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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mornington Crescent (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jason Stern (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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193 lbs
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189 lbs
12 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
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
22 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mornington Crescent!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jason Stern!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stern takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crescent swings for the body but Stern moves out of range.
Stern cracks Crescent with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Stern throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Stern misses with a few strikes there.
Crescent lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Stern blocks a low kick nicely.
Stern chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Crescent can pounce on him.
Crescent throws a leg kick that misses.
Crescent throws a jab when Stern was well out of range.
Stern takes one to the side of the head.
Mornington Crescent seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Crescent with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A jab from Crescent finds it's way through Stern's defenses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Crescent. Stern does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crescent throws a leg kick which misses Stern's front leg but catches the back leg as Stern tries to avoid it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Stern takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Stern just misses with a punch to the body.
Stern is looking to chop away at Crescent's legs.
Stern is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crescent with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crescent connects with an inside leg kick.
Crescent thumps Stern with a low kick.
Stern takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Stern misses with an attempted mid kick.
Crescent buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Crescent fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Stern has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Crescent tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stern was well out of range. Poor timing from Crescent.
Crescent misses with a looping left.
Stern misses with a right hand
and Crescent counters with a slapping leg kick.
A right-left combo lands from Stern.
Crescent has Stern up against the cage in a clinch.
Crescent lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stern.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Crescent has Stern pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Stern manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Crescent gets through Stern's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stern blocking some punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crescent misses with a punch to the body.
A short body shot lands from Crescent as the two fighters clinch.
Stern manages to break the clinch.
Stern misses with a looping left.
Crescent tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Stern was well out of range. Poor timing from Crescent.
Crescent takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Crescent looks to throw the jab but Stern is out of range.
Crescent throws an overhand right that lands on Stern's shoulder, as Stern tries to avoid the shot.
Stern scores with a jab to the body.
Stern throws a low kick, looking for Crescent's leg but Crescent calmly moves out of range.
Good exchange - Stern coming out on top.
Stern moves out of range as Crescent strikes.
Crescent swings for the body but Stern moves out of range.
Good shot there by Crescent.
Stern will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Stern slips under a jab.
Stern ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crescent moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crescent just misses with a punch to the body.
Stern throws out a leg kick but Crescent moves out of range and Stern only half commits.
Stern walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Stern checks the leg kick nicely there.
Stern bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stern fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Stern's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Crescent connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Stern scrambles back to his feet.
Stern missing with a left hand there. Crescent was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A jab from Stern misses.
Crescent checks a leg kick nicely.
Crescent tries to clinch up
and Stern counters with a stiff right hand.
Nice takedown defense from Stern. No joy for Crescent on that attempt.
Stern clobbers Crescent with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Crescent swings for the body but Stern moves out of range.
A jab from Stern does it's job there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stern throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Crescent misses the jab.
Stern's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Crescent misses with a wild body shot.
Stern will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Crescent moves out of range as Stern strikes.
Crescent dives in and grabs Stern's left leg, looking for a takedown. Stern pushes down on Crescent's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mornington Crescent. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crescent lands a nice shot that snaps Stern's head back.
Stern missing with a left hand there. Crescent was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Crescent walks into a jab.
Crescent misses with a low kick.
Stern throws a quick inside leg kick.
Stern misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stern misses with a body shot.
Crescent throws a jab but it's blocked by Stern.
Stern throws a body punch but Crescent moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Stern there.
Stern checks a low kick from Crescent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mornington Crescent dominated that round.
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.
Crescent motions for Stern to come forward. Crescent throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Stern scores with a jab to the jaw.
Crescent tries to clinch but Stern is having none of it.
Crescent tries for a takedown but Stern sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Stern shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Crescent eats them both and turns towards Stern to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Stern throws a jab when Crescent was well out of range.
Stern checks a leg kick nicely.
Crescent looks to throw the jab but Stern is out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Stern. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Stern.
Decent striking displayed by Crescent there.
Good work by Stern as he checks the leg kick.
Stern throws a big shot that misses.
Mornington Crescent is winning the standup battle so far.
Crescent tries to clinch there but Stern circles away.
Stern takes one on the button.
Crescent throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Crescent looks to land a combination but Stern avoids it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Crescent misses with a low kick as Stern jumps back.
Nice uppercut lands for Crescent. That snapped Stern's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stern lands with a shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Stern.
Crescent takes one to the side of the head.
Crescent jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Stern fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Crescent is out of range.
Stern lands a head kick!
Crescent checks the leg kick.
Crescent misses with a low kick.
Nice body punch from Stern.
Crescent misses with a wild body shot.
Stern tries to close the distance and clinch but Crescent swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Crescent, as that shot connected.
Stern fails in his attempt to clinch.
Crescent steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Stern.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Crescent lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Stern has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Stern and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Crescent throws a leg kick but Stern sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Stern tries to score with a low kick but Crescent moves his leg out of the way.
Crescent fails with a takedown attempt.
Crescent checks a leg kick.
Crescent fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Crescent swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crescent does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Stern connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Crescent throws a nice outside leg kick.
Stern throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Crescent sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Stern cracks a nice hook into Crescent's ribs.
Crescent feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Sterns jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Stern checks the leg kick.
Stern moves in looking to clinch but Crescent pushes him off.
Stern pivots, looking for a leg kick but Crescent is out of range and Stern settles back down.
Stern cracks the inside of Crescent's front leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Crescent will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Crescent closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Stern pushes off an throws an elbow but Crescent leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Stern misses with the head strike.
Stern working aggressively here.
Stern works on Crescent's body with a couple of short punches.
Stern blocks a body shot from Crescent.
Stern blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Crescent swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stern blocks a body shot from Crescent.
Stern working aggressively here.
Crescent misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stern misses with a punch on the inside.
Crescent tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Crescent pulls guard successfully.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Stern is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Crescent has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Stern is looking to defend but Crescent has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Stern! Crescent pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Stern taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:02 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Mornington Crescent!
During a confident post fight interview, Mornington Crescent thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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