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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between David Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Peppu Reiska MacDonald (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross comes to the cage accompanied by The American Dream Song. MacDonald has chosen Placebo - Pure Morning as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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168 lbs
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168 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
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Good low kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
34 - 11 - 2, fighting out of New York, David Cross!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Peppu Reiska MacDonald!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice cross by Cross.
MacDonald steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cross.
Cross throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. MacDonald tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Cross is in MacDonald's guard.
MacDonald pulls Cross in close to prevent any damage.
Cross throws a big elbow that misses.
MacDonald not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cross postures up in MacDonald's guard and throws a big left but MacDonald blocks it.
MacDonald is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cross has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
MacDonald keeping moving, preventing Cross from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross throwing strikes from guard but MacDonald blocks nicely.
Cross is fighting to break MacDonald's control of his arms but MacDonald is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cross controlling from the top position.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cross throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Cross looks to land a combination but MacDonald avoids it well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross scores with a leg kick.
Cross misses with a hook
and MacDonald counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Cross avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cross has MacDonald pulled in close to control his posture.
Cross looking to hit a scissor sweep but MacDonald is one step ahead there.
Cross is pulling down on MacDonald's head. It's preventing any offense from MacDonald, at least for the moment.
Cross is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. MacDonald is aware though and is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacDonald throwing strikes from guard but Cross blocks nicely.
Cross pulls MacDonald in to control the position.
Cross bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in MacDonald's guard.
Cross throwing strikes from guard but MacDonald blocks nicely.
Cross controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cross pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. MacDonald is keeping the position for now.
Cross throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as MacDonald works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cross wants to control from the top but MacDonald keeps moving.
Cross in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
MacDonald looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cross is one step ahead there.
Cross trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cross trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
MacDonald wants to sweep here but Cross controlling him for the moment.
MacDonald bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cross's guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Cross 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.
Cross fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. MacDonald sprawls well initially but Cross persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cross working the head and body with strikes.
Cross trying to control from half guard but MacDonald is working away.
MacDonald wants to improve his position but Cross is controlling well.
Cross is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cross lands strikes from half guard.
MacDonald is in trouble now - Cross has advanced to mount!
Cross raining down hammerfists from mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacDonald takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Cross's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:25 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Cross!
David Cross retains his lightweight title!
David Cross really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that DoofenshmirtzDoofenshmirtz All 160 Supplements Inc logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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