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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jose Cronos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Chandler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cronos comes to the cage accompanied by Sandstorm. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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145 lbs
31 - 16 - 0 |
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175 cm
34
159 lbs
36 - 22 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Very quick |
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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 featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
31 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Cronos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
36 - 22 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marcus Chandler!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Micheangelo Fripello and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chandler throws a push kick but Cronos slaps the foot to one side.
Chandler connects with a solid leg kick.
Cronos looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Chandler lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cronos will feel that in the morning.
Chandler throws a leg kick which misses Cronos's front leg but catches the back leg as Cronos tries to avoid it.
Chandler misses with a looping left.
Cronos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Chandler lands a lovely overhand right.
A right-left combo lands from Cronos.
Cronos throws a body punch but Chandler moves out of range.
Chandler throws a chopping leg kick but Cronos manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Chandler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cronos throws a big counter combination but Chandler scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Cronos moves out of range of the strikes.
Chandler swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cronos was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Chandler.
Chandler throws a leg kick but Cronos checks it.
Chandler misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Cronos was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Chandler misses with an uppercut. Cronos saw that one coming.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cronos avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Marcus Chandler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Chandler throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Cronos was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Chandler dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cronos. That did some damage!
An inside leg kick lands from Chandler.
Chandler throws a wild body kick that Cronos sees coming a mile off.
Cronos was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A low kick from Chandler misses
and Cronos counters with a left to the body.
Chandler lands a head shot.
Chandler throws the kick towards the body but Cronos avoids it.
Chandler misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cronos.
Chandler lunges at Cronos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cronos's hand.
Chandler attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Chandler throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Chandler lunges at Cronos with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cronos's hand.
Chandler fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Cronos has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A jab from Cronos misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chandler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Chandler dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Chandler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cronos.
Chandler tries to work over Cronos's front leg with a kick but Cronos checks it.
Cronos attempts a counter takedown but Chandler avoids it well and moves away.
Chandler looks to land a left hand but Cronos moved out of range nicely.
Cronos throws a big counter combination but Chandler scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Chandler throws an off balance right hand
and Cronos counters with a nice double leg into side control. Chandler won't be happy with that.
Chandler tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Chandler regains half guard.
Cronos wants to pass to mount but Chandler is defending the position.
Chandler slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cronos wants to control from the top but Chandler keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cronos is fighting to break Chandler's control of his arms but Chandler is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cronos wants to pass the guard but Chandler is keeping the position.
Chandler lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cronos is trying to keep Chandler in close.
Cronos wants to stand but Chandler is controlling the position.
Cronos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chandler looking to sit in guard and control but Cronos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cronos trying to control the position from guard on top but Chandler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cronos wants to pass the guard but Chandler is keeping the position.
Cronos's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cronos trying to control but Chandler is working from the bottom.
Cronos is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Chandler is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Chandler seems keen to control Cronos's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Chandler dominated that round.
That's time! Cronos's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Chandler misses with a straight left.
Chandler throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Cronos moves out of range of the body kick from Chandler.
Chandler connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cronos momentarily.
Chandler connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cronos. Cronos circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cronos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chandler.
Jose Cronos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cronos swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A little jabbing left from Chandler on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cronos misses with a takedown attempt - Chandler sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Chandler counters with a body kick.
Chandler connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chandler steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cronos.
Chandler throws a low kick but Cronos moves out of range easily.
Chandler misses with a hook.
Chandler avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Chandler misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chandler just misses with a punch to the body.
Marcus Chandler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chandler throws a solid leg kick but Cronos takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Chandler.
A left lands for Chandler.
Cronos steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chandler.
Cronos was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Chandler misses with a straight left.
Cronos displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Chandler throws out the jab.
Chandler misses with an uppercut. Cronos saw that one coming.
Cronos checks the leg kick.
Cronos shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Chandler manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Cronos trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Chandler manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Cronos is looking to stand up but Chandler isn't so interested in that idea.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cronos keeping moving, preventing Chandler from controlling successfully.
Cronos is looking to cinch up a triangle. Chandler throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Cronos's body to avoid the submission. Cronos has instead reached around Chandler's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Cronos arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jose Cronos!
After winning the bout, Jose Cronos thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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FIGHT
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