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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ralph Cramdon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alan Bird (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cramdon comes to the cage accompanied by shine. The crowd seem to be enjoying Bird's choice of entrance music: Face the pain - Stemm. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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190 lbs
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190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
3 - 0 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ralph Cramdon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alan Bird!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Frank Dennis and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cramdon shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Cramdon showed some decent athleticism there.
Cramdon seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Bird wants the takedown. Cramdon is fighting it off but Bird persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Cramdon's guard against the cage.
Bird avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cramdon has his foot on Bird's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Bird works his way back into a safe position though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cramdon wants to sweep here but Bird controlling him for the moment.
Bird looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bird trying to control the position from guard on top but Cramdon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bird trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cramdon is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cramdon is trying to control the position from the bottom.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Alan Bird hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Cramdon fails with the takedown.
Bird looking to score a takedown here. Cramdon is defending well but Bird drives through and ends up in Cramdon's guard.
Cramdon has his feet on Bird's thighs here. He's pushed Bird off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Bird screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ralph Cramdon!
A relieved looking Ralph Cramdon thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Alan Bird spoke after the fight, saying 'I still won.'.
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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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