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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Michael Crino (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gentleman Ghost (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Crino might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Cake - I Will Survive. Ghost has chosen Castle in the Mist as his entrance music. Michael Crino has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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215 lbs
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202 lbs
13 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
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ADCC Champion
Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Michael Crino!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gentleman Ghost!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A cross from Crino lands.
Ghost is trying hard to land a takedown here. Crino sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Ghost fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crino manages to avoid it.
Ghost moves out of range as Crino strikes.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ghost.
Crino just misses with a punch to the body.
Ghost takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Crino with a nice cross.
Ghost steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Crino.
Ghost displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crino throws out the jab.
Nice defenses there by Ghost.
Ghost takes a swing at Crino's ribcage but misses.
Crino takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ghost throws a nice outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghost scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Crino on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crino on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Ghost.
Crino is breathing heavily.
Ghost lets loose with a powerful body kick. Crino will feel that in the morning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ghost is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Crino's half guard.
Ghost thows a huge punch but Crino dodges it nicely.
Ghost lands with a punch from half guard.
Ghost throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Ghost missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Crino trying to hold on to Ghost's head to control him but Ghost postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghost thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Ghost not doing much here.
Ghost trying to control from half guard but Crino is working away.
Ghost looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Ghost perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghost is trying to control. Crino wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Ghost has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Gentleman Ghost.
Jab, jab by Ghost - just one landing.
Crino misses with a straight right.
Ghost feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Crino working a defensive guard here.
Ghost is looking to work some ground and pound but Crino has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ghost accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Crino avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ghost thows a big elbow that misses.
Ghost working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghost throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ghost thows a big elbow that misses.
Crino looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ghost lands a couple of elbows.
Ghost trying to control the position from guard on top but Crino is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crino preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ghost trying to control the position from guard on top but Crino is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Ghost accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Gentleman Ghost 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.
A chopping leg kick lands by Ghost.
Crino throws out a loose jab but Ghost uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ghost scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crino swings for the body but Ghost moves out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ghost, right into the meat.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Ghost, right into the meat.
Ghost throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Crino's waist but Crino gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ghost off to one side.
Ghost is looking to slow Crino down with leg kicks.
Crino is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ghost connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crino on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Ghost feints and then cracks Crino's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Crino down.
Crino's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ghost connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Crino scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crino takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Ghost throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Crino stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Ghost follows into mount!
Crino is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghost postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Crino bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Ghost and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gentleman Ghost!
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