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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Liger Justin (ranked 2132 p4p, 4583 weight class) and Taka Cruise (ranked 294 p4p, 563 weight class). Liger Justin has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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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 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Liger Justin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Taka Cruise!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruise loads up on a big right hand but Justin slips the punch.
Cruise tries a head kick but it misses.
It looked like Justin wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Justin misses with a takedown attempt - Cruise sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cruise fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Justin looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cruise fails to land with a series of punches.
A swing and a miss from Justin.
Cruise defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Justin.
Justin closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Cruise quickly recovers to half guard.
Cruise pushes Justin off and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Justin dodges the punch combination from Cruise.
Cruise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Justin.
Justin misses the jab.
Justin looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cruise defending well though.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Justin connects with a nice short shot to Cruise's temple.
Justin will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Justin wants to take a breather but Cruise is having none of it.
Justin winds up and cracks Cruise with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cruise is trying to stand up here but Justin is controlling him well.
Justin throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Justin slows the pace down in half guard.
Justin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cruise can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cruise is looking to get back to is feet but Justin passes into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justin in side control lands a decent elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruise is working to avoid the ground and pound but Justin connects with a decent elbow.
Justin 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.
Justin looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Cruise is avoiding damage well.
Cruise is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
A lull in the action here as Justin stalls from top position.
Justin is trying to get an arm triangle but Cruise is defending well.
Cruise pushes Justin away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Justin gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Justin postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Justin working the head and body with strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justin prevents Cruise from escaping the position.
Sloppy strikes there by Justin.
Cruise wants to get back to his feet.
Justin looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Cruise is avoiding damage well.
Justin is chipping away with strikes.
Cruise taking punishment in the form of punches.
Justin throwing strikes but Cruise manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruise wants to stand but Justin is controlling his arm.
Justin is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Cruise's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Justin is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justin moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Cruise tries to stand but Justin is controlling from the bottom.
Justin lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Justin won't allow Cruise to get back to his feet.
Justin landing with the ground and pound.
Justin wants to control from the top but Cruise keeps moving.
Cruise can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Justin controls the pace.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Liger Justin dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Justin fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cruise sprawls well initially but Justin persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Justin looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Justin lands with a punch from half guard.
Nice strikes from Justin there.
Cruise is trying to stand up here but Justin is controlling him well.
Liger Justin overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Cruise is in trouble now - Justin has advanced to mount!
Justin dominating with strikes here.
Justin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cruise hang on?
Justin with shots to the head and body - Cruise looks very uncomfortable down there.
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!
Cruise's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
Justin punishing his opponent with strikes.
Justin scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cruise?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruise squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Justin lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cruise hang on?
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Justin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
The referee warns Cruise that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Justin controlling from mount.
Justin landing strikes from the mount and Cruise is in trouble!
Cruise takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cruise is bucking up trying to escape but Justin cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Justin with a couple of short strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Justin dominating with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Justin dominating with strikes here.
Cruise is rocked!
Justin landing strikes from the mount.
Cruise is still in real trouble! Can Justin finish him?
Justin is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cruise can do to turn this around?
Justin fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Justin looking to control and managing it successfully.
Justin cracks Cruise with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Liger Justin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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