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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Middle Finger (ranked 3361 p4p, 2655 weight class) and Pablo Cruz (ranked 323 p4p, 256 weight class). Finger comes to the cage accompanied by Side to Side. Cruz has chosen Daddy Yankee / Gasolina as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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20 - 20 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Middle Finger!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 20 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Yuuki Gou.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Finger ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz moves away.
The crowd cheers as Finger lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cruz doesn't seem phased though.
Some wild striking there from Finger.
Finger takes one on the chin but seems OK.
It looks like Middle Finger has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Finger does a little dance to reset his feet.
Finger throws a push kick but Cruz slaps the foot to one side.
Finger takes one on the button.
A low kick lands for Finger.
Finger tries to bum rush Cruz with a series of wild strikes but Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cruz appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Finger has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Average Judas Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Finger tries to keep at a distance but Cruz has taken the fight into the clinch.
Cruz misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Cruz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Finger misses with some punches.
Finger's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruz lands with a good body shot.
Cruz moves forwards but Finger connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Finger looks to throw the jab but Cruz is out of range.
Finger scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cruz slips a straight right by Finger.
Cruz bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Finger's head backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finger takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Finger takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Finger pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Finger looks to land a right hand but Cruz moved out of range.
Pablo Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Finger connects with a looping right hand.
Cruz throws a body punch but Finger moves out of range.
Cruz lands a jab to Finger's midsection.
Cruz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Finger.
Cruz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Finger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cruz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Finger.
Finger throws a series of punches but Cruz avoids them all with ease.
Cruz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Finger.
Cruz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Finger scores with a three punch combo!
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Finger manages to avoid it.
Cruz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Finger on the side of the head.
Cruz has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Cruz throws a nice looking combination but Finger bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Finger looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.
Cruz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz scores with a nice head shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cruz wants to clinch up but Finger keeps it at a distance.
Finger cracks Cruz with a good jab.
Nice defenses there by Finger.
Finger takes one to the side of the head.
Cruz throws a good cross that connects.
Nice shot by Finger.
Finger takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Finger misses with a looping right.
The fighters circling - Cruz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz throws a hook but Finger blocks it.
Finger fails to land with a series of punches.
Cruz misses with a straight right.
Cruz swings for the body but Finger moves out of range.
Finger uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cruz.
Finger throws a jab when Cruz was well out of range.
Finger shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Finger cracks Cruz with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Finger lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cruz circles away quickly and effectively.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz stuns Finger with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Finger slips a jab and a cross from Cruz.
Cruz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A punch combination from Finger misses.
Cruz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Finger avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Finger is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Finger throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
Finger motions for Cruz to come forward. Finger throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Finger scores with a leg kick.
Cruz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Finger had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Cruz misses with a straight left.
Finger throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cruz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cruz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cruz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Finger scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Finger fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Cruz staying out of range there.
Finger looks to land a left hand but Cruz moved out of range nicely.
Cruz lands with a right hand.
No joy there for Finger, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Finger bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Finger throws a hook but Cruz avoids it easily.
Finger throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cruz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Finger blocks an uppercut.
Finger working aggressively here.
Finger digs a right hand into Cruz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cruz's gas tank.
Cruz blocks an uppercut.
Finger swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Cruz.
Finger misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Finger blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short uppercut from Cruz.
Finger misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cruz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Finger lands a body punch in the clinch.
Finger wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cruz has him pressed against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Cruz.
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 Middle Finger will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Middle Finger's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Cruz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Finger looks to land a right hand but Cruz moved out of range.
Cruz throws out a loose jab but Finger uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz throws a shot from downtown. Finger moves away and avoids it.
Nice jab there from Finger.
Cruz throws a right and a left that both miss.
Finger gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Finger misses.
Cruz lands a lovely overhand right.
Finger gets tackled into the cage by Cruz. Cruz maintains the clinch.
Cruz tries to work over Finger's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Finger misses with some punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cruz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fingers head.
Finger lands with a short shot to the head.
Finger lands a body punch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Cruz in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Finger manages to break the clinch.
Cruz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Finger.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A jab from Cruz misses.
Cruz lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Finger backs up against the cage.
Finger throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cruz throws a jab but it's blocked by Finger.
Cruz avoids a punch combination nicely.
A nice side step and Cruz releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Nice defenses there by Cruz.
Finger will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cruz moves out of range of the strikes.
Cruz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cruz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cruz looks to land a right hand but Finger moved out of range.
A lazy left from Finger finds it's target.
Cruz misses with a straight right.
Finger throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
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 lands an overhand right.
Cruz scores with a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finger ducks under a wild hook from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a straight left.
Finger avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cruz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Cruz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Finger throws out the jab.
Cruz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Finger momentarily.
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
Cruz misses the jab.
Cruz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Finger sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Decent striking displayed by Cruz there.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Finger slips the punch.
Cruz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Finger is just out of range.
Cruz misses with an uppercut. Finger saw that one coming.
Cruz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Finger momentarily.
Finger is rocked!
Pablo Cruz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Finger loads up on a big right hand but Cruz slips the punch.
A little jabbing left from Cruz on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Oh Finger is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cruz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Finger lands with a nice combination. Cruz backs away looking to recover.
Finger throws a shot from downtown. Cruz moves away and avoids it.
Cruz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Finger moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cruz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Finger ducks under a wild hook from Cruz.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Finger.
Cruz lands with a good body shot.
Finger looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cruz is breathing heavily.
Cruz drops Finger with a straight right hand, right on the button! Cruz follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Cruz!
Pablo Cruz managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Stoner's Killer Apparel, into his post fight interview.
In defeat, Middle Finger stepped up to the mic, saying 'I blame my Sponsors for this loss, fuck em!'.
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