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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julio marques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Badbriel Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Badbriel Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Julio marques!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Badbriel Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Joseph Jones and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
marques avoids a punch combination nicely.
marques shoots in looking for a takedown. Cruz tries to sprawl out of it but marques keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cruz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
No luck for marques with that takedown attempt.
marques misses with a double jab
and Cruz counters with a series of strikes. marques will be more careful next time no doubt.
A right-left combo lands from Cruz.
marques swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cruz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Horrible takedown by marques or perhaps it was just good defense by Cruz which made him look bad.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio marques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cruz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
marques closes the distance and clinches up with Cruz, looking for a takedown. marques pushes Cruz against the cage but Cruz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
marques is breathing heavily.
Cruz lands a two punch combo.
No luck for marques with that takedown attempt.
marques fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cruz lands a two punch combo.
Cruz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
marques throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cruz counters with a three punch combo that has marques backing up. marques nods at Cruz to acknowledge the strikes.
Cruz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but marques moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cruz is working the combinations to good effect here.
Cruz fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
marques looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
marques throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cruz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Cruz as marques shoots in.
marques slips a jab and a cross from Cruz.
marques shoots in for a takedown but Cruz shows good takedown defense.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from marques.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cruz's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cruz duly obliges.
Cruz stuffs the takedown attempt from marques. marques gets slowly back to his feet.
Cruz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
marques fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cruz lands a jab-cross combination.
No joy there for Cruz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cruz is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
marques closes the distance and clinches up with Cruz, looking for a takedown. marques pushes Cruz against the cage but Cruz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
marques fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
marques looks for a takedown but Cruz sprawls well.
Cruz misses with a wild combination.
marques shoots in but Cruz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
marques swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cruz counters with a three punch combo that has marques backing up. marques nods at Cruz to acknowledge the strikes.
Nice shot by Cruz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
marques shoots for a double leg takedown but Cruz sprawls well. He's pushed marques's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
marques is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Cruz.
marques shoots in and drives through. Cruz sprawls well.
marques closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cruz circles away.
marques showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a jab, cross combination.
marques has a takedown stuffed.
marques shoots for a double leg takedown but Cruz sprawls well. He's pushed marques's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
marques fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cruz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
marques drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
marques advances position into side control!
Cruz is trying to get back to his feet.
marques controls the position.
Cruz is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but marques has just dragged him back down to the mat.
marques in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
marques's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
marques passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Cruz!
Cruz tries to buck marques off but he can't manage it.
marques sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cruz is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cruz is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
marques sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Julio marques just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Cruz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
marques looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
marques not doing much here.
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 Julio marques will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
marques shoots in but Cruz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cruz misses with a two punch combination.
Cruz stuffs the takedown.
Cruz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cruz connects with a nice looking jab.
marques shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio marques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice straight punches there by Cruz. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cruz.
Cruz scores with a three punch combo!
Cruz throws a right and a left that both miss.
A nice combination there by Cruz.
Cruz looks to land a combination but marques avoids it well.
Cruz has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
marques is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Cruz.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cruz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cruz looking to stall.
marques goes for a takedown attempt but Cruz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
marques has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cruz throws a right and a left that marques avoids nicely.
Cruz looks to land a combination but marques avoids it well.
marques takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz swinging wilding here.
marques looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cruz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cruz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cruz.
Cruz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cruz works over marques's head and body with a nice combination.
Cruz lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Cruz scores with a one two! marques had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cruz throws a series of strikes that have marques backpedaling.
marques will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cruz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but marques moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
marques doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
marques shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cruz but Cruz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
No luck for marques with that takedown attempt.
Cruz misses with the combination.
marques shoots for a double leg takedown but Cruz sprawls well. He's pushed marques's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
marques is looking to clinch.
marques lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cruz backs up against the cage.
It looks like Badbriel Cruz has been cut.
marques throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
letting Cruz counter with a right hand.
marques closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cruz circles away.
Cruz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. marques doesn't seem bothered though.
Nice takedown defense from Cruz. No joy for marques on that attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
marques shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cruz but Cruz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
marques misses with a left hand
and Cruz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cruz stuffs the takedown.
marques looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cruz is fending him off so far but marques persists. Nope, Cruz circles away and we're back to standing.
marques looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Cruz is fending him off so far but marques persists. Nope, Cruz circles away and we're back to standing.
