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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Francesco Crescenzo (ranked 24701 p4p, 2769 weight class) and Milton Hale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francesco Crescenzo has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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184 cm 30 145 4 - 4 - 0 |
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165 cm 25 156 0 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt Brawler Experienced |
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Good wrestler Excellent MT Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Francesco Crescenzo! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Milton Hale! The judges for this bout are Skip Squint, Francis DeMontford and Bruno Hogan.
 The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Crescenzo tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Crescenzo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Hale manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Milton Hale seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Hale connects with a jab.
 Crescenzo is rocked! Crescenzo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Hale but Hale pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Hale darts in and clinches Crescenzo up against the cage. Crescenzo is trying to break the clinch but Hale has him pressed against the cage. Hale swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Hale lands an uppercut. Oh Crescenzo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Crescenzo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crescenzo seems to have got his legs back now. Hale presses Crescenzo against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Hale scores with a shot to the side of Crescenzo's head. A short uppercut from Hale. Crescenzo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crescenzo is working for takedown but Hale is calmly controlling the position for now. Hale working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Hale misses with some punches.
Crescenzo is looking to take this one to the mat. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Francesco Crescenzo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
 That's one minute gone in the round. Hale misses with a punch on the inside.
Crescenzo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hale throws a punch but it's blocked by Crescenzo. Hale scores with a shoulder strike. A head punch on the inside from Hale fails to land. Hale fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Hale cracks Crescenzo with a nice body shot. Hale working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hale drops Crescenzo onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Crescenzo is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet! Crescenzo is breathing heavily. This has been an exciting period of action! Hale creates a bit of distance for himself, with Crescenzo pressed up against the cage and cracks Crescenzo with a massive uppercut! Crescenzo goes down! He's out cold! Wow, that was some serious power there by Hale!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Milton Hale!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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