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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Halibut Halibut (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dale Crum (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Halibut comes to the cage accompanied by Peter You Suck. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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163 lbs
4 - 1 - 0 |
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155 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Halibut Halibut!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dale Crum!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Halibut lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Halibut will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Halibut Halibut seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crum defending well as Halibut loads up on a big left hand.
Crum slips a jab and a cross from Halibut.
Crum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A left and a right from Halibut both land. Nice combination.
Crum throws a head kick but Halibut moves out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Halibut.
Crum takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A head kick by Halibut misses
and Crum counters with a straight right hand.
Halibut throws a series of punches but Crum moves out of range.
A head kick by Halibut misses
and Crum counters with a left to the body.
Crum paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A right-left combo lands from Halibut.
Halibut misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
The fight stays on the outside here - Crum looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Halibut misses with a few strikes there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crum throws a sloppy head kick and Halibut moves out of range easily.
Crum darts in and clinches Halibut up against the cage.
Halibut blocks an elbow strike.
Crum swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Halibut lands a body shot.
Crum scores a nice knee to the body.
Crum throws a knee to the head but misses.
Halibut lands a body punch.
Halibut blocks an uppercut.
Halibut jumps into guard, dragging Crum to the mat.
Halibut is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Halibut keeping full guard, as Crum tries to pass.
Halibut wants to sweep but no luck.
Halibut has his foot on Crum's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Crum works his way back into a safe position though.
Halibut will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Halibut has a closed guard, preventing Crum from standing up.
Halibut looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Halibut wants to stand up but Crum is controlling him.
Halibut is breathing heavily.
Halibut looking for a sweep. Not yet Halibut, not yet.
Crum passes into half guard.
Halibut wants to get back to full guard.
Crum is pressing down on Halibut's thigh, looking to free his foot. Halibut is holding on for now.
Halibut is refusing to be controlled, as Crum sits in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Halibut!
Halibut will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crum pivots, looking for a leg kick but Halibut is out of range and Crum settles back down.
Crum throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Halibut.
Crum is looking to clinch but Halibut is avoiding it.
Halibut avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Halibut throws a sloppy head kick and Crum moves out of range easily.
Halibut looks to throw a body kick
and Crum cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Crum showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Halibut.
Halibut scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Crum tries to clinch there but Halibut circles away.
Crum darts in and clinches Halibut up against the cage.
Crum throws a punch but it's blocked by Halibut.
Crum looking to slow down the pace here.
Halibut avoiding damage as Crum throws knees to the body.
Crum working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crum looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Crum lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crum tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Halibut's elbow.
Crum scores with a nice hook to the head.
Halibut leaning his opponent against the cage.
Crum missing with knees to the body.
Halibut escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A shot to de liver by Halibut. Beautiful body shot.
Halibut cracks Crum with an open hand slap.
Halibut lands with a kick to the temple. Crum shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Crum is rocked!
Halibut lands a nice looking body shot.
Crum is still on wobbly legs! Can Halibut finish him?
Halibut scores with a kick to the midsection.
Halibut lands a head kick!
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!
Crum darts in and clinches Halibut up against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crum trying to land knees to the body.
Halibut breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Halibut throws a right hand that Crum ducks under and follows up with a left that Crum also avoids with ease.
Halibut misses with a double jab
and Crum counters with a leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Halibut Halibut dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Crum with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Halibut to score with a decent uppercut.
Crum tries to close the distance and clinch but Halibut swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crum swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Halibut counters with a left to the body.
Halibut closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crum circles away.
Halibut throws a combination that misses
and Crum counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Crum blocks a head kick by Halibut.
Crum seems to have recovered his senses.
Halibut lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Crum throws a body kick that misses.
Crum has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Crum avoids a punch combination nicely.
Halibut throws a head kick that misses.
Crum showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Halibut.
Crum avoids a punch combination nicely.
Halibut Halibut is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Halibut looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Halibut Halibut is winning the standup battle so far.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Halibut looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Halibut looks to land a combination but Crum avoids it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crum is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Halibut lands with a nice combination. Crum backs away looking to recover.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Halibut 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 Crum has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Crum and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Halibut throws out a loose jab but Crum uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crum chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Halibut can pounce on him.
Crum tries to clinch up but Halibut circles away and keeps his distance.
Halibut stuns Crum with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Crum is looking to clinch but Halibut is avoiding it.
Halibut throws a right hand that Crum ducks under and follows up with a left that Crum also avoids with ease.
Halibut looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Halibut misses with a double jab.
Crum throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Halibut throws a right hand that Crum ducks under and follows up with a left that Crum also avoids with ease.
Halibut throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Crum scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Halibut doesn't seem bothered though.
Crum dodges the punch combination from Halibut.
Halibut throws a poor cross that misses
and Crum counters with a nice uppercut.
Halibut throws a series of punches but Crum moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crum scoring well with a low kick there.
Halibut swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Crum throws a head kick that misses.
Halibut fails to land the takedown.
Crum wants to clinch up but Halibut keeps it at a distance.
Halibut drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Halibut stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Crum swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Crum wants to get back to his feet but Halibut is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Halibut slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Halibut is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Crum knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Crum parries the strikes from Halibut easily there. Halibut is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Crum to escape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Halibut in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Crum is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Halibut Halibut!
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energy
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hype
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