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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eli Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hans Thor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe's entrance music is Angry Johnny & The Killbillies - Kill Again. A fine choice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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181 cm
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215 lbs
28 - 13 - 0 |
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192 cm
35
217 lbs
23 - 13 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
28 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eli Crowe! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
23 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Hans Thor! The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Steven Brown and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Crowe clinches with his opponent.
Thor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crowe crunches a lovely knee into Thor's ribcage. A head punch on the inside from Crowe fails to land. A quick uppercut on the inside from Thor. Crowe swings wildly with an uppercut but Thor uses good head movement to avoid it. Thor breaks from the clinch.
Thor throws a predictable looking body shot
and Crowe counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Hans Thor has been cut. A nice inside leg kick there by Crowe. That's going to slow Thor down. A clash of legs there as Crowe blocks the low kick. Crowe throws a head kick but Thor moves out of range.
Nice jab there from Thor. Crowe uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thor. Crowe blocks a jab. Hans Thor seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Thor tries to score with a low kick but Crowe moves his leg out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round. A telegraphed right hand from Crowe misses the target. Thor doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Thor throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Crowe. Crowe moves out of range as Thor strikes. Crowe throws a right and a left that both miss. Thor scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Thor scores with a crisp jab that stopped Crowe in his tracks. Crowe fails to land with a series of punches.
Thor has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Thor gets tackled into the cage by Crowe. Crowe maintains the clinch. Crowe with a knee to the head.
Thor working aggressively here.
Thor has a couple of punches blocked by Crowe.
Crowe tries to work over Thor's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. Thor has a couple of punches blocked by Crowe.
I was talking to Crowe's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Crowe lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Crowe lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Crowe lands with a light punch inside. Thor misses with some punches.
Crowe pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage. Thor fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Thor doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thor tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Crowe's elbow. Thor throws a punch but it's blocked by Crowe. Thor misses with a punch on the inside.
Crowe tries a body shot but Thor blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Thor fails to land. Thor lands a shoulder strike. Thor goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crowe missing with knees to the body.
Thor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage. Crowe scores with a shoulder strike.
That has opened up Hans Thor's cut even more. Crowe's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
That's three minutes gone in the round. Thor misses with some punches.
Thor breaks the clinch.
Crowe pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Thor looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The cut above Hans Thor's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Crowe takes a swing at Thor's ribcage but misses. Thor doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter. Thor misses the shot to the body. Crowe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crowe scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Crowe ducks right into an uppercut from Thor. Crowe is looking to slow Thor down with leg kicks. Thor sends Crowe crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Thor is motioning to the referee to let Crowe up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Crowe is rocked! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. A nice leg kick lands there from Thor. Thor misses the shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Thor keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thor lands a nice looking body shot.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Thor.
Thor has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight. Crowe staying out of range there. Crowe looks to score with a jab to the body but Thor is just out of range. Thor looks like he wants to counter punch here. Thor throws an overhand right that lands on Crowe's shoulder, as Crowe tries to avoid the shot. An attempted straight right counter from Crowe misses the target. Crowe looks to score with a jab to the body but Thor is just out of range. Crowe takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Thor lands a leg kick that knocks Crowe off balance momentarily. Thor throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end. Thor throws an overhand right that lands on Crowe's shoulder, as Crowe tries to avoid the shot. Thor doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Thor drops Crowe with a beautiful combination! Crowe stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Thor is looking for the KO! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hans Thor dominated that round. The cut man is working on Hans Thor's cut. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Crowe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It looks like Eli Crowe has been cut. Thor moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. Thor throws a chopping leg kick but Crowe manages to avoid taking any serious damage. Thor drops Crowe with a big left hand! Crowe is injured, injured bad! Thor jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hans Thor! After winning the bout, Hans Thor thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. In defeat, Eli Crowe stepped up to the mic, saying 'Goldurnit...'.
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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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