Cruz scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
marques throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cruz counters with a one-two to the body.
marques looks for a takedown but Cruz sprawls well.
marques doesn't manage to clinch there - Cruz circles away.
marques shoots in and drives through. Cruz sprawls well.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from marques.
Cruz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
marques avoids a punch combination nicely.
marques will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
marques shoots in for a takedown but Cruz shows good takedown defense.
marques fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
marques fails with the takedown.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
marques closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cruz circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a right and a left that marques avoids nicely.
marques throws a nice looking combination but Cruz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
marques moves forwards but Cruz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
marques shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cruz but Cruz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cruz lands with an uppercut that bounces marques off the cage and back into rage.
Cruz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A shot to de liver by Cruz. Beautiful body shot.
Cruz throws a nice looking combination but marques bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A left and a right from Cruz both land. Nice combination.
Cruz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
marques throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cruz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Left hook, right uppercut from Cruz.
marques shoots for a double leg takedown but Cruz sprawls well. He's pushed marques's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
marques clinches.
marques has clasped his hands together around Cruz's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
A lull in the action here as marques stalls from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
marques seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Cruz for as long as he can get away with.
Cruz is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, marques asserts his dominance and retains side control.
marques is looking to take a break and control but Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cruz wants to get back to his feet but marques drags him back down.
You can see the frustration on Cruz's face as marques controls the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cruz wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
marques staying calm.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Badbriel Cruz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Badbriel Cruz's cut.
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!
Cruz tests marques's chin there with a solid looking shot.
marques has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Cruz misses with a wild combination.
marques throws a right hand that Cruz ducks under and follows up with a left that Cruz also avoids with ease.
marques takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Julio marques is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
marques takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cruz.
Some wild striking there from Cruz.
marques will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
marques takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
marques gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Cruz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cruz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
marques shoots in looking for a takedown. Cruz tries to sprawl out of it but marques keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cruz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cruz throws a series of strikes that have marques backpedaling.
Julio marques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
marques fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio marques. That's going to take a lot out of him.
marques fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
marques fails with a takedown attempt.
marques falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cruz counters with a stiff right hand.
Cruz throws a one two combo.
marques shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cruz but Cruz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Nice sprawl there from Cruz as marques shoots in.
Badbriel Cruz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cruz throws a right and a left that marques avoids nicely.
marques shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cruz but Cruz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cruz throws a hook but marques avoids it easily.
marques shoots in for a takedown but Cruz shows good takedown defense.
marques changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cruz tries to avoid it but marques manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cruz to the ground. Cruz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
marques shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cruz as he avoids it easily.
Cruz looks to land a combination but marques avoids it well.
marques shoots for a takedown but Cruz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Cruz throws a series of punches but marques moves out of range.
Cruz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
No luck for marques with that takedown attempt.
marques takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
marques shoots in for a double leg but Cruz sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Cruz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cruz.
Cruz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a jab, cross combination.
marques showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.
marques throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Cruz's waist but Cruz gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing marques off to one side.
Cruz fails to land with a series of punches.
Cruz looks to land a combination. marques sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cruz lands a jab-cross combination.
Cruz looks to land a combination. marques sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
marques tries for a takedown but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cruz throws a series of punches but marques moves out of range.
marques shoots in looking for a takedown. Cruz tries to sprawl out of it but marques keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cruz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
marques fails with the takedown.
marques shoots in but Cruz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
marques looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cruz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
marques shoots in and drives through. Cruz sprawls well.
Cruz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
marques tries for a takedown but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
marques has a takedown stuffed.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
marques avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cruz's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Cruz duly obliges.
marques showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz misses with the combination.
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from marques.
Cruz throws a series of strikes that have marques backpedaling.
marques changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cruz tries to avoid it but marques manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cruz to the ground. Cruz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cruz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by marques.
Badbriel Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cruz.
Cruz throws a series of punches but marques moves out of range.
Cruz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cruz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
marques tries for a takedown but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cruz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
marques closes the distance and clinches up with Cruz, looking for a takedown. marques pushes Cruz against the cage but Cruz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
marques shoots in looking for a takedown. Cruz tries to sprawl out of it but marques keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cruz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
marques will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
marques fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Good standup being displayed there by Cruz as he connects with a hook.
marques closes the distance and clinches up with Cruz, looking for a takedown. marques pushes Cruz against the cage but Cruz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
marques shoots in but no luck this time.
marques looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
marques controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
marques stops Cruz from standing up.
marques seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
marques trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
marques trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
marques is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Badbriel Cruz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cruz 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Badbriel Cruz!
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