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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mirko Crocop (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nirre Nirresson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mirko Crocop!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nirre Nirresson!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, John Kavanagh and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crocop has closed the distance and engaged Nirresson in a clinch.
Nirresson wants a takedown.
Crocop wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Nirresson lands a takedown into guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nirresson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nirresson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nirresson keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Crocop's head.
Nirresson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Crocop works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Crocop trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Nirresson stops Crocop from standing up.
Nirresson is working Crocop over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Crocop wants to sweep here but Nirresson controlling him for the moment.
Nirresson is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Nirresson scoring with some ground and pound.
Nirresson with a nice head shot there.
Nirresson tries to free his leg and advance position but Crocop is retaining full guard.
Nirresson is in close to Crocop's body, working some short punches and elbows.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nirresson is looking to work some ground and pound but Crocop has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Nirresson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Nirresson passes Crocop's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crocop is trying to stand back up but Nirresson is controlling him
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Nirresson connects with a nice short shot to Crocop's temple.
Nirresson wants to pass the guard but Crocop is defending well.
Nirresson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Nirresson looks gassed!
Nirresson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Nirresson thows a huge punch but Crocop dodges it nicely.
Crocop slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Nirresson connects with a couple of short punches.
Nirresson is looking to work some ground and pound but Crocop has wrist control.
Crocop has his feet on Nirresson's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Nirresson shoots for a double leg takedown but Crocop sprawls well. He's pushed Nirresson's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Crocop clinches.
Nirresson is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Crocop gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Mirko Crocop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nirre Nirresson.
Nirresson goes for a takedown attempt but Crocop pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nirresson scores a takedown into full mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nirresson working Crocop over with strikes here.
Nirresson landing punches.
Nirresson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Crocop is working to get back to half guard.
Nirresson scoring with strikes but Crocop is staying in there.
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!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Nirresson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Nirresson landing punches.
Nirresson lands a big shot there that rocks Crocop but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Crocop really wants to buck Nirresson off and get back to his feet.
Nirresson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Crocop looks a forlorn figure.
Nirresson is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Crocop can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Nirresson landing strikes, looking to finish!
Nirresson prevents Crocop from getting the reversal.
BOOM! Nirresson connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Crocop is trying to escape the mount.
Nirresson putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nirresson scoring with strikes but Crocop is staying in there.
Nirresson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Crocop tries to hold on but Nirresson postures up.
Crocop manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Crocop has one foot on Nirresson's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Nirresson darts in and clinches Crocop up against the cage.
Nirresson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Crocop avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Crocop wants to break free but Nirresson has control.
Nirresson drops down looking for an ankle pick but Crocop pulls his leg out and moves away.
Crocop instigates a clinch.
Nirresson can't get the takedown.
Nirresson wants the takedown. Crocop is fighting it off but Nirresson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Crocop's guard against the cage.
Crocop keeping full guard, as Nirresson tries to pass.
Nirresson lands a couple of digs.
Nirresson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nirresson throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Nirresson stops Crocop from standing up.
Nirresson passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Nirresson scores with punches from side control.
Crocop is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nirresson landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Crocop tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Nirresson scores with a couple of short elbows.
Nirresson in side control lands a decent elbow.
Nirresson working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crocop is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Nirresson grinds an elbow into Crocop's temple.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nirresson lands some shots froms side control.
Nirresson lands a decent elbow from side control.
Crocop on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Crocop throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nirre Nirresson dominated that 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.
Nirresson shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Crocop has hold of Nirresson's hands but Nirresson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nirre Nirresson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Nirresson winds up and cracks Crocop with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Crocop looks like he's trying to stand up.
Nirresson landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Crocop is looking to escape.
Nirresson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Nirresson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Crocop misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crocop tries a head kick but it misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crocop throws a head kick but Nirresson moves out of range.
Crocop has his takedown stuffed
and Nirresson counters with a single leg into guard. Crocop didn't expect that.
Nirresson pushes down on Crocop's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Crocop tries to kick Nirresson off but Nirresson keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nirresson lands strikes from half guard.
Nirresson working over Crocop with some ground and pound. Crocop looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Nirresson working the head and body with strikes.
Crocop has hold of Nirresson's hands but Nirresson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nirresson drops an elbow to the side of Crocop's head.
Crocop wants to get back to his feet.
Crocop on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Nirresson working over Crocop with some ground and pound. Crocop looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Crocop is in trouble now - Nirresson has advanced to mount!
Nirresson avoids the attempt from Crocop to control.
Nirresson with good strikes from the mount here!
Crocop keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Crocop really wants to buck Nirresson off and get back to his feet.
Nirresson with a couple of short strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nirresson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Nirresson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Crocop is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Nirresson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nirresson landing punches.
