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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Braveheart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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210 lbs
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215 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Braveheart!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, King Dela Cruz!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dela Cruz slaps away a takedown attempt from Braveheart, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Dela Cruz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dela Cruz thows a huge punch but Braveheart dodges it nicely.
Dela Cruz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dela Cruz working the head and body with strikes.
Dela Cruz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Braveheart wants to control but Dela Cruz is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Braveheart keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Dela Cruz landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Braveheart taking some punishment here, with Dela Cruz in his half guard.
Braveheart wants to improve his position but Dela Cruz is controlling well.
Dela Cruz seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Dela Cruz frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Braveheart is looking to get to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz lands a nice shot to the head.
Dela Cruz lands a big elbow.
Dela Cruz lands a big shot there that rocks Braveheart but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Dela Cruz cracks Braveheart with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Dela Cruz landing shots from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braveheart is bucking up trying to escape but Dela Cruz cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Dela Cruz with good strikes from the mount here!
Dela Cruz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Braveheart is looking to improve his position but Dela Cruz isn't that keen on the idea.
Braveheart tries to hold on but Dela Cruz pushes him away.
Dela Cruz cracks Braveheart with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Braveheart tries to reverse the position but Dela Cruz maintains control.
Dela Cruz lands a big shot there that rocks Braveheart but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Braveheart is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braveheart keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Dela Cruz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Braveheart's face.
Dela Cruz lands a big elbow.
Braveheart is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dela Cruz dominating with strikes here.
Dela Cruz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Dela Cruz landing strikes from the mount and Braveheart is in trouble!
Dela Cruz with shots to the head and body - Braveheart looks very uncomfortable down there.
Dela Cruz is landing with some decent strikes but Braveheart is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Braveheart is in a horrible position here. Dela Cruz smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Dela Cruz landing strikes from the mount.
Dela Cruz blocks Braveheart's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Dela Cruz landing punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz lands a nice shot to the head.
Dela Cruz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Braveheart can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dela Cruz working Braveheart over with strikes here.
Dela Cruz landing strikes from the mount.
Dela Cruz looking to finish Braveheart with some ground and pound. This is bad for Braveheart!
Dela Cruz unloading with bombs!
Braveheart is desperately trying to improve his position but Dela Cruz has a good base and remains in mount.
Dela Cruz looking to finish Braveheart with some ground and pound. This is bad for Braveheart!
Dela Cruz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Braveheart can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Dela Cruz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Dela Cruz dominating with strikes here.
Dela Cruz is landing with some decent strikes but Braveheart is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dela Cruz raining down shots from the mount!
Dela Cruz with the ground and pound from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braveheart is looking to get to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz raining down shots from the mount!
Dela Cruz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Braveheart takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Braveheart is wriggling around trying to escape.
Dela Cruz postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Braveheart looks a forlorn figure.
Braveheart in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dela Cruz looking to finish Braveheart with some ground and pound. This is bad for Braveheart!
Dela Cruz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
BOOM! Dela Cruz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Dela Cruz dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dela Cruz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Dela Cruz with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Dela Cruz working Braveheart over with strikes.
Dela Cruz looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Braveheart is trying to maintain the position but Dela Cruz is very close to passing his half guard.
Dela Cruz working over Braveheart with some ground and pound. Braveheart looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dela Cruz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Braveheart is refusing to be controlled, as Dela Cruz sits in half guard.
Braveheart is trying to control but can't.
Dela Cruz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dela Cruz lands with a punch from half guard.
Braveheart taking some punishment here, with Dela Cruz in his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braveheart tries to kick Dela Cruz off but Dela Cruz keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Nice strikes from Dela Cruz there.
Braveheart has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dela Cruz is working away from the top position though.
Dela Cruz winds up and cracks Braveheart with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dela Cruz is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Dela Cruz working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Dela Cruz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Braveheart with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Braveheart taking some punishment here, with Dela Cruz in his half guard.
Dela Cruz seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Braveheart on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Dela Cruz works his way into side control.
Braveheart is trying to control Dela Cruz's posture but Dela Cruz avoids it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz lands a decent elbow from side control.
Braveheart is trying to get back to half guard.
King Dela Cruz has got the better of the ground game so far.
Braveheart on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dela Cruz lands a nice forearm strike.
Dela Cruz lands an elbow.
Braveheart on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Dela Cruz is working Braveheart over with some ground and pound from side control.
Braveheart is working to avoid the ground and pound but Dela Cruz connects with a decent elbow.
Dela Cruz landing strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dela Cruz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Braveheart to see if he's OK.
Check out the look on Dela Cruz's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braveheart is trying to escape the position but Dela Cruz is controlling the position.
Dela Cruz lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Braveheart down.
Braveheart tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dela Cruz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Braveheart to see if he's OK.
Dela Cruz lands a few punches from side control.
Dela Cruz working the ground and pound from side control.
Dela Cruz landing a few strikes.
You can see the frustration on Braveheart's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dela Cruz working the ground and pound.
Dela Cruz wants to control but Braveheart is keeping him busy.
Dela Cruz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz cracks Braveheart with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Braveheart takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Dela Cruz working the head and body with strikes.
Dela Cruz scoring with punches from side control.
Dela Cruz lands a nice forearm strike.
Dela Cruz working the body and head with strikes.
Dela Cruz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Braveheart taking punishment in the form of punches.
Dela Cruz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dela Cruz is working Braveheart over with some ground and pound from side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braveheart takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Braveheart throws a couple of punches but he's in a bad position and they don't land.
Braveheart is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
King Dela Cruz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Dela Cruz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Dela Cruz connects with a nice short shot to Braveheart's temple.
Dela Cruz slips a nice elbow through Braveheart's hands, connecting with Braveheart's forehead.
Dela Cruz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Dela Cruz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Braveheart with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dela Cruz slips a nice elbow through Braveheart's hands, connecting with Braveheart's forehead.
Braveheart has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dela Cruz is working away from the top position though.
Dela Cruz lands strikes from half guard.
Braveheart slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Dela Cruz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Dela Cruz scoring with punches to the head and body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Dela Cruz passes Braveheart's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Dela Cruz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Braveheart with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Dela Cruz working the head and body with strikes.
Braveheart is looking for a sweep. Dela Cruz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dela Cruz drops an elbow to the side of Braveheart's head.
Dela Cruz slips a nice elbow through Braveheart's hands, connecting with Braveheart's forehead.
Dela Cruz working over Braveheart with some ground and pound. Braveheart looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Dela Cruz is figuring out what he wants to do next.
King Dela Cruz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz tries to pass to full mount but Braveheart defends it.
Dela Cruz stalling.
The fighters are battling for position here. Braveheart manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dela Cruz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Braveheart is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dela Cruz defends well.
Dela Cruz slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Dela Cruz has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Despite being in the dominant position, King Dela Cruz just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Dela Cruz circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Dela Cruz drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dela Cruz passes Braveheart's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Dela Cruz controlling the action here.
Braveheart is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Braveheart trying to control here.
Well, if Dela Cruz is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Dela Cruz passes to side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
King Dela Cruz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Dela Cruz has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Suge Night scores the fight 25:30
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 25:30
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 25:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... King Dela Cruz!
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