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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Mark Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kevin Flynn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Alert to the armory. Kevin Flynn will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Decent wrestler
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mark Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kevin Flynn!
The judges for this bout are Konstantin Menshow, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Flynn gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cruz to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Flynn keeping full guard, as Cruz tries to pass.
Flynn wants to stand but Cruz is controlling the position.
Cruz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cruz throws a big elbow that misses.
Cruz works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cruz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz slips a nice elbow through Flynn's hands, connecting with Flynn's forehead.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cruz in particular looking to stall.
Cruz'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.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Cruz connects with a nice short shot to Flynn's temple.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz prevents Flynn from improving his position.
Cruz is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Cruz is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Flynn has managed to free his arm - good work.
Flynn punching from the bottom.
Flynn is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Flynn is trying to stand up here but Cruz is controlling him well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz controlling the action here.
Cruz lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Cruz sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Flynn keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cruz stalling.
Cruz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Flynn taking some punishment here, with Cruz in his half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz controlling the action here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Flynn for as long as he can get away with.
Flynn is trying to stand up here but Cruz is controlling him well.
Flynn is trying to get back to full guard.
Flynn wants to control but Cruz is keeping busy.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz content to control rather than advance.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Flynn has his takedown stuffed
and Cruz counters with a takedown into side control.
Flynn looks gassed!
Cruz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flynn can't do much from the bottom here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz happy to just control the position for now.
Flynn manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Cruz controlling the action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cruz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Cruz dominated that round.
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.
Flynn thows a body shot but no joy.
Cruz instigates a clinch.
Flynn is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cruz misses with a body punch.
Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cruz goes for a takedown attempt but Flynn pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Flynn tries to clinch up
so Cruz counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Cruz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Flynn is trying to control the position but Cruz postures up.
Cruz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cruz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Flynn trying to control the position.
Flynn will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Cruz is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Flynn wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cruz ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cruz no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz pushes Flynn off and scrambles back to his feet.
Flynn misses with a few strikes there.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Flynn is defended easily by Cruz.
Flynn tries to clinch up
and Cruz decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Flynn's guard.
Flynn is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz content to stall in guard here.
Flynn controls Cruz momentarily but Cruz frees himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flynn being controlled here, momentarily.
Cruz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cruz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cruz is in close to Flynn's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cruz chips away with some ground and pound.
Cruz stands and throws Flynn's legs to the side, diving into side control.
A lull in the action here.
Cruz advances nicely into full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz controlling the position easily from mount.
Flynn slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cruz is taking a breather. Flynn says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Flynn is looking to control Cruz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Flynn avoid being mounted?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cruz perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Flynn makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Flynn.
Cruz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mark Cruz dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Cruz scores with a takedown into Flynn's guard.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cruz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Flynn is retaining full guard.
Cruz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Cruz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cruz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Flynn's head.
Cruz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cruz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Flynn thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Flynn escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cruz gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Flynn takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cruz advances position into side control!
Flynn is letting Cruz control him for a moment.
Flynn tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cruz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz working the ground and pound.
Cruz taking a breather here.
Cruz is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Flynn knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Cruz lands an elbow.
Cruz working the ground and pound from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruz landing strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flynn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Check out the look on Cruz's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Flynn tries to buck Cruz off but Cruz is having none of it.
You can see the frustration on Flynn's face as Cruz controls the position.
Mark Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cruz lands a nice forearm strike.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cruz advances to mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cruz controlling his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz punishing his opponent with strikes.
Mark Cruz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cruz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Cruz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The referee warns Flynn that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cruz breaks from Flynn's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Cruz content just to control the position here.
Kevin Flynn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cruz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
And that's the end of the fight!
Mark Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Cruz, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 30:27
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mark Cruz!
A very excited looking Mark Cruz made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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