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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Silvio Crespo (ranked 2158 p4p, 215 weight class) and Ross Buchanan (ranked 16040 p4p, 417 weight class). Crespo comes to the cage accompanied by Ghost ''Im A King. Buchanan comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Roy Buchanan's Train Blues kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ross Buchanan told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
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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
23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Silvio Crespo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ross Buchanan!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Paulsen Ambrosius and Nard Betker.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buchanan misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Crespo counters with a good, hard body kick but Buchanan shrugs it off.
Crespo moves to clinch but Buchanan breaks away
and Buchanan counters with a thumping low kick.
A solid body kick from Crespo.
A right-left combo lands from Crespo.
Crespo fails to land with a series of punches.
Crespo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Buchanan paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Crespo lands a two punch combo.
Buchanan lands a nice leg kick that just misses Crespo's sensitive parts.
No joy there for Buchanan, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buchanan with a nice cross.
Buchanan misses with a two punch combination.
Buchanan gets tackled into the cage by Crespo. Crespo maintains the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Buchanan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Buchanan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crespo has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.
Buchanan tries a body shot but Crespo blocks it.
Crespo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Crespo blocks an uppercut.
Crespo lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short left from Buchanan.
Buchanan swings wildly with an uppercut but Crespo uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crespo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Crespo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Buchanan.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crespo throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Crespo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Crespo blocking some punches.
Crespo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Buchanan struggles to land a body shot inside as Crespo controls his hands.
Crespo throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Crespo throws a punch but it's blocked by Buchanan.
Crespo softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Good body shot from Crespo.
Crespo misses with a punch to the body.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Crespo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Buchanan lands a body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crespo.
Crespo swings wildly with an uppercut but Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan tries a body shot but Crespo blocks it.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crespo creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Buchanan scores with a hook to the body.
Crespo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Crespo is leaning against Buchanan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Buchanan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buchanan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Crespo.
Buchanan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A right hand to the body from Crespo.
Buchanan tries to work over Crespo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buchanan tries a body shot but Crespo blocks it.
Crespo misses with a knee to the head.
Crespo lands a shoulder strike.
Crespo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Ross Buchanan has been cut.
Crespo swings wildly with an uppercut but Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buchanan misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Crespo.
Crespo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crespo struggles to land a body shot inside as Buchanan controls his hands.
Buchanan has a couple of punches blocked by Crespo.
Crespo lands a knee to the head.
Crespo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crespo tries a body shot but Buchanan blocks it.
Crespo misses with a punch on the inside.
Buchanan blocks the elbow strike.
Crespo with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Crespo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crespo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crespo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Crespo landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A short uppercut from Buchanan.
Crespo swings wildly with an uppercut but Buchanan uses good head movement to avoid it.
Crespo lands a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crespo is leaning against Buchanan and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Still in the clinch, Buchanan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Buchanan lands a hook that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Crespo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Buchanan or not.
Crespo working aggressively here.
A right hand to the body from Crespo.
Crespo fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crespo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Buchanan.
A short uppercut from Crespo.
Crespo looking to throw knees to the head but Buchanan is blocking nicely.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crespo.
Crespo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
A short body shot lands from Crespo as the two fighters clinch.
Crespo has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.
Crespo is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Buchanan is defending well for now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buchanan misses with a punch on the inside.
Buchanan throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Crespos head.
Crespo lands a hook to the side of the head.
Crespo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silvio Crespo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ross Buchanan's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Buchanan avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crespo throws a series of strikes that have Buchanan backpedaling.
Crespo lands with a nice body punch.
Crespo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Crespo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crespo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Crespo tries to work over Buchanan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crespo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Buchanan can do to turn this around?
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Buchanan gets through Crespo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Buchanan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Buchanan blocks an uppercut.
Crespo misses with a punch to the body.
Buchanan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crespo presses Buchanan against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Buchanan creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crespo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Buchanan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Buchanan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan blocks an elbow strike from Crespo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buchanan blocking some punches.
Crespo tries a knee to the head but Buchanan blocks it.
Crespo misses with an elbow strike.
Crespo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Buchanan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Crespo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Crespo connects with a nasty looking knee right to Buchanan's face.
Buchanan blocks a body shot from Crespo.
Crespo looking to throw knees to the head but Buchanan is blocking nicely.
A short right from Buchanan on the inside.
Crespo working Buchanan over with knees to the body.
Crespo blocks a body shot from Buchanan.
Crespo throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Crespo.
Crespo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Silvio Crespo has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Crespo tries to land a knee to the head but Buchanan blocks with his arms.
Crespo scores with an uppercut up the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Crespo tries to throw a body punch but Buchanan avoids it by throwing Crespo back against the cage.
