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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Cross Furia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Cornelius Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross Furia comes to the cage accompanied by Vivaldi's Winter. Jackson has chosen Machine Head -Old as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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209 cm
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276 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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196 cm
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260 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dante Cross Furia! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cornelius Jackson! The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cross Furia throws a right hand that misses
and Jackson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Cross Furia thuds his right hand into Jackson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
It looks like Cornelius Jackson has been cut. A good leg kick by Jackson. Cross Furia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A nice side step and Jackson releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Cross Furia lands a nice hook to Jackson's body. Jackson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Jackson staying out of range there. Cross Furia backing away here, and Jackson unleashes a leg kick that just misses. Jackson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Jackson throws a lazy uppercut
and Cross Furia counters with a nice uppercut. A slow jab from Cross Furia misses its intended target. Jackson has closed the distance and engaged Cross Furia in a clinch.
Cross Furia lands with a light punch inside. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cross Furia. Cross Furia is trying to push Jackson away but Jackson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere. Jackson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cross Furia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jackson takes a shot to the head. We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Jackson has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat. Jackson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cross Furia swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Jackson counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Jackson avoids the head kick by Cross Furia.
Jackson steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect. Cross Furia throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. As Cross Furia backs off Jackson throws a huge counter combo but Cross Furia manages to avoid it all. Cross Furia misses with a wild combination.
Cross Furia throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily. A little jabbing left from Jackson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Cross Furia misses with a few strikes there.
A countering left hand to the body from Jackson misses. Cross Furia throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Jackson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Dante Cross Furia has been cut. Cross Furia throws a right hand that misses
and Jackson counters with a leg kick then a big left hand that sends Cross Furia down! Jackson is looking to finish but Cross Furia is intelligently defending himself.
Cross Furia is rocked! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Cross Furia controls Jackson momentarily but Jackson frees himself. Oh Cross Furia is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Jackson throws a big right hand that misses. Jackson postures up in Cross Furia's guard and throws a big left but Cross Furia blocks it. Cross Furia seems to have got his legs back now. Cross Furia looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Cross Furia is looking to stand up but Jackson isn't so interested in that idea. Cross Furia utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace. Cross Furia 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. Jackson wants to control from the top but Cross Furia keeps moving.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity. Dante Cross Furia seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Jackson walks into a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A jab from Cross Furia misses. Cross Furia cracks Jackson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Cross Furia throws a sloppy head kick and Jackson moves out of range easily. Jackson was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind. Jackson avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Jackson tries a quick counter leg kick but Cross Furia is wise to it. Cross Furia throws a body shot but no joy. Cross Furia misses with a series of wild punches.
Jackson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made. Jackson shoots for a takedown but Cross Furia saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Cross Furia checks a leg kick nicely. Cross Furia fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it. Cross Furia pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Nice defenses there by Jackson. Jackson appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick. Jackson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cross Furia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Cross Furia lands a two punch combo.
A punch combination from Jackson misses. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Jackson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. Cross Furia throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Jackson on the side of the head. Oooooh!!! Cross Furia has knocked Jackson down with a huge combo! Cross Furia steps away and waves a wobbly Jackson back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Jackson is rocked! Cross Furia plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Jackson to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Jackson just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Dante Cross Furia! A relieved looking Dante Cross Furia 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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