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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ricardo Cruz (ranked 3262 p4p, 3678 weight class) and Pablo Martin (ranked 380 p4p, 421 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent 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 7 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ricardo Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pablo Martin!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Martin doesn't seem bothered though.
Good standup being displayed there by Martin as he connects with a hook.
Cruz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cruz drives through and clinches with Martin against the cage.
Martin working aggressively here.
Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A head kick misses from Cruz.
Cruz connects with the punch.
Cruz punishes Martin's body with a nice straight punch.
Martin cracks Cruz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Martin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz fails with the takedown.
Cruz clinches up with Martin and pushes him back against the cage.
Cruz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Martin prevents it.
Cruz is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Martin is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Martin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Martin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cruz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cruz tries a body shot but Martin blocks it.
Martin throws a head punch that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Martin.
Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Martin tries to clinch up.
Cruz jabs at Martin's body.
Cruz scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Martin throws Cruz to one side and escapes!
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 avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Martin misses with an uppercut.
A thudding body kick lands there by Cruz!
Martin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Martin is looking for the big counter here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz moves into the clinch.
Cruz breaks from the clinch.
Cruz throws a chopping leg kick but Martin manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Martin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cruz paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cruz scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz digs a good body shot into Martin's ribs.
Martin swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Cruz connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Pablo Martin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruz throws a hook but Martin avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Martin releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Cruz ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Cruz moves into the clinch successfully.
Cruz breaks the clinch.
Martin connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cruz's hands.
Cruz pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Martin back to the cage. Cruz follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
It looks like Pablo Martin has been cut.
Martin gets caught napping as Cruz dives in and scores a takedown. Martin manages to retain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
Martin looking to control.
Cruz seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
Cruz throws a strike but Martin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Martin is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Martin postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Martin stopping the sweep attempt from Cruz.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Martin stopping the sweep attempt from Cruz.
Cruz looking for a guillotine here but Martin defends easily.
Cruz has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Martin has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Martin.
Martin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Cruz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Martin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Martin misses with a series of wild punches.
Cruz thinks about countering with a body kick.
Cruz walks into a left hand.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cruz scores with the left hand. Martin knows he should have avoided that one.
Cruz clinches.
Cruz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cruz gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Martin regains guard.
Martin is adopting a defensive guard.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz throws a big right hand that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cruz throws an elbow that misses. Martin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cruz's guard. Nice move by Martin!
Cruz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cruz throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Cruz thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Cruz wants to improve his position but instead Martin has moved into half guard.
Martin slows the pace down in half guard.
Cruz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Martin stopping the sweep attempt from Cruz.
Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Martin can do to turn this around?
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Cruz holds on and takes a little breather.
Martin prevents Cruz from getting back to his feet.
Cruz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Cruz looking for a sweep. Not yet Cruz, not yet.
Martin's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Martin tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Cruz is in Martin's guard.
Cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cruz's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cruz postures up in Martin's guard and throws a big left but Martin blocks it.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Martin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've been hearing that Cruz has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Cruz throws a strike but Martin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Martin is fighting to break Cruz's control of his arms but Cruz is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cruz looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Cruz working a defensive guard here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
Cruz manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Martin manages to get himself to full guard.
Cruz won't allow Martin to sweep him here.
Cruz throwing strikes but missing.
Cruz postures up in Martin's guard and throws a big left but Martin blocks it.
Ricardo Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cruz's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ricardo Cruz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Pablo Martin's cut.
That's time! Cruz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Cruz throws a body shot but no joy.
Martin avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Martin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cruz tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Martin swivels and escapes.
Cruz closes the distance and clinches up with Martin, looking for a takedown. Cruz pushes Martin against the cage but Martin circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Martin is looking for the big counter here.
Cruz darts in looking for a takedown but Martin gets double underhooks and turns Cruz into the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ricardo Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head punch on the inside from Martin fails to land.
Cruz is looking to take this one to the mat.
Martin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Martin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cruz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Martin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Martin misses with some punches.
Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but Martin avoids the damage to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz is working for takedown but Martin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cruz is trying to drag Martin to the mat but Martin just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Martin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Martin.
Martin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Martin walks away with a smile on his face. Cruz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Martin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Martin slaps away a takedown attempt from Cruz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Martin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cruz at a distance.
Martin stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Cruz.
Cruz misses the shot to the body.
Martin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Martin checks a leg kick.
Cruz throws a right hand that misses
and Martin connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Martin uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Martin doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Martin misses with a hook.
Martin avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Pablo Martin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Martin scores with a sloppy right hand. Cruz should have avoided that one.
Cruz looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Martin looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Martin throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
Cruz misses with a straight right.
Martin avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
Martin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cruz was well out of range. Poor timing from Martin.
Cruz lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ricardo Cruz is winning the standup battle so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Martin! Cruz is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Martin!
A very excited looking Pablo Martin made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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