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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Grammur Natzee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christian Evansen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Natzee kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Marillion - Garden Party. 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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Excellent boxer
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Lethal high kicks
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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
42 - 19 - 4, fighting out of Tokyo, Grammur Natzee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Christian Evansen!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evansen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Natzee sprawls well initially but Evansen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Natzee pushes Evansen off looking to stand but Evansen dives back in and keeps control.
Evansen trying to mount his opponent but Natzee defends it.
Natzee wants to get back to his feet.
Natzee is refusing to be controlled, as Evansen sits in half guard.
Natzee tries to roll over but Evansen keeps him under control.
Natzee is trying to stand.
Natzee is trying to control but can't.
Evansen is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Natzee is just riding it out for now. Evansen eventually gives up the hold.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natzee trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evansen is looking to advance position but Natzee won't allow it.
Evansen prevents Natzee from improving his position.
Evansen has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Bloodsport Gym 16 Elites . Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Natzee wants to get back to his feet.
Natzee has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Evansen is working away from the top position though.
Natzee wants to get back to his feet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Evansen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Grammur Natzee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Natzee throws a body punch but Evansen moves out of range.
Natzee lands with an uppercut that bounces Evansen off the cage and back into range.
Evansen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Natzee.
Evansen gets the takedown into side control.
Natzee is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evansen wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Natzee, who protects the arm well.
Evansen tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Evansen has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Evansen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Natzee keeps working.
Natzee manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Natzee is looking to escape.
Natzee won't allow Evansen to pass to mount.
Natzee is looking to improve his position.
Evansen wants to control but Natzee is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Evansen in particular looking to stall.
Natzee wants to get back to full guard.
Evansen is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Natzee sees it coming and defends easily.
Evansen wants to take a breather but Natzee is having none of it.
Natzee pushes Evansen off looking to stand but Evansen dives back in and keeps control.
Natzee moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Evansen trying to control but Natzee is working from the bottom.
Natzee working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Evansen.
Natzee wants to stand up but Evansen is controlling him.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Natzee pushes Evansen off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natzee misses with a hook. Evansen ducked under it nicely.
Natzee stuffs the takedown attempt from Evansen. Evansen gets slowly back to his feet.
Evansen scores with a kick to the body.
Natzee throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Natzee lands with an uppercut that bounces Evansen off the cage and back into range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Evansen, right into the meat.
Natzee throws the left hand but Evansen avoids the punch easily.
Evansen cracks Natzee with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Natzee scores with a sloppy right hand. Evansen should have avoided that one.
Natzee wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Natzee scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Evansen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Evansen fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Evansen paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Natzee misses with an uppercut. Evansen saw that one coming.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Grammur Natzee 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.
Evansen uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Natzee.
Natzee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Natzee throws a jab when Evansen was well out of range.
Grammur Natzee is winning the standup battle so far.
Natzee digs a good body shot into Evansen's ribs.
Natzee is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Evansen.
Evansen doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Evansen dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Natzee. That did some damage!
Evansen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Evansen misses the body punch
and Natzee counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Evansen looking to score a takedown here. Natzee is defending well but Evansen drives through and ends up in Natzee's guard.
Natzee has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Evansen has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Natzee lands a right hand.
Natzee misses with a body punch.
Evansen lands a hook that snaps the head of Natzee backwards.
Natzee misses with a punch on the inside.
Natzee digs a right hand underneath Evansen's ribcage. Evansen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Evansen has Natzee pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Natzee manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Evansen lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Natzee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evansen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Natzee's elbow.
Evansen tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Evansen tries to throw a body punch but Natzee avoids it by throwing Evansen back against the cage.
Natzee controlling the action here for a moment.
Natzee is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Natzee is struggling to control the position.
Natzee blocking some punches.
A right hook to the body lands for Natzee.
Evansen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Natzee or not.
Natzee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Natzee blocks a body shot from Evansen.
Natzee misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evansen throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Evansen.
Natzee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Evansen tries to work over Natzee's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short left from Natzee.
Evansen lands with a short shot to the head.
Natzee is working Evansen over against the cage.
Evansen lands with a short head shot on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Natzee.
Natzee blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Natzee throws a head punch that misses.
Natzee misses with a punch on the inside.
Evansen gets through Natzee's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Natzee throws a punch but it's blocked by Evansen.
Natzee fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Natzee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Natzee blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Evansen tries to throw a body punch but Natzee avoids it by throwing Evansen back against the cage.
Evansen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Evansen has Natzee pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Natzee manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Natzee misses with a short punch on the inside.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Natzee gets underhooks to prevent Evansen's takedown attempt.
Grammur Natzee has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christian Evansen.
Stalling in the clinch from Evansen.
Evansen is trying to drag Natzee to the mat but Natzee just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Evansen blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Natzee has Evansen pushed against the cage.
Evansen goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Evansen swings wildly with an uppercut but Natzee uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Natzee doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Evansen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Natzee prevents a body shot from Evansen.
Evansen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Evansen is working for takedown but Natzee is calmly controlling the position for now.
Natzee tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Natzee slows down the pace here.
A short right from Natzee.
Evansen is working for takedown but Natzee is calmly controlling the position for now.
Natzee lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short right from Natzee on the inside.
Evansen misses with a hook from the clinch.
Natzee lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Evansen.
Evansen prevents a body shot from Natzee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grammur Natzee dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Evansen avoids the body shot from Natzee.
Natzee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evansen looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Evansen ducks under a wild hook from Natzee.
Natzee scores with a nice strike.
A nice inside leg kick there by Evansen. That's going to slow Natzee down.
Natzee drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Evansen keeping moving, preventing Natzee from controlling successfully.
Evansen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Evansen looking to control.
Natzee has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Natzee wants to pass the guard but Evansen is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natzee loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Natzee throwing strikes from guard but Evansen blocks nicely.
Natzee preventing the sweep.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evansen managing to control the position.
Natzee lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Natzee works over Evansen with some ground and pound from guard.
Grammur Natzee overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Evansen wants to get back to his feet but Natzee is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Evansen is on top in guard.
Evansen pushing down on Natzee's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Natzee is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Evansen can do to turn this around?
Evansen wants to pass the guard but Natzee is defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Natzee manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Grammur Natzee is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Natzee looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Natzee wants to stand up but Evansen is controlling him.
Natzee pulls Evansen in close to his closed guard and prevents Evansen from doing any damage or advancing position.
Evansen pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Natzee is keeping the position for now.
Natzee working a defensive guard here.
Christian Evansen has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Natzee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evansen trying to control the position from guard on top but Natzee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Evansen stops Natzee from standing up.
Evansen is fighting to break Natzee's control of his arms but Natzee is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Natzee gets caught flat footed, as Evansen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Natzee wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Evansen manages to pass to side control.
Natzee wants to get back to full guard.
Evansen prevents Natzee from standing back up.
Natzee is trying to maintain the position but Evansen is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evansen is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Evansen controlling the pace.
Evansen wants to pass the guard but Natzee is defending well.
Natzee looks like he's trying to stand up.
Nice strikes from Evansen there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Natzee is trying to stand up here but Evansen is controlling him well.
Evansen has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Natzee defend it? Evansen steps over the head and cranks it - Natzee is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Evansen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Christian Evansen!
Christian Evansen seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
Grammur Natzee spoke after the fight, saying 'no, what are you doing? gimme that belt. :c'.
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