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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Cardinal Richelieu (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lance Crosby (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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132 lbs
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175 cm
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130 lbs
0 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Good in bed |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cardinal Richelieu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lance Crosby!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Dillan Fox and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crosby darts in and clinches Richelieu up against the cage.
Richelieu takes a knee right on the jaw!
Richelieu tries to break the clinch but Crosby is controlling the position.
Richelieu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crosby wants a takedown but no success here.
Crosby using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Richelieu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Richelieu tries to break the clinch but Crosby is controlling the position.
Crosby tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Crosby changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Richelieu fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Cardinal Richelieu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lance Crosby.
Richelieu clinches.
Richelieu is trying to break the clinch but Crosby has him pressed against the cage.
Richelieu tries to break the clinch but Crosby is controlling the position.
Crosby lands a knee to the body.
Richelieu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Richelieu is trying to break free.
Crosby breaks the clinch.
Richelieu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crosby keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crosby slips a jab and a cross from Richelieu.
Crosby tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Richelieu swivels and escapes.
Crosby shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Richelieu as he jumps to the side.
Crosby doesn't manage to clinch there - Richelieu circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richelieu lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Richelieu.
Richelieu misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Crosby is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Richelieu is breathing heavily.
Richelieu jabs Crosby right on the nose. Crosby blinks but takes it well.
A head kick misses from Crosby.
Crosby throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Crosby is looking to clinch but Richelieu is avoiding it.
Richelieu is looking to clinch but Crosby is avoiding it.
Richelieu throws a series of punches but Crosby moves out of range.
Crosby tries to clinch up
and Richelieu counters with a nice body shot.
Crosby shoots for a takedown but Richelieu saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Richelieu fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Crosby, pushing him back against the cage.
Richelieu is trying to break free.
Crosby keeps control of Richelieu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Richelieu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crosby has him pressed against the cage.
Crosby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Richelieu.
Richelieu lands a body punch in the clinch.
Richelieu has had enough of the clinch but Crosby keeps him there for the moment.
Richelieu wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richelieu can't break the clinch.
Richelieu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crosby fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Crosby prevents Richelieu from breaking the clinch.
Richelieu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Richelieu has had enough of the clinch but Crosby keeps him there for the moment.
Richelieu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Richelieu is looking to break free of the clinch but Crosby has double underhooks.
Crosby missing with knees to the body.
Richelieu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Richelieu is looking to break free of the clinch but Crosby has double underhooks.
Richelieu can't break the clinch.
Richelieu tries for a takedown. No joy.
Richelieu is trying to break the clinch but Crosby has him pressed against the cage.
Richelieu managing to block the knees to the body from Crosby.
Crosby looking for a takedown.
Crosby wants a takedown but no success here.
Richelieu lands with a right to the head.
Crosby tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Richelieu just stands there and leans against the cage.
Richelieu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Crosby lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Richelieu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Richelieu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crosby escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Richelieu scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Crosby gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Richelieu wants to get back to striking at distance but Crosby won't allow it.
Richelieu has had enough of the clinch but Crosby keeps him there for the moment.
Crosby with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Richelieu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Crosby has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Richelieu clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Richelieu avoids the strikes from Crosby.
Crosby looking to break Richelieu's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Richelieu remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Crosby will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Crosby wants to control but Richelieu is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Despite being in a bad position, Richelieu is controlling the hands, preventing any submission attempts.
Crosby throwing sloppy strikes.
Richelieu has the hand control, trying to stop the rear naked choke.
Crosby struggling to keep hold of the position.
Crosby is persistently looking for the submission but Richelieu is defending it well.
I really don't envy Richelieu right now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Cardinal Richelieu will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Richelieu swinging wilding here.
Richelieu fails to land with a series of punches.
Crosby tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Richelieu counters with a nice body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Crosby rushes Richelieu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Crosby is working for takedown but Richelieu is calmly controlling the position for now.
Crosby successfully pulls guard.
Crosby throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Richelieu has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Richelieu stays in close to Crosby's body and controls the position.
Crosby keeping moving, preventing Richelieu from controlling successfully.
Crosby is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Richelieu knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Crosby on the ground.
Crosby wants to sweep here but Richelieu controlling him for the moment.
Richelieu has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Crosby is proving hard to escape from.
Richelieu won't allow Crosby to sweep him here.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Richelieu takes the fight into the clinch.
Richelieu tries to break the clinch but Crosby is controlling the position.
Richelieu can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Richelieu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Richelieu taking a breather.
Crosby keeps control of Richelieu as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Richelieu wants to get back to striking at distance but Crosby won't allow it.
Crosby lands an elbow that stopped Richelieu in his tracks for a moment.
