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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Crump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Banner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crump comes to the cage accompanied by ac/dc- Higheway to Hell. Banner has chosen xavier rudd - energy song as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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190 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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192 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power |
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, William Crump!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruce Banner!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Steve Erwin and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice defenses there by Banner.
Banner misses with a straight left.
Banner shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Crump's guard.
Crump pushes Banner off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Crump checks a leg kick.
Crump throws a hook but Banner avoids it easily.
Banner changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Crump tries to avoid it but Banner manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Crump to the ground. Crump escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Crump throws a head kick that misses.
Good exchange - Crump coming out on top.
Banner swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Banner will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Crump lands with a hook. Banner tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crump misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crump lands a head shot.
Crump throws a head kick that half lands.
Banner throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Crump moves in looking to clinch but Banner pushes him off.
Banner has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Crump.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crump throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Crump tries to clinch but Banner is having none of it.
Crump throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Banner loads up on a big right hand but Crump slips the punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crump lands a big head kick that sends Banner tumbling to the mat! Crump takes a step backwards and waves Banner back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Banner is rocked!
Crump cracks Banner with a right hand to the side of the head.
Banner is still on wobbly legs! Can Crump finish him?
Banner just misses with a punch to the body.
Banner seems to have recovered his senses.
Banner waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crump.
Banner throws a hook to the side of Crump's head but Crump sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crump throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Banner shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Crump sprawls well. Crump wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Banner gets slowly back to his feet.
Crump lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Banner misses with a two punch combination.
Crump keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Banner.
Banner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Banner takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Crump is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Crump fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Banner, pushing him back against the cage.
Crump with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crump with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crump with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crump tries to stall but Banner uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Crump wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Banner - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Banner just leaning against Crump, taking a breather.
Crump looking to throw knees to the head but Banner is blocking nicely.
Crump is trying to stall.
Crump putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Banner in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crump missing with knees to the body.
Banner blocks an elbow strike.
Crump comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Banner's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Banner shoots in for a takedown but Crump shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
William Crump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bruce Banner.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Banner takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Bruce Banner has been cut.
Crump swings for the body but Banner moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Crump dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Banner's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Banner looks to land a left hand but Crump moved out of range nicely.
Crump lands a big head kick that sends Banner tumbling to the mat! Crump takes a step backwards and waves Banner back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Banner moves out of range of the body kick.
Crump misses with a two punch combination.
Crump thumps Banner with a low kick.
Crump tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Banner paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Banner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Crump to score with a decent uppercut.
Banner misses the jab.
Banner gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Crump tries to clinch there but Banner circles away.
Banner is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crump lands a nice looking kick to the body. Banner takes a step back to recover.
Crump uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Banner.
Banner misses with a jab to the body
and Crump counters with a nice leg kick.
Banner misses with a takedown attempt - Crump sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Crump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crump looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crump tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
William Crump is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Banner throws a nice looking combination but Crump bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A low kick from Banner misses
and Crump counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Banner is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Crump connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Crump drops Banner with a beautiful combination! Banner stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Crump is looking for the KO!
Banner is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crump tries to close the distance and clinch up but Banner swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crump looks to throw the jab but Banner is out of range.
Banner fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Crump cracks Banner with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Crump has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Banner to stand back up!
A head kick misses from Crump.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crump misses with a head kick.
Banner throws a leg kick that is checked
and Crump counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Crump throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Banner blocks a head kick by Crump.
Banner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Crump moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Banner misses with a leg kick
and Crump makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Crump wants to clinch.
Crump scoring well with a low kick there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banner throws a left and a right that both miss
and Crump counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Crump throws a head kick that half lands.
Banner throws a wild body kick that Crump sees coming a mile off.
Crump lands a high kick!
Crump tries to clinch up but Banner circles away and keeps his distance.
William Crump seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Banner misses the jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Banner throws a body punch but Crump moves out of range.
Banner swats away the attempt to clinch by Crump.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
William Crump dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Banner's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Crump throws a sloppy head kick and Banner moves out of range easily.
Banner shoots in looking for a takedown. Crump tries to sprawl out of it but Banner keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crump manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Banner avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Banner keeps the fight on the outside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Banner throws a leg kick
and Crump counters with a straight right hand.
Banner takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Crump ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
William Crump is winning the standup battle so far.
Banner takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Banner on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Crump lands a big head kick that sends Banner tumbling to the mat! Crump takes a step backwards and waves Banner back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Are you kidding me?! Crump ducked down and unloaded an uppercut from hell that sent Banner clean off his feet! Someone make me a GIF - that's knockout of the night for sure!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). William Crump!
William Crump retains his middleweight title!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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