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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bo Blacksmith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Logan McCriux (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Blacksmith might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to NWA. Bo Blacksmith is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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200 lbs
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215 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bo Blacksmith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Logan McCriux!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Frank Dennis and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blacksmith misses with a hook
and McCriux moves into the clinch.
Blacksmith has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
McCriux lands a nice elbow.
McCriux misses with a knee to the head.
Blacksmith is looking to break free of the clinch but McCriux has double underhooks.
McCriux misses with a knee strike.
McCriux lands a nice uppercut.
McCriux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
McCriux slips under a jab.
Blacksmith rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McCriux counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by McCriux.
Blacksmith wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
McCriux makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Blacksmith trying to stall but McCriux improves his position.
McCriux lands a left hand that snaps the head of Blacksmith backwards.
McCriux scores with a shot to the side of Blacksmith's head.
McCriux unloads a knee to the mid-section.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCriux keeps control of Blacksmith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
McCriux dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McCriux lands an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blacksmith doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Blacksmith working hard to break the clinch.
Blacksmith is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Blacksmith is trying to break free.
McCriux utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
McCriux stalling the fight.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Blacksmith.
Blacksmith has had enough of the clinch but McCriux keeps him there for the moment.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
McCriux is struggling to control the position.
McCriux tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McCriux stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Blacksmith is trying to force a seperation but McCriux has the dominant position.
Blacksmith can't break the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCriux with a knee to the head.
Blacksmith breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blacksmith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blacksmith keeps the fight on the outside.
A big right from Blacksmith misses.
Blacksmith throws an off balance right hand
and McCriux counters with a one-two to the body.
Blacksmith throws out a loose jab but McCriux uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCriux moves in looking to clinch but Blacksmith pushes him off.
Blacksmith tries to keep at a distance but McCriux has taken the fight into the clinch.
McCriux lands a right hand that snaps the head of Blacksmith backwards.
Blacksmith wants to break the clinch but can't.
McCriux has Blacksmith pressed against the cage, preventing Blacksmith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Blacksmith tries to circle away but McCriux has him pinned against the cage.
McCriux blocks an uppercut.
McCriux is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
McCriux with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McCriux landing knees to the body.
McCriux is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
McCriux lands a good knee to the midsection. Blacksmith won't want to take too many of those.
Blacksmith is breathing heavily.
McCriux lands an elbow just above Blacksmith 's eye.
McCriux lands an elbow inside.
It looks like Bo Blacksmith has been cut.
Blacksmith is trying to break free.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Blacksmith takes a knee right on the jaw!
A head punch blocked on the inside by McCriux.
Blacksmith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
McCriux is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
McCriux tries a knee to the head but Blacksmith blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCriux tries to land a knee to the head but Blacksmith blocks with his arms.
McCriux with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Blacksmith wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Blacksmith takes an elbow to the forehead.
McCriux landing knees to the head.
McCriux scores with an uppercut up the middle.
McCriux keeps control of Blacksmith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A knee to the head by McCriux.
Blacksmith misses with a hook from the clinch.
Blacksmith can't break the clinch.
Come on McCriux - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
McCriux pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
McCriux pushes Blacksmith up against the cage in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCriux manages to break the clinch.
Blacksmith lands a nice shot to the body.
Blacksmith clobbers McCriux with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
McCriux slips a jab from Blacksmith.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Logan McCriux dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bo Blacksmith's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Blacksmith loads up on a big right hand but McCriux slips the punch.
Blacksmith looks to land a combination but McCriux avoids it well.
Blacksmith throws a hook but McCriux avoids it easily.
Blacksmith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bo Blacksmith is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
McCriux throws a one two combo.
McCriux throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Blacksmith ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCriux moves away.
Blacksmith scores with a hook to the body. McCriux takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
McCriux is looking to clinch but Blacksmith is avoiding it.
McCriux takes one to the side of the head.
McCriux misses with the combination.
Bo Blacksmith is winning the standup battle so far.
McCriux buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Blacksmith comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from McCriux in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Nice shot lands for Blacksmith.
McCriux is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McCriux shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Blacksmith connects with a crisp jab.
McCriux walks into a straight right hand from Blacksmith.
Blacksmith just misses with a punch to the body.
Good work by McCriux as he checks the leg kick.
McCriux uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blacksmith.
McCriux moves away from the strike by Blacksmith.
A looping hook to the body misses from Blacksmith. McCriux does a little dance to reset his feet.
