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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacinto Cruz (ranked 529 p4p, 2027 weight class) and Black Leben (ranked 83 p4p, 273 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Leben's choice of entrance music: Wynona's Big Brown Beaver. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacinto Cruz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Black Leben!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Matti Vanhoillinen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Leben misses with a two punch combination.
Cruz is looking to counter with head kicks.
Leben misses the shot to the body.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cruz.
Leben misses with a straight right.
Cruz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Leben goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cruz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Leben cracks Cruz with a nice body shot.
Leben swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cruz lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Cruz blocking some punches.
Leben blocking some punches.
Leben pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Leben looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Leben misses with a looping left.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leben lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leben breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leben fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
As Leben tries to get set, Cruz tries to push him back and clinch up but Leben manages to avoid the attempt.
Cruz connects with a leg kick.
Cruz staying out of range there.
Leben throws a hook but Cruz avoids it easily.
Cruz seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cruz throws a low kick, looking for Leben's leg but Leben calmly moves out of range.
Leben swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Leben connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Leben lands a two punch combo.
Leben throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Leben displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cruz throws out the jab.
Leben throws out a counter right but Cruz avoids it with no problem.
Cruz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leben throws out the jab.
Cruz slips under a jab.
We've been told by Cruz's head coaches at League of Shadows MMA that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Leben throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leben scores with a sloppy right hand. Cruz should have avoided that one.
Leben dodges the punch combination from Cruz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Leben.
Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Black Leben seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Leben loads up on a big right hand but Cruz slips the punch.
Leben throws a shot from downtown. Cruz moves away and avoids it.
Leben paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cruz lands with an uppercut that bounces Leben off the cage and back into range.
Leben moves out of range of the body kick from Cruz.
Cruz closes the distance looking to clinch
and Leben cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Leben throws the left hand but Cruz avoids the punch easily.
Leben misses with a hook.
Some bone on bone action there as Leben checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cruz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Leben has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Leben pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cruz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Leben throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice defenses there by Cruz.
Leben misses with a wild combination.
Leben thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cruz tries to land a leg kick but Leben saw it coming and moves away.
Cruz thumps Leben with a low kick.
Cruz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Leben checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cruz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leben.
Cruz connects with a jab.
Cruz throws a leg kick that misses.
Leben scores with a shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cruz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Leben lands with a shot to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Leben swats away the attempt to clinch by Cruz.
Leben misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Cruz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A nice leg kick from Cruz, right into the meat of the thigh.
Leben catches Cruz with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Cruz misses with a straight right.
Cruz wants to clinch up but Leben keeps it at a distance.
A shot to the liver by Leben. Beautiful body shot.
Leben lands a jab to Cruz's midsection.
Cruz with a nice calf kick.
Cruz tries to move into range but Leben moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Black Leben dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A jab from Cruz finds it's way through Leben's defenses.
Leben ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz moves away.
A big right from Leben misses.
Cruz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cruz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Leben dodges the punch combination from Cruz.
Cruz lands a body shot.
Cruz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cruz throws a leg kick
and Leben counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz moves out of range of the strikes.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Cruz does no damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Leben misses the target.
Leben stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz tried to score with a low kick but Leben checks it.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Leben!
Leben misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Leben throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Leben has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cruz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Leben is able to avoid easily.
Cruz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Leben.
A little jabbing left from Leben on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Leben misses with an uppercut
and Cruz counters with a stiff right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Leben misses the target.
Leben looks to throw the jab but Cruz is out of range.
Cruz throws a solid leg kick but Leben takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cruz.
Leben connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Black Leben seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Cruz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Leben scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Leben misses with a jab to the body
and Cruz counters with a thumping low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leben lands a jab to Cruz's midsection.
Leben misses with a hook.
Leben cracks a nice hook into Cruz's ribs.
Leben throws a right hand that Cruz ducks under and follows up with a left that Cruz also avoids with ease.
Cruz doesn't manage to clinch there - Leben circles away.
Leben misses with a looping left.
Leben misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cruz lands a nice looking body shot.
Jab, jab by Leben - just one landing.
Cruz throws a leg kick but Leben checks it.
Cruz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Leben dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz tries to score with a low kick but Leben moves his leg out of the way.
