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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Curry (ranked 394 p4p, 16 weight class) and Daniel Crushman (ranked 649 p4p, 20 weight class). Curry comes to the cage accompanied by Molly Malone - The Dubliners. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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263 lbs
39 - 24 - 0 |
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262 lbs
18 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 24 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Arthur Curry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Crushman!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Crushman keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've been informed that Crushman 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.
Curry lands a head kick!
It looks like Daniel Crushman has been cut.
Crushman tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Curry ducks under a wild hook from Crushman.
An attempted straight right counter from Curry misses the target.
Curry moves into range and connects with a jab.
Crushman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Curry swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Curry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Curry dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Crushman staying out of range there.
Crushman thinks about the counter body kick.
Crushman takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Crushman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Curry.
Curry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Curry scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
An inside leg kick from Crushman misses.
Curry takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Curry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Curry misses.
Crushman doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Arthur Curry is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Curry ducks under a wild hook from Crushman.
Curry gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
Curry blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crushman struggles to land a body shot inside as Curry controls his hands.
Crushman is leaning against Curry and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Crushman throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Crushman.
A short right from Crushman on the inside.
Crushman lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Crushman tries a body shot but Curry blocks it.
Curry takes a shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Curry.
A head punch on the inside from Curry fails to land.
Curry misses with some punches.
Crushman can't find room to land a body shot as Curry controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crushman lands a body punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crushman lands a big right hand that sends Curry to the canvas! This could be the beginning of the end for Curry!
Curry is rocked!
It looks like Arthur Curry has been cut.
Curry is breathing heavily.
Crushman is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Oh Curry is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Crushman is keen to just control but Curry is a slippery customer.
Curry trying to control here.
Curry seems to have got his legs back now.
Curry is staying active underneath Crushman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Crushman is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Crushman looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Curry wants to improve his position but Crushman is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crushman controlling the action here.
Curry is trying to get back to full guard.
Crushman wants to lay and pray for a moment but Curry keeps working.
Crushman works his foot free and advances to mount.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Crushman looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Curry is trying to escape the mount but Crushman keeps good control and instead manages to take Curry's back.
Crushman has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Curry has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Curry rolls, trying to escape but Crushman keeps control of the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Crushman is persistently looking for the submission but Curry is defending it well.
Curry tries to escape but Crushman has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Curry is trying to get back to his feet but Crushman has full control of the position and if anything, Curry has just worked his way into a worse spot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Daniel Crushman dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Curry fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Crushman.
Curry scores with a nice head shot.
Curry checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Curry tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Crushman manages to circle out of the way.
Jab, jab by Curry - just one landing.
That has opened up Daniel Crushman's cut even more.
Curry swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Curry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Crushman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Curry.
Crushman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Curry moves away.
Crushman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Curry throws out the jab.
Curry ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curry moves forwards but Crushman connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Crushman fails to land the takedown.
Crushman fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crushman throws a body kick that misses.
Curry takes the fight into the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Crushman.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crushman.
Curry misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Curry lands with a short shot to the head.
Curry lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Curry fails to land.
Curry throws a head punch that misses.
A right hook to the body lands for Crushman.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crushman.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crushman.
Crushman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crushman looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Curry jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crushman feints a counter leg kick.
Curry is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Curry throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curry looks to land a right hand but Crushman moved out of range.
Curry misses with a head kick.
And Crushman responds with a good body kick, but Curry manages to step out the way in time.
Curry throws a hook but Crushman blocks it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crushman delivers a nice body kick.
Curry bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Crushman's head backwards.
A chopping leg kick lands by Curry.
Curry throws a hook but Crushman blocks it.
Curry fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Curry lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A nice inside leg kick there by Crushman. That's going to slow Curry down.
Crushman tries to clinch up.
Curry throws a push kick but Crushman slaps the foot to one side.
Crushman throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Curry lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crushman misses with an uppercut. Curry saw that one coming.
Crushman finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Curry slips a straight right by Crushman.
Crushman throws a shot to the body.
Curry misses with a hook. Crushman ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Crushman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Crushman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Curry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Curry takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crushman connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Crushman works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Crushman fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crushman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Curry has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Curry avoids a kick to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crushman shoots in for a takedown but Curry shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Curry waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Crushman.
Curry throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Curry connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Crushman's hands.
Crushman bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Crushman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Curry.
A nice side step and Crushman releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Curry blocks a jab.
Curry feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Crushman misses with a low kick.
Curry throwing a counter right hand but Crushman manages to avoid it.
Crushman tries for a takedown but Curry circles away easily
and Curry counters by moving into the clinch.
Arthur Curry has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daniel Crushman.
A short right from Crushman on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Curry scores with a nice short uppercut.
Crushman breaks from the clinch.
Curry misses with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Arthur Curry will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Curry throws a nice head kick!
Crushman fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Curry sprawls well initially but Crushman persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Curry is trying to stand.
Crushman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Crushman is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Curry doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Crushman.
Crushman in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Curry tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Crushman!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Daniel Crushman!
Daniel Crushman tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
The defeated Arthur Curry had this to say: 'I am hanging my gloves up for good. Just naked sparring with ur mamma thats it...'.
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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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