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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Cruzeiro (ranked 498 p4p, 572 weight class) and Gotan Wasselach (ranked 84 p4p, 98 weight class). Cruzeiro's entrance music is Jah Jah The Conqueror by Linval Thompson. A fine choice. Wasselach has chosen Time Is On My Side by Maze as his entrance music. Cruzeiro has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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27 - 14 - 1 |
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194 cm
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10 - 9 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent grappler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 27 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Cruzeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Gotan Wasselach!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Marco Blurström and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Both fighters are only really looking to counter, so after a good 30 seconds of circling each other endlessly, the referee has stepped in and told them both to be more aggressive.
Cruzeiro slaps away a takedown attempt from Wasselach, before circling back to the center of the mat.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruzeiro closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wasselach wants to control but Cruzeiro postures up.
Cruzeiro tries to score with some ground and pound. Wasselach controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Wasselach is looking for a sweep.
Cruzeiro tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Cruzeiro has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Wasselach is looking for a sweep.
Wasselach regains half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wasselach tries to get to full guard but Cruzeiro has control of the leg.
That's two 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.
Wasselach looking for submissions off his back.
Wasselach trying to control but Cruzeiro postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wasselach wants to get back to full guard.
Wasselach avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Cruzeiro.
Wasselach is looking to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wasselach keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Wasselach gets back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Julio Cruzeiro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cruzeiro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 10:9
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 10:9
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Julio Cruzeiro!
After winning the bout, Julio Cruzeiro thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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