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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dick Dennison (ranked 1775 p4p, 2092 weight class) and Ricardo P Cruz (ranked 217 p4p, 249 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dick Dennison!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo P Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dennison circles away from the clinch attempt.
P Cruz blocks a jab.
P Cruz throws a counter combo.
Dennison fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
P Cruz throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Dennison sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Dennison misses with a wild body shot.
Dennison misses with a hook.
Dennison looks to land a right hand but P Cruz moved out of range.
Sloppy strikes from P Cruz. Those never looked like landing.
Dennison looks to land a right hand but P Cruz moved out of range.
P Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dennison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A right-left combo lands from P Cruz.
P Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dennison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Dennison misses with an uppercut.
P Cruz throws a series of punches but Dennison avoids them all with ease.
Dennison throws a body punch but P Cruz moves out of range.
P Cruz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dennison changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. P Cruz tries to avoid it but Dennison manages to keep hold of a leg and drag P Cruz to the ground. P Cruz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
P Cruz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
P Cruz throws a lazy head kick
and Dennison counters with a two punch combo.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dennison listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
P Cruz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Dennison stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from P Cruz.
P Cruz swinging wildly here.
Dennison jabbing away but nothing is landing.
P Cruz has taken the fight to the clinch.
P Cruz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from P Cruz.
P Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dennison misses with a looping right.
Dennison ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
P Cruz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
P Cruz is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Dennison lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Dennison managing to block the knees to the body from P Cruz.
A quick uppercut on the inside from P Cruz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
P Cruz breaks the clinch.
P Cruz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Dennison.
P Cruz scores with a head kick.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by P Cruz.
Dennison is rocked!
P Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Dennison.
The fight stays on the outside here - P Cruz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dennison fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dennison scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
P Cruz looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Dennison closes the distance and clinches up with P Cruz, looking for a takedown. Dennison pushes P Cruz against the cage but P Cruz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
P Cruz tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dennison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dennison looks to land a combination but P Cruz avoids it well.
Dennison gets tackled into the cage by P Cruz. P Cruz maintains the clinch.
P Cruz manages to break the clinch.
P Cruz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
P Cruz is stalling here.
P Cruz prevents the takedown attempt.
P Cruz has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Dennison seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if P Cruz can turn it around.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dick Dennison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A short right from Dennison.
P Cruz taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
P Cruz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Dennison tries a body shot but P Cruz blocks it.
P Cruz misses with a knee strike.
P Cruz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
P Cruz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Dennison looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
P Cruz closes the distance but Dennison moves to the side
and Dennison counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dennison is keen to just control but P Cruz is a slippery customer.
P Cruz looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dennison working over P Cruz with some ground and pound. P Cruz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dennison is controlling the pace.
Dennison thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
P Cruz looks like he's trying to stand up.
Dennison is trying to control. P Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Dennison not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Dennison lands a nice short elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ricardo P Cruz will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
P Cruz wants to clinch
letting Dennison counter with a right hand.
P Cruz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Dennison looks to score with a jab to the body but P Cruz is just out of range.
Dennison shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
P Cruz manages to create a bit of space in order to work his way back to his feet. Dennison keeps hold of his opponent and drives him back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by P Cruz.
P Cruz throws a punch but it's blocked by Dennison.
Dennison misses with a punch to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dennison misses with some punches.
Dennison lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dennison.
P Cruz is stalling here.
Dennison has dropped down and is working for a takedown. P Cruz is trying to keep an underhook but Dennison manages to get the takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
P Cruz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dennison looks to land a strike but P Cruz avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Dennison working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dennison throws a big right hand that misses.
Dennison prevents P Cruz from getting back to his feet.
Dennison content to stall in guard here.
Dick Dennison overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dennison working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of P Cruz's head.
Dennison content to stall in guard here.
P Cruz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Dennison's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dennison tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dennison is trying to keep P Cruz in close.
Dennison is trying to hold P Cruz in close to prevent damage but P Cruz has managed to pass into half guard.
Dennison trying to control from the bottom.
Dennison tries to get to full guard but P Cruz has control of the leg.
P Cruz is thwarting Dennison's attempts to control the position.
Dennison gets full guard.
Dennison is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dennison wants to sweep but no luck.
Dennison is working hard here to advance position.
P Cruz is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
P Cruz is looking to stand up but Dennison won't let him.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
P Cruz stands and steps away. Dennison gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
P Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dennison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
P Cruz throws a series of punches but Dennison avoids them all with ease.
P Cruz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
P Cruz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from P Cruz.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
P Cruz moves forwards but Dennison connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Dennison swings away with a body shot that misses
letting P Cruz counter with a right hand.
P Cruz tries to clinch up but Dennison circles away and keeps his distance.
It looked like Dennison wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
P Cruz bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
P Cruz is looking to clinch but Dennison is avoiding it.
Dennison throws a jab but it's blocked by P Cruz.
P Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Dennison.
P Cruz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Ricardo P Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dennison swats away the attempt to clinch by P Cruz.
P Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dennison paws at him with a jab and circles away.
P Cruz is looking to clinch.
P Cruz clinches with his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
P Cruz throws a punch but it's blocked by Dennison.
P Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dennison circles away from the clinch attempt.
Dennison connects with a good right hand that stumbles P Cruz. P Cruz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Ricardo P Cruz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Dennison throws a right hand that P Cruz ducks under and follows up with a left that P Cruz also avoids with ease.
Dick Dennison has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
P Cruz tries to clinch up but Dennison circles away and keeps his distance.
Ricardo P Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
P Cruz is looking to clinch.
Dennison scores with a three punch combo!
P Cruz tries to clinch but Dennison is having none of it.
Dennison cracks P Cruz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
P Cruz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Ricardo P Cruz seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Dennison.
Dennison scores with a hook to the body.
P Cruz pressing his opponent against the cage.
P Cruz tries to land a knee to the head but Dennison blocks with his arms.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
P Cruz stalling in the clinch but Dennison improves position.
P Cruz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
P Cruz can't break the clinch.
Dennison is trying to work for a single leg takedown but P Cruz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dennison tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Dennison goes for a takedown attempt but P Cruz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Dennison drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dennison working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of P Cruz's head.
P Cruz wants to get back to his feet but Dennison is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Dennison is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dennison cracks P Cruz with a solid left hand.
Dennison makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
P Cruz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dennison postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
P Cruz is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dennison connects with a couple of short punches.
P Cruz is still in real trouble! Can Dennison finish him?
Dennison gets to his feet and stands over P Cruz, holding his ankles. He dives in with a big left hand that connects! P Cruz felt that one! Dennison unloads more punches and elbows and this one is over! The ref has dived in to save P Cruz from any more punishment!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dick Dennison!
Dick Dennison very nearly forgot to thank Bloodbath MMA Clothing amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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energy
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hype
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