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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Nick Dalton (ranked 931 p4p, 1792 weight class) and Dany Crosby (ranked 148 p4p, 273 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 8 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Dalton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 24 - 4, fighting out of Sydney, Dany Crosby!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dalton tries to close the distance and clinch up but Crosby swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Crosby misses with a hook.
Dalton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crosby on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Dalton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Crosby at a distance.
Dalton has closed the distance and engaged Crosby in a clinch.
Dalton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crosby makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crosby throws a head punch that misses.
Dalton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Dalton lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dalton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crosby's elbow.
Crosby misses with a punch to the body.
Dalton lands a shoulder strike.
Dalton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby blocks an uppercut.
Dalton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Dalton presses Crosby against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Crosby swings wildly with an uppercut but Dalton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dalton misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Dalton.
Dalton lands with a right to the head.
Dalton prevents a body shot from Crosby.
Crosby misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crosby scores with a shoulder strike.
Dalton jumps guard but Crosby stands there with Dalton around his waist. Dalton gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Dalton misses with a punch on the inside.
Crosby throws a head punch that misses.
Dalton jumps into guard, dragging Crosby to the mat.
Dalton controls Crosby momentarily but Crosby frees himself.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Crosby trying to control but Dalton is working from the bottom.
Crosby postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby trying to control but Dalton is working from the bottom.
Dalton wants to sweep here but Crosby controlling him for the moment.
Dalton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Crosby trying to control but Dalton is working from the bottom.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Dalton not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Dalton lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Crosby at a distance.
Dalton throws a big shot that misses.
Crosby throws out a counter right but Dalton avoids it with no problem.
Crosby swings for the body but Dalton moves out of range.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dalton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It seemed like Crosby was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crosby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dalton moves away.
Dalton lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Dalton connects with a body shot.
Dalton scores with a punch to the head.
Dalton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Dalton there as he acknowledges the shot.
Dalton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dalton goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dalton has his takedown stuffed
and Crosby counters with a left to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Dalton. Crosby does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dalton with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Crosby to score with a decent uppercut.
It looks like Nick Dalton has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dalton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crosby manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dalton is looking to clinch.
Dalton connects with a high kick.
Jab from Dalton.
Dalton connects with a looping right hand.
Dalton throws a head kick but Crosby moves out of range.
Nice shot by Dalton.
Dalton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Dalton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Dalton fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Dalton lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dalton with a hook.
Dalton thows a body kick. Crosby tries to catch it but that hurt him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Dalton dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nick Dalton's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Dalton throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Dalton misses the body punch
and Crosby counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dalton looks for the body kick but Crosby saw that one coming.
Crosby steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Dalton.
Dalton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crosby manages to avoid it.
Dalton looks to throw a body kick
and Crosby counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've been told by Dalton's head coaches at The House Of Pain that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Dalton is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crosby can do to turn this around?
Dalton throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crosby moves into range and clinches up with Dalton.
Crosby lands with a right to the head.
Crosby prevents a body shot from Dalton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalton throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crosbys head.
Dalton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Dalton fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Dalton blocks an uppercut.
Dalton lands a shot to the body.
Dalton prevents a body shot from Crosby.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Dalton.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dalton misses with some punches.
Crosby lands a right hand that snaps the head of Dalton backwards.
Dalton tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Crosby just stands there and leans against the ropes.
Crosby misses with the head strike.
Crosby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crosby goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Dalton throws a punch but it's blocked by Crosby.
A nice left hand lands by Crosby.
Crosby blocking some punches.
Crosby lands a hook that snaps the head of Dalton backwards.
Crosby misses with the head strike.
Dany Crosby seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Dalton lands a body shot.
Dalton has a couple of punches blocked by Crosby.
Dalton jumps guard and drags Crosby to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Dalton had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Crosby defends it easily.
Crosby is looking to stand up but Dalton won't let him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby looking to sit in guard and control but Dalton gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Crosby is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dalton trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crosby is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Dalton is controlling him.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Crosby working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Dalton.
Crosby is looking to stand up but Dalton isn't so interested in that idea.
Crosby really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Dalton. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Dalton is looking to work some ground and pound but Crosby has wrist control.
Dalton has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Crosby is adopting a defensive guard.
Dalton wants to control from the top but Crosby keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dalton stopping the sweep attempt from Crosby.
Dalton looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Crosby working a defensive guard here.
Dalton trying to control the position from guard on top but Crosby is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dalton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crosby moves into range and clinches up with Dalton.
Crosby misses with a punch to the body.
Dalton swings wildly with an uppercut but Crosby uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dalton tries to throw a body punch but Crosby avoids it by throwing Dalton back against the ropes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Crosby.
Dalton misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crosby.
Dalton misses with a body punch.
Crosby misses with some punches.
Crosby misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crosby gets through Dalton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Crosby pushes Dalton back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Crosby scores with a nice short uppercut.
Crosby tries to throw a body punch but Dalton avoids it by throwing Crosby back against the ropes.
Dalton misses with some punches.
Dalton jumps into guard, dragging Crosby to the mat.
Crosby trying to control the position from guard on top but Dalton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dalton wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Dany Crosby will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Nick Dalton's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Oooooh!!! Crosby has knocked Dalton down with a huge combo! Crosby steps away and waves a wobbly Dalton back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Dalton is rocked!
Dalton circles to his right, straight into a beautiful hook by Crosby. Dalton falls face first into the canvas - great knockout victory for Crosby!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dany Crosby!
Dany Crosby thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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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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