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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Helder Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz has chosen Vai Rivaldo sai desse lago as his entrance music. Helder Cruz looks lathargic as he enters the arena. Wake up son, you're about to have a fight!
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140 lbs
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130 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, David Evans!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Helder Cruz!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans feints and as Cruz raises his hands in defense, Evans changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cruz looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Evans stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Evans gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Evans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cruz tries to clinch up but Evans circles away and keeps his distance.
Evans moves into the clinch successfully.
Evans manages to break the clinch.
Evans darts in and clinches Cruz up against the cage.
Evans jumps into guard, dragging Cruz to the mat.
Cruz is fighting to break Evans's control of his arms but Evans is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Evans will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz won't allow Evans to get back to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans has his foot on Cruz's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Cruz works his way back into a safe position though.
Evans controlling Cruz's posture.
Cruz has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Evans is proving hard to escape from.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Evans wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Evans is looking for a triangle but Cruz pushes his legs off easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz trying to control but Evans is working from the bottom.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Helder Cruz was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Evans throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cruz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Evans counters by clinching up.
Evans manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Cruz should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Evans is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Evans on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Evans tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cruz on the ground.
Evans is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
David Evans has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Cruz gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Evans stands up from Cruz's guard - Evans perhaps looking for a knockout.
Cruz shoots in but no luck this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Evans moves into the clinch.
Cruz wants to get back to striking at distance but Evans won't allow it.
Evans lands a takedown into guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans postures up and lands a big shot to Cruz's brow.
Cruz wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Evans is now in half guard.
Evans stalling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cruz is looking to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Evans dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Evans feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Evans decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Cruz, up you get!
Evans looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Cruz being controlled here, momentarily.
Evans stands and steps away. Cruz gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Evans decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz punching from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Evans lands a nice short elbow.
Evans takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Evans is trying to work for a kimura but Cruz is defending well.
Cruz tries to get to full guard but Evans has control of the leg.
Evans looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
David Evans has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Evans shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Cruz napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cruz tries to bench press Evans off him but Evans keeps the position.
Evans landing a few strikes.
David Evans overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Evans works to advance to full mount. Cruz defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Evans lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Evans controlling the position easily from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz wants to try and get back to his feet.
Cruz is trying to escape the mount.
Evans tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Cruz working to try and regain half guard.
Evans blocks Cruz's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz working to try and regain half guard.
Evans landing strikes from the mount.
Evans controlling from mount.
Evans raining down shots from the mount!
Evans is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cruz can do to turn this around?
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Evans controlling from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
David Evans dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Evans has Cruz up against the cage in a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Evans.
Evans gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Cruz regains guard.
Evans passes into half guard.
Evans is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Evans decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Evans shoots in and gets a takedown into Cruz's guard.
Evans tries to free his leg and advance position but Cruz is retaining full guard.
Evans is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Cruz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Evans defends well.
Evans sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Evans pushes down on Cruz's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Evans in particular looking to stall.
Cruz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Evans landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans slows the pace down in half guard.
David Evans has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Evans bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Evans looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Evans scoring with punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is looking to regain half guard here but Evans keeps moving and retains side control.
Evans just content to control the position.
Evans working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cruz sneaks back into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
David Evans showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Evans has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 William Peck scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... David Evans!
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hype
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FIGHT
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