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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jacinto Cruz (ranked 228 p4p, 369 weight class) and Miles O Brien (ranked 30 p4p, 45 weight class). O Brien has chosen Sweet Leaf as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jacinto Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Miles O Brien!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by O Brien.
Cruz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and O Brien is able to avoid easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from O Brien. Cruz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Jacinto Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
O Brien takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
O Brien throws a big shot that misses.
O Brien misses with a wild body shot.
Nice defenses there by O Brien.
Cruz scores with a leg kick.
O Brien misses the jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on O Brien. That did some damage!
Cruz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
O Brien throws a leg kick
and Cruz counters with a stiff right hand.
O Brien comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from O Brien. Those never looked like landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien misses with a kick to the body.
Cruz half committed to a counter leg kick.
O Brien throws a leg kick
and Cruz counters with a body kick.
Cruz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cruz misses the shot to the body.
Cruz misses with an uppercut. O Brien saw that one coming.
O Brien tries to score with a low kick but Cruz moves his leg out of the way.
O Brien avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Cruz shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Cruz scores with a nice right hand.
Cruz checks a leg kick nicely.
Cruz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
O Brien misses with a body kick.
Cruz appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz blocks a low kick nicely.
Cruz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
O Brien on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Cruz. Cruz obviously looking to wear him down.
Cruz jabs O Brien right on the nose. O Brien blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. O Brien sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
O Brien checks the leg kick.
O Brien connects with a good right hand that stumbles Cruz. Cruz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Cruz misses with a body shot.
Cruz is looking to land body kicks.
Cruz connects with a crisp jab.
O Brien closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a low kick but O Brien moves out of range easily.
Cruz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Brien swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Cruz lands a leg kick that knocks O Brien off balance momentarily.
Cruz looks to land a right hand but O Brien moved out of range.
O Brien throws a hook to the side of Cruz's head but Cruz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
O Brien lunges at Cruz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cruz's hand.
It looks like Jacinto Cruz has been cut.
O Brien throws a jab when Cruz was well out of range.
It looked like Cruz wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cruz connects with a right hand. O Brien shakes it off.
O Brien throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cruz fails to land with a series of punches.
Cruz digs a good hook to O Brien's body.
Cruz throws a leg kick that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a leg kick but O Brien sees it coming and moves out of range.
O Brien staying out of range there.
O Brien checks a low kick from Cruz.
Some bone on bone action there as O Brien checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Cruz lands a head shot.
Cruz sizes up O Brien with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
O Brien tries a low kick but Cruz avoids it.
O Brien throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cruz fires out a quick counter leg kick but O Brien just manages to avoid it.
O Brien goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cruz is looking to counter punch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cruz.
O Brien tries to work over Cruz's front leg with a kick but Cruz checks it.
Cruz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
O Brien takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacinto Cruz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jacinto Cruz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
A cross from Cruz lands.
Jacinto Cruz is winning the standup battle so far.
Cruz throws a leg kick but O Brien checks it.
Cruz backing away here, and O Brien unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Cruz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As O Brien backs away, Cruz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cruz.
Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that O Brien can do to turn this around?
A low kick from Cruz misses
and O Brien counters with a low kick, right behind Cruz 's knee.
Cruz throws a body punch but O Brien moves out of range.
O Brien replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Cruz blocks it well.
Cruz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A big left from Cruz misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cruz connects with a body shot.
Cruz throws a shot from downtown. O Brien moves away and avoids it.
O Brien looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Cruz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz takes a swing at O Brien's ribcage but misses.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from O Brien! But no joy.
Cruz blocks the body kick.
O Brien paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cruz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
O Brien looks to land a left hand but Cruz moved out of range nicely.
Cruz connects with a leg kick.
O Brien steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz throws a shot to the body.
O Brien avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
O Brien throws a sloppy head kick and Cruz moves out of range easily.
Cruz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz thows a leg kick but O Brien checks it
and O Brien counters with a lovely straight right hand!
