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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marco Dragonov (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chris Crocker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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195 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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196 lbs
11 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marco Dragonov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Chris Crocker!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Tarja Halkonen and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Crocker does it's job there.
Dragonov lands with an uppercut that bounces Crocker off the cage and back into range.
Dragonov closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Crocker is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dragonov blocks a body shot from Crocker.
Dragonov lands a nice uppercut.
Dragonov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Crocker scores with a nice right hand.
Dragonov closes the distance and clinches.
Dragonov misses with a punch to the body.
Crocker stalling in the clinch but Dragonov improves position.
Crocker tries to throw a body punch but Dragonov avoids it by throwing Crocker back against the cage.
Crocker stalling the fight.
Nice elbow from Dragonov.
Dragonov tries to break the clinch but Crocker is controlling the position.
Dragonov is trying to break free.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dragonov softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Dragonov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Dragonov - that landed with a thud.
Dragonov lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Crocker tries a body shot but Dragonov blocks it.
Dragonov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crocker cracks Dragonov with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dragonov looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Dragonov cracks Crocker with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dragonov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Dragonov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Dragonov tries to clinch there but Crocker circles away.
Dragonov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Crocker, pushing him back against the cage.
Crocker has Dragonov pressed against the cage, preventing Dragonov from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dragonov manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dragonov.
A body shot lands from Dragonov.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crocker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov working Crocker over with knees to the body.
Crocker looks gassed!
Dragonov can't find room to land a body shot as Crocker controls the action.
Dragonov blocks a body shot from Crocker.
A knee to the head by Dragonov.
Dragonov breaks the clinch.
No joy there for Dragonov, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Dragonov avoids the head kick by Crocker.
Crocker takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Dragonov blocks a low kick nicely.
Dragonov takes the fight into the clinch.
Crocker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dragonov avoids it.
Come on Dragonov - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dragonov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crocker takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Crocker misses with a wild body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov tries to close the distance and clinch but Crocker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crocker misses with a hook.
Crocker misses with a straight right.
A punch combination from Crocker misses.
Dragonov tries to bum rush Crocker with a series of wild strikes but Crocker uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Dragonov staying out of range there.
Dragonov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crocker was well out of range. Poor timing from Dragonov.
Dragonov's corner calls for a 1-2. Dragonov obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Chris Crocker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crocker throws a shot from downtown. Dragonov moves away and avoids it.
Dragonov doesn't manage to clinch there - Crocker circles away.
Crocker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Dragonov.
Crocker throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Dragonov tries to clinch there but Crocker circles away.
Crocker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Dragonov finds it's way round the side to connect with Crocker's head.
Dragonov has Crocker up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Crocker fails to land.
Dragonov is trying to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crocker being controlled against the cage.
Crocker prevents Dragonov from breaking the clinch.
Dragonov lands with a light punch inside.
Dragonov swings wildly with an uppercut but Crocker uses good head movement to avoid it.
A hook to the body from Dragonov.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dragonov.
Dragonov tries to land knees in the clinch but Crocker avoids the damage to the body.
Crocker tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dragonov avoids it.
Crocker misses with a knee strike.
Dragonov is trying to maintain a safe position but Crocker gets an underhook and turns Dragonov into the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crocker lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Dragonov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crocker throws a body punch but Dragonov moves out of range.
A punch combination from Dragonov misses.
Dragonov looks to throw the jab but Crocker is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Dragonov dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Crocker swinging wildly here.
Crocker fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Dragonov on the side of the head.
Crocker misses with a hook.
Dragonov blocks the body kick.
Marco Dragonov is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dragonov swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dragonov closes the distance and pushes Crocker back into the cage.
Dragonov with a knee to the head.
Crocker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov is trying to force a seperation but Crocker has the dominant position.
Dragonov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A short right from Crocker on the inside.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Knees to the body from Dragonov.
Dragonov scores with a shot to the side of Crocker's head.
Crocker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dragonov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crocker managing to block the knees to the body from Dragonov.
Crocker lands a hook that snaps the head of Dragonov backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crocker trying to control the position but instead, Dragonov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Crocker into the cage.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crocker avoids it.
Dragonov breaks the clinch.
Dragonov tries to clinch up.
Dragonov has Crocker up against the cage in a clinch.
Dragonov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dragonov gets a clinch.
Dragonov dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Crocker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dragonov scores with a shot to the side of Crocker's head.
Crocker lands a shoulder strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Dragonov gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
A nice left hand lands by Dragonov.
Crocker lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Dragonov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dragonov clinches up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crocker is trying to maintain a safe position but Dragonov gets an underhook and turns Crocker into the cage.
Dragonov tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crocker avoids it.
Crocker swings wildly with an uppercut but Dragonov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marco Dragonov has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Crocker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dragonov blocks it with crossed arms.
Dragonov lands a body shot.
Dragonov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Crocker.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crocker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crocker lands a head kick. Dragonov smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Dragonov tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Crocker paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dragonov stalks Crocker and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Crocker's face. Crocker staggers backwards, shaken.
Dragonov tries to close the distance and clinch but Crocker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dragonov has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Crocker is looking to chop away at Dragonov's legs.
Crocker dodges the punch combination from Dragonov.
Crocker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crocker slips a straight right by Dragonov.
Dragonov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Crocker looks to land a right hand but Dragonov moved out of range.
Crocker scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Dragonov closes the distance and clinches.
Crocker misses with a knee to the head.
Dragonov is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Crocker is keeping busy.
Dragonov manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crocker throws a head kick but Dragonov moves out of range.
Crocker swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dragonov just misses with a punch to the body.
Crocker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crocker misses with a hook. Dragonov ducked under it nicely.
Nice jab there from Dragonov.
Dragonov tries to clinch up but Crocker circles away and keeps his distance.
Dragonov doesn't manage to clinch there - Crocker circles away.
Dragonov tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Dragonov tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice defenses there by Crocker.
Dragonov is looking to clinch but Crocker is avoiding it.
Crocker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dragonov manages to avoid it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crocker misses with a straight left.
Dragonov throws a nice looking combination but Crocker bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Dragonov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Crocker.
Crocker darts in and clinches Dragonov up against the cage.
Crocker managing to block the knees to the body from Dragonov.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marco Dragonov dominated that second round.
That's time! Dragonov's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Dragonov clinches.
Crocker lands with a right to the head.
Dragonov lands with a right to the head.
Dragonov putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Crocker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dragonov lands a shoulder strike.
Dragonov prevents a body shot from Crocker.
Dragonov tries a body shot but Crocker blocks it.
Crocker avoiding damage.
Crocker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Dragonov's elbow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crocker tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crocker missing with knees to the body.
Crocker tries to stall but Dragonov uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dragonov controlling the action here for a moment.
Crocker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Dragonov utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crocker avoiding damage as Dragonov throws knees to the body.
Crocker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dragonov scores with a nice hook to the head.
Dragonov lands a knee to the body.
Crocker tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Dragonov.
Dragonov lands with a light punch inside.
Dragonov tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crocker's elbow.
Dragonov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dragonov is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Crocker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dragonov is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Crocker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dragonov is looking to break free of the clinch but Crocker has double underhooks.
Dragonov with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crocker takes a knee right on the jaw!
Dragonov with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crocker is rocked!
Dragonov jerks Crocker's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Crocker drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Dragonov goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Dragonov because Crocker was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Marco Dragonov!
A relieved looking Marco Dragonov thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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