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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Frank Crillo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Craig Clendennon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Crillo might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Wiz Khalifa - Black And Yellow. Clendennon has chosen LoFidelity Allstars - Battleflag as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
18 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Frank Crillo!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Craig Clendennon!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Clendennon throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crillo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Clendennon as he avoids it easily.
Frank Crillo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Clendennon misses with a hook. Crillo ducked under it nicely.
Crillo shoots in looking for a takedown but Clendennon manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Crillo's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Crillo shoots for a double leg takedown but Clendennon sprawls well. He's pushed Crillo's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Crillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Clendennon moves in looking to clinch but Crillo pushes him off.
Clendennon leaves Crillo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Crillo tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Clendennon defends well and Crillo ends up having to push Clendennon into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Clendennon creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Clendennon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clendennon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crillo is defending well for now.
Clendennon scores with a shoulder strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Clendennon throws an elbow but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crillo is looking to take this one to the mat.
Crillo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Clendennon prevents a takedown attempt there.
Clendennon is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Clendennon obliges.
Clendennon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Clendennon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Crillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clendennon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crillo is defending well for now.
A short left from Clendennon.
Crillo has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Clendennon avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the head but Crillo blocks with his arms.
Clendennon missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crillo prevents a body shot from Clendennon.
Clendennon misses with a punch on the inside.
Clendennon struggles to land a body shot inside as Crillo controls his hands.
Clendennon tries a knee to the head but Crillo blocks it.
Clendennon misses with an elbow over the top.
Clendennon throws a punch but it's blocked by Crillo.
Clendennon lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Clendennon.
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!
Clendennon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crillo is defending well for now.
I was talking to Crillo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Crillo changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Clendennon fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Crillo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crillo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Clendennon pinned against the cage. Clendennon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Crillo shoots for a takedown but Clendennon saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Crillo is trying hard to land a takedown here. Clendennon sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Crillo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Clendennon circles away.
Clendennon defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Crillo.
Clendennon lands a jab to Crillo's midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clendennon. Crillo does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crillo goes for a double leg but Clendennon avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Clendennon continues to drive forward.
Clendennon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crillo.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon lands a right hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crillo.
Clendennon tries a knee to the head but Crillo blocks it.
Crillo managing to block the knees to the body from Clendennon.
Clendennon trying to land knees to the body.
Clendennon cracks Crillo with a nice body shot.
Clendennon unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Clendennon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Clendennon stops a takedown attempt from Crillo.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clendennon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crillo.
Clendennon is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Crillo is defending well for now.
Clendennon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Clendennon lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Clendennon dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Clendennon scores with a head kick. Crillo tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Clendennon lands with a straight right. Crillo didn't see that one coming.
Crillo is rocked!
Crillo shoots and misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Crillo decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crillo is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Crillo tries to free his leg and advance position but Clendennon is retaining full guard.
Crillo is working hard here to advance position.
Crillo throws a strike but Clendennon rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Crillo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Clendennon has picked Crillo up and slammed him! Crillo can't keep hold of the triangle and Clendennon manages to pass to side control!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clendennon laying and praying for a moment but Crillo takes advantage and regains half guard.
Clendennon trying to control from Crillo's half guard. Crillo has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Clendennon stands and steps away. Crillo gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Crillo shoots in and drives through. Clendennon sprawls well.
Clendennon scores with a jab to the body.
Crillo fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Crillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crillo fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Clendennon avoids it really well and circles away.
Craig Clendennon is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Crillo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Clendennon circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clendennon throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Crillo stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Clendennon swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Clendennon is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Crillo rather than just go for the knockout.
Crillo checks a leg kick nicely.
Crillo fails with a takedown attempt.
Crillo shoots in for a double leg but Clendennon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Crillo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Clendennon as he avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Clendennon. Crillo does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crillo tries for a takedown but Clendennon sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Crillo dives in and grabs Clendennon's left leg, looking for a takedown. Clendennon pushes down on Crillo's head and hops out.
Crillo looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Clendennon is fending him off so far but Crillo persists. Nope, Clendennon circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
An inside leg kick lands from Clendennon.
Crillo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Clendennon throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Clendennon takes a swing at Crillo's ribcage but misses.
Crillo with a poor takedown
and Clendennon counters with a stiff right hand.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crillo fails with the takedown.
Crillo closes this distance looking for a takedown but Clendennon circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Clendennon showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
Crillo shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Clendennon but Clendennon pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Horrible takedown by Crillo or perhaps it was just good defense by Clendennon which made him look bad.
Crillo takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Clendennon throws a right and a left that Crillo avoids nicely.
Clendennon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Clendennon has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Crillo is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Clendennon leaves Crillo with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Crillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
No luck for Crillo with that takedown attempt.
Crillo has a takedown stuffed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clendennon gets a clinch.
Crillo managing to block the knees to the body from Clendennon.
Crillo is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Clendennon gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Clendennon tries to land knees in the clinch but Crillo avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clendennon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crillo's brow.
Crillo avoiding damage as Clendennon throws knees to the body.
Clendennon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Clendennon lands a nice knee to the body.
Crillo is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Clendennon is defending well.
