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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stanton Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dan Ross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe comes to the cage accompanied by The Builders & The Butchers - Bringing Home The Rain. Ross has chosen Superbeast as his entrance music. Stanton Crowe could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Dan Ross's chin.
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249 lbs
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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
10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Stanton Crowe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dan Ross!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crowe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ross.
Crowe throws out a loose jab but Ross uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crowe looks to score with a jab to the body but Ross is just out of range.
Crowe waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ross.
Ross throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Ross throws the left hand but Crowe avoids the punch easily.
Ross moves into the clinch.
Ross stalling in the clinch but Crowe improves position.
Crowe tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crowe can't find room to land a body shot as Ross controls the action.
Ross lands an uppercut.
It looks like Stanton Crowe has been cut.
Ross is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Crowe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Crowe fails to land.
Ross taking a breather.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe lands with a short head shot on the inside.
It looks like Dan Ross has been cut.
Crowe blocks an uppercut.
Ross letting Crowe take a breather here.
Ross lands a hook that snaps the head of Crowe backwards.
Ross lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ross misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ross is trying to stall.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ross lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Crowe blocking some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ross.
Ross misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ross misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ross blocks a body shot from Crowe.
Ross lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Crowe backwards.
Ross works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Ross misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ross managing to block the knees to the body from Crowe.
Ross holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Crowe tries a body shot but Ross blocks it.
Ross tries to work over Crowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crowe blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ross lands a right hand.
Ross gets through Crowe's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Crowe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ross backwards.
Ross effectively controlling the action here.
Ross receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
Crowe trying to land knees to the body.
Ross lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crowe is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Ross can't fight it off and eventually Crowe manages to take the fight to the floor. Ross looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Crowe trying to control the position from guard on top but Ross is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ross controls Crowe momentarily but Crowe frees himself.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe throws a big right hand that misses.
Crowe trying to control but Ross is working from the bottom.
Crowe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ross is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Crowe trying to control from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Crowe tries to roll over but Ross keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Ross dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.
Crowe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Ross throws out the jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Ross closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Ross - that landed with a thud.
Crowe lands a left hand.
Crowe tries to land knees in the clinch but Ross avoids the damage to the body.
Ross misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crowe lands a body punch.
Ross lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Come on Ross - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Crowe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crowe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right from Crowe.
Ross can't find room to land a body shot as Crowe controls the action.
Ross misses with the head strike.
Ross tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crowe's elbow.
Ross effectively controlling the action here.
A shot in the inside from Crowe.
Crowe has a couple of punches blocked by Ross.
Ross avoiding damage as Crowe throws knees to the body.
Ross struggles to land a body shot inside as Crowe controls his hands.
Ross can't find room to land a body shot as Crowe controls the action.
Crowe is trying to maintain a safe position but Ross gets an underhook and turns Crowe into the cage.
Crowe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ross tries to work over Crowe's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe is looking to take this one to the mat.
Ross swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ross lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Crowe.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Ross. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
A nice left hand lands by Ross.
Ross lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Ross lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crowe backwards.
Stanton Crowe's cut is getting worse.
Ross lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Crowe.
Ross is leaning against Crowe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ross.
Ross lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowe is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Ross pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Ross tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ross lands with a left to the head.
Ross tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ross misses with some punches.
Ross is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Ross pushes Crowe back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ross leaning against his opponent.
Crowe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crowe misses with a body punch.
Ross lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crowe backwards.
Crowe lands with a left to the head.
Ross blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ross lands with a right to the head.
Stanton Crowe's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crowe taking a breather.
Ross is struggling to control the position.
Ross lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Crowe tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ross's elbow.
Ross tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A body shot lands from Crowe.
Ross misses with a punch to the body.
Ross working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Dan Ross seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ross tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crowe's elbow.
Ross throws a punch but it's blocked by Crowe.
Crowe swings wildly with an uppercut but Ross uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Ross on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dan Ross showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Ross throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ross swinging wildly here.
Crowe takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Crowe drops his hands momentarily and Ross takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Crowe on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ross pounces like a tiger and cracks Crowe with a vicious hook! Crowe is down but not out! Ross follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Dan Ross!
Dan Ross decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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