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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Henry Hall (ranked 1592 p4p, 1354 weight class) and Gus McCrae (ranked 194 p4p, 167 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 22 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry Hall!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of New York, Gus McCrae!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McCrae throws a right hand that misses
enabling Hall to counter with a crisp jab.
McCrae looks to land a right hand but Hall moved out of range.
Hall is looking to counter punch.
McCrae walks forward, straight into a front kick from Hall.
McCrae pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCrae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hall half committed to a counter leg kick.
Hall connects with an inside leg kick.
Gus McCrae seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hall lands a nice hook to McCrae's body. McCrae takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Hall slips a jab from McCrae.
McCrae missing with a left hand there. Hall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A counter left hand to the body from Hall misses its target.
McCrae scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hall scores with a nice right hand.
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!
Hall slips a jab from McCrae.
McCrae walks into a left hand.
Hall is looking to slow McCrae down with leg kicks.
McCrae throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A good leg kick by Hall.
McCrae rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Hall moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McCrae misses with a lunging right hand
and Hall makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
McCrae swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Hall chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hall is looking to slow McCrae down with leg kicks.
Hall stuns McCrae with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Hall lands a nice shot to the body.
McCrae takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
McCrae swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Hall looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
McCrae swings widly with a right hand
and Hall counters with a straight right hand.
McCrae closes the distance and clinches.
Hall blocking some punches.
McCrae is trying to maintain a safe position but Hall gets an underhook and turns McCrae into the cage.
Hall lands a body shot.
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCrae.
Hall lands with a light punch inside.
Hall lands a right hand.
McCrae misses with a hook to the ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A right hook to the body lands for McCrae.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hall.
McCrae working aggressively here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Hall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
McCrae swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Hall counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
McCrae takes a swing at Hall's ribcage but misses.
McCrae lands a nice shot that snaps Hall's head back.
McCrae misses with a hook
and Hall counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
McCrae catches Hall with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
McCrae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from McCrae.
McCrae digs a good hook to Hall's body.
McCrae takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Hall works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McCrae misses with a shot to the body
and Hall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCrae misses with a straight right.
Hall tries to keep at a distance but McCrae has taken the fight into the clinch.
McCrae throws a head punch that misses.
Hall lands with a short punch from the clinch.
McCrae is stalling here.
Hall misses with some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hall scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McCrae blocking some punches.
Hall lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McCrae backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Hall fails to land.
Hall lands a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Hall fails to land.
McCrae softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Hall swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCrae with an attempt at a knee that misses.
McCrae looking to stall.
Hall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Hall misses with a punch to the body.
McCrae misses with a knee strike.
Hall takes a shot to the head.
Hall working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A short uppercut from Hall.
The referee is keeping an eye on McCrae - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A head punch on the inside from McCrae fails to land.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCrae obliges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall lands a right hand.
Good body shot from Hall.
McCrae looks winded!
Hall lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A short left from Hall.
Hall lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Hall working some nice short punches in the clinch.
McCrae fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCrae blocks an uppercut.
Hall makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
McCrae is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
McCrae wants to stall.
McCrae working aggressively here.
Hall scores with a shoulder strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A hook to the body from Hall.
McCrae misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right hand to the body from Hall.
Hall lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Hall makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Hall dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Hall scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hall is looking to slow McCrae down with leg kicks.
McCrae missing with a left hand there. Hall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCrae throws a jab but it's blocked by Hall.
Hall with the inside leg kick.
McCrae swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCrae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from McCrae.
Hall circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hall appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Hall lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
McCrae's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McCrae throws a poor cross that misses
and Hall counters with a nice uppercut.
McCrae throws a lazy uppercut
and Hall counters with a nice low kick that buckles McCrae's knee momentarily.
Hall slips a jab from McCrae.
Good standup being displayed there by Hall as he connects with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hall scores with a jab. McCrae acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Hall slips a straight right by McCrae.
Hall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from McCrae 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.
McCrae takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
McCrae tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hall manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Hall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Hall is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that McCrae can do to turn this around?
Hall displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as McCrae throws out the jab.
Jab from Hall.
McCrae takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McCrae uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hall.
Hall dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on McCrae. That did some damage!
McCrae slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Hall defending well as McCrae loads up on a big left hand.
Hall uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McCrae.
McCrae misses with a looping right.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hall.
McCrae listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Hall defending well as McCrae loads up on a big left hand.
Hall has McCrae up against the cage in a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hall lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hall lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McCrae.
McCrae pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hall blocks a body shot from McCrae.
A head punch on the inside from McCrae fails to land.
Hall digs a right hand underneath McCrae's ribcage. McCrae let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McCrae is breathing heavily.
McCrae has a couple of punches blocked by Hall.
Hall lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hall lands a hook that snaps the head of McCrae backwards.
Hall lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
McCrae looking to throw knees to the head but Hall is blocking nicely.
Hall lands a nice uppercut.
Hall scores with a shoulder strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hall.
