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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between new colin buker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyson Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). new colin buker looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.
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180 cm
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180 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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187 cm
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193 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Intelligent |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Tends to cut |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, new colin buker! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Tyson Cross! The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! buker keeps the fight on the outside. Cross keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl. Cross punishes buker's body with a nice straight punch. Cross scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent. Cross tries to clinch but buker is having none of it. Cross shoots and misses
and buker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by buker. buker prevents Cross from breaking the clinch.
buker drags the fight down to the ground.
buker is breathing heavily. Cross trying to control but buker is working from the bottom. Cross is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. buker wants to get back to his feet but Cross is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cross thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Cross showing good wrestling skills to control the position. buker keeping full guard, as Cross tries to pass. buker can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cross controls the pace. buker keeping moving, preventing Cross from controlling successfully. Cross showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless. Cross wants to pass the guard but buker is keeping the position. Cross working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. buker keeping full guard, as Cross tries to pass.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Cross is persisting with the attempt to improve his position. Cross trying to control but buker is working from the bottom.
 Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Cross throws a sloppy head kick and buker moves out of range easily. Cross fails with the takedown. Cross closes the distance but buker moves to the side
and buker counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Cross's guard now. Cross tries to land a sweep but no joy. Cross controlling the position. Cross throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Cross trying to control the position.
Cross is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cross throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Cross looking for a sweep. Not yet Cross, not yet. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Cross wants to stand but buker is controlling the position.
 The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up. Cross fails with a takedown attempt. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
new colin buker dominated that round. The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
buker stuffs the takedown. buker swats away the attempt to clinch by Cross. buker thumps Cross with a low kick. Cross with a lazy takedown attempt
and buker counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by buker. buker being controlled here momentarily. Cross wants to stand but buker is controlling the position. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. buker wanted to stand there but Cross had control of the position.
 That's one minute gone in the round. buker won't allow Cross to sweep him here. Cross has a closed guard, preventing buker from standing up. Cross looking for a sweep. Not yet Cross, not yet. buker stops Cross from standing up. Cross is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
 Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. The fight stays on the outside here - Cross looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Cross tries to close the distance and clinch but buker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Cross fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt. new colin buker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Cross. Cross is looking to clinch. Cross shoots in and drives through. buker sprawls well. Cross shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and buker counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by buker. buker works on Cross's body with a couple of short punches. buker managing to block the knees to the body from Cross.
Cross tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. buker smiles and moves away.
Cross fakes the leg kick and cracks buker in the body.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Cross shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts buker as he jumps to the side.
buker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cross, pushing him back against the cage. Cross tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. buker just stands there and leans against the cage. Cross taking a breather. Cross looks to throw an elbow but misses.
buker breaks the clinch.
Cross tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and buker counters with a single leg into guard. Cross didn't expect that. Hammerfist, elbow! yells buker's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
 That's four minutes gone in the round. buker stopping the sweep attempt from Cross. Cross keeping moving, preventing buker from controlling successfully. buker has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cross is proving hard to escape from. Cross wants to sweep but no luck. buker wants to control from the top but Cross keeps moving. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
new colin buker dominated that second round. That's time! buker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Cross has a takedown stuffed. buker is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Cross tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and buker counters by clinching up. Cross manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cross is trying to break the clinch but buker has him pressed against the cage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors. Cross tries to pull guard but buker won't allow it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. buker can't break the clinch.
Cross looks to throw an elbow but misses.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Cross goes for a takedown in the clinch but buker prevents it.
new colin buker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyson Cross. Cross is looking for a takedown up against the cage. buker gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. Cross fails to pull the fight into his guard.
buker is pushing Cross up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Cross jumps guard but buker stands there with Cross around his waist. Cross gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Cross misses with a knee strike.
Cross changes levels and goes for a takedown here. buker fights it off and pushes away nicely.
new colin buker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Cross feints and then cracks buker's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow buker down. A chopping leg kick lands by Cross.
 That's two 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. buker tries to clinch there but Cross circles away.
Cross fails with the takedown
and buker counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground. Cross wants to stand but buker is controlling the position. Cross looking to control.
Cross wants to sweep here but buker controlling him for the moment. Cross controls buker momentarily but buker frees himself. buker stands and throws Cross's legs to the side, diving into side control.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. buker misses with the ground and pound. Cross struggling a bit here. Cross is trying to get back to half guard. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
 Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up. Cross throws a quick head kick that skims the top of buker's head. Cross wants to clinch up but buker keeps it at a distance. Cross doesn't succeed with the takedown
and buker counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Cross!
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Cross is trying to stand. Cross is trying to escape the mount.
Cross really doesn't want to stay on the ground with buker. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
And that's the end of the fight! new colin buker showed his dominance in that final round. Well buker has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision. Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 30:27 Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:27 Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... new colin buker!
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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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