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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Cross Furia (ranked 744 p4p, 84 weight class) and Arnold Layne (ranked 1545 p4p, 176 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cross Furia might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Vivaldi's Winter. Dante Cross Furia has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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265 lbs
29 - 17 - 1 |
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25
265 lbs
10 - 4 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
29 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dante Cross Furia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arnold Layne!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Cross Furia.
It looks like Arnold Layne has been cut.
Layne fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cross Furia manages to avoid it.
Cross Furia bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Cross Furia throws a head kick that misses.
Cross Furia jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Layne misses with a shot to the body
and Cross Furia counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cross Furia takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Cross Furia takes the fight into the clinch.
Cross Furia swings wildly with an uppercut but Layne uses good head movement to avoid it.
Layne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Layne told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Cross Furia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Layne breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cross Furia connects with the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Layne throws a shot from downtown. Cross Furia moves away and avoids it.
Layne throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cross Furia counters with a leg kick.
Cross Furia lands with a thumping leg kick.
Layne misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Layne takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cross Furia throws a head kick but Layne moves out of range.
Layne lands the left hand.
Layne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cross Furia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cross Furia swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Layne misses with a body shot.
Layne throws a good cross that connects.
Layne is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cross Furia rather than just go for the knockout.
Layne slips under a jab from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia walks into a jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Layne throws a hook but Cross Furia blocks it.
As Layne looks to move away, Cross Furia throws a big counter combo but Layne just gets out of the way.
Cross Furia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A countering left hand to the body from Layne misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Layne throws a lazy uppercut
and Cross Furia connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cross Furia misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cross Furia steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Layne.
Layne doesn't manage to clinch there - Cross Furia circles away.
Layne throws a hook to the side of Cross Furia's head but Cross Furia sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Arnold Layne seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Layne scores with a jab. Cross Furia acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cross Furia moves into range and clinches up with Layne.
Layne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cross Furia misses with the head strike.
Cross Furia scores with a shot to the side of Layne's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cross Furia lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Layne working some nice short punches in the clinch.
It looks like Dante Cross Furia has been cut.
Cross Furia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cross Furia is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Layne can't break the clinch.
Nice elbow from Layne.
Cross Furia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Layne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
I was talking to Cross Furia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Layne swings wildly with an uppercut but Cross Furia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cross Furia avoids the elbow strike from Layne, against the cage.
Layne lands with a short shot to the head.
Cross Furia blocks an elbow strike from Layne.
Cross Furia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cross Furia scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cross Furia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia tries a body shot but Layne blocks it.
Layne creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Layne throws a punch but it's blocked by Cross Furia.
Cross Furia landing knees to the head.
Cross Furia swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cross Furia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cross Furia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cross Furia tries to land a knee to the head but Layne blocks with his arms.
Cross Furia lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Layne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cross Furia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Layne blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cross Furia looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Layne throws a punch but it's blocked by Cross Furia.
Layne is trying to break the clinch but Cross Furia is controlling him.
Layne pushes off an throws an elbow but Cross Furia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Cross Furia dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Cross Furia throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Layne counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cross Furia throws a sloppy head kick
and Layne counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cross Furia is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Layne can do to turn this around?
Cross Furia feints and then cracks Layne's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Layne down.
Layne throws a poor cross that misses
and Cross Furia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cross Furia scores with a push kick.
Layne misses the shot to the body.
Layne swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cross Furia half committed to a counter leg kick.
Cross Furia displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Layne throws out the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cross Furia misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
It seemed like Layne was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Dante Cross Furia is winning the standup battle so far.
Layne ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cross Furia moves away.
Crunch! Cross Furia slams his shin into Layne's torso.
Layne lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Layne tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Layne throws a nice looking combination but Cross Furia bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cross Furia throwing a counter right hand but Layne manages to avoid it.
A head kick by Cross Furia misses
and Layne counters with a nice body shot.
Cross Furia avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cross Furia lands a nice shot to the body.
Cross Furia is looking to clinch.
Cross Furia connects with a leg kick. Layne looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Layne throws a hook but Cross Furia blocks it.
Cross Furia connects with a looping right hand.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cross Furia.
Layne misses with an uppercut
and Cross Furia counters with a good, hard body kick but Layne shrugs it off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cross Furia.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cross Furia. That's going to slow Layne down.
Layne thuds a left hand into Cross Furia's body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Layne tries to close the distance and clinch but Cross Furia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cross Furia scores with a nice strike.
That has opened up Arnold Layne's cut even more.
A swing and a miss from Layne.
Cross Furia tries to counter by clinching up but Layne breaks away and moves out of range.
Cross Furia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Layne at a distance.
Cross Furia dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Layne. That did some damage!
Layne throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cross Furia counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Layne's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Layne avoiding damage as Cross Furia throws knees to the body.
Layne lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Layne misses with a hook from the clinch.
Good body shot from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia lands a nice shot to the body.
Cross Furia misses with the head strike.
Cross Furia looking to throw knees to the head but Layne is blocking nicely.
Layne throws a head punch that misses.
A short body shot lands from Cross Furia as the two fighters clinch.
Cross Furia lands with a short shot to the head.
Cross Furia pushes Layne back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cross Furia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cross Furia lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cross Furia fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cross Furia tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cross Furia with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Layne pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Layne misses with a punch on the inside.
Layne lands with a short punch from the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Layne working aggressively here.
Cross Furia missing with knees to the body.
Layne misses with some punches.
Cross Furia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Layne blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cross Furia misses with a punch on the inside.
Layne avoids the elbow strike from Cross Furia, against the cage.
Cross Furia scores with a shot to the side of Layne's head.
Layne swings wildly with an uppercut but Cross Furia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cross Furia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cross Furia lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Layne or not.
Layne blocks a punch to the side of the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dante Cross Furia dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Cross Furia buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Layne throws out a loose jab but Cross Furia uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cross Furia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Layne in his tracks.
Layne darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cross Furia delivers a nice body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Cross Furia there.
Cross Furia is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Cross Furia throws an overhand right that lands on Layne's shoulder, as Layne tries to avoid the shot.
A nice side step and Layne releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cross Furia throws a combination that misses
and Layne counters with a crisp one two that drops Cross Furia! Layne thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Cross Furia to his feet! Cross Furia is in big trouble!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Layne swings widly with a right hand
and Cross Furia counters with a series of strikes. Layne will be more careful next time no doubt.
Layne misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cross Furia.
Layne throws a body punch but Cross Furia moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Layne misses with a lunging right hand
letting Cross Furia counter with a right hand.
Layne is rocked!
Cross Furia throws an uppercut from hell that sends Layne clean off his feet! He's out cold! Cross Furia stands back and admires his work as he thinks about that KO of the night award that is surely being wrapped up for him back stage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:13 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dante Cross Furia!
After winning the bout, Dante Cross Furia thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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