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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dom Cruz (ranked 428 p4p, 53 weight class) and Haislan Garcia (ranked 765 p4p, 100 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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144 lbs
28 - 19 - 0 |
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155 lbs
24 - 11 - 2 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Olympic 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
28 - 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
24 - 11 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Haislan Garcia!
The judges for this bout are , Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Garcia is trying to defend but Cruz finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Garcia is trying to maintain the position but Cruz is very close to passing his half guard.
Cruz drops an elbow to the side of Garcia's head.
Ground and pound from Cruz.
Garcia manages to get to full guard.
Garcia manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cruz manages to get himself to full guard.
Cruz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Garcia defends it easily.
Garcia tries to free his leg and advance position but Cruz is retaining full guard.
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.
Garcia sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Garcia tries to free his leg and advance position but Cruz is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Cruz seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Garcia sitting in guard here, content to control.
Garcia wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Garcia's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cruz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Garcia's guard.
Garcia preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cruz trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
We've been hearing that Cruz has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Garcia avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Garcia is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
Cruz looking to pass the guard.
Cruz stopping the sweep attempt from Garcia.
Cruz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cruz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garcia is keeping the position for now.
Cruz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Garcia looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Garcia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Garcia holds on and takes a little breather.
Cruz postures up in Garcia's guard and throws a big left but Garcia blocks it.
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcia is retaining full guard.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Cruz engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Cruz was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cruz postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Garcia defending against the ground and pound.
Garcia is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cruz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz trying to control the position but Garcia is working away.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garcia takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Cruz working the head with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom Cruz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Garcia.
Nice jab there from Cruz.
A big right from Cruz misses.
Cruz moves into the clinch.
Cruz looking for a takedown.
Cruz pulls guard.
Cruz is trying to hold Garcia in close to prevent damage but Garcia has managed to pass into half guard.
Garcia takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Cruz is concentrating on defense, preventing Garcia from advancing position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz is looking to get back to full guard here but Garcia has managed to pass to side control instead.
Cruz tries to buck Garcia off but Garcia is having none of it.
Garcia taking a breather here.
Cruz can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is looking for a sweep.
Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Garcia can do to turn this around?
Garcia takes a little break here. Cruz wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Cruz wants to control but Garcia postures up.
Cruz tries to improve position but can't.
Cruz is working hard here to advance position.
Cruz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Garcia off and has taken his back!
Garcia is really stuck here.
Garcia is covering up but some of the strikes from Cruz are getting through and doing damage.
Garcia breaks Cruz's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Garcia pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cruz is keeping the position for now.
Cruz is pulling down on Garcia's head. It's preventing any offense from Garcia, at least for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
Garcia is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Cruz controlling Garcia's posture.
Cruz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Garcia manages to get himself to full guard.
Garcia is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cruz is controlling him.
Dom Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cruz throwing strikes but missing.
Garcia looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz pushing down on Garcia's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cruz is trying to control the action in half guard but Garcia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Garcia tries to get to full guard but Cruz has control of the leg.
Still in half guard, Cruz seems content to control.
Garcia trying to control from the bottom.
Cruz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Garcia is trying to get back to full guard.
Cruz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Cruz lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Garcia is looking to control Cruz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Garcia avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is trying to control. Garcia wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cruz trying to pass the guard but Garcia defending well.
Garcia desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Cruz wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
Cruz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garcia wants to control but Cruz is keeping busy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Cruz drops an elbow to the side of Garcia's head.
Cruz wants to control but Garcia is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom Cruz dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Cruz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Cruz swinging wildly here.
Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Garcia.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cruz at a distance.
Garcia throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Garcia!
Garcia throws Cruz to one side and escapes!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz avoids the body shot from Garcia.
Garcia lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cruz at a distance.
Cruz throws a right hand that Garcia ducks under and follows up with a left that Garcia also avoids with ease.
Garcia waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cruz.
Garcia is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cruz rather than just go for the knockout.
Garcia feints and then cracks Cruz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cruz down.
Cruz with a lazy takedown attempt
and Garcia counters with a good low kick that Cruz was not able to check.
Garcia looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cruz throws an off balance right hand
and Garcia counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia thows a leg kick but Cruz checks it
and Cruz counters with a single leg into guard. Garcia didn't expect that.
Garcia pulls Cruz in close to his closed guard and prevents Cruz from doing any damage or advancing position.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
Garcia working a defensive guard here.
Cruz wants to pass the guard but Garcia is keeping the position.
Cruz trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom.
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Garcia is retaining full guard.
Cruz advances position into side control!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to get back to half guard.
Cruz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Cruz tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Cruz wants to lay and pray for a moment but Garcia keeps working.
Cruz tries to advance to mount but Garcia denies him.
Dom Cruz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cruz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Garcia gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Cruz sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Garcia gets full guard.
Garcia not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garcia is on top in guard.
Cruz is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Garcia must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
Cruz pulls Garcia in close to his closed guard and prevents Garcia from doing any damage or advancing position.
Cruz wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.
Haislan Garcia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz pulls Garcia in close to prevent any damage.
Cruz controls Garcia momentarily but Garcia frees himself.
Garcia slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cruz trying to control the position here.
Cruz is trying to control the position but Garcia postures up.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Haislan Garcia comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cruz 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dom Cruz!
Dom Cruz took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Urban Fighter for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
38% |
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