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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nate Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tim Davidson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz comes to the ring accompanied by Headstrong-Trapt. Davidson is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Kids - Sleigh Kids . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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152 lbs
17 - 15 - 0 |
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144 lbs
6 - 10 - 1 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Knockout power |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
17 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nate Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 10 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Tim Davidson !
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Cruz throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Davidson to regain full guard.
Cruz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Davidson 's guard.
Cruz is looking for a kimura here.
Cruz is just content to waste time from the top position. Davidson takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Cruz connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cruz is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Davidson wants to sweep here but Cruz controlling him for the moment.
Cruz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cruz stands up over Davidson , holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Davidson being controlled here, momentarily.
Cruz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz connects with a couple of short punches.
Cruz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Cruz seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Davidson for as long as he can get away with.
Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cruz throws a big elbow that misses.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cruz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cruz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Cruz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz stays in close to Davidson 's body and controls the position.
Davidson can't keep his opponent in guard - Cruz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Cruz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cruz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cruz sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Cruz.
Cruz drops an elbow to the side of Davidson 's head.
Cruz perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Davidson taking some punishment here, with Cruz in his half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cruz slips a nice elbow through Davidson 's hands, connecting with Davidson 's forehead.
Cruz takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Cruz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Cruz sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Cruz drops an elbow to the side of Davidson 's head.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Cruz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throwing shots but Davidson is blocking nicely.
Cruz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Davidson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cruz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cruz working the head and body with strikes.
Cruz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Davidson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cruz takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
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.
Cruz trying to control the action but Davidson is working from the bottom.
Cruz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cruz winds up and cracks Davidson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz working over Davidson with some ground and pound. Davidson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Davidson looks winded!
Cruz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Davidson is rocked!
Cruz working the head and body with strikes.
Davidson is still in real trouble! Can Cruz finish him?
Cruz scores with a big shot! Davidson 's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Davidson ! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nate Cruz!
Nate Cruz really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Brute logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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