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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Monte Cox (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sidney Crospwnt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Monte Cox!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Sidney Crospwnt!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cox has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cox throws a head kick that misses.
Cox tries to clinch up.
Sidney Crospwnt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cox will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Crospwnt moves into range and connects with a jab.
Crospwnt scoring well with a low kick there.
Cox could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cox shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Crospwnt pinned against the cage. Crospwnt gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
A good leg kick by Crospwnt.
Cox looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Crospwnt is fending him off so far but Cox persists. Nope, Crospwnt circles away and we're back to standing.
Crospwnt clinches up with Cox and pushes him back against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Crospwnt.
Crospwnt manages to break the clinch.
Good leg kick by Crospwnt there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cox takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.Crospwnt connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cox. Cox circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Crospwnt's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Crospwnt duly obliges.
Cox is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Crospwnt finds it's target.
Crospwnt stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Monte Cox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Crospwnt stuffs the takedown attempt from Cox. Cox gets slowly back to his feet.
Crospwnt scores with a three punch combo!
It looks like Monte Cox has been cut.
Cox stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Crospwnt.
Crospwnt dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cox. That did some damage!
Cox closes the distance looking to clinch
and Crospwnt counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Crospwnt misses with a jab, cross combination.
Crospwnt cracks Cox with an open hand slap.
Cox looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Crospwnt tries to kick Cox off in order to stand up. Cox Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cox tries to move to mount but Crospwnt blocks the move with his legs.
Cox in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Cox wants to lay and pray for a moment but Crospwnt keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cox is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Cox is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Cox throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Cox walks into a stiff left hand from Crospwnt.
Crospwnt avoids the body shot from Cox.
Crospwnt lands a really nice looking cross but Cox seems unphased.
Cox tries to clinch but Crospwnt moves out of range.
Cox fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice body kick from Crospwnt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crospwnt scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cox fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cox is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cox pivots, looking for a leg kick but Crospwnt is out of range and Cox settles back down.
Cox darts in trying to clinch
and Crospwnt counters with a three punch combo that has Cox backing up. Cox nods at Crospwnt to acknowledge the strikes.
Cox closes the distance looking to clinch
and Crospwnt counters with a stiff right hand.
Cox falls off balance throwing a combination
and Crospwnt counters with a low kick, right behind Cox 's knee.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A combination from Cox does no damage.
A thudding body kick lands there by Crospwnt!
Cox has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Crospwnt connects with a looping right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sidney Crospwnt dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Monte Cox'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.
Crospwnt with a hook.
Crospwnt throws a combination that misses
and Cox counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Crospwnt!
Cox controlling from the full mount.
Cox looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Cox landing punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cox punching from mount but Crospwnt doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crospwnt really wants to buck Cox off and get back to his feet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cox throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
A nice elbow there by Cox.
Cox trying to control but Crospwnt is having none of it.
Cox has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cox lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cox trying to control but Crospwnt is having none of it.
Crospwnt avoids a series of strikes thrown by Cox.
Crospwnt tries to buck Cox off but Cox takes his back!
Crospwnt controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cox trying to control momentarily.
Crospwnt is trying to stand back up.
Cox struggling to land strikes to the head as Crospwnt covers up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cox struggling to land strikes to the head as Crospwnt covers up.
Crospwnt controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad position.
Will Cox go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Cox scores with a nice shot to the head of his opponent. Crospwnt is looking for a way out.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Monte Cox dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Monte Cox's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Cox shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Crospwnt connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Crospwnt circles away from the clinch attempt
and Crospwnt counters with a body kick that stops Cox in his tracks momentarily.
Sidney Crospwnt seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cox shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Crospwnt as he jumps to the side.
Cox tries to clinch up
and Crospwnt counters with a good low kick that Cox was not able to check.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cox.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Monte Cox. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cox darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Crospwnt looks like he's trying to stand up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cox wants to stand up but Crospwnt has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Cox is looking to take a break and control but Crospwnt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cox tries to pass to full mount but Crospwnt defends it.
Crospwnt wants to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cox decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Crospwnt lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Crospwnt scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Crospwnt moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Crospwnt is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Crospwnt lands with a cross.
Cox dodges the punch combination from Crospwnt.
Crospwnt lands a jab to the head.
Crospwnt throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Crospwnt throws a right and a left that Cox avoids nicely.
Crospwnt swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cox counters with a takedown into side control.
Crospwnt is pushing Cox's head away, looking to escape. Cox manages to hold on to the position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cox decides to stand up, so the ref orders Crospwnt to his feet.
Cox closes this distance looking for a takedown but Crospwnt circles away.
Cox shoots in but no luck this time.
Cox fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice sprawl there from Crospwnt as Cox shoots in.
Cox throws a sloppy head kick
and Crospwnt counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cox misses with a takedown attempt
and Crospwnt counters with a two punch combo.
Cox fails with the takedown.
Cox will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Crospwnt scores with a nice body kick.
Crospwnt darts in and clinches Cox up against the cage.
Cox is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Cox can't get the takedown.
Crospwnt breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Crospwnt stuffs the takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crospwnt looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cox misses with a few strikes there.
Cox checks a leg kick nicely.
Crospwnt misses with a wild combination.
Cox blocks a jab.
Crospwnt looks to land a combination but Cox avoids it well.
Cox closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Cox wants to lay and pray for a moment but Crospwnt keeps working.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cox stops Crospwnt from getting back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Monte Cox.
I think Cox has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Monte Cox!
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energy
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hype
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