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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Dany Crosby (ranked 2811 p4p, 828 weight class) and Mew Choo (ranked 389 p4p, 132 weight class). Mew Choo acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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World class boxer
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Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 22 - 4, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dany Crosby!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Mew Choo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Gwen Towbar and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Choo fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Crosby looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Choo blocks the body kick.
Crosby thuds a left hand into Choo's body.
Crosby digs a good body shot into Choo's ribs.
Crosby lands with a shot to the body.
Choo scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Some wild striking there from Crosby.
Choo has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Choo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Crosby uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Crosby scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Crosby scores with a punch to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Crosby throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Choo sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Choo misses the shot to the body.
Crosby moves out of range of the strikes.
Crosby ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Choo throws a big shot that misses.
Choo misses with a straight left.
A quick step to the side and Crosby tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Choo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crosby.
Nice uppercut lands for Choo. That snapped Crosby's head back.
A jab from Choo misses.
Choo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crosby.
Crosby moves out of range as Choo strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Crosby on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Choo moves in looking to clinch but Crosby pushes him off.
Crosby avoids the body shot from Choo.
Crosby tries to clinch but Choo moves out of range.
Crosby avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for Choo, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Crosby fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Choo manages to avoid it.
Crosby punishes Choo's body with a nice straight punch.
Crosby misses with a body shot
and Choo counters with a nice uppercut.
Sloppy strikes from Crosby. Those never looked like landing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby avoids the body shot from Choo.
Crosby throws a hook but Choo avoids it easily.
Choo misses with a wild body shot.
Choo looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Choo on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Choo misses with a looping right.
Choo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crosby moves away.
Crosby is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Choo keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Choo just misses with a punch to the body.
Choo swings for the body but Crosby moves out of range.
Choo lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Choo moves in looking to clinch but Crosby pushes him off.
Nice straight punches there by Choo. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Choo.
Choo tries to clinch but Crosby is having none of it.
Crosby shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choo misses the jab.
Choo throws a jab but it's blocked by Crosby.
Crosby seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Crosby defending well as Choo loads up on a big left hand.
Choo takes a swing at Crosby's ribcage but misses.
Choo jabs at Crosby's body.
Choo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Crosby manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Crosby avoids the body shot from Choo.
Choo moves out of range of the strikes.
Choo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Crosby throws out a powerful jab.
Crosby misses with a kick to the body.
Crosby misses with a wild body shot.
Crosby throws a series of punches but Choo moves out of range.
Choo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Crosby circles away from the clinch attempt.
Crosby throwing a counter right hand but Choo manages to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Choo throws a sloppy body shot
and Crosby counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Crosby avoids the body shot from Choo.
Choo throws a lazy right hand but Crosby sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Crosby takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Choo lands a nice hook to Crosby's body. Crosby takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
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!
Crosby ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Choo moves away.
Crosby doesn't manage to clinch there - Choo circles away.
A nice side step and Choo releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Choo misses with a right hand
and Crosby counters with a right hand to the body.
Choo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Crosby uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Choo.
Crosby lands with a nice body punch.
Choo pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Choo tries to bum rush Crosby with a series of wild strikes but Crosby uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Choo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Crosby finds it's way round the side to connect with Choo's head.
Crosby swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Choo.
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 Dany Crosby will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Choo takes one to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Choo. Crosby does a little dance to reset his feet.
Crosby is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Choo is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Crosby rather than just go for the knockout.
Choo misses with a two punch combination.
Choo lands with a cross.
Choo looks to score with a jab to the body but Crosby is just out of range.
A jab from Crosby finds it's way through Choo's defenses.
Crosby connects with a single shot there.
Choo jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Crosby fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Choo looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Choo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Crosby was well out of range. Poor timing from Choo.
Choo connects with a crisp jab.
Choo fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Choo ducks under a wild hook from Crosby.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Choo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Choo scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Choo scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Crosby throws a right and a left that Choo avoids nicely.
Choo digs a good hook to Crosby's body.
Choo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Crosby misses with a wild body shot.
