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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Skull Crusher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Boy Bastos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Bastos's choice of entrance music: Victory. Skull Crusher has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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300 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Decent knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Skull Crusher!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Boy Bastos!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crusher doesn't manage to clinch there - Bastos circles away.
Bastos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crusher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bastos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crusher wants to clinch up but Bastos keeps it at a distance.
Crusher closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bastos counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Crusher!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crusher is working to get back to half guard.
Bastos tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Crusher is trying to reverse the position but instead Bastos has taken his back - oops!
Bastos controlling from the back.
Crusher manages to reverse the position and now he's in Bastos's guard. Nice work there by Crusher.
Crusher is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Bastos is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Bastos has escaped and now he's on top!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crusher looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Bastos passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusher looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Crusher looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bastos stands up from half guard.
Bastos clinches with his opponent.
Bastos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crusher wants to clinch up but Bastos keeps it at a distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusher tries to clinch but Bastos is having none of it.
Skull Crusher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crusher is looking to clinch but Bastos is avoiding it.
Crusher wants to clinch
and Bastos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Crusher won't be happy with that.
Bastos remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
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!
Crusher tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Crusher gets back to half guard.
Bastos decides to stand and escape the position.
Crusher tries to clinch up.
Bastos will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crusher tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bastos pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crusher is looking to clinch.
Bastos gets a clinch.
Bastos tries a knee to the head but Crusher blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bastos.
Bastos tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crusher avoids it.
Bastos pushes Crusher back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bastos misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crusher.
Crusher throws a head punch that misses.
Bastos misses with a punch to the body.
Crusher jumps guard but Bastos stands there with Crusher around his waist. Crusher gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Bastos with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bastos looks gassed!
Bastos putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crusher in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crusher tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bastos smiles and moves away.
Bastos scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crusher tries to clinch but Bastos moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bastos clinches up against the cage.
Bastos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crusher has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Bastos.
Bastos works over Crusher's head and body with a nice combination.
Crusher tries to clinch there but Bastos circles away.
Crusher tries to keep at a distance but Bastos has taken the fight into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Crusher throws an elbow but misses.
Crusher lands with a short shot to the head.
Bastos with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Bastos lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bastos misses with a knee to the head.
Crusher misses with an elbow over the top.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crusher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bastos walks away with a smile on his face. Crusher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skull Crusher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bastos tries a low kick but Crusher avoids it.
Crusher closes the distance but Bastos moves to the side
and Bastos counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Bastos clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Boy Bastos dominated that round.
That's time! Crusher's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Bastos forces Crusher back against the cage and clinches.
Crusher gets through Bastos's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Bastos tries a knee to the head but Crusher blocks it.
Bastos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crusher wants to clinch up but Bastos keeps it at a distance.
Bastos circles away from the clinch attempt
and Bastos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bastos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Crusher tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bastos moves into the clinch.
Bastos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bastos fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Crusher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bastos's defenses.
It looks like Boy Bastos has been cut.
Crusher working aggressively here.
Crusher looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bastos has had enough of the clinch but Crusher keeps him there for the moment.
Boy Bastos seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Bastos is breathing heavily.
Bastos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bastos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Crusher blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bastos throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crusher scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crusher lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Crusher gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Crusher tries to pull guard but Bastos won't allow it.
With the fighters up against the cage, Crusher throws an elbow but misses.
Crusher jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bastos walks away with a smile on his face. Crusher gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Crusher fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crusher tries to close the distance and clinch but Bastos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Skull Crusher is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crusher moves to clinch but Bastos breaks away
and Bastos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Crusher lands an elbow just above Bastos 's eye.
Crusher scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice glancing elbow lands by Crusher.
Crusher lands an elbow inside that Bastos shrugs off.
That has opened up Boy Bastos's cut even more.
Crusher lands an elbow inside.
Crusher looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Crusher swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crusher pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bastos breaks from the clinch.
Crusher wants to clinch up but Bastos keeps it at a distance.
Bastos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crusher is looking to clinch but Bastos is avoiding it.
Crusher wants to clinch.
