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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Miyake Morimasa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and David Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross has chosen The American Dream Song as his entrance music. Miyake Morimasa has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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168 lbs
17 - 8 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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
18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miyake Morimasa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 8 - 1, fighting out of New York, David Cross!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Franklyn Lucas and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross throws a front kick that sends Morimasa stumbling back into the cage.
Cross connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Cross avoids a kick to the body.
Morimasa throws a head kick that misses.
Cross fails with the takedown.
A combination from Morimasa does no damage.
Cross chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Morimasa can pounce on him.
Morimasa lands a high kick!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cross throws the left hand but Morimasa avoids the punch easily.
Cross misses with a low kick as Morimasa jumps back.
Morimasa throws a looping overhand right but Cross ducks down to avoid it.
Morimasa stuns Cross with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cross scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cross throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Morimasa takes the fight into the clinch.
Cross misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cross cracks Morimasa with a nice body shot.
Cross throws a punch but it's blocked by Morimasa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cross lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Morimasa backwards.
Morimasa pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Morimasa blocks an uppercut.
Morimasa leaning against his opponent.
Cross misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cross throws an elbow but misses.
Cross lands a body punch in the clinch.
Morimasa is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Morimasa is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cross is working for takedown but Morimasa is calmly controlling the position for now.
Miyake Morimasa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Cross.
Morimasa pushes off an throws an elbow but Cross leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Cross misses with some punches.
Cross misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cross working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cross.
A short right from Cross.
Morimasa throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross struggles to land a body shot inside as Morimasa controls his hands.
Morimasa keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cross's efforts to push away.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cross blocks the elbow strike.
Cross blocks an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Cross lands a shot to the body.
Cross has a couple of punches blocked by Morimasa.
Morimasa creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cross lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Cross looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cross tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Cross fails to land.
Cross lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cross takes an elbow to the forehead.
Morimasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Morimasa tries to stall but Cross uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Morimasa blocks a body shot from Cross.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross dodges an elbow strike from Morimasa.
Morimasa blocks a body shot from Cross.
Cross lands an elbow just above Morimasa 's eye.
It looks like Miyake Morimasa has been cut.
Cross misses with the head strike.
Cross lands a nice shot to the body.
Cross lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Morimasa.
Cross tries to work over Morimasa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Knees to the body from Cross.
Morimasa is breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cross swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Still in the clinch, Cross scores with a nice short uppercut.
A hook to the body from Cross.
Cross throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Morimasas head.
Cross works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cross.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cross.
Cross tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morimasa looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cross tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Morimasa prevents a body shot from Cross.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cross throws an elbow but misses.
Morimasa trying to land knees to the body.
Morimasa misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cross.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Morimasa just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cross's brow.
Morimasa holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Morimasa stalling in the clinch but Cross improves position.
Cross on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A frustrated look appears on Cross's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Cross landing knees to the head.
Cross lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morimasa taking a breather.
Cross tries to break the clinch but Morimasa is controlling the position.
Cross lands a right hand that snaps the head of Morimasa backwards.
Morimasa is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Morimasa.
Oh Morimasa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Morimasa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cross lands a big knee to the head and Morimasa goes down! Cross pounces and finishes the fight with strikes! He jumps to his feet and celebrates with the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Cross!
David Cross gave a mention to West Coast Apparel in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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