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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Boris Balkan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Cross Furia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross Furia has chosen Vivaldi's Winter as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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240 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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276 lbs
26 - 14 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Boris Balkan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
26 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dante Cross Furia!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Emerson Jorge and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross Furia moves out of range of the body kick from Balkan.
Cross Furia has taken the fight to the clinch.
Balkan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cross Furia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've been informed that Cross Furia 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.
Balkan scores with a sloppy right hand. Cross Furia should have avoided that one.
It looks like Dante Cross Furia has been cut.
Cross Furia is looking to clinch.
Cross Furia lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Balkan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Balkan steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cross Furia.
Nice jab there from Cross Furia.
Balkan has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia lands a nice shot to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Cross Furia misses the target.
Balkan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Balkan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Cross Furia has time to react.
Cross Furia cracks Balkan with a good jab.
Balkan looks for the body kick but Cross Furia saw that one coming.
Balkan feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Cross Furia sprawling to the canvas! Cross Furia rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can Balkan finish him?!
Balkan gets tackled into the cage by Cross Furia. Cross Furia maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan is trying to break free.
Balkan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Balkan throws a head punch that misses.
Cross Furia gets through Balkan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Balkan throws an elbow that misses.
Cross Furia throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cross Furia's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cross Furia scores with a spinning back kick!
Balkan misses with a kick to the body.
Balkan throws a half hearted mid kick.
Cross Furia wants to counter the offense by Balkan and move into the clinch position.
Cross Furia closes the distance and clinches.
Cross Furia struggles to land a body shot inside as Balkan controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Cross Furia.
Cross Furia pushes Balkan back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cross Furia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cross Furia lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Balkan.
Balkan is breathing heavily.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cross Furia.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cross Furia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Balkan backwards.
Cross Furia lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cross Furia softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cross Furia creates some distance for himself and unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Balkan's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Balkan drops to his knees and Cross Furia pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dante Cross Furia!
Dante Cross Furia is the new heavyweight champion!
Dante Cross Furia decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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