Blacksmith lands a leg kick that knocks McCriux off balance momentarily.
McCriux doesn't manage to clinch there - Blacksmith circles away.
The fighters circling - Blacksmith throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCriux's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Blacksmith connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! McCriux scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McCriux darts in and clinches Blacksmith up against the cage.
McCriux lands a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCriux displaying some good clinch control by pressing Blacksmith up against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blacksmith.
McCriux breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Blacksmith misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blacksmith swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Blacksmith throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and McCriux moves into the clinch.
McCriux is looking to control Blacksmith's arms but Blacksmith gets an underhook and turns him. Now McCriux has his back to the cage.
McCriux cracks Blacksmith with a nice body shot.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Blacksmith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blacksmith throws a punch but it's blocked by McCriux.
A frustrated look appears on Blacksmith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blacksmith takes an elbow to the temple.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCriux.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Blacksmith - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
McCriux displaying some good clinch control by pressing Blacksmith up against the cage.
Blacksmith is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCriux obliges.
McCriux landing knees to the body.
McCriux lands a nice elbow.
McCriux is stalling here.
McCriux lands an elbow that stopped Blacksmith in his tracks for a moment.
McCriux stalling against the cage.
McCriux receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Logan McCriux.
Blacksmith tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCriux was well out of range. Poor timing from Blacksmith.
Blacksmith swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
McCriux takes one on the button.
McCriux tries to clinch but Blacksmith moves out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Blacksmith looks to score with a jab to the body but McCriux is just out of range.
McCriux tries to clinch but Blacksmith is having none of it.
McCriux slips a straight right by Blacksmith.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A left and a right from McCriux both land. Nice combination.
Blacksmith getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Blacksmith shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Bo Blacksmith will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Bo Blacksmith's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
McCriux ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Blacksmith just misses with a punch to the body.
Blacksmith throws a series of punches but McCriux moves out of range.
Blacksmith throws a right hand that McCriux ducks under and follows up with a left that McCriux also avoids with ease.
McCriux pushes Blacksmith up against the cage in a clinch.
McCriux pushes Blacksmith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
McCriux stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
McCriux lands a body punch.
McCriux lands with a light punch inside.
McCriux lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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!
McCriux lands a right hand.
McCriux using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by McCriux.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. McCriux obliges.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McCriux connects with a knee to the head.
McCriux will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Blacksmith up against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blacksmith looking to stall.
McCriux lands with a light punch inside.
McCriux lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
McCriux manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
McCriux prevents Blacksmith from breaking the clinch.
McCriux dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
McCriux has Blacksmith pressed against the cage, preventing Blacksmith from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Blacksmith tries to circle away but McCriux has him pinned against the cage.
McCriux keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Blacksmith's efforts to push away.
Blacksmith tries to stall but McCriux uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blacksmith looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Blacksmith takes a knee to the side of the body.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
McCriux with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Blacksmith wants to get back to striking at distance but McCriux won't allow it.
Blacksmith takes a knee right on the jaw!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
McCriux lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Blacksmith misses with a punch on the inside.
McCriux using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
McCriux with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice glancing elbow lands by McCriux.
McCriux slowing the pace effectively.
McCriux cracks Blacksmith with a nice body shot.
McCriux has Blacksmith pressed against the cage.
Blacksmith is trying to break the clinch but McCriux has him pressed against the cage.
A frustrated look appears on Blacksmith's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Blacksmith is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
McCriux landing knees to the head.
A knee to the head by McCriux.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Blacksmith.
McCriux with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
McCriux working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McCriux drops Blacksmith with a big knee straight up the middle! Blacksmith is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Blacksmith is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McCriux jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Oh Blacksmith is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blacksmith circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McCriux moves into the clinch successfully.
Logan McCriux seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
McCriux stalling the fight.
Blacksmith tries to circle away but McCriux has him pinned against the cage.
McCriux lands a nice uppercut.
McCriux stalling the fight.
McCriux continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Blacksmith seems to have got his legs back now.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by McCriux as Blacksmith tries to tie him up.
McCriux is trying to maintain a safe position but Blacksmith gets an underhook and turns McCriux into the cage.
Blacksmith can't break the clinch.
Blacksmith wants to get back to striking at distance but McCriux won't allow it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McCriux lands a knee to the head.
Blacksmith takes a knee right on the jaw!
McCriux keeps control of Blacksmith as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Blacksmith breaks from the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Logan McCriux comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McCriux 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Logan McCriux!
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