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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Ricky Youngblood (ranked 1566 p4p, 1684 weight class) and Matthew Cruz (ranked 195 p4p, 216 weight class). Youngblood comes into the arena with Wake Up Hate blaring out of the sound system. Cruz has chosen GTA San Andreas Theme Song as his entrance music. Matthew Cruz has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ricky Youngblood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Youngblood slips a straight right by Cruz.
The crowd cheers as Youngblood lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cruz doesn't seem phased though.
Cruz throws a big shot that misses.
Youngblood throws out a loose jab but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Youngblood. Cruz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Youngblood scores with a three punch combo!
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Youngblood manages to avoid it.
Youngblood doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A shot to the liver by Cruz. Beautiful body shot.
Youngblood misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Youngblood throws out a loose jab but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz tries to move into range but Youngblood moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Cruz avoids the body shot from Youngblood.
Cruz slips under a jab.
We've been told by Youngblood's head coaches at Gunner's School of Combat that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Youngblood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Youngblood misses with a looping right.
Youngblood throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cruz counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cruz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cruz is fighting to break Youngblood's control of his arms but Youngblood is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Youngblood on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Youngblood tries to get out of the position.
Youngblood working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cruz.
Youngblood knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cruz on the ground.
Cruz throwing strikes but missing.
Cruz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cruz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Youngblood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood is working hard here to advance position.
Cruz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cruz prevents Youngblood from getting back to his feet.
Cruz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cruz keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Youngblood's head.
Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but Youngblood has wrist control.
Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cruz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but Youngblood has wrist control.
Youngblood wants to get back to his feet but Cruz is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but Youngblood has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
Youngblood preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Youngblood is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Cruz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cruz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Youngblood is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Youngblood wriggles free and stands up.
Cruz slips a straight right by Youngblood.
Cruz tries to counter with a clinch but Youngblood shakes him off and moves away.
Decent striking displayed by Youngblood there.
Ricky Youngblood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Youngblood.
Youngblood throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cruz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cruz steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Youngblood.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Youngblood connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Youngblood looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cruz tries to clinch there but Youngblood circles away.
Youngblood connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jab by Youngblood.
Cruz is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Youngblood rather than just go for the knockout.
Youngblood misses with a hook.
A jab from Cruz misses.
A little feinted left hand from Youngblood on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Youngblood looks to land a right hand but Cruz moved out of range.
Cruz scores with a body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ricky Youngblood will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Youngblood ducks right into an uppercut from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Youngblood.
Youngblood slips under a jab.
Cruz's coach down at Golden Harvest was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Cruz's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Youngblood misses with a looping left.
Youngblood throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Cruz to counter with a crisp jab.
Cruz works the jab nicely.
Youngblood fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
Youngblood lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Youngblood looks to land a right hand but Cruz moved out of range.
Youngblood takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Cruz throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Youngblood's waist but Youngblood gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cruz off to one side.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz slips under a jab.
A little jabbing left from Cruz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cruz lands a body shot.
Youngblood misses with a looping right.
A big right from Youngblood misses.
Youngblood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Youngblood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Youngblood with a body shot.
Cruz throws a shot to the body.
Cruz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cruz scores with a decent looking hook.
Youngblood scores with a three punch combo!
Cruz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Youngblood counters with a two punch combo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Youngblood takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cruz slips under a jab.
Ricky Youngblood is winning the standup battle so far.
A big left from Youngblood misses.
Youngblood falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cruz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Youngblood throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz slips under a jab.
Cruz closes the distance and pushes Youngblood back into the cage.
Cruz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Youngblood was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Cruz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Youngblood.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz thuds his right hand into Youngblood's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
The fighters circling - Cruz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Youngblood misses the target.
Youngblood throws a jab when Cruz was well out of range.
Cruz misses with a looping left.
Cruz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Youngblood.
Youngblood misses with a lunging right hand
letting Cruz counter with a right hand.
Cruz scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A jab from Youngblood finds it's way through Cruz's defenses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Youngblood misses.
Youngblood throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Youngblood connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cruz moves away from the strike by Youngblood.
Cruz darts in and clinches Youngblood up against the cage.
Youngblood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cruz struggles to land a body shot inside as Youngblood controls his hands.
Youngblood wants to stall.
Youngblood working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ricky Youngblood will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Cruz shoots in and bounces Youngblood off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Youngblood utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cruz postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Cruz postures up in Youngblood's guard and throws a big left but Youngblood blocks it.
Youngblood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cruz won't allow Youngblood to get back to his feet.
Youngblood 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.
Cruz lands a couple of decent looking shots.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cruz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cruz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cruz won't allow Youngblood to sweep him here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matthew Cruz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Youngblood wants to stand but Cruz is controlling the position.
Youngblood preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Youngblood wants to stand and escape but Cruz is having none of it.
Youngblood wants to sweep but no luck.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cruz connects with a couple of short punches.
Cruz throwing strikes but missing.
Cruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Youngblood working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cruz.
Youngblood looking to control.
Cruz chips away with some ground and pound.
Cruz postures up in Youngblood's guard and throws a big left but Youngblood blocks it.
Cruz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz drops back looking for a leg! Youngblood is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Youngblood manages to kick Cruz off! Cruz jumps back into Youngblood's guard.
Cruz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cruz throws a big right hand that misses.
Cruz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cruz works over Youngblood with some ground and pound from guard.
Cruz throws a big elbow that misses.
Youngblood is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cruz is controlling him.
Cruz preventing the sweep.
Cruz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cruz postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Youngblood is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Cruz, into his guard.
Youngblood stands and steps away. Cruz gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Matthew Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Youngblood is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Youngblood swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Youngblood defends it well.
Cruz moves away from the strike by Youngblood.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Youngblood moves away.
Cruz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Youngblood stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Youngblood misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Youngblood paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Youngblood throws a poor cross that misses
and Cruz counters with a right hand to the body.
Cruz shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Youngblood's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz lands a couple of elbows.
Ricky Youngblood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but Youngblood has wrist control.
Youngblood is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cruz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cruz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Youngblood keeps moving.
Youngblood avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Youngblood wants to get back to his feet but Cruz is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Cruz postures up in Youngblood's guard and throws a big left but Youngblood blocks it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz with a nice head shot there.
Cruz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Youngblood trying to keep a closed guard but Cruz is proving a slippery customer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Cruz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Youngblood 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Ricky Youngblood!
Ricky Youngblood took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Knock Out Clothing for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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