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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lance Titan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Roco de Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Titan's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, ''In The Air Tonight'' by Nonpoint. Roco de Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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185 cm
25
180 lbs
9 - 4 - 0 |
BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Lance Titan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Roco de Cruz!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
de Cruz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Titan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from de Cruz.
de Cruz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
de Cruz misses with a looping left.
de Cruz throws a big shot that misses.
Nice shot by Titan.
Titan punishes de Cruz's body with a nice straight punch.
Titan connects with a looping right hand.
Roco de Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Titan avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
de Cruz fails to land with a series of punches.
Titan lands a head shot.
de Cruz throws the left hand but Titan avoids the punch easily.
Titan avoids the body shot from de Cruz.
Titan closes the distance and clinches.
Titan makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Titan jumps guard.
Titan being controlled here, momentarily.
de Cruz won't allow Titan to sweep him here.
de Cruz is fighting to break Titan's control of his arms but Titan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Titan looking for a sweep. Not yet Titan, not yet.
de Cruz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Titan is working hard here to advance position.
de Cruz sitting in guard, not really doing much.
de Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Titan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Titan looking for a sweep. Not yet Titan, not yet.
Titan trying to control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Titan misses the shot to the body.
A punch lands to the side of Titan 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Titan lands a nice looking body shot.
Titan throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
de Cruz on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Titan will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Titan tries to move into range but de Cruz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
de Cruz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Roco de Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
de Cruz moves out of range of the strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
de Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Titan is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by de Cruz.
de Cruz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Titan throws out the jab.
Titan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Titan keeps control of de Cruz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Titan.
Titan lands with a short shot to the head.
A short uppercut from Titan.
A right hand to the body from Titan.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Titan is working de Cruz over against the cage.
A hook to the body from Titan.
de Cruz looking to stall.
de Cruz seems frustrated at his inability to get double underhooks.
de Cruz is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
de Cruz looks gassed!
Titan lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt de Cruz or not.
Titan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Titan is leaning against de Cruz and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Titan pulls de Cruz into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Titan looking for a sweep. Not yet Titan, not yet.
Titan manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Titan has hold of an arm here, looking to extend it. He's committed to the armbar attempt here! Will he get it?! Yes! de Cruz is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lance Titan!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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