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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Zeke Akintan (ranked 23901 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Kruiz (ranked 2979 p4p, 0 weight class). Kruiz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. ZARILA KANDZE kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
5 - 7 - 0 |
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185 cm
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193 lbs
33 - 11 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Zeke Akintan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 11 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tom Kruiz!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Fedor Mirinova and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Akintan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Akintan tries a head kick but it misses.
Akintan misses with a left hand
and Akintan takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Akintan on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Akintan misses with a two punch combination.
Kruiz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Nice straight punches there by Kruiz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Kruiz.
Kruiz throws a nice head kick!
Akintan throws the left hand but Kruiz avoids the punch easily.
Kruiz tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Akintan gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Kruiz closes the distance and clinches.
Kruiz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Akintan backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Akintan has had enough of the clinch but Kruiz keeps him there for the moment.
Kruiz lands a nice uppercut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Kruiz.
Akintan takes a shot to the head.
Kruiz wants the takedown. Akintan is fighting it off but Kruiz persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Akintan's guard against the cage.
Akintan is breathing heavily.
Kruiz drops back looking for a leg! Akintan is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Akintan manages to kick Kruiz off! Kruiz jumps back into Akintan's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kruiz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruiz is working Akintan over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Akintan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Kruiz on the ground.
Kruiz throwing strikes but missing.
Kruiz works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Kruiz maintaining the dominant position here and is working for a kimura. He's locked it up! Akintan could be in real trouble here! He's trying to wriggle out but Kruiz has cracked it and Akintan is screaming in pain - he's tapped out! Great finish by Kruiz!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Tom Kruiz!
Tom Kruiz decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
72% |
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