Crusher tries to clinch but Bastos moves out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crusher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crusher moves to clinch but Bastos breaks away
and Bastos counters with a series of strikes. Crusher will be more careful next time no doubt.
Bastos misses with a head kick.
Crusher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bastos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crusher tries to close the distance and clinch but Bastos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crusher wants to clinch up but Bastos keeps it at a distance.
Crusher tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bastos counters with a head kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crusher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bastos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bastos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Crusher manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crusher closes the distance looking to clinch
and Bastos counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Bastos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crusher wants to clinch up but Bastos keeps it at a distance.
Bastos swats away the attempt to clinch by Crusher.
Bastos throws a sloppy head kick and Crusher moves out of range easily.
Crusher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crusher tries to clinch but Bastos moves away
and Bastos moves into the clinch.
Crusher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bastos's defenses.
Crusher tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Bastos smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Skull Crusher. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bastos tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Crusher is able to avoid easily.
No luck for Bastos with that takedown attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crusher has closed the distance and engaged Bastos in a clinch.
Crusher fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crusher fails to pull guard.
Crusher pushes off an throws an elbow but Bastos leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bastos breaks from the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crusher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crusher fails with an attempt to clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crusher tries to clinch up.
Crusher tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bastos counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Bastos closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Bastos tries a knee to the head but Crusher blocks it.
Crusher tries to pull guard but Bastos won't allow it.
Bastos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Skull Crusher dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Boy Bastos's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Crusher tries to close the distance and clinch but Bastos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crusher wants to clinch
and Bastos holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Bastos using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Crusher has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crusher tries to pull guard but Bastos holds him up against the cage and eventually Crusher drops back down to his feet.
Crusher creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bastos's defenses.
Bastos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crusher doesn't manage to clinch there - Bastos circles away.
Bastos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crusher wants to clinch up but Bastos keeps it at a distance.
Bastos circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crusher tries to clinch
and Bastos moves into the clinch.
Crusher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bastos tries to work over Crusher's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters up against the cage, Crusher throws an elbow but misses.
Bastos breaks the clinch.
Bastos scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Bastos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Crusher is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Bastos is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crusher swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Crusher is in all sorts of trouble here.
Bastos manages to capitalize on a mistake by Crusher to take his back!
Bastos biding his time, controlling Crusher.
Bastos is trying to stick to Crusher's back but Crusher is turning into Bastos. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Bastos's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Crusher.
Crusher is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Bastos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Crusher. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Bastos is looking to stand up but Crusher isn't so interested in that idea.
Crusher stands and throws Bastos's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crusher is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Bastos is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Crusher thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Bastos sneaks out the side door and pushes Crusher away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Crusher is looking to clinch but Bastos is avoiding it.
Crusher tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bastos paws at him with a jab and circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crusher closes the distance but Bastos moves to the side
and Bastos counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Crusher is lucky that one didn't land flush.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crusher tries to clinch but Bastos is having none of it.
Bastos throws a head kick that misses.
Crusher tries to clinch but Bastos moves out of range.
Bastos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crusher tries to clinch but Bastos is having none of it.
Crusher is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crusher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bastos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crusher tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Bastos counters with a body kick.
Bastos misses with a head kick.
Crusher tries to clinch there but Bastos circles away.
Crusher is looking to clinch but Bastos is avoiding it.
Skull Crusher is winning the standup battle so far.
Bastos doesn't manage to clinch there - Crusher circles away.
Crusher tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bastos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crusher tries to clinch there but Bastos circles away.
Crusher is looking to clinch but Bastos is avoiding it.
Crusher tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crusher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bastos swats away the attempt to clinch by Crusher.
Bastos shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Crusher wants to clinch but Bastos slips to the side
and Bastos counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bastos.
A short body shot lands from Bastos as the two fighters clinch.
Crusher misses with a hook from the clinch.
Bastos is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Knees to the body from Bastos.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Bastos missing with knees to the body.
Crusher working aggressively here.
Bastos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crusher looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Boy Bastos.
I think Bastos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Boy Bastos!
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hype
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