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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Krejzi Kure (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Crow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kure comes to the cage accompanied by BIG SHUG - who's hard. Crow has chosen Seether- Nobody praying for me as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Excellent boxer
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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
19 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Krejzi Kure!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sam Crow!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kure throws an overhand right that lands on Crow's shoulder, as Crow tries to avoid the shot.
Kure looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Kure avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kure throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A telegraphed right hand from Crow misses the target.
Kure misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Crow throws a series of punches but Kure avoids them all with ease.
Crow throws a shot to the body.
Crow defending well as Kure loads up on a big left hand.
Kure misses with a wild body shot.
Crow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kure lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crow circles away quickly and effectively.
Crow is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Sam Crow seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crow misses with a body shot.
Kure misses the jab.
Crow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Crow is looking for the big counter here.
Crow looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow throws a right and a left that Kure avoids nicely.
Crow lands a head kick. Kure smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Crow lands a jab to Kure's midsection.
Kure scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Crow misses with a straight left.
Crow throws a shot from downtown. Kure moves away and avoids it.
Crow looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kure misses with a looping right.
Kure moves into the clinch.
Kure tries to land knees in the clinch but Crow avoids the damage to the body.
Crow jumps into guard, dragging Kure to the mat.
Kure working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kure prevents Crow from getting back to his feet.
Kure wants to control from the top but Crow keeps moving.
Crow has his foot on Kure's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kure works his way back into a safe position though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Kure slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Crow looking for a guillotine here but Kure defends easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kure distracts Crow with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Crow has his foot on Kure's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Kure works his way back into a safe position though.
Kure content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Crow keeping moving, preventing Kure from controlling successfully.
Crow not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kure makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Kure lands a couple of digs.
Crow wants to stand up but Kure is controlling him.
Kure lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Kure 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.
Crow keeping moving, preventing Kure from controlling successfully.
Kure looking to pass the guard.
Crow wants to stand up but Kure is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kure forces his way into half guard.
Kure takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kure seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Crow does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kure stops Crow from getting back to his feet.
Kure slips a nice elbow through Crow's hands, connecting with Crow's forehead.
Crow manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kure landing with the ground and pound.
Kure postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Kure scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Crow is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Kure defends well.
Kure scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kure lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kure preventing the sweep.
Kure postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Kure wants to pass the guard but Crow is keeping the position.
Crow looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kure is one step ahead there.
Crow trying to keep a closed guard but Kure is proving a slippery customer.
Crow has momentary wrist control but Kure slips an elbow through the middle.
Crow looking for subs off his back but Kure has passed one foot through into half guard.
Crow regains full guard. Nicely done.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kure with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Kure trying to control the position from guard on top but Crow is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kure prevents Crow from getting back to his feet.
Crow keeping moving, preventing Kure from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Krejzi Kure dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Kure misses with a few strikes there.
Crow misses with a double jab.
Kure is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crow can do to turn this around?
Crow throws a sloppy head kick
and Kure counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Kure fails with the takedown.
Kure tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crow paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crow misses with a body kick.
Kure rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kure tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Crow manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crow misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kure fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Crow scores with a head kick. Kure tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Crow throws a nice looking combination but Kure bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kure wants to clinch up but Crow keeps it at a distance.
Kure lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Kure dodges the punch combination from Crow.
Kure checks the leg kick.
Kure blocks a head kick by Crow.
Crow misses with a head kick.
Crow misses with a left hand
letting Kure counter with a right hand.
Kure scores with a crisp jab that stopped Crow in his tracks.
Kure moves out of range as Crow throws a body kick.
Crow misses with the body kick
and Kure makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Kure lands a glancing blow to the side of Crow's head.
Crow is rocked!
Kure looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kure displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crow throws out the jab.
Crow keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crow defending well as Kure loads up on a big left hand.
Crow throws a head kick that misses.
Kure lunges at Crow with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Crow's hand.
Crow is still on wobbly legs! Can Kure finish him?
Crow throws a looping overhand right but Kure ducks down to avoid it.
Crow seems to have recovered his senses.
Sam Crow is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crow lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kure circles away quickly and effectively.
A counter left hand to the body from Kure misses its target.
Kure throws out a loose jab but Crow uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crow misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crow throws out a powerful jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Crow.
Crow throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crow uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kure.
Crow misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kure misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Kure misses the target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crow throws a lazy right hand but Kure sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kure fails to land with a series of punches.
Crow misses with a two punch combination.
Crow misses the shot to the body.
Crow misses with a head kick.
Crow with a jab.
A combination from Crow does no damage.
Crow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Kure throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crow is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Kure blocks a head kick by Crow.
Kure gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A slow jab from Kure misses its intended target.
Crow scores with a jab to the body.
Kure avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Crow throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Kure counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kure tries to clinch
and Crow counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Kure thinking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crow throws an overhand right that lands on Kure's shoulder, as Kure tries to avoid the shot.
Kure swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Crow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kure will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Krejzi Kure. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crow lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Crow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Kure throws out the jab.
Kure throws a big shot that misses.
Crow pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Kure throws a hook but Crow blocks it.
Kure shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Kure was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Crow is trying to improve his position.
Kure lands a few punches from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sam Crow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Crow throws a left and a right that both miss
enabling Kure to counter with a crisp jab.
Krejzi Kure is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Kure avoids the head kick by Crow.
Crow looks to land a combination but Kure avoids it well.
Kure digs a good body shot into Crow's ribs.
Kure bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Kure tries for a kimura but Crow is defending well.
Kure working away.
Kure prevents Crow from escaping the position.
Crow is trying to get back to half guard.
Crow takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Crow takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kure creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Crow gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Crow tries to roll over but Kure keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crow has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Kure is on him like a limpet, forcing Crow back against the cage.
Kure tries to land knees in the clinch but Crow avoids the damage to the body.
Crow has had enough of the clinch but Kure keeps him there for the moment.
Kure keeps control of Crow as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crow has had enough of the clinch but Kure keeps him there for the moment.
Kure has Crow pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Crow manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Kure breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crow misses with a few strikes there.
Crow throws a leg kick which misses Kure's front leg but catches the back leg as Kure tries to avoid it.
Kure decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Kure prevents Crow from improving his position.
Crow trying to hold on to Kure's head to control him but Kure postures up.
Kure is nestled in close to Crow, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Kure lands a nice short elbow.
Krejzi Kure overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kure lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crow is staying active underneath Kure, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Crow on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Crow is trying to maintain the position but Kure is very close to passing his half guard.
Kure lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Crow quite badly. Crow pulls Kure in close trying to recover. Kure postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Crow on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Crow doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Krejzi Kure!
A very excited looking Krejzi Kure 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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