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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ichabod Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joaquim Antunes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Crane might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Way of The Ninja. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ichabod Crane!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joaquim Antunes!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Lou da Vinci and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antunes defending well as Crane loads up on a big left hand.
Crane stuffs the takedown.
Crane feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Antunes sprawling to the canvas! Antunes rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Crane finish him?!
Antunes is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Antunes closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Crane did well to prevent Antunes getting side control.
Antunes is still in real trouble! Can Crane finish him?
Antunes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Crane defending well though.
Crane on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Crane tries to get out of the position.
Crane tries to get to full guard but Antunes has control of the leg.
Crane keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Antunes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Antunes seems to have recovered his senses.
Crane knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Antunes on the ground.
Crane is looking to improve his position.
Antunes looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Antunes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Crane is in trouble now - Antunes has advanced to mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Antunes in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Antunes landing strikes from the mount and Crane is in trouble!
Antunes is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Crane can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
My spies in immortals inform me that Antunes has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Crane is working to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Antunes.
A nice elbow there by Antunes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Antunes with the ground and pound from mount.
Antunes unloading with bombs!
Antunes is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Crane can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Antunes is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Crane can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Antunes lands a big shot there that rocks Crane but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Antunes working Crane over with strikes here.
Crane is rocked!
Antunes looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Crane covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joaquim Antunes!
Joaquim Antunes is the new featherweight champion!
After winning the bout, Joaquim Antunes thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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