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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Crim (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Perry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Crim had real problems making weight for this fight. After initially coming in at 156.2lbs, he had two hours to make the official fight weight. He made it but it will have taken a lot out of him to cut those extra few pounds. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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173 cm
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168 lbs
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175 cm
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158 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Thomas Crim! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Perry! The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Crim scores a takedown into full mount! Perry is in all sorts of trouble here.
Crim can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Perry is looking to escape. Crim jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Perry manages to avoid the submission attempt. Perry tries to bench press Crim off him but Crim keeps the position. We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Perry can do anything to dispel that myth. Perry gets back to half guard. Crim sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Perry defending well though. Perry trying to control here.
Perry has his hands clasped together around Crim's back. He's all about the action. Crim tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Perry.
That's one minute gone in the round. Perry is trying to control but can't.
Perry misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Perry trying to control from the bottom.
Crim stalling.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Crim pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Perry shoots and misses and Crim counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Perry's guard now. Crim postures up.
Crim preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Crim controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Perry will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Perry throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Crim is pushing down on Perry's leg trying to pass to half guard. Perry is fighting to maintain full guard but Crim has managed to sneak the leg through. Crim wants to stand but Perry has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now. Perry flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult. Perry trying to hold on to Crim's head to control him but Crim postures up.
Perry tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land. Perry looks gassed! Crim thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Crim misses with an uppercut. Perry saw that one coming. Perry lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Crim with a lazy takedown attempt and Perry counters with a single leg into guard. Crim didn't expect that. Perry working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. Perry postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. Perry takes a decent strike to the side of the head. Perry wants to control from the top but Crim keeps moving. Crim controls Perry momentarily but Perry frees himself. Crim working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Perry doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Perry manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Perry throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground. Perry goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Perry throws a left and a right that both miss
and Crim counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Perry changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Crim fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Crim goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Crim instigates a clinch. 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 Thomas Crim will probably get the nod. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Perry fails with the takedown and Crim counters with a three punch combo that has Perry backing up. Perry nods at Crim to acknowledge the strikes. Crim swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crim looks to clinch and Perry counters with a one-two to the body. The fight stays on the outside here - Crim looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Crim lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Crim misses with a takedown and Perry counters with a series of strikes. Crim will be more careful next time no doubt.
Crim is rocked! Crim has his takedown stuffed and Perry counters with a big takedown. That's hurt Crim! Perry smells blood and goes in for the kill. Serveral hard shots later and the ref calls an end to the fight by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:01 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Slam). John Perry!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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