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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Destin Craven (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Gattis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Destin Craven!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, James Gattis!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Colin Fray and Jeff Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gattis stuffs the takedown attempt from Craven. Craven gets slowly back to his feet.
Craven misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gattis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gattis tries to keep at a distance but Craven has taken the fight into the clinch.
Craven prevents Gattis from breaking the clinch.
Gattis wants to get back to striking at distance but Craven won't allow it.
Craven scores with a hook to the body.
Craven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Craven bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Craven throws a body kick that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Craven clinches with his opponent.
Gattis wants to stall.
Craven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Craven fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Gattis.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gattis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Craven clinches up with Gattis and pushes him back against the cage.
Gattis tries to land a knee to the head but Craven blocks with his arms.
Gattis looking to throw knees to the head but Craven is blocking nicely.
A nice right hand lands inside from Craven.
A hook to the body from Craven.
Craven pressing his opponent against the cage.
Craven misses with an elbow strike.
Craven creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Gattis's defenses.
Craven breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gattis misses with a body shot.
Craven ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gattis moves away.
Craven throws a body punch but Gattis moves out of range.
Gattis is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Craven tries a head kick but it misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craven lands with a shot to the body.
Gattis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Craven.
Gattis walks into a stiff left hand from Craven.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Craven has Gattis up against the cage in a clinch.
Craven tries a knee to the head but Gattis blocks it.
Gattis is trying to push Craven away but Craven has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Craven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Craven is looking to wear down Gattis with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Craven clinches with his opponent.
Gattis is looking to break free of the clinch but Craven has double underhooks.
Gattis is stalling here.
Gattis is trying to pull guard but Craven turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Gattis tries to pull guard but Craven forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Craven working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gattis avoiding damage as Craven throws knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craven breaks the clinch.
Craven tries to close the distance and clinch up but Gattis swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Craven has closed the distance and engaged Gattis in a clinch.
Gattis can't break the clinch.
Gattis tries to circle away but Craven has him pinned against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Craven.
Craven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Craven clinches up against the cage.
Craven has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Gattis is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Destin Craven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gattis breaks the clinch.
We've been told by Craven's head coaches at Island Warriors -13 ELITE Coaches that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Gattis clinches up with Craven and pushes him back against the cage.
Craven tries to score a body lock takedown but Gattis shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Craven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Craven moves into range and clinches up with Gattis.
Craven lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gattis backwards.
Gattis can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gattis looking to slow down the pace here.
Craven lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gattis backwards.
Gattis tries for a takedown but Craven manages to get underhooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Craven breaks from the clinch.
Craven fails to land with a series of punches.
Craven misses with a hook. Gattis ducked under it nicely.
Gattis is looking for the big counter here.
Craven getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Gattis uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Craven.
Craven misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gattis.
Craven misses with a looping right.
Craven closes the distance and clinches.
Gattis blocks an elbow strike from Craven.
Gattis trying to land knees to the body.
Craven escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Destin Craven dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Craven swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Gattis fails with a takedown attempt.
Gattis checks a low kick from Craven.
Craven tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Gattis paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Craven misses with a body kick.
Craven clinches up against the cage.
Gattis fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Craven is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gattis can do to turn this around?
Craven breaks the clinch.
Craven wants to slow Gattis down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gattis misses with a double jab.
Gattis defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Craven.
Gattis closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Gattis tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Craven defends well and Gattis ends up having to push Craven into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
It looked like Craven wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Destin Craven has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Gattis.
Gattis takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Craven closes the distance and clinches.
Gattis with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gattis has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Craven after a bit of a struggle.
Craven breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A big left from Craven misses.
Craven sets himself, and Gattis steps forward looking for the clinch! Craven avoids it this time.
Craven misses with a low kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Craven looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Gattis drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Craven defends it well.
Craven throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Gattis counters with a two punch combo.
Gattis avoids a kick to the body.
Gattis fails with the takedown.
Craven uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gattis.
Gattis moves out of range as Craven strikes.
Gattis tries to clinch up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craven fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gattis, pushing him back against the cage.
Gattis trying to stall but Craven improves his position.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Gattis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Craven throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Gattis's waist but Gattis gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Craven off to one side.
Gattis lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Craven misses with a head kick.
Craven ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Gattis moves away.
Gattis is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Craven has managed to clinch.
Craven has a couple of punches blocked by Gattis.
Gattis is trying to break free.
Craven misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gattis tries to pull guard but Craven won't allow it.
Gattis wants to break free but Craven has control.
Gattis tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Gattis blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Craven lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Craven breaks from the clinch.
Gattis throws a series of punches but Craven moves out of range.
Gattis lands with a kick to the temple. Craven shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Gattis tries to clinch up but Craven circles away and keeps his distance.
Gattis throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Craven.
Gattis is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Gattis tries to score a power double leg takedown but Craven sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Gattis somewhat.
Craven dives in and scores a takedown into Gattis's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Craven postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Craven postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Gattis is looking to sweep but instead, Craven has passed into half guard.
Craven sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gattis defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gattis wants to get back to his feet.
Craven controlling the action here.
Craven's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Gattis is looking to control Craven's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gattis avoid being mounted?
Craven trying to mount his opponent but Gattis defends it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Destin Craven dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gattis is looking to clinch but Craven is avoiding it.
Craven shoots for a double leg takedown but Gattis sprawls well. He's pushed Craven's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Gattis tries to close the distance and clinch up but Craven swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Craven swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Craven throws the left hand but Gattis avoids the punch easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Craven.
Gattis wants to counter the offense by Craven and move into the clinch position.
Gattis has closed the distance and engaged Craven in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Craven fails to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Craven wants a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Destin Craven. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gattis drops down looking for an ankle pick but Craven pulls his leg out and moves away.
Craven fails in his attempt to clinch.
And Gattis tries to counter it with a takedown but Craven pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Craven throws a left and a right that both miss
and Gattis counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Craven makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Gattis.
Craven rushes Gattis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gattis gets underhooks to prevent Craven's takedown attempt.
Gattis looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Gattis escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Gattis.
Gattis fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Craven manages to avoid it.
Craven was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A jab from Craven misses.
Craven forces Gattis back against the cage and clinches.
Gattis wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Craven changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Gattis fights it off and pushes away nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Craven closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Craven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gattis throws a head kick that half lands.
Craven throws a head kick but Gattis moves out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gattis throws a right hand that Craven ducks under and follows up with a left that Craven also avoids with ease.
Craven scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Craven is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gattis is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Craven postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Gattis is trying to improve his position.
Craven trying to control the action but Gattis is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gattis struggling a bit here.
Craven is trying to get an arm triangle but Gattis is defending well.
Craven stands up and beckons Gattis to his feet.
Destin Craven is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Destin Craven seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Craven looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Craven closes the distance and clinches.
Gattis is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Craven's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Craven gets a clinch.
Destin Craven has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Craven lands a takedown into guard.
Gattis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gattis trying to keep a closed guard but Craven is proving a slippery customer.
Gattis can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Craven controls the pace.
Gattis working a defensive guard here.
James Gattis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Craven pushing down on Gattis's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Destin Craven showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Craven 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Destin Craven!
In his post fight interview, Destin Craven started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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