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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Barry Allen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Santa Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santa Cruz has chosen 50 cent P.I.M.P as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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174 lbs
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170 lbs
29 - 24 - 1 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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World class MT
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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
34 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Barry Allen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Rafael Santa Cruz!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santa Cruz lands with a kick to the temple. Allen shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Allen misses with a looping right.
Santa Cruz blocks a jab.
Santa Cruz misses with a straight right.
Allen slips under a jab.
Allen lands with a nice body punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Santa Cruz.
Allen avoids the head kick by Santa Cruz.
Allen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
A shot to the body from Santa Cruz misses
and Allen counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Allen throws a push kick but Santa Cruz slaps the foot to one side.
Santa Cruz misses with a straight right.
Santa Cruz thows a leg kick but Allen checks it
and Allen counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Allen throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Allen tries to land a leg kick but Santa Cruz saw it coming and moves away.
Santa Cruz with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good standup being displayed there by Allen as he connects with a hook.
An inside leg kick lands from Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz moves in looking to clinch but Allen pushes him off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santa Cruz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Allen lands a nice hook to Santa Cruz's body. Santa Cruz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Santa Cruz defending well as Allen loads up on a big left hand.
Rafael Santa Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santa Cruz scores with the left hand. Allen knows he should have avoided that one.
A left lands for Allen.
Santa Cruz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Allen stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Allen with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santa Cruz to score with a decent uppercut.
Nice uppercut there from Allen.
Allen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Santa Cruz misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santa Cruz with a nice cross.
Santa Cruz darts in and clinches Allen up against the cage.
Santa Cruz lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Allen.
A head punch on the inside from Allen fails to land.
Allen breaks the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen throws a leg kick that is checked
and Santa Cruz counters with a stiff right hand.
A looping hook to the body misses from Santa Cruz. Allen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santa Cruz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Allen's head.
Jab, jab by Allen - just one landing.
Allen misses with a body kick.
Santa Cruz ducks right into an uppercut from Allen.
Allen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santa Cruz throws out the jab.
Allen tried to counter with a leg kick but Santa Cruz avoided it.
Allen misses with a low kick.
Allen loads up on a big right hand but Santa Cruz slips the punch.
Santa Cruz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Allen had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Santa Cruz forces Allen back against the cage and clinches.
Allen stalls.
Santa Cruz holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Santa Cruz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Allen walks away with a smile on his face. Santa Cruz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Santa Cruz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Allen doesn't seem bothered though.
Santa Cruz throws a body punch but Allen moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz tries to bum rush Allen with a series of wild strikes but Allen uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Allen loads up on a big right hand but Santa Cruz slips the punch.
Allen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Allen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz throws a low kick, looking for Allen's leg but Allen calmly moves out of range.
Santa Cruz misses with a jab to the body
and Allen counters with a right hand to the body.
Santa Cruz misses with a combination
and Allen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santa Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Allen slips the punch.
Allen misses with a body shot.
Santa Cruz checks a leg kick nicely.
Allen moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Allen connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Allen ducks under a wild hook from Santa Cruz.
Allen throws a lazy uppercut
and Santa Cruz counters with a nice body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen lands a body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santa Cruz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Allen is fending him off so far but Santa Cruz persists. Nope, Allen circles away and we're back to standing.
Santa Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Allen definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Santa Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Allen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santa Cruz works Allen's body with a nice hook.
The fight stays on the outside here - Santa Cruz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santa Cruz stuns Allen with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Santa Cruz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Allen feints and then cracks Santa Cruz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Santa Cruz down.
Santa Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Allen is just out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santa Cruz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barry Allen is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Allen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Santa Cruz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Allen throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Santa Cruz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Rafael Santa Cruz will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Santa Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch but Allen swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santa Cruz throws a jab when Allen was well out of range.
Santa Cruz lands a head shot.
Allen lands a nice shot to the body.
Santa Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Allen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Allen, right into the meat.
Good leg kick by Allen there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Allen slips a jab from Santa Cruz.
Allen throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santa Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Allen was well out of range. Poor timing from Santa Cruz.
Allen throws a low kick but Santa Cruz avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santa Cruz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Allen doesn't seem bothered though.
Allen takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Allen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santa Cruz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santa Cruz thuds his right hand into Allen's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Allen misses with a body shot.
A little jabbing left from Santa Cruz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santa Cruz throws a series of punches but Allen avoids them all with ease.
Santa Cruz takes the fight into the clinch.
Allen breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santa Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Allen was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Allen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Santa Cruz in his tracks.
Allen moves out of range of the strikes.
Santa Cruz drives through and clinches with Allen against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Santa Cruz fails to land.
Nice body punch from Allen.
Allen cracks Santa Cruz with a nice body shot.
Allen blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Allen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Santa Cruz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Allen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Allen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santa Cruz's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Allen is keeping busy.
