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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Paulo Moreno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Volk Kruth (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Moreno kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Remembranzas. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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144 lbs
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157 lbs
8 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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Good low kicks
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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
14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Paulo Moreno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Volk Kruth!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kruth scores with a nice strike.
Kruth ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Moreno moves away.
Moreno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moreno tries to clinch there but Kruth circles away.
Kruth tries a head kick but it misses.
Kruth throws a sloppy head kick and Moreno moves out of range easily.
Moreno tries to clinch up.
Moreno tries to clinch but Kruth moves away
and Kruth counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kruth accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kruth is fighting to break Moreno's control of his arms but Moreno is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Moreno not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kruth has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Kruth is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Moreno is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Moreno wants to stand up but Kruth is controlling him.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Paulo Moreno wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Kruth throws a leg kick but Moreno moved away.
Kruth throws a head kick that misses.
Kruth connects with an inside leg kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Moreno blocks the leg kick.
Moreno tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kruth counters with a stiff right hand.
Kruth dives in for a single leg takedown but Moreno sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Moreno creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Moreno misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreno trying to land knees to the body.
Kruth blocks an elbow strike.
Kruth wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Kruth pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Moreno tries to clinch but Kruth moves away
and Kruth counters with a thumping low kick.
Kruth swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Moreno tries to clinch up
and Kruth counters with a right hand to the body.
Moreno forces Kruth back against the cage and clinches.
Kruth tries to break the clinch but Moreno is controlling the position.
Moreno with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moreno throws an elbow that misses.
Moreno connects with a knee to the head.
Moreno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kruth blocks it with crossed arms.
Kruth breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Kruth with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A swing and a miss from Kruth.
Moreno gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Kruth on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Moreno missing with knees to the body.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kruth avoids it.
Moreno lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Kruth changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Moreno fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Kruth throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Moreno was covering up waiting for the punch and Kruth finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Moreno keeping moving, preventing Kruth from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreno is trying to keep Kruth in close.
Moreno looking for a sweep. Not yet Moreno, not yet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kruth postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moreno is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Kruth is controlling him.
Kruth controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Volk Kruth dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Moreno uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kruth.
Kruth misses with a body shot.
Moreno tries to close the distance and clinch but Kruth swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Moreno has managed to clinch.
Kruth throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Moreno misses with a knee strike.
Moreno missing with knees to the body.
Moreno stalls.
Kruth breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A good leg kick by Kruth.
Kruth throws a nice head kick!
Kruth motions for Moreno to come forward. Kruth throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruth misses the shot to the body.
Moreno fails in his attempt to clinch.
Volk Kruth seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Good leg kick by Kruth there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Kruth misses with a looping left.
Kruth rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Moreno moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Moreno fails with an attempt to clinch.
Moreno tries to clinch
and Kruth counters with a single leg into guard. Moreno didn't expect that.
Moreno being controlled here, momentarily.
Moreno 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kruth with a flurry of punches that miss.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Kruth accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Kruth won't allow Moreno to get back to his feet.
Kruth trying to control the position from guard on top but Moreno is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Kruth stopping the sweep attempt from Moreno.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Volk Kruth wasn't active enough on the ground.
Moreno is looking to clinch.
Moreno checks the leg kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kruth.
Moreno closes the distance but Kruth moves to the side
and Kruth counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Kruth throws a head kick but Moreno moves out of range.
Kruth misses with a takedown attempt - Moreno sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Kruth misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Moreno.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreno slaps away a takedown attempt from Kruth, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Nice body punch from Kruth.
Moreno wants to clinch
and Kruth counters with a nice double leg into side control. Moreno won't be happy with that.
Kruth sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Moreno is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kruth misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Kruth with the ground and pound but Moreno regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kruth thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Moreno's head.
Kruth prevents Moreno from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Volk Kruth showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Kruth looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Moreno regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kruth working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kruth loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kruth throwing strikes from guard but Moreno blocks nicely.
Moreno has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Kruth off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Kruth cracks the inside of Moreno's front leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kruth looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Kruth throws a low kick but Moreno avoids it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kruth lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Moreno has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Moreno and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Kruth throws out a leg kick but Moreno moves out of range and Kruth only half commits.
Kruth dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Moreno. That did some damage!
Moreno wants to clinch but Kruth slips to the side
and Kruth counters with a slapping leg kick.
Kruth tries a low kick but Moreno avoids it.
Kruth throws a nice inside leg kick.
Kruth throws a series of strikes that have Moreno backpedaling.
Paulo Moreno is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Moreno clinches up against the cage.
Kruth takes an elbow to the temple.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moreno avoids the elbow strike from Kruth, against the cage.
Kruth is trying to drag Moreno to the mat but Moreno just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Knees to the body from Moreno.
Kruth takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moreno prevents the takedown attempt.
Paulo Moreno has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Volk Kruth.
With the fighters up against the cage, Moreno throws an elbow but misses.
Moreno throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Kruth blocks it with crossed arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Moreno.
Moreno lands an elbow just above Kruth 's eye.
Moreno is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kruth is keeping busy.
Kruth goes for a takedown in the clinch but Moreno prevents it.
Kruth drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Moreno gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Moreno lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moreno landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Moreno.
Moreno misses with a knee strike.
Moreno misses with a knee to the head.
Moreno using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kruth looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Moreno tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Moreno scores a nice knee to the body.
Kruth gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Moreno pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
I was talking to Moreno's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Moreno with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Kruth has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Moreno seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Kruth can turn it around.
Moreno comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Moreno lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Paulo Moreno has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Moreno scores with a knee to the head.
Paulo Moreno has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moreno is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Moreno looking to throw knees to the head but Kruth is blocking nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moreno lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Moreno trying to land knees to the body.
Moreno pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kruth blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Kruth has had enough of the clinch but Moreno keeps him there for the moment.
Kruth tries to break free but Moreno pushes him back against the cage.
Moreno throws an elbow but it misses.
Moreno tries a knee to the head but Kruth blocks it.
Moreno comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Kruth managing to block the knees to the body from Moreno.
Kruth has had enough of the clinch but Moreno keeps him there for the moment.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Moreno lands a damaging elbow.
Kruth tries to break the clinch but Moreno is controlling the position.
Kruth looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Kruth is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees to the body from Moreno.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paulo Moreno showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Kruth 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 Wesley Smith scores the fight 28:29
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Volk Kruth!
During a confident post fight interview, Volk Kruth thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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hype
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