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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between David Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rex Munroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rex Munroe has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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193 lbs
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200 cm
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186 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Determined |
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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
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, David Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Rex Munroe!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cross lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Munroe has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Munroe and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A leg kick checked by Munroe.
Munroe lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Cross drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Munroe throws a hook to the side of Cross's head but Cross sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cross lands with a nice body kick.
Munroe is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cross is looking to clinch.
Horrible takedown by Cross or perhaps it was just good defense by Munroe which made him look bad.
Cross doesn't manage to clinch there - Munroe circles away.
Munroe throws a hook but Cross avoids it easily.
Cross moves in looking to clinch but Munroe pushes him off.
A jab lands there for Cross.
Munroe throws a right and a left that Cross avoids nicely.
Cross throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Munroe was covering up waiting for the punch and Cross finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Cross is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Munroe keeping moving, preventing Cross from controlling successfully.
Cross controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cross pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Munroe is keeping the position for now.
Munroe keeping moving, preventing Cross from controlling successfully.
Cross tries to free his leg and advance position but Munroe is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross stops Munroe from standing up.
Cross stays in close to Munroe's body and controls the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cross forces his way into half guard.
Cross controlling the action here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of David Cross.
Cross listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cross moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cross tries to clinch there but Munroe circles away.
Munroe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cross.
Cross jabs at Munroe's body.
Cross tries to clinch but Munroe is having none of it.
Cross tries to clinch but Munroe moves out of range.
Nice shot by Cross.
Munroe keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Munroe slips a jab from Cross.
Cross tries to close the distance and clinch but Munroe swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Munroe has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Munroe there as he acknowledges the shot.
Cross dodges the punch combination from Munroe.
Munroe keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cross looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Munroe is fending him off so far but Cross persists. Nope, Munroe circles away and we're back to standing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that David Cross will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cross thows a body shot but no joy.
Munroe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cross.
David Cross seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Munroe doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cross shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Munroe pinned against the cage. Munroe gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Munroe swinging wildly here.
Cross wants to clinch up but Munroe keeps it at a distance.
Cross swinging wildly here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Munroe avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cross looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Munroe is controlling Cross's posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cross postures up in Munroe's guard and throws a big left but Munroe blocks it.
Cross wants to pass the guard but Munroe is keeping the position.
Cross is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cross trying to control the position from guard on top but Munroe is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cross preventing the sweep.
Cross looking to pass the guard.
Cross stays in close to Munroe's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Cross wants to control from the top but Munroe keeps moving.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of David Cross.
Cross tries a low kick but Munroe avoids it.
Cross drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cross trying to control but Munroe is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cross stays in close to Munroe's body and controls the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Cross dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Cross tries to clinch up.
Cross moves in looking to clinch but Munroe pushes him off.
A telegraphed right hand from Munroe misses the target.
Munroe blocks a jab.
Munroe ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Munroe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cross sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Munroe keeps the fight on the outside.
Munroe blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cross missing with a left hand there. Munroe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Munroe tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cross was well out of range. Poor timing from Munroe.
Cross tries to clinch there but Munroe circles away.
Cross tries to clinch up but Munroe circles away and keeps his distance.
Cross lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Munroe at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross slips a jab and a cross from Munroe.
Cross tries to clinch up.
Cross blocks a leg kick.
Cross connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cross scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cross doesn't manage to clinch there - Munroe circles away.
Cross shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Munroe throws a lazy right hand but Cross sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cross is looking to land body kicks.
Cross lands a body shot.
Cross throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Munroe's waist but Munroe gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cross off to one side.
Cross tries to clinch up.
Munroe looks to score with a jab to the body but Cross is just out of range.
Cross is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Munroe avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Cross. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cross jabs Munroe right on the nose. Munroe blinks but takes it well.
Munroe swats away the attempt to clinch by Cross.
Cross shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cross pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Munroe really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Munroe is now in Cross's guard. A big mistake from Cross there, giving up the dominant position!
Cross not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rex Munroe has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Cross has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cross keeping moving, preventing Munroe from controlling successfully.
Munroe prevents Cross from getting back to his feet.
David Cross is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cross keeping full guard, as Munroe tries to pass.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cross is pulling down on Munroe's head to control his posture.
Cross bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Munroe's guard.
Cross pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Munroe is keeping the position for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cross slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Cross showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cross 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 James Atkins scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge James Glass scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Cross!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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