Buchanan misses with the head strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Crespo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Crespo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
Crespo with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Buchanan can't find room to land a body shot as Crespo controls the action.
Crespo lands with a short shot to the head.
Crespo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Crespo.
Buchanan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crespo tries a body shot but Buchanan blocks it.
Crespo lands with a light punch inside.
Crespo blocking some punches.
Buchanan prevents a body shot from Crespo.
Crespo throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Buchanans head.
Crespo tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Crespo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crespo comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Crespo lands a nice uppercut.
Crespo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Buchanan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Buchanan lands a body shot in the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Crespo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Crespo lands with a left to the head.
Buchanan takes an elbow to the forehead.
Crespo tries to land knees in the clinch but Buchanan avoids the damage to the body.
Crespo gets through Buchanan's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Buchanan lands a hook that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
A left hand lands to the body for Buchanan.
Crespo throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Buchanan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buchanan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Crespo lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Buchanan backwards.
A short left from Buchanan.
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 scores with a nice hook to the head.
Crespo lands with a right to the head.
Buchanan misses with a punch to the body.
Buchanan tries to work over Crespo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Crespo.
Crespo lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Buchanan.
Buchanan throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Buchanan scores with a nice short uppercut.
Buchanan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crespo cracks Buchanan with a nice body shot.
Buchanan on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Crespo misses with a punch on the inside.
Buchanan lands a shot to the body.
Buchanan pushes Crespo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
Crespo has a couple of punches blocked by Buchanan.
Buchanan struggles to land a body shot inside as Crespo controls his hands.
Crespo blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crespo blocking some punches.
Crespo lands with a right to the head.
Crespo digs a right hand into Buchanan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Buchanan's gas tank.
Buchanan misses with a body punch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Buchanan lands a right hand that snaps the head of Crespo backwards.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Buchanan.
Buchanan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Silvio Crespo dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Ross Buchanan's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Crespo misses the shot to the body.
Crespo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Buchanan moves away.
Crespo shoots in and drives through. Buchanan sprawls well.
Buchanan misses with a wild combination.
Crespo seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Buchanan throws a series of punches but Crespo avoids them all with ease.
Crespo looks to throw a body kick
and Buchanan counters with a slapping leg kick.
Crespo works the jab nicely.
Buchanan lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Crespo at a distance.
Crespo slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Crespo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Buchanan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crespo jabs Buchanan right on the nose. Buchanan blinks but takes it well.
Crespo swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Crespo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Silvio Crespo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Buchanan throws a head kick but Crespo moves out of range.
Crespo closes the distance and pushes Buchanan back into the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Buchanan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Crespo.
Crespo lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Buchanan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Crespo.
Crespo doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Buchanan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan tries a body shot but Crespo blocks it.
A right hand to the body from Crespo.
Buchanan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Buchanan tries a body shot but Crespo blocks it.
Buchanan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Crespo misses with a hook from the clinch.
Crespo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crespo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buchanan misses with some punches.
A short body shot lands from Crespo as the two fighters clinch.
Crespo misses with a punch on the inside.
Buchanan managing to block the knees to the body from Crespo.
Crespo missing with knees to the body.
Crespo prevents a body shot from Buchanan.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Buchanan throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Buchanan.
Buchanan working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crespo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crespo struggles to land a body shot inside as Buchanan controls his hands.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Crespo.
Buchanan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crespo blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Crespo misses with some punches.
Crespo using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Buchanan has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Crespo working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Buchanan fails to land.
Buchanan tries to work over Crespo's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Crespo looking to throw knees to the head but Buchanan is blocking nicely.
Crespo blocking some punches.
Crespo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Crespo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Buchanan cracks Crespo with a nice body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan lands a hook to the side of the head.
Buchanan misses with a body punch.
Crespo with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Crespo digs a right hand into Buchanan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Buchanan's gas tank.
A right hand to the body from Buchanan.
Buchanan blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ross Buchanan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buchanan fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Crespo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Buchanan's elbow.
Crespo working aggressively here.
Crespo lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Crespo blocking some punches.
Buchanan stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Buchanan takes an elbow to the temple.
Buchanan can't find room to land a body shot as Crespo controls the action.
Buchanan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silvio Crespo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Crespo blocks an uppercut.
Crespo blocks an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Buchanan misses with a body punch.
Buchanan misses with a punch to the body.
Crespo tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buchanan throws a punch but it's blocked by Crespo.
Buchanan throws a head punch that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Crespo tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Buchanan has a couple of punches blocked by Crespo.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Crespo.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Buchanan tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Buchanan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Buchanan lands with a short shot to the head.
Crespo lands a nice uppercut.
Buchanan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ross Buchanan.
Well Crespo 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 Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:28
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Silvio Crespo!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Silvio Crespo made sure he mentioned Voodoo Nutrition, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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