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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Action Crackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Batts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Batts has chosen AINT THAT A KICK IN THE HEAD as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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185 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
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196 lbs
13 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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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
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Action Crackson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Batts!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Batts throws a head kick but Crackson moves out of range.
Batts throws a solid leg kick but Crackson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Batts.
Crackson drives through with a takedown into guard.
Crackson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Batts swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Batts looking to hit a scissor sweep but Crackson is one step ahead there.
Crackson wants to pass the guard but Batts is keeping the position.
Crackson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Crackson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crackson with a flurry of punches that miss.
Crackson has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Batts lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Crackson!
Crackson wants to control but Batts is having none of it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crackson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Batts controlling his opponent.
Crackson tries to reverse the position but Batts maintains control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batts looking to control and managing it successfully.
Billy Batts has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Crackson scores with a leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Crackson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Batts jabs at Crackson's body.
Billy Batts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Batts lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Crackson at a distance.
Batts loads up on a big right hand but Crackson slips the punch.
Crackson lands with a kick to the temple. Batts shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Batts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crackson moves away.
Batts throws the left hand but Crackson avoids the punch easily.
Crackson throws a hook to the side of Batts's head but Batts sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A looping hook to the body misses from Batts. Crackson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Billy Batts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Batts missing with a left hand there. Crackson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crackson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Crackson checks a leg kick nicely.
Crackson wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Batts swings for the body but Crackson moves out of range.
Crackson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batts throws a nice looking combination but Crackson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
An inside leg kick from Crackson misses.
Crackson lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crackson looks to throw the jab but Batts is out of range.
Batts chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Batts throws the kick towards the body but Crackson avoids it.
Crackson shoots in for a takedown but Batts shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A good leg kick by Batts.
Crackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Batts moves away.
Batts misses the shot to the body.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Batts dips to his left and cracks Crackson with an uppercut!
Good work by Crackson as he checks the leg kick.
Crackson misses with an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Billy Batts will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Batts misses the shot to the body.
Batts lands a body shot.
Batts throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Crackson moves in looking to clinch but Batts pushes him off.
Batts throws a low kick but Crackson moves out of range easily.
Batts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Crackson takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Crackson tries a head kick but it misses.
Crackson slips under a jab.
Batts misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crackson.
Crackson is looking to land body kicks.
Batts lands with a slapping head kick.
It looks like Action Crackson has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crackson misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batts misses with a head kick.
Batts looks to land a body kick but Crackson moved away.
A solid leg kick lands there for Batts.
Batts digs a good body shot into Crackson's ribs.
Crackson's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Batts connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Crackson scrambles back to his feet.
A jab lands there for Batts.
Crackson has his takedown stuffed
and Batts counters with a nice body shot.
Batts feints and then cracks Crackson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Crackson down.
Batts throws a one two combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Batts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Crackson misses with an uppercut. Batts saw that one coming.
Batts connects with a crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Batts throws a nice outside leg kick.
Batts lands with an overhand left.
Batts throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Batts tests Crackson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Batts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crackson moves away.
Batts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crackson circles away quickly and effectively.
Batts misses with a straight left.
Batts will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Batts jabs Crackson right on the nose. Crackson blinks but takes it well.
Batts fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Crackson.
Batts stuns Crackson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crackson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Batts is trying to improve his position.
Batts sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Crackson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Crackson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Crackson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Batts's head.
Crackson is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Batts sees it coming and defends easily.
Crackson is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Batts keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Batts manages to get to full guard.
Crackson thows a big elbow that misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crackson thows a big elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Billy Batts showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Action Crackson's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Batts tries to land a leg kick but Crackson saw it coming and moves away.
Batts connects with a jab.
Batts misses with a kick to the body.
Batts throws a front kick aimed at Crackson's knee but Crackson avoids it well.
Nice uppercut there from Crackson.
Crackson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Crackson dives in and grabs Batts's left leg, looking for a takedown. Batts pushes down on Crackson's head and hops out.
Batts misses the shot to the body.
Batts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Batts tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Crackson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Batts sprawls well. Batts wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Crackson gets slowly back to his feet.
Batts misses with an uppercut. Crackson saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Batts lands with a shot to the body.
Batts swinging wildly here.
Batts throws a front kick aimed at Crackson's knee but Crackson avoids it well.
Batts throws a shot to the body.
Crackson blocks the body kick.
Batts misses with the body kick
enabling Crackson to counter with a crisp jab.
A jab from Crackson finds it's way through Batts's defenses.
Batts avoids the body shot from Crackson.
Batts lands a nice leg kick that just misses Crackson's sensitive parts.
Billy Batts seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Batts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crackson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Batts is out of range and Crackson settles back down.
Batts is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Crackson rather than just go for the knockout.
Batts misses with a straight right.
Batts thumps Crackson with a low kick.
Crackson takes one on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crackson misses the shot to the body.
Crackson throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Batts tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Crackson is in Batts's guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crackson trying to control the position from guard on top but Batts is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crackson sitting in guard here, content to control.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Batts holds on and takes a little breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crackson thows a big elbow that misses.
Crackson throws a strike but Batts rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Crackson looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Batts puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Crackson is in trouble now - Batts has advanced to mount!
Crackson tries to hold on but Batts pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crackson is working to get back to half guard.
Batts looking to control but Crackson is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Batts controlling the position easily from mount.
Crackson tries to hold on but Batts postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Billy Batts comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Batts winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge William Peck scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Billy Batts!
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