Richelieu wants to break free but Crosby has control.
Richelieu scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short left from Richelieu.
Crosby tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Richelieu smiles and moves away.
Richelieu misses with a wild combination.
Richelieu darts in and clinches Crosby up against the cage.
Crosby tries to pull guard but Richelieu holds him up against the cage and eventually Crosby drops back down to his feet.
Cardinal Richelieu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lance Crosby.
Richelieu wants to break free but Crosby has control.
Crosby wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Richelieu has him pressed against the cage.
Crosby prevents Richelieu from breaking the clinch.
Richelieu tries for a takedown but Crosby manages to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richelieu is looking to break free of the clinch but Crosby has double underhooks.
Crosby drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Richelieu gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Richelieu wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Richelieu wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Richelieu can't break the clinch.
Crosby landing knees to the body.
Richelieu breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Richelieu shoots for a takedown but Crosby saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Richelieu misses with a few strikes there.
Crosby looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Richelieu is fending him off so far but Crosby persists. Nope, Richelieu circles away and we're back to standing.
Richelieu throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Crosby is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crosby darts in trying to clinch
and Richelieu counters with a left and a right that stings Crosby.
Richelieu shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Crosby as he avoids it easily.
Cardinal Richelieu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Crosby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Richelieu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Richelieu tries to clinch but Crosby moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Richelieu misses with a series of wild punches.
No luck for Richelieu with that takedown attempt.
Crosby closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Richelieu wants to break the clinch but can't.
Richelieu can't break the clinch.
Crosby has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Richelieu avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Crosby trying to land knees to the body.
Richelieu has had enough of the clinch but Crosby keeps him there for the moment.
Richelieu wants to get back to striking at distance but Crosby won't allow it.
Crosby gets underhooks to prevent Richelieu's takedown attempt.
Crosby tries a knee to the head but Richelieu blocks it.
Crosby breaks the clinch.
Richelieu lands with a hook. Crosby tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Crosby tries to clinch up.
Richelieu misses with the combination.
Crosby tries to close the distance and clinch but Richelieu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Cardinal Richelieu will probably get the nod.
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!
Richelieu throws a series of punches but Crosby moves out of range.
Richelieu tries to clinch up.
Crosby tries to clinch but Richelieu is having none of it.
Crosby avoids a punch combination nicely.
Crosby gets a takedown into half guard.
Crosby moves nicely into side control.
Crosby advances nicely into full mount.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Richelieu defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Crosby.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Richelieu wants to hold on but Crosby pushes him away.
Crosby punishing his opponent with strikes.
Crosby throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Crosby trying to control but Richelieu is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Crosby jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Richelieu manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Richelieu tries to escape but Crosby is in control.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Richelieu throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crosby.
Richelieu avoids a punch combination nicely.
Richelieu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Crosby misses with an attempted mid kick.
Richelieu fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Crosby is out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Richelieu.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crosby misses with a jab, cross combination.
Richelieu lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Crosby fails with an attempt to clinch.
Richelieu throws a right and a left that both miss.
Richelieu circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crosby tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Richelieu counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Richelieu misses with a kick to the body
and Crosby finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Horrible takedown by Crosby or perhaps it was just good defense by Richelieu which made him look bad.
Crosby shoots for a takedown but Richelieu saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Richelieu avoids the head kick by Crosby.
Crosby dodges the punch combination from Richelieu.
No joy there for Richelieu, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nice takedown defense from Richelieu. No joy for Crosby on that attempt.
Cardinal Richelieu has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Lance Crosby.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Richelieu tries to bum rush Crosby with a series of wild strikes but Crosby uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crosby shoots for a takedown but Richelieu saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Crosby wants to clinch up but Richelieu keeps it at a distance.
Richelieu throws a series of punches but Crosby moves out of range.
A punch combination from Richelieu misses.
Richelieu throws a series of punches but Crosby avoids them all with ease.
Richelieu darts in and clinches Crosby up against the cage.
Richelieu wants to get back to striking at distance but Crosby won't allow it.
Richelieu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crosby has him pressed against the cage.
Crosby tries a knee to the head but Richelieu blocks it.
Richelieu wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Crosby has him pressed against the cage.
Crosby prevents Richelieu from breaking the clinch.
Crosby tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Crosby tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Crosby tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Richelieu wants to get back to striking at distance but Crosby won't allow it.
Richelieu is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Crosby misses with a knee strike.
Lance Crosby has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Crosby prevents Richelieu from breaking the clinch.
Crosby misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Richelieu.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lance Crosby comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Richelieu has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 28:30
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Cardinal Richelieu!
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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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