It seemed like Leben was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Cruz is looking to clinch but Leben is avoiding it.
Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leben.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws out a powerful jab.
Leben lands a right hook to the body.
Cruz fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Leben throws out a loose jab but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz fires out a quick counter leg kick but Leben just manages to avoid it.
Leben jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Leben slips the punch.
Leben throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Leben is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Cruz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cruz misses with a looping left.
Left hook, right uppercut from Leben.
Leben connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cruz's hands.
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!
Cruz scores with a leg kick.
Cruz moves away from the strike by Leben.
Cruz tries to counter by clinching up but Leben breaks away and moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leben stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Leben throws a hook to the side of Cruz's head but Cruz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cruz looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Leben dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice uppercut there from Cruz.
Leben jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cruz misses with a hook
and Leben counters with a nice uppercut.
Leben misses with an uppercut. Cruz saw that one coming.
As Leben tries to get set, Cruz tries to push him back and clinch up but Leben manages to avoid the attempt.
Cruz staying out of range there.
As Leben tries to get set, Cruz tries to push him back and clinch up but Leben manages to avoid the attempt.
Cruz takes the fight into the clinch.
Leben swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leben lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cruz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruz.
Cruz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cruz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Leben throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cruzs head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Black Leben showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Nice jab there from Leben.
Cruz throws a low kick but Leben avoids it.
Cruz moves away from the strike by Leben.
Cruz tries to counter by clinching up but Leben breaks away and moves out of range.
Cruz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Cruz tries to clinch there but Leben circles away.
Leben moves away from the strike by Cruz.
Leben misses with a jab to the body
and Cruz counters with a leg kick.
Leben throws out a powerful jab.
Cruz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Leben to score with a decent uppercut.
Leben misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz slips under a jab.
Leben thows a left - swing and a miss!
Leben throws a right hand that misses
and Cruz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Leben's knee momentarily.
Leben looks to land a right hand but Cruz moved out of range.
Cruz lands a nice leg kick that just misses Leben's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Leben changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Cruz is looking to clinch.
Cruz clinches up against the cage.
Leben tries to work over Cruz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Leben lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cruz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Still in the clinch, Cruz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cruz working aggressively here.
Leben blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cruz pushes Leben back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Leben breaks the clinch.
Leben is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cruz.
Leben cracks Cruz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cruz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
It seemed like Leben was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Leben's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz takes a swing at Leben's ribcage but misses.
Leben throws out a counter right but Cruz avoids it with no problem.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Leben!
Leben misses with a wild body shot.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Cruz lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Leben has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Leben and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Leben swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A jab from Leben finds it's way through Cruz's defenses.
Cruz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Leben avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Leben lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Leben lands a jab to the nose.
Leben misses with a wild body shot.
Cruz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Leben manages to circle out of the way.
Leben circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cruz scores with a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz moves out of range as Leben strikes.
Leben looks to land a left hand but Cruz moved out of range nicely.
Leben thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Cruz tries to clinch there but Leben circles away.
Cruz forces Leben back against the cage and clinches.
Leben escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Leben misses with a straight left.
Cruz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Leben jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cruz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Leben throws out the jab.
Cruz does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Leben cracks a nice hook into Cruz's ribs.
Leben ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Leben keeps the fight on the outside.
Leben scores with the left hand. Cruz knows he should have avoided that one.
Leben throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leben wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Good shot there by Leben.
Leben throws the left hand but Cruz avoids the punch easily.
Cruz appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cruz lands with an uppercut that bounces Leben off the cage and back into range.
It looks like Black Leben has been cut.
Leben pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leben on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Leben misses the shot to the body.
Leben misses with a hook.
Cruz avoids a punch combination nicely.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Black Leben really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Black Leben's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Leben lands a jab to the nose.
Leben scores with the left hand. Cruz knows he should have avoided that one.
Leben scores with a hook to the body. Cruz takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cruz misses with a straight left.
Leben swings widly with a right hand
and Cruz counters with a nice leg kick.
Leben looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.
Cruz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cruz rushes Leben and presses him up against the cage.
Cruz misses with the head strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leben throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruz.
Cruz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Leben breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cruz scores with a jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Leben lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Leben lands a jab to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A cross from Leben lands.
A low kick from Cruz misses
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
That kick from Cruz tenderised Leben's leg. Leben is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cruz moves away from the strike by Leben.
