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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruce Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Craymer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Johnny Craymer struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Bruce Armstrong has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Basic striking
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruce Armstrong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Johnny Craymer!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Ryoma Takatsuka and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Craymer moves in looking to clinch but Armstrong pushes him off.
Craymer fails in his attempt to clinch.
Craymer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Craymer ducks under a wild hook from Armstrong.
Craymer slips a straight right by Armstrong.
Craymer wants to clinch.
Craymer shoots in and gets a takedown into Armstrong's guard.
Armstrong will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Armstrong looking to hit a scissor sweep but Craymer is one step ahead there.
Armstrong lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Armstrong is stalling in the full guard.
Craymer has Armstrong pulled in close to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Armstrong stands and throws Craymer's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Armstrong really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The referee asks Armstrong politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Armstrong prefers to stall for the moment though.
Craymer takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Craymer is looking for a sweep.
Armstrong is chipping away with strikes.
Craymer is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Armstrong works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong has knee on belly and moves into mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Armstrong controlling from the full mount.
Armstrong looking for a guillotine from mount but Craymer is having none of it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Armstrong fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Craymer taking shots to the head.
Armstrong lands a big elbow.
Armstrong 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.
Armstrong lands a heavy elbow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong lands a big shot there that rocks Craymer but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Craymer looks winded!
Armstrong punishing his opponent with strikes.
Craymer is rocked!
Armstrong controlling his opponent.
Armstrong landing strikes from the mount and Craymer is in trouble!
Craymer is still in real trouble! Can Armstrong finish him?
Armstrong postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Craymer badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Armstrong around the waist but Armstrong pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Armstrong is the winner by TKO! Armstrong jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Armstrong!
A very excited looking Bruce Armstrong 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
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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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