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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Craig Little (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gary Bowman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gary Bowman has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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134 lbs
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133 lbs
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Powerful takedowns
Decent elbows
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Craig Little!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Gary Bowman!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bowman gets tackled into the cage by Little. Little maintains the clinch.
Bowman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Bowman tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Little avoids it.
Bowman is trying to break free.
Little pulls guard effortlessly.
Bowman must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Bowman trying to control but Little is working from the bottom.
Bowman wants to stand but Little has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Little has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Little working a defensive guard but Bowman manages to pass into side control anyway.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Bowman wants to stand but Little has him controlled and pulls him back into his guard.
Little wants to sweep here but Bowman controlling him for the moment.
Little is working hard here to advance position.
Little looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Little tries to strike from the bottom.
Bowman really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Little. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Little pushes Bowman off and gets back to his feet.
Little clinches with his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Little has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Bowman regains guard immediately.
Little gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Bowman looks gassed!
Little forces Bowman back against the cage and clinches.
Little decides to pull guard.
Little pushes Bowman off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Bowman shoots for a takedown but Little saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Little closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Bowman did well to prevent Little getting side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Little stands up out of the half guard.
Little closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Bowman quickly recovers to half guard.
Little working the head and body with strikes.
Little is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Little stalling.
Little works his way into side control.
Little in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Little decides to stand back up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bowman tries to keep at a distance but Little has taken the fight into the clinch.
Little has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Bowman clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Little is riding his opponent, not letting Bowman buck him off.
Little scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Bowman is looking for a way out.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Little lands with a hammerfist to the side of Bowman's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Little dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Little has managed to clinch.
Little tightens his grip and picks Bowman up, before dumping him to the ground. Bowman manages to land in guard.
Little slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Bowman wants to control but Little postures up.
Little cracks Bowman with a big right hand but Bowman just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Craig Little overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Bowman trying to remain calm as Little controls from the top position.
Little has an Americana. Bowman didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Little is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Little hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Craig Little!
Craig Little seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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