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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between jimmy petersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack De la Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jack De la Cruz was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, jimmy petersen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jack De la Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
petersen shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. De la Cruz defends it nicely.
Excellent takedown into side control there by petersen.
De la Cruz stops petersen from passing to mount.
petersen prevents De la Cruz from escaping the position.
De la Cruz looking for a sweep but petersen has passed into full mount! Oh no!
De la Cruz is working to get back to half guard.
De la Cruz throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
petersen blocks De la Cruz's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
petersen breaks from De la Cruz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
De la Cruz throwing hammer fists to the chest of petersen. What's that going to do exactly?
De la Cruz sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
De la Cruz misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
petersen 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.
petersen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De la Cruz looks like he's trying to stand up.
petersen could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
petersen moves into side control, avoiding the strikes from De la Cruz.
De la Cruz is being controlled here.
De la Cruz tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
petersen is landing with strikes from the back.
De la Cruz trying to get back to his feet but petersen is in full control for now.
petersen is hanging on to De la Cruz's back as he tries to escape.
De la Cruz looks gassed!
De la Cruz is looking to stand back up. He's having to work hard to escape but eventually he manages it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De la Cruz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
De la Cruz with a lazy takedown attempt
and petersen moves into the clinch.
petersen manages to pull guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
petersen not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
De la Cruz wants to stand but petersen has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
petersen throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
petersen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
petersen wants to stand and escape but De la Cruz is having none of it.
petersen has momentary wrist control but De la Cruz slips an elbow through the middle.
petersen wants to stand up but De la Cruz is controlling him.
De la Cruz with a flurry of punches that miss.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
petersen tries for a takedown but De la Cruz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De la Cruz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from petersen.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for jimmy petersen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
petersen gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows De la Cruz to score an easy takedown into full guard.
De la Cruz throws a strike but petersen rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
De la Cruz wants to sweep here but petersen controlling him for the moment.
De la Cruz pushes petersen off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
petersen rushes De la Cruz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
petersen jumps guard and drags De la Cruz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
petersen trying to strike off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De la Cruz stands up over petersen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
petersen throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
petersen looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
De la Cruz advances position into side control!
De la Cruz stands up.
petersen shoots in for a takedown but De la Cruz shows good takedown defense.
De la Cruz fails with the takedown
and petersen counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
petersen is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
petersen escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De la Cruz misses with a takedown
and petersen counters with a nice double leg into guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
jimmy petersen dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
De la Cruz with a lazy takedown attempt
and petersen counters with a left and a right that stings De la Cruz.
petersen bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
De la Cruz is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
petersen working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
De la Cruz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
petersen is looking to take a break and control but De la Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De la Cruz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De la Cruz throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De la Cruz gets back to half guard.
De la Cruz is looking to improve his position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
De la Cruz gets caught flat footed, as petersen shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
petersen trying to stand up but can't free himself from De la Cruz's guard.
petersen won't allow De la Cruz to get back to his feet.
De la Cruz tries to strike from the bottom.
De la Cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
petersen prevents De la Cruz from getting back to his feet.
De la Cruz will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
petersen has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De la Cruz throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
De la Cruz trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
De la Cruz fails with the takedown
and petersen counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
De la Cruz missing with punches from the bottom.
petersen is keen to just control but De la Cruz is a slippery customer.
petersen is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, De la Cruz has managed to free his arm - good work.
De la Cruz kicks off petersen and gets to his feet.
petersen is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in De la Cruz's half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
De la Cruz throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De la Cruz is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but petersen pulls his head out easily.
De la Cruz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De la Cruz kicks off petersen and gets to his feet.
petersen feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
petersen pushes down on De la Cruz's leg and manages to get into half guard.
petersen slows the pace down in half guard.
De la Cruz is trying to stand.
petersen blocks the strikes from De la Cruz.
De la Cruz misses with some strikes from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De la Cruz gets full guard.
petersen slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from De la Cruz.
De la Cruz tries to kick petersen off but petersen keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
De la Cruz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
De la Cruz gets back to full guard.
De la Cruz wants to stand but petersen is controlling the position.
De la Cruz trying to strike off his back.
De la Cruz tries to strike from the bottom.
petersen advances position into side control!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
jimmy petersen dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
De la Cruz shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. petersen manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
petersen trying to keep a closed guard but De la Cruz is proving a slippery customer.
De la Cruz working some strikes from top position.
De la Cruz stands up over petersen, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
De la Cruz throwing strikes from guard but petersen blocks nicely.
petersen bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in De la Cruz's guard.
De la Cruz wants to stand and escape but petersen is having none of it.
petersen trying to control but De la Cruz is working from the bottom.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De la Cruz trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De la Cruz looking for a sweep. Not yet De la Cruz, not yet.
De la Cruz striking off his back but it's not causing petersen any problems.
De la Cruz thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
De la Cruz isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. petersen stacks De la Cruz on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by petersen!
De la Cruz manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
De la Cruz wants to get back to his feet.
De la Cruz is refusing to be controlled, as petersen sits in half guard.
De la Cruz throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
De la Cruz works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
De la Cruz is striking off his back. petersen thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
De la Cruz is not content to let petersen control the position.
De la Cruz punching from the bottom.
De la Cruz has one foot on petersen's thigh - he pushes off and manages to get back to his feet.
De la Cruz scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Nice strikes from De la Cruz there.
petersen blocking the ground and pound attempt from De la Cruz.
De la Cruz wants to stand up but petersen has a hold of him and won't allow it.
petersen is trying to get back to full guard.
De la Cruz decides to return to a standing position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De la Cruz shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and petersen counters by moving into the clinch.
petersen pulls guard effortlessly.
De la Cruz working some strikes from top position.
De la Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
De la Cruz wanted to stand there but petersen had control of the position.
De la Cruz postures up.
De la Cruz distracts petersen with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
De la Cruz throwing strikes but missing.
De la Cruz working some strikes from top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
De la Cruz misses with a takedown
and petersen counters with a head kick.
De la Cruz closes the distance and clinches.
petersen jumps guard and drags De la Cruz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
petersen manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, petersen cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
petersen trying to control but De la Cruz is having none of it.
petersen lands a big shot there that rocks De la Cruz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
De la Cruz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by petersen.
Jack De la Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
jimmy petersen is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De la Cruz trying to punch from the bottom. They're landing but they're really not going to hurt petersen.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jack De la Cruz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well petersen 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jimmy petersen!
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