Clendennon with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crillo blocks an uppercut.
Clendennon is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Clendennon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Clendennon trying to land knees to the body.
Clendennon tries to throw a body punch but Crillo avoids it by throwing Clendennon back against the cage.
Crillo prevents a body shot from Clendennon.
Clendennon missing with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Clendennon lands with a light punch inside.
Clendennon lands a good knee to the midsection. Crillo won't want to take too many of those.
Clendennon tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Crillo avoids it.
Clendennon missing with knees to the body.
Clendennon misses with a punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crillo managing to block the knees to the body from Clendennon.
Clendennon misses with a knee to the head.
Clendennon tries to land knees in the clinch but Crillo avoids the damage to the body.
Clendennon connects with a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Clendennon.
Clendennon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crillo.
Clendennon trying to land knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Clendennon.
Clendennon missing with knees to the body.
Crillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clendennon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crillo's elbow.
A hook to the body from Clendennon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon missing with knees to the body.
Crillo blocking some punches.
Clendennon lands a knee to the head.
Clendennon looking to throw knees to the head but Crillo is blocking nicely.
Clendennon misses with some punches.
Clendennon missing with knees to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Clendennon.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clendennon misses with an elbow over the top.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Crillo wants a takedown.
Clendennon connects with a knee to the head.
Clendennon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Clendennon really dominated that round.
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.
Crillo shoots in for a double leg but Clendennon sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Clendennon connects with an inside leg kick.
Crillo fails with a takedown attempt.
Clendennon rushes Crillo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Clendennon landing knees to the head.
Clendennon tries to throw a body punch but Crillo avoids it by throwing Clendennon back against the cage.
Clendennon throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Clendennon.
Clendennon throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clendennon trying to land knees to the body.
Clendennon tries a body shot but Crillo blocks it.
Clendennon misses with a body punch.
Clendennon lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Crillo or not.
Clendennon using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Crillo has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Clendennon looking to throw knees to the head but Crillo is blocking nicely.
Clendennon doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crillo avoiding damage as Clendennon throws knees to the body.
Crillo blocks a body shot from Clendennon.
Clendennon misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Crillo.
Clendennon trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon missing with knees to the body.
Crillo goes for a takedown in the clinch but Clendennon prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Crillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crillo blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Clendennon digs a right hand into Crillo's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Crillo's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Clendennon.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Clendennon just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crillo's brow.
Crillo on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Clendennon with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Clendennon with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crillo blocks an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crillo blocks an elbow strike from Clendennon.
Crillo is looking for a takedown.
Crillo avoiding damage as Clendennon throws knees to the body.
Clendennon is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Crillo tries for a takedown but Clendennon manages to get underhooks.
Clendennon misses with a hook from the clinch.
Clendennon lands an elbow inside that Crillo shrugs off.
Clendennon looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Clendennon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Clendennon is pressed up against the cage. Crillo has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Clendennon down to the mat. Clendennon avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Crillo will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon stuffs the takedown.
Clendennon throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Clendennon connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Clendennon displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Crillo.
Crillo fails with the takedown.
Clendennon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Clendennon turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Clendennon has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Crillo shoots in and drives through. Clendennon sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Craig Clendennon dominated that fourth round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Clendennon misses with a body shot.
Crillo shoots in and drives through. Clendennon sprawls well.
A left lands for Clendennon.
Clendennon shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Crillo eats them both and turns towards Clendennon to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Crillo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Crillo misses with a takedown attempt - Clendennon sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Clendennon lands with a hook. Crillo tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Oh Crillo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Nice body kick from Clendennon.
Crillo seems to have got his legs back now.
Crillo avoids the body shot from Clendennon.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crillo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Clendennon pinned against the cage. Clendennon gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Crillo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crillo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Clendennon.
Clendennon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Clendennon throws a jab when Crillo was well out of range.
Crillo moves out of range of the body kick from Clendennon.
Craig Clendennon seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Clendennon stuffs the takedown attempt from Crillo. Crillo gets slowly back to his feet.
Crillo shoots in but Clendennon avoids the takedown attempt easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clendennon stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Clendennon wants it to stay on the feet.
Clendennon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Crillo's hands.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Clendennon enables Crillo to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Clendennon manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Crillo throws a big right hand that misses.
Clendennon utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Crillo trying to control the position from guard on top but Clendennon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crillo pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clendennon is keeping the position for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crillo throwing strikes from guard but Clendennon blocks nicely.
Crillo wants to control from the top but Clendennon keeps moving.
Frank Crillo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crillo 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.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Clendennon looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Crillo throws a strike but Clendennon rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crillo tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Frank Crillo has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Clendennon throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Craig Clendennon is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Clendennon tries to sprawl but Crillo drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Crillo throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Clendennon wants to sweep but Crillo has passed to side control!
Crillo goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Clendennon rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Crillo's guard! Nice work there by Clendennon!
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Craig Clendennon.
I've got Clendennon winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 45:50
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 45:50
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Craig Clendennon!
Craig Clendennon is the new featherweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Craig Clendennon made sure he mentioned Fury Nutrition Inc., along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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