Nirresson looking to finish Crocop with some ground and pound. This is bad for Crocop!
Nirresson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Nirresson lands a nice shot to the head.
Crocop tries to buck Nirresson off but he can't manage it.
Nirresson working Crocop over with strikes here.
Crocop wants to get back to his feet.
Crocop gets back to half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Crocop looking for submissions off his back.
Crocop is trying to control but can't.
Nirresson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Crocop with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Nirresson lands strikes from half guard.
Nirresson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crocop taking some punishment here, with Nirresson in his half guard.
Nirresson seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Nice strikes from Nirresson there.
Crocop is trying to stand.
Nirresson working the head and body with strikes.
Nirresson works his foot free and advances to mount.
Nirresson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Nirresson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Nirresson with good strikes from the mount here!
Crocop takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Nirresson lands a heavy elbow.
Nirresson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Crocop is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Nirresson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Nirresson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Crocop is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Nirresson with shots to the head and body - Crocop looks very uncomfortable down there.
Crocop wants to hold on but Nirresson pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crocop is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Crocop trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Nirresson landing strikes from the mount and Crocop is in trouble!
Nirresson cracks Crocop with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Crocop tries to buck Nirresson off but he can't manage it.
Nirresson postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Crocop looks a forlorn figure.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nirresson has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Crocop's face.
Nirresson lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Crocop hang on?
Crocop squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Crocop in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Nirresson lands a heavy elbow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nirresson unloading with bombs!
Crocop is rocked!
Crocop regains half guard.
Nirresson slips a nice elbow through Crocop's hands, connecting with Crocop's forehead.
Nirresson drops an elbow to the side of Crocop's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nirre Nirresson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Nirresson shoots in but no luck this time.
Crocop has his takedown stuffed
so Nirresson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Crocop is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nirresson is controlling him.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Nirresson's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Nirresson tries to free his leg and advance position but Crocop is retaining full guard.
Nirresson stops Crocop from standing up.
Crocop manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Nirresson tries to reverse the position but Crocop maintains control.
Crocop working Nirresson over with strikes here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nirresson can do anything to dispel that myth.
Crocop pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Crocop controlling the position easily from mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crocop prevents Nirresson from getting the reversal.
Nirresson sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Crocop blocks the strikes from Nirresson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Crocop.
Crocop passes the guard and advances to mount!
Nirresson manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Nirresson makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Nirresson.
Nirresson bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Crocop's guard.
Nirresson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Crocop is looking for a triangle but Nirresson pushes his legs off easily.
Crocop wants to stand and escape but Nirresson is having none of it.
Nirresson forces his way into half guard.
Crocop tries to get to full guard but Nirresson has control of the leg.
Nirresson works his way into full mount!
Nirresson looking to finish Crocop with some ground and pound. This is bad for Crocop!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nirresson working the ground and pound effectively.
Nirresson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Nirresson working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Crocop regains half guard.
Nirresson slips a nice elbow through Crocop's hands, connecting with Crocop's forehead.
Nirresson looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Nirresson tries to pass to full mount but Crocop defends it.
Nirresson passes to full mount!
Nirresson scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Nirresson punishing his opponent with strikes.
A nice elbow there by Nirresson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crocop taking shots to the head.
Crocop can't escape the position.
Nirresson working the ground and pound effectively.
Nirresson looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Nirresson.
Nirresson landing shots from mount.
Nirresson working the ground and pound effectively.
Crocop squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Crocop is bucking up trying to escape but Nirresson cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
A nice elbow there by Nirresson.
Nirresson with good strikes from the mount here!
Crocop keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Nirresson working the ground and pound effectively.
Nirresson with good strikes from the mount here!
Nirresson with shots to the head and body - Crocop looks very uncomfortable down there.
Oh Crocop is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nirresson lands with some strikes.
Crocop bucks Nirresson off and manages to get back to his feet!
Crocop stuffs the takedown attempt from Nirresson. Nirresson gets slowly back to his feet.
Crocop keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Crocop seems to have got his legs back now.
Mirko Crocop has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nirre Nirresson.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crocop throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crocop tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nirresson shoots in but no luck this time.
Crocop gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
so Nirresson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
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!
Nirresson preventing the sweep.
Crocop is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Nirresson is controlling him.
Nirresson scoring with punches to the head and body.
Nirresson lands a couple of elbows.
Nirresson distracts Crocop with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Nirresson is working Crocop over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Nirresson landing some decent shots from guard.
Nirresson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nirresson postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Nirresson looking to pass the guard.
Mirko Crocop has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Nirresson postures up and lands a big shot to Crocop's brow.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nirre Nirresson comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Nirresson 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 Lou da Vinci scores the fight 26:30
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 26:30
Judge Jonathan Paton scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nirre Nirresson!
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