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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Browning (ranked 134 p4p, 503 weight class) and Santa Cruz (ranked 21 p4p, 71 weight class). This should be fireworks!
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jerome Browning!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Santa Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Winston Alpacca and David Hoff.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Browning fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cruz to the ground. Browning is now in Cruz's guard.
Browning stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Browning trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Cruz wants to stand up but Browning is controlling him.
Cruz is controlling Browning's posture.
Browning content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cruz working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Browning.
Browning trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Browning 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.
Cruz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Browning cracks Cruz with a solid left hand.
Browning is looking to work some ground and pound but Cruz has wrist control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Browning makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cruz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Cruz keeping full guard, as Browning tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Browning won't allow Cruz to sweep him here.
Browning with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cruz wants to stand but Browning is controlling the position.
Browning stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Browning keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cruz's head.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Browning from controlling successfully.
Cruz has momentary wrist control but Browning slips an elbow through the middle.
Browning distracts Cruz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Cruz can do anything to dispel that myth.
Cruz wants to get back to his feet but Browning is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Browning throwing strikes but missing.
Browning scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Browning cracks Cruz with a solid left hand.
Browning postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cruz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Browning landing with the ground and pound.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Browning makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Browning content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cruz looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Cruz really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Browning. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Browning with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Cruz wants to stand up but Browning is controlling him.
Cruz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Browning advances to half guard.
Browning scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Browning working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Browning drops an elbow to the side of Cruz's head.
Cruz is rocked!
Cruz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Browning scores with a couple of nice shots.
Cruz is still in real trouble! Can Browning finish him?
Browning lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Cruz! More strikes land and this one is all over! Browning jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jerome Browning!
Jerome Browning retains his light heavyweight title!
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