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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dany Crosby (ranked 62 p4p, 161 weight class) and Wilfredo Wild (ranked 11 p4p, 20 weight class). Wild has chosen Cypress Hill - Trouble as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 41 - 30 - 4, fighting out of Sydney, Dany Crosby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 37 - 18 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Wilfredo Wild!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Ren Mimura and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Wild misses.
Crosby looks to throw the jab but Wild is out of range.
Crosby just misses with a punch to the body.
Crosby ducks under a wild hook from Wild.
Wild circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wild scores with a decent looking hook.
Wild misses with a right hand
and Crosby holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crosby throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Wilds head.
Crosby has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Crosby softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wild.
Crosby scores with a shoulder strike.
Wild tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crosby's elbow.
Crosby lands a left hand.
Wild ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Wild no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wild being controlled here, momentarily.
Crosby continues to stall.
Wild has his foot on Crosby's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Crosby works his way back into a safe position though.
Crosby controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Wild looking for a guillotine here but Crosby defends easily.
Wild looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Wild looking for a guillotine here but Crosby defends easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wild has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Crosby can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Wild being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wild had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Crosby defends it easily.
Crosby engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Wild keeping moving, preventing Crosby from controlling successfully.
Wild working for a triangle but Crosby defends it easily.
Crosby has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Crosby looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Wild keeping moving, preventing Crosby from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Wild is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Crosby slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Crosby gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Wild takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Wilfredo Wild has been cut.
Wild throws the left hand but Crosby avoids the punch easily.
A counter left hand to the body from Crosby misses its target.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wild misses with a right hand
and Wild takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wild throws a hook but Crosby avoids it easily.
It looked like Crosby wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dany Crosby dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wilfredo Wild's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Crosby uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wild.
Crosby wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Crosby lands a right hook to the body.
Wild swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Crosby counters with a nice uppercut.
Wild throws a good cross that connects.
We've been informed that Wild has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Wilfredo Wild seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good standup being displayed there by Crosby as he connects with a hook.
Crosby swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wild tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crosby was well out of range. Poor timing from Wild.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crosby throws a nice outside leg kick.
Crosby ducks under a wild hook from Wild.
As Wild backs away, Crosby returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Crosby moves out of range as Wild strikes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wild moves out of range of the strikes.
Crosby slips a jab from Wild.
Crosby appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Crosby lands a nice shot that snaps Wild's head back.
Wild slips a straight right by Crosby.
A jab from Crosby misses.
Wild's jab looks to have found its range, popping Crosby under the eye.
Wild lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Wild throws a jab but it's blocked by Crosby.
Wild cracks Crosby with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby ducks under a wild hook from Wild.
Crosby misses with a hook to the body
and Wild cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crosby takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wild throws a jab when Crosby was well out of range.
Crosby connects with a nice looking jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crosby. Wild does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wild lands a nice shot that snaps Crosby's head back.
Wild ducks under a wild hook from Crosby.
Crosby bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Wild's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crosby ducks under a wild hook from Wild.
Crosby avoids the body shot from Wild.
Wilfredo Wild seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wild takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Crosby misses with a hook
and Wild connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crosby drops Wild with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Wild looks back up at him and smiles so Crosby waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Wild is rocked!
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!
Crosby pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
It seemed like Wild was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wild might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wild misses with a hook
and Crosby counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Crosby misses with a straight left.
Wild swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wild lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Crosby circles away quickly and effectively.
Crosby is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wild can do to turn this around?
Jab by Wild.
Crosby walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wild tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crosby was well out of range. Poor timing from Wild.
Crosby is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Wild.
A cross from Crosby lands.
Wild throws a hook but Crosby avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Crosby on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crosby. Wild does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wild waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crosby.
Crosby throwing a counter right hand but Wild manages to avoid it.
Crosby throws an off balance right hand
and Wild counters with a stiff right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Dany Crosby will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Wilfredo Wild's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Crosby keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crosby doesn't manage to clinch there - Wild circles away.
Crosby misses with a right hand
letting Wild counter with a right hand.
Crosby avoids the body shot from Wild.
Crosby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crosby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wild.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crosby scores with a sloppy right hand. Wild should have avoided that one.
A jab from Crosby misses.
Crosby uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Wild.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Wild.
