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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nick Heartman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vitor Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz has chosen Darude - Sandstorm as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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211 lbs
3 - 0 - 0 |
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185 cm
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212 lbs
4 - 3 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
KO power |
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BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 4 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Nick Heartman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Vitor Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heartman pushes Cruz up against the cage in a clinch.
Heartman trying to land knees to the body.
Heartman is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Cruz is trying to break free.
Heartman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cruz wants a takedown but no success here.
Heartman prevents a takedown attempt there.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Heartman.
Heartman just leaning against Cruz, taking a breather.
Heartman misses with an elbow strike.
Cruz tries for a takedown but Heartman manages to get underhooks.
Nick Heartman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Vitor Cruz.
Cruz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Vitor Cruz has been cut.
Nice elbow from Heartman.
Heartman creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cruz's defenses.
Heartman drops down looking for an ankle pick but Cruz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Heartman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cruz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
It looks like Nick Heartman has been cut.
Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Cruz misses with a double jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heartman takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Heartman shoots in and drives through. Cruz sprawls well.
A left lands for Cruz.
Cruz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Heartman avoids a punch combination nicely.
Heartman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Heartman moves out of range of the body kick.
Cruz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cruz throws a series of strikes that have Heartman backpedaling.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz slips a straight right by Heartman.
Heartman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cruz misses with a wild combination.
Heartman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Heartman breaks from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws out a loose jab but Heartman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz scores with a decent looking hook.
Nick Heartman's cut is getting worse.
Cruz connects with a right hand. Heartman shakes it off.
Cruz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cruz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
The crowd cheers as Cruz lands an impressive looking overhand right. Heartman doesn't seem phased though.
Heartman is rocked!
Nick Heartman's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Cruz moves out of range of the body kick from Heartman.
Oh Heartman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cruz fails to land with a series of punches.
Heartman seems to have got his legs back now.
Cruz lands a jab to the head.
Cruz throws a head kick but Heartman moves out of range.
Cruz throws a shot to the body.
Heartman is breathing heavily.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cruz.
Heartman wants to clinch up but Cruz keeps it at a distance.
Heartman ducks right into an uppercut from Cruz.
No joy there for Cruz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cruz looks to land a body kick but Heartman moved away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cruz misses with a body kick.
Cruz throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Heartman tries to clinch up.
Cruz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Heartman doesn't seem bothered though.
Heartman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cruz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cruz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Heartman throws a body kick that misses.
Cruz is looking to slow Heartman down with leg kicks.
A jab from Cruz does it's job there.
Jeez, Nick Heartman's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Cruz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Heartman moves out of range of the body kick.
Cruz connects with a solid leg kick.
Cruz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Heartman blocks a head kick by Cruz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Nick Heartman's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Vitor 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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