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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Bruno Krause (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lou Nahtic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Krause comes to the cage accompanied by The Velvet Underground - Who Loves The Sun . Nahtic is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sleeping My Day Away. 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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151 lbs
17 - 8 - 0 |
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140 lbs
10 - 12 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Bruno Krause!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lou Nahtic!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nahtic throws a big shot that misses.
Nice shot by Nahtic.
Nahtic throws a right and a left that both miss.
Nahtic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Krause counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nahtic falls off balance throwing a combination
so Krause counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Nahtic is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Krause slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Nahtic wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nahtic controls Krause momentarily but Krause frees himself.
Krause trying to control the position from guard on top but Nahtic is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krause lands a couple of elbows.
Krause working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Krause thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Nahtic wants to sweep here but Krause controlling him for the moment.
Krause cracks Nahtic with a solid left hand.
Nahtic can't keep his opponent in guard - Krause advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Krause is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Nahtic doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Krause.
Nahtic regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krause throwing strikes but missing.
Krause is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Nahtic keeping moving, preventing Krause from controlling successfully.
Nahtic looking to control.
Krause passes easily into side control. Nice work.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Krause is trying to get an arm triangle but Nahtic is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krause tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Krause has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Krause landing strikes.
Krause landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Krause works to advance to full mount. Nahtic defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Krause takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Krause wants to finish this one by submission but Nahtic is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Krause.
Krause avoids the attempt from Nahtic to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krause looking to finish Nahtic with some ground and pound. This is bad for Nahtic!
Krause throws some wild stikes that Nahtic manages to avoid easily.
Krause punching from mount but Nahtic doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Krause raining down shots from the mount!
Krause takes Nahtic's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Nahtic is in trouble.
Krause is persistently looking for the submission but Nahtic is defending it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Nahtic wants to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Krause dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Krause clinches with his opponent.
Krause keeps control of Nahtic as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Nahtic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nahtic blocks a body shot from Krause.
Nahtic swings wildly with an uppercut but Krause uses good head movement to avoid it.
Krause slowing the pace effectively.
Nahtic is trying to break the clinch but Krause is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nahtic wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Nahtic breaks the clinch.
Krause misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Nahtic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lou Nahtic is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nahtic scores with a nice head shot.
Nahtic lands with a nice body kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Nahtic. That's going to slow Krause down.
Lou Nahtic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Nahtic attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Krause gets a takedown into half guard.
Krause trying to control the pace.
Nahtic has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Krause is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Nahtic tries to roll over but Krause keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krause trying to control the action but Nahtic is working from the bottom.
Krause looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Krause is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nahtic can do to turn this around?
Krause is working for a submission of some sort.
Nahtic is looking to escape.
Krause lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Krause is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Krause 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Krause in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Nahtic tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Krause!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruno Krause!
Bruno Krause made sure to mention his sponsor, KAISER Nutrition - Q160/$250 in his post fight interview.
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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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