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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Timo Cruz (ranked 4730 p4p, 5315 weight class) and Temujin Atkiray (ranked 611 p4p, 0 weight class). Timo Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Timo Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Temujin Atkiray!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Taro Takaoka and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Atkiray shoots in but Cruz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cruz scores with a kick to the body.
Cruz cracks Atkiray with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
It looks like Temujin Atkiray has been cut.
Atkiray fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cruz really is a fat lump.
Cruz drives through with a takedown into Atkiray's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Atkiray has his hands on Cruz's head, controlling the position.
Cruz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Atkiray is trying to keep Cruz in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz wants to get up but he can't break Atkiray's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Atkiray can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cruz postures up.
Cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Atkiray pulls Cruz in close to prevent any damage.
Atkiray looking to control.
Cruz preventing the sweep.
Atkiray is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Atkiray is trying to keep Cruz in close.
Cruz is fighting to break Atkiray's control of his arms but Atkiray is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Atkiray goes for a double leg but Cruz avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Cruz continues to drive forward.
Timo Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Temujin Atkiray.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Atkiray closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Cruz quickly recovers to half guard.
Cruz trying to hold on to Atkiray's head to control him but Atkiray postures up.
Atkiray thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Atkiray is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Atkiray seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Atkiray throwing shots but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Atkiray landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Atkiray lands with a punch from half guard.
Atkiray looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cruz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cruz moves into full guard.
Atkiray lands a couple of elbows.
Atkiray lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Atkiray makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Atkiray lands a couple of elbows.
Atkiray postures up in Cruz's guard and throws a big left but Cruz blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkiray throwing strikes but missing.
Atkiray with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Atkiray landing with the ground and pound.
Cruz has momentary wrist control but Atkiray slips an elbow through the middle.
Cruz working for a triangle but Atkiray defends it easily.
Atkiray is in close to Cruz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cruz is breathing heavily.
Atkiray lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Atkiray cracks Cruz with a solid left hand.
Atkiray postures up and lands a big shot to Cruz's brow.
Atkiray distracts Cruz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Atkiray chips away with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkiray scoring with some ground and pound.
Cruz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Atkiray with a nice head shot there.
Atkiray postures up and lands a big shot to Cruz's brow.
Atkiray distracts Cruz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Atkiray's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Atkiray distracts Cruz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Atkiray postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Atkiray landing with the ground and pound.
Atkiray connects with a couple of short punches.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Atkiray keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cruz's head.
Atkiray is in close to Cruz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Atkiray scoring with some ground and pound.
Atkiray lands a couple of elbows.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Temujin Atkiray will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Temujin Atkiray's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Atkiray.
Cruz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Atkiray wants to get back to full guard.
Atkiray is doing well to control the position and prevent Cruz from advancing to side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz prevents Atkiray from improving his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz is trying to control the action in half guard but Atkiray is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Atkiray wants to control but Cruz is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Atkiray wants to improve his position but Cruz is controlling well.
Atkiray is still trying to improve position.
Atkiray wants to control but Cruz is keeping busy.
Atkiray really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Cruz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Cruz prevents Atkiray from improving his position.
Cruz missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Atkiray moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Atkiray looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Atkiray bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Cruz's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz has his hands on Atkiray's head, controlling the position.
Cruz controls Atkiray momentarily but Atkiray frees himself.
Cruz has momentary wrist control but Atkiray slips an elbow through the middle.
Atkiray with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Atkiray working some strikes from top position.
Atkiray connects with a couple of short punches.
Atkiray is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Atkiray postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Temujin Atkiray has got the better of the ground game so far.
Atkiray working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cruz is trying to keep Atkiray in close.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Atkiray scoring with punches to the head and body.
Atkiray lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is looking for a triangle but Atkiray pushes his legs off easily.
Atkiray scoring with punches to the head and body.
Atkiray makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Atkiray cracks Cruz with a solid left hand.
Atkiray cracks Cruz with a solid left hand.
Atkiray works over Cruz with some ground and pound from guard.
Atkiray is working Cruz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Atkiray landing with the ground and pound.
Atkiray landing with the ground and pound.
Atkiray keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cruz's head.
Atkiray is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Atkiray working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cruz's head.
Atkiray postures up and lands a big shot to Cruz's brow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Atkiray working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Atkiray scoring with punches to the head and body.
Cruz trying to keep a closed guard but Atkiray is proving a slippery customer.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Atkiray shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cruz but Cruz pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Atkiray shoots in and drives through. Cruz sprawls well.
Timo Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Temujin Atkiray.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Atkiray.
Atkiray takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Atkiray shoots for a double leg takedown but Cruz sprawls well. He's pushed Atkiray's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cruz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Atkiray.
Atkiray dives in and grabs Cruz's left leg, looking for a takedown. Cruz pushes down on Atkiray's head and hops out.
Atkiray darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Temujin Atkiray will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Temujin Atkiray's cut.
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!
Cruz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Atkiray manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz scores with a takedown into Atkiray's guard.
Cruz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Atkiray keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
Atkiray has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Atkiray's guard.
Atkiray trying to hold on to Cruz's head to control him but Cruz postures up.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Atkiray tries to get to full guard but Cruz has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Atkiray is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Atkiray keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Cruz prevents Atkiray from improving his position.
Cruz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Atkiray with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Atkiray trying to hold on to Cruz's head to control him but Cruz postures up.
Cruz prevents Atkiray from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Atkiray keeping control of the position.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Cruz shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Atkiray manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Temujin Atkiray is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Atkiray is adopting a defensive guard.
Let's hope that Atkiray has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Cruz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Atkiray is on top in guard.
Atkiray slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Atkiray is continuing to stall.
Cruz has his hands on Atkiray's head, controlling the position.
Atkiray trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cruz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Atkiray controls the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
Timo Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Atkiray has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 30:27
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 29:29
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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