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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Arjun Crosby (ranked 3118 p4p, 5271 weight class) and Louis Drieux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Arjun Crosby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Louis Drieux!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Dirk Anderson and Sandra Marshall.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crosby moves in looking to clinch but Drieux pushes him off.
Crosby has Drieux up against the cage in a clinch.
Drieux wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Drieux is trying to break free.
Drieux manages to break the clinch.
Arjun Crosby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crosby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crosby tries to clinch but Drieux moves out of range.
Crosby bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Drieux throws a big shot that misses.
Crosby throws a jab but it's blocked by Drieux.
Drieux throws out a counter right but Crosby avoids it with no problem.
Crosby tries to clinch but Drieux is having none of it.
Drieux defending well as Crosby loads up on a big left hand.
Drieux looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crosby rushes Drieux and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Drieux can't break the clinch.
Crosby lands a shot to the body.
Drieux has had enough of the clinch but Crosby keeps him there for the moment.
Drieux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crosby ducks under a wild hook from Drieux.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby tries to clinch up but Drieux circles away and keeps his distance.
Crosby tries to clinch up.
Crosby moves into the clinch.
Crosby scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crosby lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Drieux pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice body punch from Crosby.
Crosby moves into the clinch.
Drieux has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Drieux is trying to break the clinch but Crosby is controlling him.
Drieux has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crosby prevents Drieux from breaking the clinch.
Crosby keeps control of Drieux as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crosby lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good body shot from Crosby.
Crosby lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Drieux backwards.
Crosby breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Drieux swats away the attempt to clinch by Crosby.
Drieux swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Drieux circles away from the clinch attempt
and Drieux counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crosby digs a good body shot into Drieux's ribs.
Crosby works the jab nicely.
It looks like Louis Drieux has been cut.
Crosby tries to clinch up.
Drieux cracks Crosby with a right hand to the side of the head.
Drieux is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Drieux lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big left from Crosby misses.
Drieux lands with an overhand left.
Drieux connects with a good right hand that stumbles Crosby. Crosby circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Crosby lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Drieux at a distance.
Crosby tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Drieux paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Drieux misses.
Drieux avoids the body shot from Crosby.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crosby wants to clinch up but Drieux keeps it at a distance.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Crosby.
Drieux 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.
Crosby clinches with his opponent.
Crosby keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Drieux's efforts to push away.
Crosby keeps control of Drieux as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Drieux wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Good body shot from Crosby.
Drieux tries to break the clinch but Crosby is controlling the position.
Crosby tries to throw a body punch but Drieux avoids it by throwing Crosby back against the cage.
Crosby lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right from Crosby.
Crosby has Drieux pressed against the cage, preventing Drieux from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A nice right hand lands inside from Crosby.
Drieux is trying to break the clinch but Crosby is controlling him.
Crosby pushes Drieux back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Crosby.
Drieux is trying to break free.
Crosby lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crosby prevents Drieux from breaking the clinch.
Drieux looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Drieux tries to break free but Crosby pushes him back against the cage.
Crosby stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Crosby looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Crosby lands a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Drieux has had enough of the clinch but Crosby keeps him there for the moment.
Crosby lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Drieux or not.
Drieux looks winded!
Crosby prevents Drieux from breaking the clinch.
Drieux is trying to break free.
Crosby throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Drieuxs head.
Drieux working hard to break the clinch.
Crosby lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Crosby throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Drieux tries to circle away but Crosby has him pinned against the cage.
Drieux has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crosby lands a right hand.
Crosby lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Arjun Crosby dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Louis Drieux's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Drieux throws an overhand right that lands on Crosby's shoulder, as Crosby tries to avoid the shot.
Crosby clinches up with Drieux and pushes him back against the cage.
A short right from Crosby.
Crosby lands a nice uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Crosby.
A short body shot lands from Crosby as the two fighters clinch.
Crosby scores with a shot to the side of Drieux's head.
Drieux is rocked!
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Drieux in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Crosby lands a shoulder strike.
Drieux is still on wobbly legs! Can Crosby finish him?
Crosby lands a right hand that snaps the head of Drieux backwards.
Crosby lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Drieux looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Crosby throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Drieuxs head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crosby lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Drieux's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Crosby lands a body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Crosby creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Crosby creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Drieux with a big uppercut! Drieux tries to clinch up but Crosby pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Drieux to the mat! Drieux covers up and Crosby unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Arjun Crosby!
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