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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charles Crawley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mel Gordon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crawley comes to the cage accompanied by Barbarian Overlords - The Ambassador . Gordon has chosen S.O.B. - Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats as his entrance music. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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187 cm
26
211 lbs
6 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm
26
217 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin |
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BJJ White Belt
Great elbows
Determined |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Charles Crawley! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Mel Gordon! The judges for this bout are Michael Johnstone, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Gordon misses with a looping left. Gordon scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Gordon misses the shot to the body. Gordon ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Gordon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
As Gordon looks to move away, Crawley throws a big counter combo bu Gordon just gets out of the way. Crawley ducks under a wild hook from Gordon. Crawley lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Gordon falls off balance throwing a combination
and Crawley counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Mel Gordon has been cut. Gordon throws a hook but Crawley avoids it easily. As Gordon backs away, Crawley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses. Gordon connects with a jab. Gordon throws a jab when Crawley was well out of range. Gordon throws a right and a left that Crawley avoids nicely. Crawley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land. Crawley displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Gordon throws out the jab. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Gordon looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Gordon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Gordon works the jab nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round. A looping hook to the body misses from Crawley. Gordon does a little dance to reset his feet. Crawley attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Gordon is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Crawley was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger. Crawley tried to score with a low kick but Gordon checks it. A jab from Gordon does it's job there. Gordon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Gordon closes the distance and clinches. Gordon throws a head punch that misses. Gordon tries to throw a body punch but Crawley avoids it by throwing Gordon back against the cage. Gordon pushes off an throws an elbow but Crawley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage. Gordon pushes Crawley back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head. An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gordon. Gordon scores with a hook to the body. Crawley takes an elbow to the forehead. Gordon lands a hook to the side of the head. A nice left hand lands by Gordon.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Gordon lands a damaging elbow. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Gordon lands a left hand.
Crawley throws a punch but it's blocked by Gordon. Gordon misses with an elbow over the top. Crawley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crawley swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gordon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Gordon throws an off balance right hand
and Crawley counters with an outside leg kick.
Gordon lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Crawley throws an overhand right that lands on Gordon's shoulder, as Gordon tries to avoid the shot. Crawley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Crawley fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Gordon on the side of the head. Crawley misses with a low kick as Gordon jumps back. Gordon unleashes a big counter combination but Crawley bobs and weaves and avoids any damage. Crawley uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Gordon. As Gordon backs away, Crawley returns fire with a leg kick that just misses. Gordon stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Crawley is rocked! Gordon cracks Crawley with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Mel Gordon! Mel Gordon is the new light heavyweight champion! A very excited looking Mel Gordon made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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