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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Norman Crowley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nigel Benn Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowley comes into the arena with Iron Man - Black Sabbath blaring out of the sound system. Nigel Benn Jr acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Norman Crowley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Nigel Benn Jr!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloppy strikes from Benn Jr. Those never looked like landing.
Crowley moves into the clinch.
We've been informed that Benn Jr has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Benn Jr blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've been hearing reports that Crowley has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Crowley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benn Jr is defending well for now.
Crowley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benn Jr's efforts to push away.
Crowley is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Benn Jr lands a left hand.
Crowley missing with knees to the body.
Benn Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Crowley won't allow it.
Benn Jr avoiding damage as Crowley throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benn Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Benn Jr tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Crowley swivels and escapes.
Benn Jr misses with a double jab.
Benn Jr tries to bum rush Crowley with a series of wild strikes but Crowley uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Crowley slaps away a takedown attempt from Benn Jr, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Norman Crowley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nigel Benn Jr.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Crowley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crowley closes the distance and clinches.
Crowley tries to land knees in the clinch but Benn Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Crowley landing knees to the head.
It looks like Nigel Benn Jr has been cut.
Crowley keeps control of Benn Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Benn Jr is trying to break free.
Crowley misses with a knee to the head.
Benn Jr looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Benn Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crowley closes the distance and clinches.
Benn Jr is trying to break the clinch but Crowley is controlling him.
Crowley unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Crowley controlling the action here for a moment.
Crowley taking a breather.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowley using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Benn Jr looks winded!
Benn Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Crowley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benn Jr's efforts to push away.
Crowley avoiding damage.
Crowley stalling the fight.
Benn Jr letting Crowley take a breather here.
Crowley missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowley prevents Benn Jr from breaking the clinch.
Benn Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crowley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benn Jr avoids it.
Benn Jr managing to block the knees to the body from Crowley.
Benn Jr managing to block the knees to the body from Crowley.
Benn Jr is trying to push Crowley away but Crowley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Crowley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Crowley misses with a knee to the head.
Benn Jr takes a knee right on the jaw!
Benn Jr takes a knee to the side of the body.
Benn Jr managing to block the knees to the body from Crowley.
Benn Jr is trying to push Crowley away but Crowley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowley misses with a knee strike.
Benn Jr breaks from the clinch.
Benn Jr fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crowley has taken the fight to the clinch.
Crowley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benn Jr avoids it.
Benn Jr's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Benn Jr misses with a series of wild punches.
Crowley rushes Benn Jr and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Crowley missing with knees to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Crowley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benn Jr avoids it.
Crowley stalling in the clinch.
Crowley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Crowley for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Norman Crowley dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Nigel Benn Jr's cut.
That's time! Crowley's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
The fight stays on the outside here - Benn Jr looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Crowley throwing a counter right hand but Benn Jr manages to avoid it.
Crowley lands with a right hand.
Benn Jr misses with a two punch combination.
Benn Jr shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Crowley eats them both and turns towards Benn Jr to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Benn Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Crowley circles away.
Crowley moves into range and clinches up with Benn Jr.
Benn Jr has had enough of the clinch but Crowley keeps him there for the moment.
Crowley looking to throw knees to the head but Benn Jr is blocking nicely.
Crowley tries to land knees in the clinch but Benn Jr avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Crowley takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Crowley taking a breather.
Crowley is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Benn Jr can do to turn this around?
Crowley stalling in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Benn Jr takes a knee right on the jaw!
Crowley tries to land knees in the clinch but Benn Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Crowley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Crowley keeps control of Benn Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Crowley looking to throw knees to the head but Benn Jr is blocking nicely.
Crowley prevents Benn Jr from breaking the clinch.
Crowley using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Benn Jr has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Benn Jr is trying to push Crowley away but Crowley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Crowley tries to land knees in the clinch but Benn Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Crowley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Benn Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Benn Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Benn Jr drags the fight down to the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Benn Jr looking to control.
Benn Jr is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Crowley is controlling him.
Benn Jr is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Crowley is aware though and is defending well.
Benn Jr 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.
Benn Jr wants to get back to his feet but Crowley is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crowley stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Norman Crowley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crowley rushes Benn Jr and presses him up against the cage.
Norman Crowley has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Crowley scores a nice knee to the body.
Crowley trying to land knees to the body.
Crowley throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Benn Jr blocks it with crossed arms.
Crowley effectively controlling the action here.
Crowley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Benn Jr wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Crowley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benn Jr's efforts to push away.
Crowley displaying some good clinch control by pressing Benn Jr up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowley just leaning against Benn Jr, taking a breather.
Crowley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Benn Jr is defending well for now.
Crowley missing with knees to the body.
Crowley tries to land a knee to the head but Benn Jr blocks with his arms.
Crowley prevents Benn Jr from breaking the clinch.
Benn Jr is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Crowley tries to land knees in the clinch but Benn Jr avoids the damage to the body.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Benn Jr has had enough of the clinch but Crowley keeps him there for the moment.
Benn Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crowley keeps control of Benn Jr as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Norman Crowley dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Nigel Benn Jr's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Crowley clinches.
Crowley scores a nice knee to the body.
Crowley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Benn Jr's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Benn Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Crowley throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Crowley.
Benn Jr blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Crowley lands a good knee to the midsection. Benn Jr won't want to take too many of those.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Benn Jr avoiding damage as Crowley throws knees to the body.
Benn Jr is looking to break free of the clinch but Crowley has double underhooks.
Crowley tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Benn Jr on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowley misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crowley has Benn Jr pressed against the cage, preventing Benn Jr from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Crowley lands a knee to the body.
Crowley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crowley tries to land knees in the clinch but Benn Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Crowley tries to land knees in the clinch but Benn Jr avoids the damage to the body.
Benn Jr avoiding damage as Crowley throws knees to the body.
Crowley stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Benn Jr is trying to force a seperation but Crowley has the dominant position.
A nice right hand lands inside from Benn Jr.
Crowley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowley looking to slow down the pace here.
Crowley keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Benn Jr's efforts to push away.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Crowley trying to stall but Benn Jr improves his position.
Benn Jr jumps guard but Crowley stands there with Benn Jr around his waist. Benn Jr gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Benn Jr is trying to force a seperation but Crowley has the dominant position.
Crowley tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Benn Jr avoids it.
Crowley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Benn Jr as Crowley tries to tie him up.
Crowley is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Norman Crowley is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Benn Jr is trying to break the clinch but Crowley is controlling him.
Benn Jr wants to get back to striking at distance but Crowley won't allow it.
Crowley trying to land knees to the body.
Benn Jr is trying to break the clinch but Crowley is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Crowley with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Benn Jr drops down looking for an ankle pick but Crowley pulls his leg out and moves away.
Benn Jr closes the distance and clinches up with Crowley, looking for a takedown. Benn Jr pushes Crowley against the cage but Crowley circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Nigel Benn Jr has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Norman Crowley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nigel Benn Jr.
Crowley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Benn Jr throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Nigel Benn Jr seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Benn Jr fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Benn Jr misses with a double jab.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Benn Jr tries to keep at a distance but Crowley has taken the fight into the clinch.
Crowley is leaning against Benn Jr and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Norman Crowley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Crowley, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Norman Crowley!
Norman Crowley bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
Nigel Benn Jr was interviewed post fight and said 'ill be back'.
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