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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Spiteri (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Slim Crowe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Crowe has chosen Noah Gundersen - Oh Death as his entrance music. Dave Spiteri could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Slim Crowe's chin.
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180 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dave Spiteri!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Slim Crowe!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Phil Schofield and Richard Clark.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Spiteri shoots in but no luck this time.
Crowe throws out a counter right but Spiteri avoids it with no problem.
Spiteri looks for a takedown but Crowe sprawls well.
Spiteri keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Crowe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Spiteri scores with a sloppy right hand. Crowe should have avoided that one.
Spiteri slips under a jab.
Spiteri moves away from the strike by Crowe.
Crowe misses with an uppercut
and Spiteri counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Crowe is looking to improve his position.
Crowe has one foot on Spiteri's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crowe just misses with a punch to the body.
Spiteri displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Crowe throws out the jab.
It looked like Spiteri wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Crowe uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Spiteri.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spiteri closes the distance and clinches.
Crowe swings wildly with an uppercut but Spiteri uses good head movement to avoid it.
Spiteri tries for a takedown but Crowe manages to get underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dave Spiteri. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crowe pushes Spiteri back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Spiteri blocks a body shot from Crowe.
Crowe misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crowe lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crowe lands with a light punch inside.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Spiteri just misses with a elbow thrown towards Crowe's brow.
Crowe tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Spiteri avoids it.
Crowe lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Spiteri backwards.
Crowe working aggressively here.
Spiteri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Crowe.
Crowe lands with a right to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crowe struggles to land a body shot inside as Spiteri controls his hands.
Crowe throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Spiteri is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Crowe gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Spiteri blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Spiteri breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Spiteri attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A telegraphed right hand from Spiteri misses the target.
Crowe closes the distance and pushes Spiteri back into the cage.
Crowe blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crowe breaks from the clinch.
Crowe works the jab nicely.
Spiteri throws a hook but Crowe avoids it easily.
Crowe avoids the body shot from Spiteri.
Crowe avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Crowe.
Spiteri looking to score a takedown here. Crowe is defending well but Spiteri drives through and ends up in Crowe's guard.
Crowe has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Spiteri is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Crowe breaks the clinch.
Slim Crowe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Spiteri scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Spiteri lands a nice looking body shot.
Crowe digs a good hook to Spiteri's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crowe tries to clinch but Spiteri is having none of it.
Spiteri instigates a clinch.
Crowe working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Crowe throws a punch but it's blocked by Spiteri.
A short right from Crowe.
Crowe is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Spiteri is defending well for now.
Spiteri's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crowe stuffs the takedown attempt from Spiteri. Spiteri gets slowly back to his feet.
A slapping leg kick lands for Crowe.
Crowe walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crowe. Spiteri does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spiteri thinks about countering with a body kick.
Spiteri takes the fight into the clinch.
Crowe lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Spiteri.
Spiteri misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crowe digs a right hand into Spiteri's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Spiteri's gas tank.
A right handed body shot lands from Crowe.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Crowe creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Crowe working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Spiteri.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Slim Crowe dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Crowe looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Crowe throws a low kick, looking for Spiteri's leg but Spiteri calmly moves out of range.
Spiteri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spiteri swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Spiteri takes a swing at Crowe's ribcage but misses.
Crowe counters with a body kick.
A big right from Spiteri misses.
Spiteri misses with a low kick.
Crowe appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Spiteri throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Crowe stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Crowe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Spiteri manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crowe tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dave Spiteri seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No luck for Spiteri with that takedown attempt.
Spiteri moves into the clinch successfully.
Crowe has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crowe misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crowe lands a body punch.
Crowe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Crowe lands a nice leg kick that just misses Spiteri's sensitive parts.
Spiteri lands a jab.
Crowe has managed to clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Crowe.
Spiteri wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Spiteri fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crowe lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Crowe tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Spiteri throws a head punch that misses.
Crowe misses with a punch on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Crowe scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crowe dodges an elbow strike from Spiteri.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Crowe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Spiteri backwards.
Crowe lands a left hand that snaps the head of Spiteri backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crowe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Spiteri misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crowe throws an elbow that misses.
Crowe lands with a left to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Spiteri fails to land.
Spiteri blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short right from Spiteri.
Spiteri misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crowe tries to work over Spiteri's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Crowe.
Crowe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Crowe drops Spiteri with a beautiful combination! Spiteri stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Crowe is looking for the KO!
Spiteri is rocked!
It looks like Dave Spiteri has been cut.
Spiteri misses the body punch
and Crowe counters with a big left hand that crumples Spiteri! He was out before he hit the floor! Brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Slim Crowe!
Post fight, Slim Crowe stared into the camera and said 'That's for your lousy contracts!'.
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