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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo P Cruz (ranked 2453 p4p, 3654 weight class) and Davon Davis (ranked 301 p4p, 425 weight class). 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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World class boxer
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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 15 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo P Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Davon Davis!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Hirohito Nitta and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
P Cruz gets a clinch.
P Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Davis takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Davon Davis has been cut.
P Cruz misses with some punches.
P Cruz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Davis throws an elbow but misses.
P Cruz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Davis backwards.
P Cruz breaks from the clinch.
Davis paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
P Cruz tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
P Cruz closes the distance and pushes Davis back into the cage.
Davis creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Davis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
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!
P Cruz managing to block the knees to the body from Davis.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Davis just misses with a elbow thrown towards P Cruz's brow.
P Cruz blocks the elbow strike.
P Cruz avoids a wild elbow strike from Davis.
P Cruz working aggressively here.
P Cruz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Davis misses with a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
P Cruz moves into the clinch.
Davis lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down P Cruz.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Davis just misses with a elbow thrown towards P Cruz's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Davis throws an elbow but misses.
Davis misses with an elbow over the top.
P Cruz displaying some good clinch control by pressing Davis up against the cage.
Davis misses with a body punch.
P Cruz crunches a lovely knee into Davis's ribcage.
P Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Davis tries to land knees in the clinch but P Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
P Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
P Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
P Cruz scores with a nice strike.
Davis slips a jab from P Cruz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Davis takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Davis checks a low kick from P Cruz.
P Cruz missing with a left hand there. Davis was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Davis appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
P Cruz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Davis takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
P Cruz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
P Cruz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Davis.
P Cruz throws a big counter combination but Davis scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
P Cruz throws a jab when Davis was well out of range.
Davis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from P Cruz.
Davis let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis dodges the punch combination from P Cruz.
P Cruz lands a really nice looking cross but Davis seems unphased.
Jab, jab by P Cruz - just one landing.
P Cruz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Davis connects with a good right hand that stumbles P Cruz. P Cruz circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
P Cruz throws a right hand that misses
and Davis counters with a good low kick that P Cruz was not able to check.
Davis circles away from the clinch attempt.
Davis was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
P Cruz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Davis throws a nice inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
P Cruz wants to slow Davis down by chopping away at his legs.
P Cruz throws a head kick that misses.
Davis tries a quick counter leg kick but P Cruz is wise to it.
P Cruz wants to clinch.
Davis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Davis thuds his shin into the meat of P Cruz's side.
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!
P Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Davis counters with a body kick.
P Cruz clinches.
P Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo P Cruz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Davon Davis's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Davis lands a body shot.
Davis lands a jab.
P Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
P Cruz fails in his attempt to clinch.
P Cruz has managed to clinch.
P Cruz looking to throw knees to the head but Davis is blocking nicely.
P Cruz avoids the elbow strike from Davis, against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from P Cruz.
Davis tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and P Cruz avoids it.
Davis misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Davis throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Davis looking to throw knees to the head but P Cruz is blocking nicely.
P Cruz works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
P Cruz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Ricardo P Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
P Cruz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
P Cruz throws a looping overhand right but Davis ducks down to avoid it.
Davis appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
P Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A nice side step and Davis releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
P Cruz misses with an attempted mid kick.
P Cruz takes one to the chin there.
Davis keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from P Cruz.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Davis! But no joy.
Davis lands a right hook to the body.
P Cruz staying out of range there.
P Cruz half committed to a counter leg kick.
A slow jab from P Cruz misses its intended target.
P Cruz misses with a double jab
and Davis makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. P Cruz really felt that one!
P Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Davis can do to turn this around?
Davis slips a straight right by P Cruz.
Davis only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Ricardo P Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
P Cruz is looking to clinch but Davis is avoiding it.
Davis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from P Cruz. Davis does a little dance to reset his feet.
P Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch but Davis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
P Cruz misses the shot to the body.
Davis goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
P Cruz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Davis slips a jab and a cross from P Cruz.
P Cruz misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Davis to counter with a crisp jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Davis scores with a jab to the jaw.
P Cruz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis defending well as P Cruz loads up on a big left hand.
P Cruz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
P Cruz tries to clinch up
and Davis counters with an inside leg kick.
Davis swats away the attempt to clinch by P Cruz.
P Cruz throws a head kick that misses
and Davis counters with a good low kick that P Cruz was not able to check.
P Cruz looks to clinch
and Davis counters with a solid body kick.
Ricardo P Cruz is winning the standup battle so far.
Davis lands a left and a right that send P Cruz crashing to the mat, dazed. Davis thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
P Cruz is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Davis closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks P Cruz out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Davon Davis!
An out of breath Davon Davis thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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