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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Cross Furia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jamal Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross Furia comes into the arena with Vivaldi's Winter blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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209 cm
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276 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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189 cm
25
212 lbs
7 - 2 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
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
6 - 2 - 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
7 - 2 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jamal Jackson! The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cross Furia keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Jackson. Jackson shoots in for a takedown but Cross Furia shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Jackson ducks under a wild hook from Cross Furia. Jackson throws a predictable looking body shot
enabling Cross Furia to counter with a crisp jab. Cross Furia scores with a crisp jab that stopped Jackson in his tracks. We've been told by Cross Furia's head coaches at Ryōzanpaku Dojo that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight. Horrible takedown attempt by Jackson or perhaps it was just good defense by Cross Furia, which made it look bad. Jackson cracks Cross Furia with an open hand slap. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Jackson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Jackson keeps the fight on the outside. Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cross Furia moves away. Cross Furia keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Cross Furia misses the target.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jackson thuds his right hand into Cross Furia's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Cross Furia throws a combination that misses and Jackson counters with a nice uppercut. Cross Furia lands a slapping body shot.
Cross Furia slips a straight right by Jackson. A counter left hand to the body from Cross Furia misses its target. Cross Furia scores with a jab to the head.
Sloppy strikes from Cross Furia. Those never looked like landing. Cross Furia throws a hook but Jackson blocks it. A big right from Jackson misses. A quick step to the side and Cross Furia tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect. Cross Furia smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Cross Furia with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Jackson to score with a decent uppercut. Jackson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cross Furia moves away. Cross Furia throwing a counter right hand but Jackson manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Jackson throws a right and a left that Cross Furia avoids nicely. A little feinted left hand from Cross Furia on the counter but he doesn't commit to it. Cross Furia throws the left hand but Jackson avoids the punch easily. Cross Furia gets caught napping as Jackson dives in and scores a takedown. Cross Furia manages to retain guard. The fighters are working up against the cage. Cross Furia manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage. Cross Furia lands with a short head shot on the inside. Jackson blocks an uppercut.
Cross Furia scores with a nice hook to the head. Cross Furia tries to work over Jackson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Jackson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Jackson throws an off balance right hand
and Cross Furia counters with a crisp one two that drops Jackson! Cross Furia thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Jackson to his feet! Jackson is in big trouble!
Jackson is rocked! Cross Furia circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Jackson to the canvas! Jackson doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Cross Furia keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). 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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