Cruz wants to slow Leben down by chopping away at his legs.
Leben looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cruz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Leben lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cruz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leben.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Leben does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruz tries to clinch but Leben is having none of it.
Leben misses with a body shot.
Leben misses with a looping left.
A cross from Leben lands.
Leben swings widly with a right hand
and Cruz counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz tests Leben's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cruz lands a nice shot to the body.
Leben getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cruz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Cruz connects with a right hand. Leben shakes it off.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cruz wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Leben throws a body shot but no joy.
Cruz slips a straight right by Leben.
Cruz has closed the distance and engaged Leben in a clinch.
Leben pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Leben pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Leben scores with a decent looking hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz clinches up with Leben and pushes him back against the cage.
Leben's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruz throws a sloppy head kick and Leben moves out of range easily.
Cruz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Leben lands with a shot to the body.
Leben throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Leben misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Cruz slips a jab from Leben.
Leben missing with a left hand there. Cruz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leben sizes up Cruz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Sloppy strikes from Leben. Those never looked like landing.
Cruz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Leben.
Leben stuns Cruz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Leben wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leben scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Leben bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Cruz's head.
Cruz lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Leben tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cruz was well out of range. Poor timing from Leben.
Leben just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromCruz.
Cruz looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Cruz tries to clinch but Leben moves out of range.
Cruz moves into the clinch.
Leben working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cruz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cruz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Leben doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Leben scores with a shoulder strike.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Leben's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leben feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Cruzs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Cruz tries to clinch but Leben moves out of range.
Cruz throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Leben on the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Black Leben dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on Black Leben's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Leben looks to land a right hand but Cruz moved out of range.
Cruz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cruz takes the fight into the clinch.
Cruz working aggressively here.
Leben lands a left hand.
Leben lands an uppercut.
Leben softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cruz prevents Leben from breaking the clinch.
Leben misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cruz tries a body shot but Leben blocks it.
Leben lands a body shot in the clinch.
Leben breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Cruz misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Leben blocks the leg kick.
Leben swats away the attempt to clinch by Cruz.
It seemed like Leben was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz slips a jab from Leben.
Cruz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Leben.
Leben scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cruz in his tracks.
Leben throws an overhand right that lands on Cruz's shoulder, as Cruz tries to avoid the shot.
Cruz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Leben checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A cross from Leben lands.
Cruz clinches up against the cage.
Leben misses with some punches.
Cruz has Leben pressed against the cage, preventing Leben from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Leben breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leben throws an off balance right hand
and Cruz counters with a left to the body.
Cruz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cruz slips a jab from Leben.
It looked like Cruz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cruz throws a leg kick but Leben sees it coming and moves out of range.
Leben throws out a counter right but Cruz avoids it with no problem.
Leben lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Leben.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Leben blocks a jab.
No joy there for Leben, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cruz tried to score with a low kick but Leben checks it.
Cruz misses the jab.
Leben has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cruz finds it's way round the side to connect with Leben's head.
A jab from Leben misses.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Leben stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cruz.
Cruz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cruz walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cruz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Leben ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leben swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It looked like Cruz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cruz darts in and clinches Leben up against the cage.
Leben lands an uppercut.
A shot in the inside from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a punch on the inside.
A short left from Cruz.
Leben manages to break the clinch.
Leben scores with the left hand. Cruz knows he should have avoided that one.
Cruz closes the distance and pushes Leben back into the cage.
Black Leben is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Cruz throws a head punch that misses.
Cruz misses with the head strike.
Leben blocks an uppercut.
Cruz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cruz working aggressively here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cruz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Leben scores with a shoulder strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cruz lands a shot to the body.
Leben prevents a body shot from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cruz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cruz can't find room to land a body shot as Leben controls the action.
Leben lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Cruz fails to land.
Jacinto Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A head punch on the inside from Cruz fails to land.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Black Leben.
I've got Leben winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 45:50
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 45:50
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Black Leben!
Black Leben is the new lightweight champion!
Black Leben thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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C
A |
G |
S |
C
B |
G |
|
S |
C |
G |
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energy
A | B |
|
hype
A | B |
|
pop
A | B |
|
mgr
A | B |
|
FIGHT
RATING
79% |
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