Crosby avoids the body shot from Wild.
Crosby misses with an uppercut
and Wild counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Crosby misses with a body shot.
Wild uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crosby.
Wild throws an off balance right hand
enabling Crosby to counter with a crisp jab.
Wild scores with a nice strike.
Crosby slips under a jab.
It looked like Crosby was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wild.
Nice straight punches there by Wild. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Wild.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby throws a hook but Wild avoids it easily.
A big right from Wild misses.
Crosby seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Wild throws a right hand that Crosby ducks under and follows up with a left that Crosby also avoids with ease.
Wild misses with an uppercut. Crosby saw that one coming.
Wild thows a left - swing and a miss!
Crosby is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Wild fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Crosby on the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crosby misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wild.
Wild scores with a hook.
Wild throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wild throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wild misses with a wild body shot.
Crosby throws a body punch but Wild moves out of range.
Wild looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Crosby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wild throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Crosby on the side of the head.
Crosby scores with a nice strike.
Wild throws a right hand that misses
and Crosby counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Wild misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Wild misses the target.
Wild is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Crosby takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wild lands with a nice body punch.
Wild tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crosby was well out of range. Poor timing from Wild.
Wild listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wild takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Crosby uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wild.
Crosby is looking to counter punch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wilfredo Wild really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wilfredo Wild's cut.
That's time! Crosby's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Crosby misses the shot to the body.
Wild with a hook.
Crosby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wild throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Crosby appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Crosby tries to clinch but Wild is having none of it.
Wild swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Wild on the wrong end of a nice jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crosby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wild moves away.
Crosby tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wild manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Wild lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wild keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wild loads up on a big right hand but Crosby slips the punch.
It looked like Crosby wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Wild throws a big shot that misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Crosby misses the target.
It seemed like Wild was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Wild lands with a right hand.
Wild rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Crosby moves into the clinch.
Crosby blocks a body shot from Wild.
Crosby makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wild lands a nice uppercut.
Crosby lands a nice shot to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Crosby creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wild misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wild doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crosby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Wild lands a nice uppercut.
Crosby scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crosby lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Crosby fails to land.
Wild tries to work over Crosby's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crosby pushes Wild back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wild misses with the head strike.
Crosby makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Wild is still on wobbly legs! Can Crosby finish him?
Crosby struggles to land a body shot inside as Wild controls his hands.
Wild seems to have recovered his senses.
Crosby has a couple of punches blocked by Wild.
Crosby looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Wild tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crosby's elbow.
Crosby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wild's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Crosby swings wildly with an uppercut but Wild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crosby lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Crosby lands with a left to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crosby gets through Wild's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Dany Crosby has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Wild lands a body shot.
Wild can't find room to land a body shot as Crosby controls the action.
Crosby misses with a punch to the body.
Crosby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wild misses with a punch on the inside.
Wild misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wild.
Wild goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crosby scores with a shot to the side of Wild's head.
Wild misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crosby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A shot in the inside from Crosby.
Wild throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Wild.
Crosby gets through Wild's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wild tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crosby's elbow.
Crosby swings wildly with an uppercut but Wild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wild tries to throw a body punch but Crosby avoids it by throwing Wild back against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crosby swings wildly with an uppercut but Wild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crosby lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Wild backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Crosby.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wild throws a punch but it's blocked by Crosby.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Wild.
Crosby misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wild blocks a body shot from Crosby.
Wild blocks a body shot from Crosby.
Wild tries to throw a body punch but Crosby avoids it by throwing Wild back against the cage.
Wild blocking some punches.
Crosby throws a punch but it's blocked by Wild.
Crosby lands a hook to the side of the head.
Wild throws a punch but it's blocked by Crosby.
Wild is trying to pull guard but Crosby turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Crosby - that landed with a thud.
Wild is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
Crosby swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crosby swings wildly with an uppercut but Wild uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crosby lands with a short shot to the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dany Crosby had his way with Wilfredo Wild in that round.
The cut man is working on Wilfredo Wild's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Crosby moves into the clinch successfully.
Crosby blocking some punches.
Crosby lands a body punch.
Crosby lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Crosby breaks from the clinch.
Crosby circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Wild to the canvas! Wild doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Crosby keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dany Crosby!
Dany Crosby thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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hype
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