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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Davis Marcus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Antonio Crudele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcus comes into the arena with "Princes of the Universe," by Queen blaring out of the sound system. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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200 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent wrestler
Good kicks
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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
12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Davis Marcus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Antonio Crudele!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Felipe Paraventi and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crudele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crudele circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crudele fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Marcus swinging wildly here.
Marcus tries to clinch up but Crudele circles away and keeps his distance.
Crudele misses with a head kick.
Marcus throws a sloppy head kick
and Crudele holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Marcus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Antonio Crudele has been cut.
Crudele misses with an elbow strike.
Crudele manages to break the clinch.
Crudele misses with a hook.
Crudele moves in looking to clinch but Marcus pushes him off.
Marcus blocks a head kick by Crudele.
Marcus moves out of range as Crudele throws a body kick.
Crudele takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Marcus is trying hard to land a takedown here. Crudele sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Crudele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crudele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crudele tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Marcus counters with a one-two to the body.
Crudele looks gassed!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marcus misses with a few strikes there.
Marcus doesn't manage to clinch there - Crudele circles away.
Crudele lands with a slapping head kick.
Marcus closes the distance and pushes Crudele back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crudele avoids it.
Crudele tries to break free but Marcus pushes him back against the cage.
Marcus dodges an elbow strike from Crudele.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marcus.
Crudele breaks from the clinch.
Crudele tried to score with a low kick but Marcus checks it.
Marcus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crudele.
A big left from Crudele misses.
Marcus throws a combination that misses
and Crudele counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crudele rushes Marcus and presses him up against the cage.
Marcus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Crudele misses with an elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Crudele.
Crudele manages to break the clinch.
Marcus swinging wildly here.
Marcus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crudele.
Marcus misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Crudele.
Marcus shoots in but no luck this time.
Marcus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Crudele takes the fight into the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Crudele.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marcus throws an elbow but misses.
Crudele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marcus's defenses.
Crudele breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Marcus looks to land a combination but Crudele avoids it well.
Crudele misses with a kick to the body.
Marcus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marcus blocks a head kick by Crudele.
Crudele circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marcus avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Marcus clinches up with Crudele and pushes him back against the cage.
Marcus lands an uppercut.
Crudele blocks an elbow strike from Marcus.
Marcus throws an elbow that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crudele is trying to force a seperation but Marcus has the dominant position.
Marcus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Marcus lands a shoulder strike.
Crudele looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crudele throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Crudele looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crudele pushes off an throws an elbow but Marcus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Crudele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marcus lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Crudele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis Marcus seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crudele throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Antonio Crudele is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crudele tries to clinch but Marcus is having none of it.
Marcus misses with a straight right.
Crudele misses with a wild body shot.
Crudele misses with a few strikes there.
Marcus misses with a few strikes there.
A head kick from Crudele lands but Marcus takes it in his stride.
Nice cross by Marcus.
Marcus checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crudele misses with a head kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crudele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crudele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Marcus rushes Crudele and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Crudele managing to block the knees to the body from Marcus.
Crudele is trying to maintain a safe position but Marcus gets an underhook and turns Crudele into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marcus.
Marcus misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crudele.
Marcus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Crudele managing to block the knees to the body from Marcus.
Crudele blocks an elbow strike from Marcus.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A frustrated look appears on Crudele's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Crudele is trying to force a seperation but Marcus has the dominant position.
Marcus scores with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Antonio Crudele's cut even more.
Marcus lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Marcus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Davis Marcus dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Antonio Crudele's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Crudele dodges the punch combination from Marcus.
A head kick misses from Crudele.
Marcus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Davis Marcus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Marcus misses with a double jab
and Crudele counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Marcus throws a wild body kick that Crudele sees coming a mile off.
Crudele lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Marcus circles away quickly and effectively.
Davis Marcus is winning the standup battle so far.
Crudele throws a series of punches but Marcus moves out of range.
Crudele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marcus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marcus is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Marcus rushes Crudele and presses him up against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marcus tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crudele pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marcus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Marcus closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crudele circles away.
Crudele scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Marcus fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crudele closes the distance and pushes Marcus back into the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crudele breaks from the clinch.
Marcus throws a lazy body kick
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and Crudele counters with a stiff right hand.
Crudele with a jab.
Crudele is looking to clinch but Marcus is avoiding it.
Crudele dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Marcus. That did some damage!
Marcus takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Crudele with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Crudele tries to clinch up.
Crudele connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Marcus throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crudele.
Crudele thumps Marcus with a low kick.
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!
Crudele goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Marcus uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crudele.
Crudele feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Marcus's calf.
Crudele throws a head kick but Marcus moves out of range.
Crudele clinches with his opponent.
