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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Damian De La Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and yahya shire (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). De La Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by Ransom. shire has chosen one shot as his entrance music. yahya shire will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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290 lbs
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300 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Damian De La Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, yahya shire!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Paulo Santos and Luis Engracia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
shire closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. De La Cruz did well to prevent shire getting side control.
De La Cruz is not content to let shire control the position.
shire trying to advance position but De La Cruz counters by regaining guard.
shire won't allow De La Cruz to get back to his feet.
De La Cruz being controlled here, momentarily.
shire wants to get up but he can't break De La Cruz's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz wriggles free and stands up.
De La Cruz on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
shire tries to clinch but De La Cruz is having none of it.
De La Cruz takes one on the button.
shire shoots for a takedown but De La Cruz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
shire tries to close the distance and clinch but De La Cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
De La Cruz throws a lazy right hand but shire sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
shire tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
shire tries to clinch up.
De La Cruz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from shire. That one must have hurt.
shire moves in looking to clinch but De La Cruz pushes him off.
A chopping leg kick lands by shire.
De La Cruz walks forward, straight into a front kick from shire.
De La Cruz is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
shire tries to close the distance and clinch but De La Cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
shire shoots in for a takedown but De La Cruz shows good takedown defense.
shire tries to close the distance and clinch up but De La Cruz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
shire stuffs the takedown.
De La Cruz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
shire with a lazy takedown attempt
and De La Cruz counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Damian De La Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of yahya shire.
shire misses with a takedown
and De La Cruz counters with a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
shire tries to clinch there but De La Cruz circles away.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from shire.
shire shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
De La Cruz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
De La Cruz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by shire.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
yahya shire dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
De La Cruz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Damian De La Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
shire thows a body shot but no joy.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from shire is defended easily by De La Cruz.
shire tries to score a power double leg takedown but De La Cruz sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten shire somewhat.
Damian De La Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of yahya shire.
shire is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Horrible takedown by De La Cruz or perhaps it was just good defense by shire which made him look bad.
That's one minute gone in the round.
shire displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as De La Cruz throws out the jab.
shire throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
De La Cruz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by shire.
shire wants to clinch.
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.
shire darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
De La Cruz is trying to stand back up but shire is controlling him
shire is trying to control. De La Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
shire is just content to waste time from the top position. De La Cruz takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
De La Cruz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
De La Cruz wriggles free and stands up.
De La Cruz looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
De La Cruz lands a couple of digs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
shire looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
De La Cruz chips away with some ground and pound.
De La Cruz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
De La Cruz thows a big elbow that misses.
De La Cruz preventing the sweep.
De La Cruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
De La Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but shire has wrist control.
De La Cruz stopping the sweep attempt from shire.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
shire wants to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Damian De La Cruz dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
De La Cruz swats away the attempt to clinch by shire.
De La Cruz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and shire counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
shire with a poor takedown
and De La Cruz counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
shire is looking for a sweep. De La Cruz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De La Cruz is thwarting shire's attempts to control the position.
shire really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De La Cruz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
shire might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control De La Cruz kaven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz slips a nice elbow through shire's hands, connecting with shire's forehead.
De La Cruz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
De La Cruz could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nice strikes from De La Cruz there.
shire is trying to get back to full guard.
shire manages to get to full guard.
De La Cruz works over shire with some ground and pound from guard.
De La Cruz is working shire over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
shire is trying to control the position but De La Cruz postures up.
De La Cruz stopping the sweep attempt from shire.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells De La Cruz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
De La Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if shire can do anything to dispel that myth.
De La Cruz scoring with punches to the head and body.
De La Cruz cracks shire with a solid left hand.
De La Cruz with a nice head shot there.
shire escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. De La Cruz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
De La Cruz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz postures up and lands a big shot to shire's brow.
De La Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
De La Cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
De La Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
De La Cruz 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.
shire looking to hit a scissor sweep but De La Cruz is one step ahead there.
De La Cruz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as shire works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
De La Cruz with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
shire gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
so De La Cruz counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz slips nicely into half guard.
shire regains full guard. Nicely done.
De La Cruz throwing strikes but missing.
shire looking to control.
De La Cruz thows a big elbow that misses.
De La Cruz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
De La Cruz cracks shire with a solid left hand.
shire is trying to keep De La Cruz in close.
De La Cruz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
De La Cruz pushing down on shire's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Damian De La Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think De La Cruz 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 29:28
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Damian 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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FIGHT
RATING
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