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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Newman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Crawford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Newman's entrance music is Red Hot Chili Peppers - Can`t Stop. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paul Newman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rex Crawford!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Newman misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crawford throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crawford has a takedown stuffed.
Newman cracks Crawford with an open hand slap.
Newman moves away from the strike by Crawford.
Crawford is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Newman.
Newman takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rex Crawford seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newman tries a low kick but Crawford avoids it.
Crawford moves into range and clinches up with Newman.
Newman is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Crawford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Crawford misses.
Crawford scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Newman doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slapping leg kick lands for Crawford.
Crawford is trying hard to land a takedown here. Newman sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Paul Newman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rex Crawford.
Newman connects with the punch.
Newman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Newman cracks Crawford with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Newman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Crawford.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crawford looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Newman catches Crawford napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Crawford to the canvas!
Crawford is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Newman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Crawford is still in real trouble! Can Newman finish him?
Crawford escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Newman gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Newman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Crawford has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Newman has passed into side control.
Crawford seems to have recovered his senses.
An elbow from Newman crashes against the mat.
The strikes coming from Newman are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Crawford taking a bit of punishment here - Newman scoring with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Newman cracks Crawford with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Newman working the ground and pound from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crawford struggling a bit here.
Crawford on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Newman controls the position.
Newman scores with punches from side control.
Crawford is not content to let Newman control the position.
Crawford is trying to get back to half guard.
Newman connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Crawford some visible discomfort.
Newman misses with the ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crawford dodges the ground and pound from Newman.
Newman scoring with punches and elbows.
Newman looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Crawford is avoiding damage well.
Crawford on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Newman tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Newman has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Crawford defending against the ground and pound.
The strikes coming from Newman are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Crawford parries the strikes from Newman easily there. Newman is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Crawford to escape.
Crawford dodges the ground and pound from Newman.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crawford on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Newman is working Crawford over with some ground and pound from side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Newman in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sloppy strikes there by Newman.
Newman decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Newman shoots in looking for a takedown. Crawford tries to sprawl out of it but Newman keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crawford manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice cross by Newman.
Newman tries to score with a low kick but Crawford moves his leg out of the way.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Newman waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crawford.
Nice sprawl there from Newman as Crawford shoots in.
Crawford has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Newman.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Newman!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Newman dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Newman is really turning it up, unleashing another crisp combination which drops Crawford like a ton of bricks! The referee dives in to stop the fight, saving Crawford from another fist facial!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Paul Newman!
An out of breath Paul Newman thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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hype
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