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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ron Aldo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Aldo comes to the ring accompanied by 2Pac-Nig ready 4 war. Cross comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Caught in a Hustle kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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166 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
21
164 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good elbows
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ron Aldo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Michael Cross!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Alec Ball and William Peck.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cross tries a head kick but it misses.
Cross moves into the clinch.
Aldo lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Aldo is looking to take a break and control but Cross is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cross trying to control but Aldo postures up.
Aldo uses his free foot to push down on Cross's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Cross.
Aldo controlling from the full mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Aldo trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Aldo sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Aldo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Aldo punching from mount but Cross doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Cross wants to control but Aldo is having none of it.
Cross is trying to stand up.
Aldo tries to control but Cross wriggling away.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cross tries to hold on but Aldo postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Aldo dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Aldo misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Cross tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cross is looking to clinch.
Michael Cross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Aldo has managed to clinch.
Cross scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Ron Aldo has been cut.
Aldo tries to pull guard but Cross holds him up against the ropes and eventually Aldo drops back down to his feet.
Cross lands an elbow inside.
Cross lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cross landing some nice looking knees to the body.
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!
Cross using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cross creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aldo's defenses.
Cross lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Ron Aldo's cut is getting worse.
Cross lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Aldo is rocked!
Cross tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Oh Aldo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross lands a damaging elbow.
Aldo seems to have got his legs back now.
Cross with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ron Aldo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Cross using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cross lands an elbow just above Aldo 's eye.
Cross lands a nice elbow.
Cross lands an elbow just above Aldo 's eye.
Cross creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Aldo's defenses.
Jeez, Ron Aldo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Aldo drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cross pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ron Aldo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cross throws a head kick that half lands.
Cross fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cross lands with a kick to the temple. Aldo shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Cross fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cross moves into range and clinches up with Aldo.
Aldo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross lands a knee to the head.
Cross landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cross lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Aldo is looking to control Cross's arms but Cross gets an underhook and turns him. Now Aldo has his back to the ropes.
Cross lands a nice elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ron Aldo's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Michael Cross!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
33% |
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