is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Kruschev defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Kruschev covering up well under a series of strikes from TanHer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kruschev holding both TanHer 's hands and preventing any damage.
Kruschev grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
TanHer is working the ground and pound. Can Kruschev escape?
TanHer lands an elbow to the side of the head.
TanHer lands a shot to the head.
Evan TanHer is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
TanHer is working the ground and pound. Can Kruschev escape?
TanHer is riding his opponent, not letting Kruschev buck him off.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
A lull in the action here.
Kruschev is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by TanHer.
Aleksei Kruschev has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kruschev looking to stop the rear naked choke attempt by controlling the hands.
TanHer throwing damaging strikes from the back! Kruschev could be in trouble here!
Kruschev is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Evan TanHer just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Kruschev swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and TanHer counters by moving into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Evan TanHer showed his dominance in that final round.
Well TanHer has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Evan TanHer!
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hype
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