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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alan Crump (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gordon Hood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crump's entrance music is Highway into the Danger Zone. A fine choice. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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195 cm
28
270 lbs
11 - 4 - 0 |
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194 cm
26
230 lbs
15 - 10 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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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
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alan Crump! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gordon Hood! The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Hood fails with the takedown. Crump tries to score with a low kick but Hood moves his leg out of the way. Crump throws a body kick that misses. Hood lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hood manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Crump on his heels. He'll look to pass Crump's guard now, I'm sure. The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up. Hood wants to control from the top but Crump keeps moving. Hood won't allow Crump to sweep him here. Hood sitting in guard here, content to control. Crump looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hood is one step ahead there. Hood postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round. Hood wants to pass the guard but Crump is keeping the position. Hood wants to control from the top but Crump keeps moving. Hood controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Gordon Hood wasn't active enough on the ground. Hood shoots in but no luck this time. Hood shoots and misses and Crump counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hood's knee momentarily. Alan Crump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gordon Hood. Hood moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body. Crump fakes a jab and scores with a low kick. Hood looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Crump swings for the body but Hood moves out of range.
A jab from Crump does it's job there. Crump misses with a low kick.
Crump lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise. Crump throws a quick inside leg kick. Alan Crump is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Hood takes a head kick and keeps coming.
It looks like Gordon Hood has been cut. Crump connects with an inside leg kick. Crump lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh. Crump lands a slapping body shot.
Crump throws a front kick aimed at Hood's knee but Hood avoids it well.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A combination from Hood does no damage. Crump connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Crump throws a front kick aimed at Hood's knee but Hood avoids it well. Crump throws a low kick but Hood moves out of range easily. Crump swings away with a leg kick that misses. Hood drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Crump is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Crump keeping moving, preventing Hood from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round. The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up. Crump misses with a wild body shot. Hood shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Crump sprawls well. Crump wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hood gets slowly back to his feet. Crump leaves Hood with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Hood will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alan Crump dominated that round. The cut man is working on Gordon Hood's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hood shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Crump as he jumps to the side. Crump will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hood checks the leg kick. Hood shoots in looking for a takedown. Crump tries to sprawl out of it but Hood keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Crump manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. Gordon Hood is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Good leg kick by Crump there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hood fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Crump avoids it really well and circles away. Alan Crump has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gordon Hood. Hood fails with a takedown attempt. Hood is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Crump misses with a two punch combination.
Crump wants to land a leg kick but Hood is out of range. Crump throws a leg kick but Hood sees it coming and moves out of range. Crump moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. A telegraphed right hand from Crump misses the target. Hood closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crump circles away. Hood keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Hood fails with a takedown attempt. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Crump 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 Hood has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hood and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. A left and a right from Crump both land. Nice combination. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Crump moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Crump lands a big uppercut and Hood crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Hood looks OK. Crump waves Hood back to his feet! Good leg kick by Crump there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A swing and a miss from Crump. Hood misses with a takedown attempt - Crump sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Crump throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Crump lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Ouch! a nice leg kick from Crump, right into the meat.
A thudding body kick lands there by Crump!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Crump buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crump looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Crump drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Hood right on the button. Hood goes down! Crump follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Crump gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alan Crump!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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