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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dom Cruz (ranked 475 p4p, 55 weight class) and Jimmy Doyle (ranked 1298 p4p, 150 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Doyle's choice of entrance music: The Clash - Jimmy Jazz. Jimmy Doyle has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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144 lbs
27 - 19 - 0 |
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150 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
27 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
29 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Doyle!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Doyle sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Doyle looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice defenses there by Cruz.
Doyle misses with a straight left.
Doyle fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cruz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Cruz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A left lands for Cruz.
Doyle connects with a nice looking jab.
Cruz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Doyle doesn't manage to clinch there - Cruz circles away.
Cruz lands with a nice body punch.
Cruz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Doyle takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Cruz tries for a takedown but Doyle circles away easily
and Doyle counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cruz thinking.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Cruz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz trying to control the action but Doyle is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz just content to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
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.
Doyle takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Cruz works to advance to full mount. Doyle defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Doyle is desperately trying to improve his position but Cruz has a good base and remains in mount.
Cruz landing punches.
Doyle is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cruz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cruz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Doyle is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cruz lands with some strikes.
Cruz lands a heavy elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz with shots to the head and body - Doyle looks very uncomfortable down there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Doyle takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
BOOM! Cruz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cruz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz with shots to the head and body - Doyle looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cruz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cruz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cruz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Doyle can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Doyle is bucking up trying to escape but Cruz cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Cruz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Doyle is looking to escape.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Doyle regains half guard.
Cruz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is trying to control the action in half guard but Doyle is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Doyle trying to hold on to Cruz's head to control him but Cruz postures up.
Cruz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cruz trying to control the action but Doyle is working from the bottom.
Doyle avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cruz.
Cruz slips a nice elbow through Doyle's hands, connecting with Doyle's forehead.
Ground and pound from Cruz.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Cruz lands a nice short elbow.
Cruz working Doyle over with strikes.
Doyle makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Doyle.
Cruz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cruz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz wants to pass the guard but Doyle is keeping the position.
Cruz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Doyle trying to control the position.
Cruz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Cruz tries to move into full mount but can't pass Doyle's legs.
Cruz tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cruz has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Cruz trying to control the action but Doyle is working from the bottom.
Cruz tries to advance to mount but Doyle denies him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom 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.
Doyle lands the left hand.
Cruz defending well as Doyle loads up on a big left hand.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Good shot there by Doyle.
Cruz shoots in and bounces Doyle off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Doyle is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Doyle can do to turn this around?
Cruz wants to pass the guard but Doyle is keeping the position.
Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but Doyle has wrist control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doyle is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Doyle is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Doyle wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz stands up over Doyle, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Cruz landing with the ground and pound.
Cruz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Doyle swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cruz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Doyle keeps moving.
Doyle throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Doyle looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Doyle can't keep his opponent in guard - Cruz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Doyle keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz lands with a punch from half guard.
Cruz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Doyle with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Doyle tries to get to full guard but Cruz has control of the leg.
Cruz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cruz passes the guard and advances to mount!
Cruz has hold of Doyle's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Doyle manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Cruz with shots to the head and body - Doyle looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cruz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz landing strikes from the mount.
A nice elbow there by Cruz.
Dom Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
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!
Cruz wants to control the pace but Doyle is squirming around nicely.
Cruz breaks from Doyle's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Doyle taking shots to the head.
Doyle working to try and regain half guard.
Cruz dominating with strikes here.
Cruz lands a big shot there that rocks Doyle but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz tries to control but Doyle wriggling away.
Cruz dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Doyle tries to hold on but Cruz postures up.
Cruz trying to control but Doyle is having none of it.
Cruz can't control as he wanted to and Doyle manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Doyle tries to roll over but Cruz keeps him under control.
Cruz is trying to control. Doyle wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cruz passes the guard and advances to mount!
Doyle takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom Cruz dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Cruz looks to land a combination. Doyle sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Cruz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Doyle tries to keep at a distance but Cruz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cruz presses Doyle against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cruz lands a body punch.
Doyle misses with the head strike.
Cruz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Doyle gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Cruz has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Doyle uses from the top position.
Cruz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Doyle postures up.
Cruz is trying to hold Doyle in close to prevent damage but Doyle has managed to pass into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is looking to improve his position.
Cruz desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Cruz is looking to get back to full guard here but Doyle has managed to pass to side control instead.
Doyle working away.
Doyle controls the position.
Cruz is trying to improve his position.
Cruz is working hard here to advance position.
Jimmy Doyle has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cruz struggling a bit here.
Cruz is looking for a sweep.
Doyle trying to control the position but Cruz is working away.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Cruz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Dom Cruz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cruz punishes Doyle's body with a nice straight punch.
Cruz moves forwards but Doyle connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Doyle misses with a looping left.
Doyle lands a nice looking body shot.
Cruz throws a shot to the body.
Doyle throws a looping overhand right but Cruz ducks down to avoid it.
Dom Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Doyle throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cruz tries to move into range but Doyle moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cruz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Jimmy Doyle seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cruz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Doyles jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Doyle thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cruz slips under a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A cross from Cruz lands.
Cruz scores with a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Doyle takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Doyle 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Doyle looks to land a right hand but Cruz moved out of range.
Cruz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Doyle moves out of range.
Doyle looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Cruz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Doyle eats them both and turns towards Cruz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Doyle throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
Doyle looks to throw the jab but Cruz is out of range.
Doyle throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Doyle avoids them all with ease.
A little jabbing left from Doyle on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cruz moves out of range as Doyle strikes.
Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Doyle.
Doyle doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Doyle swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cruz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Doyle holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Doyle lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Dom Cruz.
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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dom Cruz!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Dom Cruz made sure he mentioned Urban Fighter, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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