Hall lands a body shot.
Hall misses with a body punch.
Hall breaks the clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hall. McCrae shrugs it off though.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Hall - that will leave a mark!
Hall scores with a body shot.
McCrae takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCrae on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Henry Hall is winning the standup battle so far.
Hall lands a leg kick that knocks McCrae off balance momentarily.
Hall with a jab.
McCrae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from McCrae.
Hall turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
McCrae swings away with a body shot that misses
and Hall counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hall scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McCrae on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
McCrae misses with a hook.
McCrae shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A chopping leg kick lands by Hall.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hall. McCrae shrugs it off though.
Hall steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McCrae.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCrae misses with a straight left.
McCrae throws out a loose jab but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCrae throws a looping overhand right but Hall ducks down to avoid it.
Hall was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hall connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hall fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McCrae stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hall.
McCrae on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hall. Hall obviously looking to wear him down.
McCrae misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Hall counters with a nice kick to the body.
McCrae misses with an uppercut
enabling Hall to counter with a crisp jab.
Hall scores with a jab to the jaw.
McCrae throws a hook but Hall avoids it easily.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hall.
McCrae misses with a hook
and Hall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McCrae tries to clinch but Hall moves out of range.
McCrae looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
McCrae gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
McCrae sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hall scores with a hook to the body. McCrae takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Hall throws a shot to the body.
McCrae takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Henry Hall dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Hall comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McCrae on the wrong end of a nice jab.
McCrae wants to slow Hall down by chopping away at his legs.
Hall throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hall bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hall fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McCrae looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Hall lands a right hook to the body.
McCrae takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Hall's Muay Thai looks sharper than normal. He has obviously been working on it in the gym.
Hall throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Hall delivers a nice body kick.
McCrae has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
An inside leg kick lands from Hall.
A big left from McCrae misses.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Hall. McCrae shrugs it off though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hall throws a leg kick which misses McCrae's front leg but catches the back leg as McCrae tries to avoid it.
Hall digs a good body shot into McCrae's ribs.
McCrae takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Hall ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McCrae takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Hall lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCrae moves to clinch but Hall breaks away
and Hall makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Hall slips a jab from McCrae.
As McCrae looks to move away, Hall throws a big counter combo but McCrae just gets out of the way.
McCrae has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Hall.
McCrae chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hall can pounce on him.
McCrae tries to clinch but Hall is having none of it.
McCrae misses with an uppercut
and Hall connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
McCrae on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Hall. Hall obviously looking to wear him down.
McCrae swats away the attempt to clinch by Hall.
McCrae walks into a straight right hand from Hall.
Hall gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Hall changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hall scores with a jab.
McCrae swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McCrae tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hall was well out of range. Poor timing from McCrae.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hall's jab looks to have found its range, popping McCrae under the eye.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jab, jab by Hall - just one landing.
McCrae throws an off balance right hand
and Hall cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
McCrae tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Hall counters with a straight right hand.
Hall with a nice cross.
Hall scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Hall lands a leg kick that knocks McCrae off balance momentarily.
A jab from McCrae misses.
Hall blocks a leg kick.
Hall lands a nice shot that snaps McCrae's head back.
Nice defenses there by Hall.
Hall connects with a body shot that sends McCrae's belly button to the back.
McCrae misses with a double jab
and Hall counters with a solid body kick.
Gus McCrae has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hall jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Henry Hall is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCrae takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
McCrae misses with a lunging right hand
and Hall counters with a nice uppercut.
McCrae just misses with a punch to the body.
Hall lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
McCrae missing with a left hand there. Hall was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McCrae has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hall.
McCrae misses with a right hand
and Hall counters with a straight right hand.
Hall lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McCrae takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McCrae throws a poor cross that misses
and Hall counters with a lovely shot to the body.
McCrae's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Hall connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McCrae scrambles back to his feet.
McCrae misses with a right hand
and Hall counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A slapping body kick lands there for Hall.
Hall connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
McCrae tried to score with a low kick but Hall checks it.
Hall circles away from the clinch attempt.
McCrae misses with an uppercut
and Hall counters with a left to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCrae takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
The crowd cheers as Hall lands an impressive looking overhand right. McCrae doesn't seem phased though.
McCrae wants to clinch up but Hall keeps it at a distance.
Hall half committed to a counter leg kick.
Hall scores with a push kick.
McCrae tries to clinch up but Hall circles away and keeps his distance.
A nice leg kick lands there from Hall.
Hall scores with a jab.
McCrae takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McCrae throws out a loose jab but Hall uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCrae moves forwards but Hall connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McCrae bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
McCrae swings for the body but Hall moves out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCrae misses with a hook
and Hall counters with a nice uppercut.
Hall connects with a body shot.
Hall digs a good body shot into McCrae's ribs.
McCrae misses with a hook
and Hall counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hall connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Henry Hall showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hall 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 Paul Aken scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Henry Hall!
A relieved looking Henry Hall thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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