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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Marshall Thompson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chino Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Big right hand |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Marshall Thompson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chino Cruz!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thompson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.
Thompson throws a right hand that Cruz ducks under and follows up with a left that Cruz also avoids with ease.
Thompson scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
It looks like Chino Cruz has been cut.
Thompson keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thompson takes the fight into the clinch.
Cruz is trying to maintain a safe position but Thompson gets an underhook and turns Cruz into the cage.
Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cruz throws an elbow but misses.
Thompson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cruz throws an elbow but it misses.
Thompson landing knees to the head.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but Cruz blocks it.
Thompson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cruz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cruz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cruz tries to break free but Thompson pushes him back against the cage.
Thompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cruz wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Cruz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cruz tries to circle away but Thompson has him pinned against the cage.
Thompson lands with a short shot to the head.
Cruz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Thompson is defending well for now.
Cruz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right hook to the body lands for Thompson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Cruz looks gassed!
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.
Thompson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
A hook to the body from Thompson.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Cruz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thompson working Cruz over with knees to the body.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thompson presses Cruz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Cruz blocks with his arms.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Cruz.
Cruz tries to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Thompson has the dominant position.
Thompson scores a nice knee to the body.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike.
Cruz tries to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling the position.
Thompson landing knees to the head.
Cruz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thompson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
Cruz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Cruz misses with a knee strike.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Thompson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cruz's efforts to push away.
Cruz throws an elbow but it misses.
Thompson putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cruz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Cruz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cruz misses with a knee to the head.
Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Thompson has the dominant position.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Thompson works on Cruz's body with a couple of short punches.
Cruz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Cruz misses with an elbow strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Thompson as Cruz tries to tie him up.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike from Cruz.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Cruz.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but Cruz blocks it.
Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Thompson has the dominant position.
Thompson crunches a lovely knee into Cruz's ribcage.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Cruz blocks with his arms.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cruz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cruz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Thompson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cruz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
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.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Cruz struggles to land a body shot inside as Thompson controls his hands.
Cruz working hard to break the clinch.
Thompson landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Cruz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cruz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Thompson's brow.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Thompson lands with a light punch inside.
Thompson prevents Cruz from breaking the clinch.
Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling him.
Thompson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Cruz wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Thompson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but Cruz blocks it.
Cruz is looking to break free of the clinch but Thompson has double underhooks.
Thompson lands an uppercut.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marshall Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Chino Cruz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Cruz looks to land a body kick but Thompson moved away.
Marshall Thompson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Thompson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Thompson drives through and clinches with Cruz against the cage.
Thompson landing knees to the head.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cruz creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cruz is trying to break free.
Cruz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson lands with a short shot to the head.
Cruz throws an elbow that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Thompson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thompson lands a hook that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Cruz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cruz wants to break free but Thompson has control.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Thompson.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Cruz wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Cruz tries to break free but Thompson pushes him back against the cage.
Cruz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Cruz wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Cruz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thompson blocks an elbow strike.
Cruz working hard to break the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Thompson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Still in the clinch, Thompson scores with a nice short uppercut.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson has Cruz pressed against the cage, preventing Cruz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cruz is trying to break free.
That's two 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.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A frustrated look appears on Cruz's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Thompson lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cruz can't break the clinch.
Thompson lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Thompson prevents Cruz from breaking the clinch.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Thompson landing knees to the head.
Thompson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cruz is looking to break free of the clinch but Thompson has double underhooks.
Thompson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruz wants to break free but Thompson has control.
Thompson landing knees to the body.
Cruz is looking to break free of the clinch but Thompson has double underhooks.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cruz throws a head punch that misses.
Thompson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Thompson keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cruz's efforts to push away.
Thompson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but Cruz blocks it.
Thompson lands a left hand.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cruz misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thompson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling him.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike.
Thompson managing to block the knees to the body from Cruz.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cruz throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Thompson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Cruz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cruz avoids it.
Cruz working hard to break the clinch.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thompson avoiding damage as Cruz throws knees to the body.
Thompson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Thompson keeps control of Cruz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Cruz working aggressively here.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson blocking some punches.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Thompson connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cruz's face.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cruz can't break the clinch.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marshall Thompson dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Chino Cruz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Thompson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thompson has Cruz up against the cage in a clinch.
Cruz working aggressively here.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson has Cruz pressed against the cage, preventing Cruz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cruz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Cruz tries to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling the position.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Knees to the body from Thompson.
Thompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thompson using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thompson blocks the elbow strike.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson keeps control of Cruz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Thompson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Thompson avoids the elbow strike from Cruz, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
A knee to the head by Thompson.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cruz can't break the clinch.
Thompson scores with a nice hook to the head.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Cruz throws a punch but it's blocked by Thompson.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but Cruz blocks it.
Cruz working hard to break the clinch.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Thompson avoids the elbow strike from Cruz, against the cage.
Thompson lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Thompson lands a knee to the head.
Cruz takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Cruz fails to land.
Thompson with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Cruz blocks with his arms.
Cruz wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Thompson digs a right hand underneath Cruz's ribcage. Cruz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Thompson lands a nice uppercut.
Cruz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cruz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Thompson.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Thompson unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Cruz tries to break the clinch but Thompson is controlling the position.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Thompson has the dominant position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Thompson.
Cruz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch but Thompson keeps him there for the moment.
Cruz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Thompson.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz working aggressively here.
Cruz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but Thompson avoids the damage to the body.
Thompson pushes Cruz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Thompson avoids the elbow strike from Cruz, against the cage.
Thompson misses with a knee strike.
Thompson misses with a knee to the head.
Cruz wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Cruz wants to get back to striking at distance but Thompson won't allow it.
Thompson connects with a knee to the head.
Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Thompson has the dominant position.
Cruz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson with a knee to the head.
Cruz working hard to break the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Thompson.
Cruz misses with an elbow over the top.
Thompson landing knees to the head.
Cruz has a couple of punches blocked by Thompson.
Thompson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Thompson presses Cruz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Thompson lands a knee to the head.
Thompson looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Cruz throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Thompson tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cruz looking to throw knees to the head but Thompson is blocking nicely.
Cruz missing with knees to the body.
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but Cruz blocks with his arms.
Thompson with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Thompson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cruz misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Thompson's elbow.
Thompson throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Thompson tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Thompson has him pressed against the cage.
Thompson throws a knee to the head but misses.
Thompson with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Chino Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Thompson scores with a shot to the side of Cruz's head.
Cruz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Thompson avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marshall Thompson showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Thompson 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 George Francis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marshall Thompson!
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