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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Magnus Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samir Lemaitre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lemaitre is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: La Marseillaise. Magnus Cross has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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287 lbs
27 - 14 - 0 |
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240 lbs
9 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Magnus Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samir Lemaitre!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lemaitre tries to clinch but Cross is having none of it.
It looked like Cross was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Cross keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cross is looking to counter the offense by Lemaitre and move into the clinch.
Lemaitre closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Cross quickly recovers to half guard.
Cross blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lemaitre.
Cross is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Fight Factory that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Cross is trying to get back to full guard.
Cross is positioning himself well to prevent Lemaitre advancing to mount.
Cross keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Lemaitre has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lemaitre is thwarting Cross's attempts to control the position.
Cross keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lemaitre throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nice strikes from Lemaitre there.
Lemaitre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cross defending well though.
Cross avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre drops an elbow to the side of Cross's head.
Cross tries to roll over but Lemaitre keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Lemaitre is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Lemaitre is thwarting Cross's attempts to control the position.
Cross keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cross gets full guard.
Lemaitre is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Lemaitre working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Lemaitre lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Lemaitre throws a big right hand that misses.
Cross trying to strike off his back.
Lemaitre is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lemaitre in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lemaitre passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Lemaitre takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cross wants to improve his position but Lemaitre is controlling well.
Lemaitre not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Lemaitre working over Cross with some ground and pound. Cross looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cross tries to roll over but Lemaitre keeps him under control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lemaitre thows a huge punch but Cross dodges it nicely.
Lemaitre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cross blocking the ground and pound attempt from Lemaitre.
Lemaitre thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Cross's head.
Lemaitre sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cross defending well though.
Lemaitre lands strikes from half guard.
Nice strikes from Lemaitre there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lemaitre missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Lemaitre throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cross is in trouble now - Lemaitre has advanced to mount!
Lemaitre postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cross looks a forlorn figure.
Cross wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Lemaitre cracks Cross with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Lemaitre landing punches.
Cross is rocked!
Cross tries to hold on but Lemaitre pushes him away.
Lemaitre raining down hammerfists from mount.
Oh Cross is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Lemaitre postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Cross bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Lemaitre and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Samir Lemaitre!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Samir Lemaitre waved his t-shirt featuring Bullet Proof System's logo in front of the cameras.
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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
49% |
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