Marcus tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Marcus blocks an elbow strike from Crudele.
Crudele blocks an elbow strike from Marcus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crudele is trying to break free.
Crudele lands an elbow inside.
Marcus tries to land knees in the clinch but Crudele avoids the damage to the body.
Crudele avoids the elbow strike from Marcus, against the cage.
Marcus blocks an elbow strike.
Marcus is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Crudele is keeping busy.
Crudele pushes off an throws an elbow but Marcus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Crudele pushes off an throws an elbow but Marcus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Crudele's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marcus clinches but Crudele breaks the clinch
and Crudele counters with a nice low kick that buckles Marcus's knee momentarily.
Marcus shoots in for a takedown but Crudele shows good takedown defense.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Crudele breaks the clinch.
Marcus is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marcus swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Crudele counters with a slapping leg kick.
Marcus tries to clinch there but Crudele circles away.
Crudele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marcus throws a right and a left that Crudele avoids nicely.
Crudele pushes Marcus away with a front kick.
Marcus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Crudele wants to clinch.
Crudele has managed to clinch.
Crudele creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marcus's defenses.
Crudele lands an elbow that stopped Marcus in his tracks for a moment.
Crudele has had enough of the clinch but Marcus keeps him there for the moment.
Crudele taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Crudele wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crudele breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crudele throws out a loose jab but Marcus uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crudele showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Marcus.
Marcus checks the leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marcus chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Marcus takes the fight into the clinch.
Crudele misses with an elbow strike.
Marcus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Marcus misses with a knee to the head.
Marcus blocks the elbow strike.
Crudele breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crudele tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Marcus tries to clinch there but Crudele circles away.
Crudele throws a sloppy head kick and Marcus moves out of range easily.
Marcus tries to bum rush Crudele with a series of wild strikes but Crudele uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crudele dodges the punch combination from Marcus.
Crudele misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Marcus shoots in but Crudele avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Davis Marcus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crudele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Antonio Crudele showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Antonio Crudele's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Crudele tries to clinch but Marcus moves out of range.
A slapping leg kick lands for Crudele.
Crudele throws a sloppy head kick and Marcus moves out of range easily.
An inside leg kick from Marcus misses.
No joy there for Marcus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crudele throws a head kick that misses.
Marcus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crudele lands with a hook. Marcus tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Crudele tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Crudele throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Marcus avoids the head kick by Crudele.
Marcus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crudele circles away from the clinch attempt.
Marcus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marcus slips a straight right by Crudele.
Crudele rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Marcus moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Marcus misses with the combination.
Crudele tries a head kick but it misses.
Marcus misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marcus takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Crudele throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Marcus.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crudele looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crudele tries a head kick but it misses.
Crudele pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marcus shoots in and drives through. Crudele sprawls well.
Crudele closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marcus taking a breather.
Crudele lands an elbow just above Marcus 's eye.
Marcus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Crudele's defenses.
Marcus blocks the elbow strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Marcus.
Crudele dodges an elbow strike from Marcus.
A bit of stalling here from Crudele.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marcus unloads a knee to the mid-section. Crudele lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Crudele creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Marcus lands an elbow inside.
Marcus scores a nice knee to the body.
Crudele is looking to break free of the clinch but Marcus has double underhooks.
Marcus lands a nice elbow.
Crudele misses with an elbow over the top.
Crudele displaying some good clinch control by pressing Marcus up against the cage.
Marcus utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Marcus lands a shoulder strike.
Crudele pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Crudele's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Crudele has had enough of the clinch but Marcus keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Marcus.
Crudele's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Crudele trying to stall but Marcus improves his position.
Nice elbow from Marcus.
Marcus tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Marcus avoids a wild elbow strike from Crudele.
Crudele lands an elbow inside that Marcus shrugs off.
Crudele is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Crudele.
Marcus lands an elbow inside.
Crudele misses with an elbow over the top.
Crudele pressing his opponent against the cage.
Marcus gets through Crudele's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Marcus looking to throw knees to the head but Crudele is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Crudele dodges an elbow strike from Marcus.
Crudele wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crudele is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Crudele looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Crudele blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Marcus lands an elbow just above Crudele 's eye.
Crudele lands an elbow inside.
Crudele wants to get back to striking at distance but Marcus won't allow it.
Marcus tries to land knees in the clinch but Crudele avoids the damage to the body.
Marcus is working Crudele over against the cage.
Marcus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Crudele tries to break free but Marcus pushes him back against the cage.
Marcus lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
The cut above Antonio Crudele's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Marcus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Crudele is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Antonio Crudele comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Crudele has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 28:29
Judge Felipe Paraventi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Emerson Jorge scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Antonio Crudele!
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hype
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