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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Maury Richard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Crane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Richard comes to the cage accompanied by Good Old Hockey Game. Crane comes into a darkened arena with his song building. The Fall of Troy - F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X. kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Stephen Crane told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Maury Richard !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Stephen Crane!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Richard shoots in looking for a takedown. Crane tries to sprawl out of it but Richard keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crane manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Crane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crane has managed to clinch.
Crane tries a knee to the head but Richard blocks it.
Richard is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Crane pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Crane misses with a knee strike.
Crane misses with a knee strike.
Richard has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Crane is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maury Richard . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Crane putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Richard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Richard avoids the damage to the body.
Crane lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Maury Richard has been cut.
Richard managing to block the knees to the body from Crane.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but Richard blocks with his arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crane landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Crane working Richard over with knees to the body.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Richard is working for takedown but Crane is calmly controlling the position for now.
Crane scores with a knee to the head.
Crane utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Richard managing to block the knees to the body from Crane.
Richard pulls guard.
Crane throws a strike but Richard rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Crane has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Richard can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richard stays in close to Crane's body and controls the position.
Crane has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Richard advances position into side control!
Richard tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Richard has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Richard is breathing heavily.
Crane is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Richard has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Crane manages to get back to half guard.
Richard is looking to stall here but Crane recovers full guard.
Crane wants to stand but Richard is controlling the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richard wants to control from the top but Crane keeps moving.
Crane is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Richard is controlling him.
Richard forces his way into half guard.
Crane looking for submissions off his back.
Richard prevents Crane from standing back up.
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.
Richard is trying to control. Crane wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Crane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crane has taken the fight to the clinch.
Richard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Crane pulls his leg out and moves away.
Richard keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Richard paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crane fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Crane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Maury Richard 's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Crane tries to clinch up.
Crane tries to clinch up but Richard circles away and keeps his distance.
Crane doesn't manage to clinch there - Richard circles away.
Crane wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Richard circles away from the clinch attempt.
Richard fails with a takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crane leaves Richard with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Crane instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Richard avoids it.
Crane misses with a knee to the head.
Crane crunches a lovely knee into Richard 's ribcage.
Richard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Richard is working for takedown but Crane is calmly controlling the position for now.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maury Richard . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crane misses with a knee to the head.
Crane is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Crane misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Richard .
Crane managing to block the knees to the body from Richard .
Crane connects with a knee to the head.
Crane putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Richard in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Crane connects with a knee to the head.
Richard on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Crane tries a knee to the head but Richard blocks it.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Richard is trying to drag Crane to the mat but Crane just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crane lands an elbow just above Richard 's eye.
Crane landing knees to the head.
Crane lands a damaging elbow.
Crane lands a damaging elbow.
Crane using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Richard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Richard takes a knee to the side of the body.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Crane with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but Richard blocks with his arms.
Richard tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Crane smiles and moves away.
Crane wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Crane tries to clinch there but Richard circles away.
Crane wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Maury Richard is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crane wants to clinch up but Richard keeps it at a distance.
Crane doesn't manage to clinch there - Richard circles away.
That's four 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.
Richard shoots in and drives through. Crane sprawls well.
Crane keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Crane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch but Richard swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crane tries to clinch up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crane tries to clinch but Richard moves out of range.
Crane clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stephen Crane showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Maury Richard 's cut.
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!
Crane is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crane tries to clinch up but Richard circles away and keeps his distance.
Crane is looking to clinch but Richard is avoiding it.
Crane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Richard swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Richard swats away the attempt to clinch by Crane.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crane fails in his attempt to clinch.
Richard fails with the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crane defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Richard .
Richard keeps the fight on the outside.
Crane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Richard shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Crane as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maury Richard . That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crane wants to clinch.
Crane drives through and clinches with Richard against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Crane unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crane is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Richard is defending well for now.
Crane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Richard avoids the damage to the body.
Crane landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crane landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Stephen Crane seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Richard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crane trying to land knees to the body.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Richard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crane with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crane landing knees to the body.
Crane throws a knee to the head but misses.
Richard is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Crane lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crane tries a knee to the head but Richard blocks it.
Crane tries to land a knee to the head but Richard blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Crane.
Knees to the body from Crane.
Crane is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Crane lands a knee to the body.
Crane looking to throw knees to the head but Richard is blocking nicely.
Crane landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Crane tries a knee to the head but Richard blocks it.
Richard has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Crane avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Richard tries for a takedown but Crane manages to get underhooks.
Crane throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Richard blocks it with crossed arms.
Crane tries to land knees in the clinch but Richard avoids the damage to the body.
Crane throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Richard fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Richard fails to pull guard.
Richard blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Richard is working for takedown but Crane is calmly controlling the position for now.
Stephen Crane is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Crane obliges.
Richard has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Crane avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Maury Richard has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crane unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crane misses with a knee to the head.
Crane with a knee to the head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crane using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Richard has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crane tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Richard lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Richard avoiding damage as Crane throws knees to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stephen Crane comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Crane winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stephen Crane!
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hype
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FIGHT
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