O Brien throws a big shot that misses.
It looked like Cruz was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from O Brien.
Cruz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cruz sizes up O Brien with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
O Brien moves forwards but Cruz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cruz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. O Brien looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
O Brien throws a big shot that misses.
O Brien uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cruz.
O Brien takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Donk. Cruz catches O Brien right on the button with a cross.
Cruz lands a leg kick that knocks O Brien off balance momentarily.
O Brien's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz scores with the left hand. O Brien knows he should have avoided that one.
O Brien drops his hands momentarily and Cruz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
O Brien thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cruz if he has to take too many more of those.
Cruz checks a leg kick nicely.
Cruz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Good leg kick by Cruz.
Cruz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Cruz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cruz with a hook.
Cruz takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cruz lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Cruz.
Cruz backing away here, and O Brien unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but O Brien might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Cruz has got the better of the exchanges.
Cruz lands with an uppercut that bounces O Brien off the cage and back into range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! O Brien crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Cruz - the referee stops the clock and O Brien gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Cruz. O Brien manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
O Brien throws a leg kick that misses.
O Brien uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
O Brien flicks out a counter leg kick but Cruz steps away.
Cruz moves out of range as O Brien throws a body kick.
Cruz throws a hook but O Brien avoids it easily.
Cruz throws a body shot but no joy.
Cruz lands with an overhand left.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cruz. That's going to slow O Brien down.
O Brien looks to land a body kick but Cruz moved away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jacinto Cruz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Jacinto Cruz's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
O Brien throws a wild body kick that Cruz sees coming a mile off.
Cruz blocks a head kick by O Brien.
Cruz is looking to counter punch.
O Brien has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Cruz connects with a solid leg kick.
Cruz stuns O Brien with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
O Brien tries to bum rush Cruz with a series of wild strikes but Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
As O Brien backs away, Cruz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
O Brien throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
O Brien throws a head kick that misses
and Cruz counters with a series of strikes. O Brien will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cruz misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz lands a right hook to the body.
Cruz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Brien misses with a hook.
Cruz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cruz connects with an inside leg kick.
O Brien avoids the body shot from Cruz.
O Brien was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
The crowd cheers as Cruz lands an impressive looking overhand right. O Brien doesn't seem phased though.
O Brien is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. O Brien does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cruz scores with a nice right hand.
Cruz wants to slow O Brien down by chopping away at his legs.
O Brien takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Miles O Brien has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Brien checks a leg kick nicely.
O Brien shapes to counter with a head kick.
Cruz misses with a low kick.
O Brien is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cruz with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cruz. That's going to slow O Brien down.
A low kick lands for Cruz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
O Brien throws a lazy head kick
and Cruz counters with a solid body kick.
Nice defenses there by O Brien.
O Brien let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cruz throws a solid leg kick but O Brien takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Cruz.
O Brien counters with a body kick.
Nice jab there from Cruz.
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 jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
O Brien chopping away at his opponent's legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Brien blocks a jab.
Cruz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cruz throws a quick inside leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Cruz, right into the meat of the thigh.
O Brien moves out of range as Cruz strikes.
O Brien flicks out a counter leg kick but Cruz steps away.
O Brien misses with a body kick.
O Brien throws a leg kick which misses Cruz's front leg but catches the back leg as Cruz tries to avoid it.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from O Brien 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 Cruz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cruz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Cruz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Good exchange - Cruz coming out on top.
Cruz lands the left hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz fakes a jab and throws a low kick but O Brien checks it well.
O Brien throws out a leg kick but Cruz moves out of range and O Brien only half commits.
A chopping leg kick lands by Cruz.
O Brien misses with a right hand
and Cruz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
O Brien takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
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 blocks the body kick.
Cruz lands a jab.
Cruz cracks O Brien with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Cruz with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
O Brien misses with a two punch combination.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacinto Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cruz 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacinto Cruz!
During a confident post fight interview, Jacinto Cruz thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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