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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Frank Crillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carolus Rex (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crillo's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Jay Z - Empire State of Mind. Rex is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sabaton - Carolus Rex. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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152 lbs
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147 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Crillo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Carolus Rex!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Paulsen Ambrosius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crillo dodges the punch combination from Rex.
Crillo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rex.
Crillo dives in and scores a takedown into Rex's guard.
Crillo throws an elbow that misses. Rex uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crillo's guard. Nice move by Rex!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rex wants to control from the top but Crillo keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Carolus Rex.
Rex looks for a takedown but Crillo sprawls well.
Rex gets caught napping as Crillo dives in and scores a takedown. Rex manages to retain guard.
Crillo trying to control the position from guard on top but Rex is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crillo throws an elbow that misses. Rex uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Crillo's guard. Nice move by Rex!
Crillo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rex trying to control the position from guard on top but Crillo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crillo is pulling down on Rex's head to control his posture.
Rex looking to sit in guard and control but Crillo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Crillo has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Crillo landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Crillo lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crillo lands a couple of digs.
Crillo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Crillo working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Rex is trying to keep Crillo in close.
Crillo throws a big elbow that misses.
Crillo stands up over Rex, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Crillo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Crillo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Rex keeping moving, preventing Crillo from controlling successfully.
Crillo wants to stand but Rex has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Rex looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crillo throwing strikes from guard but Rex blocks nicely.
Rex keeping moving, preventing Crillo from controlling successfully.
Rex lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Crillo!
Rex trying to control but he's not successful this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crillo tries to hold on but Rex postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Crillo dominated that round.
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.
Crillo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rex.
Crillo shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Crillo was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Crillo working Rex over with strikes here.
Crillo lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Crillo prevents Rex from getting the reversal.
Crillo cracks Rex with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Crillo landing punches.
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!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Crillo cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Frank Crillo overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Crillo unloading with bombs!
Crillo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Rex on the ground.
Crillo raining down shots from the mount!
Rex is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crillo working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Rex is rocked!
Crillo lands a big shot to the head and Rex winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Frank Crillo!
Frank Crillo very nearly forgot to thank Untouchable Fight Gear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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