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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Simon Cross (ranked 4488 p4p, 23817 weight class) and Litas Lewis Moe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross comes to the cage accompanied by Irregular God. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Simon Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Litas Lewis Moe!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Tiny Johnson and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lewis Moe moves into range and clinches up with Cross.
Cross goes for a takedown in the clinch but Lewis Moe prevents it.
Cross wants a takedown.
Lewis Moe taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Cross tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Simon Cross. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lewis Moe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cross stuffs the takedown attempt from Lewis Moe. Lewis Moe gets slowly back to his feet.
Lewis Moe fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Lewis Moe dives in and grabs Cross's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cross pushes down on Lewis Moe's head and hops out.
Cross defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Lewis Moe.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cross closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Lewis Moe to the mat! Lewis Moe manages to get full guard.
Cross is stalling in the full guard.
Our spies down at at Brotherhood MMA inform us that Lewis Moe has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Cross passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross is looking for a kimura here.
Cross is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Lewis Moe sees it coming and defends easily.
Lewis Moe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cross. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Lewis Moe wants to control but Cross is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Cross passes the guard and advances to mount!
Cross fails to take his opponent's back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross is working hard here to advance position.
Lewis Moe tries to hold on but Cross postures up.
Lewis Moe prevents Cross from taking his back.
Cross has control of Lewis Moe's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Lewis Moe regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Cross wants to control the pace but Lewis Moe is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lewis Moe is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cross controlling his opponent.
Cross has control of Lewis Moe's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Lewis Moe regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Lewis Moe is squirming around, avoiding Cross's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cross is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Lewis Moe has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Cross throws some shoulder strikes here and then postures up. Oh, he's gone for an armbar! Lewis Moe has his hands clasped together but Cross breaks the hold and Lewis Moe is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaaaaaall over! That was lightning fast by Cross!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Simon Cross!
Simon Cross spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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