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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sni Probong (ranked 726 p4p, 88 weight class) and Silvio Crespo (ranked 2055 p4p, 243 weight class). Probong comes to the cage accompanied by Bodhi Mandala. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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155 lbs
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155 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
20 - 16 - 0, fighting out of London, Sni Probong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 13 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silvio Crespo!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, Sam Margolis and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Crespo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crespo fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Probong lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Probong throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crespo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Crespo looks to land a body kick but Probong moved away.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Crespo.
Probong shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Probong tries a head kick but it misses.
Crespo tries to clinch but Probong moves out of range.
Crespo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Crespo.
Probong misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Crespo scores with a shot to the side of Probong's head.
Probong lands a body shot in the clinch.
Crespo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Probong smiles and moves away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crespo gets a takedown into half guard.
Crespo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Probong trying to control but Crespo postures up.
Crespo thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Probong's head.
Probong trying to control from the bottom.
Probong makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Probong.
Crespo is looking to work some ground and pound but Probong has wrist control.
Crespo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Probong avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Crespo throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Probong works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Crespo content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Probong trying to keep a closed guard but Crespo is proving a slippery customer.
Crespo lands a couple of digs.
Crespo cracks Probong with a solid left hand.
Crespo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Probong looking to control.
Crespo postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crespo in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Probong is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Probong with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Crespo tries to get to full guard but Probong has control of the leg.
Probong performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crespo looks like he's trying to stand up.
Probong is controlling the pace.
Crespo wants to get back to his feet.
Probong keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Probong takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Probong lands with a good body shot.
Crespo moves into range and clinches up with Probong.
Crespo is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Sni Probong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silvio Crespo.
Crespo misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Probong.
Probong tries a body shot but Crespo blocks it.
Crespo jumps guard but Probong turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Probong lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Probong.
Probong lands a left hand.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Probong.
Crespo pulls Probong into guard.
Probong is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Probong has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Sni Probong will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Probong swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Crespo.
Crespo throws a sloppy head kick and Probong moves out of range easily.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Crespo.
An attempted straight right counter from Probong misses the target.
Probong goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Probong looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Probong connects with a crisp jab.
Probong throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Crespo slips a straight right by Probong.
Silvio Crespo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Probong misses with a body kick.
Probong listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Probong 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.
Crespo tries to work over Probong's front leg with a kick but Probong checks it.
Probong misses with a lunging right hand
and Probong takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Probong throws a quick inside leg kick.
Crespo takes one on the button.
Probong throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Silvio Crespo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Probong misses the shot to the body.
Crespo tries to counter by closing the distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Probong throws a hook but Crespo avoids it easily.
Probong lunges at Crespo with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Crespo's hand.
Probong takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Crespo shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Probong defends it nicely.
Probong throws out a loose jab but Crespo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Probong.
Sni Probong is winning the standup battle so far.
Crespo throws a body shot but no joy.
Probong is looking to counter punch.
Crespo avoids the body shot from Probong.
Probong lands a leg kick that knocks Crespo off balance momentarily.
Crespo misses with a series of wild punches.
Crespo tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Probong changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Crespo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Crespo shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Probong pinned against the cage. Probong gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sni Probong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silvio Crespo.
A slapping body kick lands there for Probong.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crespo throws a push kick but Probong slaps the foot to one side.
Crespo takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Probong pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Crespo drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Probong defends it well.
Probong throws a half hearted mid kick.
Crespo on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Crespo is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Probong's half guard.
Probong keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Probong is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Probong wants to get back to full guard.
Probong is trying is best to control the position here.
Crespo is looking for a kimura but Probong is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Crespo to get the leverage.
Probong wants to improve his position but Crespo is controlling well.
Probong keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Probong is trying to control but can't.
Crespo is working for a kimura but Probong is defending it quite comfortably.
Probong makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Probong.
Probong is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Crespo can do to turn this around?
Probong manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Crespo manages to get himself to full guard.
Probong controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Probong stopping the sweep attempt from Crespo.
Probong controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Probong continues to stall.
Probong trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sni Probong dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Crespo will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crespo cracks the inside of Probong's front leg.
A left lands for Probong.
Probong connects with a jab.
Crespo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Probong lands with a cross.
Some wild striking there from Crespo.
Probong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crespo moves away.
Crespo tries to counter by closing the distance.
Probong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Crespo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crespo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
As Crespo backs away, Probong returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Probong jabs at Crespo's body.
Probong cracks Crespo with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Crespo blocks the body kick.
Probong jabbing away but nothing is landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crespo looks for the body kick but Probong saw that one coming.
Crespo with a nice cross.
Crespo moves away from the strike by Probong.
Crespo shoots in for a takedown but Probong shows good takedown defense.
Crespo throws a series of punches but Probong avoids them all with ease.
Crespo moves out of range as Probong strikes.
Crespo tries to clinch there but Probong circles away.
Crespo uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Probong.
Probong ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crespo moves away.
Some wild striking there from Crespo.
A big right from Crespo misses.
Nice uppercut there from Probong.
Probong delivers a nice body kick.
Crespo shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Probong as he avoids it easily.
Crespo moves forwards but Probong connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Probong stuffs the takedown.
Sni Probong has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Silvio Crespo.
Crespo moves out of range of the body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crespo misses with a right hand
and Probong counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Probong thumps Crespo with a low kick.
Crespo with a lazy takedown attempt
enabling Probong to counter with a crisp jab.
Crespo takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Probong scores with a leg kick.
A left lands for Probong.
Crespo blocks a head kick by Probong.
Crespo takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Crespo darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Probong has one foot on Crespo's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
Sni Probong is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Probong moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Probong avoids a kick to the body.
Probong turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crespo looks to throw a body kick
and Crespo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Probong is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Probong bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Crespo takes one to the side of the head.
Probong scores with a jab. Crespo acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
A lazy body kick from Probong
and Crespo counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Silvio Crespo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Probong blocking the ground and pound attempt from Crespo.
Crespo prevents Probong from improving his position.
Crespo is thwarting Probong's attempts to control the position.
Probong is pressing down on Crespo's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Crespo chips away with some ground and pound.
Probong is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Crespo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Probong seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crespo throwing strikes from guard but Probong blocks nicely.
Crespo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Crespo trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
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!
Crespo throwing strikes but missing.
Probong is pulling down on Crespo's head to control his posture.
Probong has momentary wrist control but Crespo slips an elbow through the middle.
Probong manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Crespo manages to get himself to full guard.
Probong is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Probong gets to his feet - Crespo follows without any prompting.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sni Probong showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Probong has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sni Probong!
Sni Probong seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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