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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Sidney Crosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Romulo Barral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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210 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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216 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Sidney Crosby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Romulo Barral!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barral scores with a shot to the body.
Crosby misses with a body punch
and Barral counters with a left to the body.
Crosby looks to land a left hand but Barral moved out of range nicely.
Crosby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Barral scores with a body shot.
Barral fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crosby manages to avoid it.
The fighters circling - Crosby throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Barral with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Barral tries to bum rush Crosby with a series of wild strikes but Crosby uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Barral throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Crosby's waist but Crosby gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Barral off to one side.
Barral steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crosby.
Barral moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Barral ducks under a wild hook from Crosby.
Crosby throws a hook to the side of Barral's head but Barral sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Crosby fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barral manages to avoid it.
Crosby misses the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby looks to land a right hand but Barral moved out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Crosby as he connects with a hook.
Crosby rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barral moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barral slips under a jab.
Barral takes a jab right on the kisser.
Barral lands an overhand right.
Crosby throws the left hand but Barral avoids the punch easily.
Crosby misses with a shot to the body
and Barral counters with a nice uppercut.
Crosby swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Barral counters with a straight right hand.
Crosby avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crosby swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Barral counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Sidney Crosby seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crosby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Barral is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Crosby rather than just go for the knockout.
Crosby misses with a hook.
Barral misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crosby.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby throws a jab when Barral was well out of range.
Crosby rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barral moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Barral connects with a looping right hand.
Some wild striking there from Crosby.
Crosby misses the body punch
and Barral counters with a single leg into guard. Crosby didn't expect that.
Crosby tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Crosby wants to control but Barral passes easily into half guard.
Crosby wants to improve his position but Barral is controlling well.
Crosby trying to control but Barral postures up.
Barral missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Barral works his way into full mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barral putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barral throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Barral throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Barral lands a heavy elbow.
Barral is landing with some decent strikes but Crosby is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Crosby is bucking up trying to escape but Barral cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Crosby is bucking up trying to escape but Barral cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Crosby is in all sorts of trouble here.
Barral quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Barral but it's paid off an Crosby is forced to tap! Nice work by Barral.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Romulo Barral!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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