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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gary Gracie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan de la Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gracie comes to the cage accompanied by Good Night nOw. de la Cruz has chosen RUN THIS TOWN as his entrance music. The key to victory for Gary Gracie has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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196 lbs
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205 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
Intelligent |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gary Gracie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Juan de la Cruz!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gracie misses with a takedown attempt - de la Cruz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Gracie dives in and grabs de la Cruz's left leg, looking for a takedown. de la Cruz pushes down on Gracie's head and hops out.
Gracie is trying hard to land a takedown here. de la Cruz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gary Gracie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gracie shoots in but de la Cruz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Gracie scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
You can see the frustration on de la Cruz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
de la Cruz is looking for a sweep.
Gracie working the ground and pound but de la Cruz is defending the strikes.
de la Cruz gets back to half guard.
de la Cruz actively working from the bottom here.
de la Cruz gets full guard.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Gracie got a little sloppy there for a moment and de la Cruz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Gracie has managed to get both his arms back between de la Cruz's legs - danger averted.
That's one minute gone in the round.
de la Cruz working for a triangle but Gracie defends it easily.
Gracie throws a big right hand that misses.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from de la Cruz.
de la Cruz is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Gracie avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
de la Cruz looks gassed!
Gracie trying to control but de la Cruz is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
de la Cruz is looking for a triangle but Gracie pushes his legs off easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
de la Cruz is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Gracie 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.
Gracie trying to control but de la Cruz is working from the bottom.
de la Cruz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gracie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gracie's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
de la Cruz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gracie gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
de la Cruz keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
de la Cruz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
de la Cruz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gracie manages to get himself to full guard.
de la Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. de la Cruz is aware though and is defending well.
de la Cruz pushes down on Gracie's leg and manages to get into half guard.
de la Cruz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
de la Cruz lands with a punch from half guard.
Gracie trying to control but de la Cruz postures up.
Gracie is looking to escape.
Ground and pound from de la Cruz.
de la Cruz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Gracie defending well though.
de la Cruz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Gracie trying to control but de la Cruz postures up.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
de la Cruz feints and as Gracie raises his hands in defense, de la Cruz changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan de la Cruz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Gracie tries for a takedown but de la Cruz circles away easily
and de la Cruz counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Gracie!
de la Cruz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Gracie looks a forlorn figure.
Gracie is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
de la Cruz lands a nice shot to the head.
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.
de la Cruz landing punches.
Gracie is in a horrible position here. de la Cruz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
de la Cruz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Gracie?
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie tries to hold on but de la Cruz pushes him away.
de la Cruz lands a big shot there that rocks Gracie but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
de la Cruz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! de la Cruz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.
de la Cruz landing strikes from the mount and Gracie is in trouble!
Gracie is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gracie is working hard here to advance position.
Gracie wants to hold on but de la Cruz pushes him away.
de la Cruz looking to finish Gracie with some ground and pound. This is bad for Gracie!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de la Cruz looking for a guillotine from mount but Gracie is having none of it.
Juan de la Cruz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gracie bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Gracie content to stall in guard here.
Gracie wants to control from the top but de la Cruz keeps moving.
de la Cruz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. de la Cruz is keeping the position for now.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but de la Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
de la Cruz has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Gracie doesn't defend quickly enough and de la Cruz has managed to lock this one up! Can Gracie escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to de la Cruz on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Juan de la Cruz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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