Choo misses with a looping right.
Choo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Crosby.
Crosby connects with a crisp jab.
Choo looks to score with a jab to the body but Crosby is just out of range.
Choo throws a shot from downtown. Crosby moves away and avoids it.
Choo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crosby manages to avoid it.
It looked like Crosby wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Choo connects with a body shot.
Crosby takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Choo throws a right hand that Crosby ducks under and follows up with a left that Crosby also avoids with ease.
Choo throws a body punch but Crosby moves out of range.
The crowd cheers as Choo lands an impressive looking overhand right. Crosby doesn't seem phased though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Crosby misses the jab.
Choo misses with a body punch
and Crosby counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Choo throws a jab but it's blocked by Crosby.
Crosby waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Choo.
Crosby throws a series of punches but Choo moves out of range.
Crosby looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Crosby ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little feinted left hand from Crosby on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Crosby scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Choo doesn't seem bothered though.
Choo misses with a wild body shot.
Crosby throws a right and a left that Choo avoids nicely.
Choo takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Crosby takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Choo moves out of range as Crosby strikes.
Crosby throws a hook but Choo blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choo changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Choo avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Crosby moves away from the strike by Choo.
Crosby appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
I was talking to Crosby's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short uppercut from Crosby.
Choo working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Crosby tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Choo misses with some punches.
Choo decides to pull guard.
Choo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Choo keeping moving, preventing Crosby from controlling successfully.
Crosby controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crosby continues to stall.
Choo trying to keep a closed guard but Crosby is proving a slippery customer.
Crosby not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Crosby knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Choo on the ground.
Choo throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Crosby's corner is telling him to maintain position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mew Choo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Crosby throws a big shot that misses.
A jab from Crosby misses.
Choo throws a body shot but no joy.
Choo tests Crosby's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Choo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Crosby scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Choo moves out of range of the body kick.
Choo scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Choo's jab looks to have found its range, popping Crosby under the eye.
Crosby throws a hook to the side of Choo's head but Choo sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Crosby moves away from the strike by Choo.
Mew Choo seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Crosby throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Crosby swings away with a body shot that misses
and Choo counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Choo slips a straight right by Crosby.
Crosby tries to close the distance and clinch up but Choo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Choo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Choo ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Crosby moves away.
Crosby looks to throw the jab but Choo is out of range.
Choo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Crosby manages to avoid it.
Crosby uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Crosby tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Choo was well out of range. Poor timing from Crosby.
Crosby paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Choo, as that shot connected.
Choo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Choo comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Choo looks to land a left hand but Crosby moved out of range nicely.
Crosby swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from Crosby misses.
Crosby lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Choo with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Crosby swings widly with a right hand
and Choo counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Choo throws the left hand but Crosby avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Crosby misses the target.
Nice cross by Choo.
Choo throws a big shot that misses.
Choo tries to clinch up but Crosby circles away and keeps his distance.
Crosby motions for Choo to come forward. Crosby throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Choo throws out a counter right but Crosby avoids it with no problem.
Good exchange - Choo coming out on top.
Choo missing with a left hand there. Crosby was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Choo cracks Crosby with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Choo misses with a hook.
Choo misses the jab.
Crosby fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Crosby sizes up Choo with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Choo rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Crosby counters with a solid body kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Choo throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Crosby waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Choo.
Crosby looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Crosby gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Danga de danga de dang - Crosby scores with a four punch combination!
Choo looks to score with a jab to the body but Crosby is just out of range.
A low kick lands for Crosby.
Choo on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Crosby gets a clinch.
Crosby stalling in the clinch but Choo improves position.
Crosby fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Choo blocks a body shot from Crosby.
Choo decides to pull guard.
Crosby content to stall in guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Crosby trying to control the position from guard on top but Choo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Crosby slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Choo keeping moving, preventing Crosby from controlling successfully.
Crosby gets to his feet - Choo follows without any prompting.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Mew Choo.
I think Choo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 28:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mew Choo!
Mew Choo took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Brooklyn Apothecary for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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