Santa Cruz changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Allen fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A slow jab from Santa Cruz misses its intended target.
Santa Cruz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Allen swivels and escapes.
Santa Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Allen throws a jab but it's blocked by Santa Cruz.
A nice inside leg kick there by Allen. That's going to slow Santa Cruz down.
Allen digs a good body shot into Santa Cruz's ribs.
Santa Cruz throws a hook but Allen avoids it easily.
A nice combination there by Allen.
Allen takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A slapping leg kick lands for Santa Cruz.
Allen misses with a straight right.
Santa Cruz throws out a loose jab but Allen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Allen avoids a punch combination nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Allen.
Allen tries to bum rush Santa Cruz with a series of wild strikes but Santa Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Santa Cruz tries to clinch up but Allen circles away and keeps his distance.
Santa Cruz on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Allen. Allen obviously looking to wear him down.
Allen misses with a low kick.
Santa Cruz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Allen in his tracks.
Santa Cruz chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Allen can pounce on him.
Santa Cruz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allen.
Santa Cruz misses with a straight right.
Allen lands a nice leg kick that just misses Santa Cruz's sensitive parts.
Allen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Allen keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Allen thinks about countering with a body kick.
Santa Cruz avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Allen dodges the punch combination from Santa Cruz.
A looping hook to the body misses from Allen. Santa Cruz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Santa Cruz checks a low kick from Allen.
Allen slips a straight right by Santa Cruz.
Allen misses with a wild body shot.
Allen will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Barry Allen is winning the standup battle so far.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Allen staying out of range there.
Santa Cruz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Allen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santa Cruz throws a shot from downtown. Allen moves away and avoids it.
Allen avoids the body shot from Santa Cruz.
Allen takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Santa Cruz scoring well with a low kick there.
Allen buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Barry Allen will probably get the nod.
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!
Allen just misses with a punch to the body.
Nice jab there from Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz throws a shot from downtown. Allen moves away and avoids it.
Allen lands a glancing blow to the side of Santa Cruz's head.
Santa Cruz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Santa Cruz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Santa Cruz lands a jab to Allen's midsection.
Santa Cruz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Santa Cruz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Allen has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Santa Cruz's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Santa Cruz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Santa Cruz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Allen manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santa Cruz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Allen to score with a decent uppercut.
Allen lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santa Cruz throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Allen jabs Santa Cruz right on the nose. Santa Cruz blinks but takes it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Allen is looking to slow Santa Cruz down with leg kicks.
Santa Cruz works Allen's body with a nice hook.
Allen lands a body shot.
Santa Cruz misses with a hook
and Allen connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Allen is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Santa Cruz looks to throw the jab but Allen is out of range.
Santa Cruz tests Allen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Allen on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Allen misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santa Cruz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Allen.
Santa Cruz looks to land a left hand but Allen moved out of range nicely.
Allen feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Allen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A good leg kick by Allen.
Santa Cruz gets a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Allen can't find room to land a body shot as Santa Cruz controls the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Allen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Santa Cruz's elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Allen.
Santa Cruz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Santa Cruz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short uppercut from Allen.
Santa Cruz is looking to control Allen's arms but Allen gets an underhook and turns him. Now Santa Cruz has his back to the cage.
Allen trying to stall but Santa Cruz improves his position.
Allen cracks Santa Cruz with a nice body shot.
Santa Cruz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Allen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Allen tries to throw a body punch but Santa Cruz avoids it by throwing Allen back against the cage.
Santa Cruz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Allen backwards.
Santa Cruz blocks a body shot from Allen.
Allen's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Allen misses with a straight right.
Allen throws the left hand but Santa Cruz avoids the punch easily.
Santa Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Allen paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Santa Cruz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz throws a low kick but Allen moves out of range easily.
Allen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santa Cruz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Allen.
Allen attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Allen lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Santa Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
Santa Cruz throws a body shot but no joy.
Allen's jab looks to have found its range, popping Santa Cruz under the eye.
Allen clobbers Santa Cruz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Allen displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Santa Cruz throws out the jab.
Allen fires out a quick counter leg kick but Santa Cruz just manages to avoid it.
Allen showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Santa Cruz.
A big left from Allen misses.
Allen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Santa Cruz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Santa Cruz is looking to chop away at Allen's legs.
Allen was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Santa Cruz tries to score a power double leg takedown but Allen sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Santa Cruz somewhat.
A leg kick checked by Santa Cruz.
Allen dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santa Cruz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Santa Cruz throws a big shot that misses.
Santa Cruz slips a straight right by Allen.
Santa Cruz doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Santa Cruz misses with a double jab
and Allen counters with a slapping leg kick.
Santa Cruz ducks right into an uppercut from Allen.
Santa Cruz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Allen to the mat! Allen manages to get full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Barry Allen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Allen has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Gold scores the fight 28:29
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 29:29
Judge James Glass scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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