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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dean Anderson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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215 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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220 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Solid boxing
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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
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, King Dela Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dean Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Anderson misses with a body shot
and Dela Cruz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Anderson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Anderson just misses with a punch to the body.
Dela Cruz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Anderson.
Dela Cruz throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Anderson tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Dela Cruz is in Anderson's guard.
Anderson looking to control.
Dela Cruz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Anderson is controlling Dela Cruz's posture.
Anderson wants to sweep but no luck.
Anderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Anderson keeping moving, preventing Dela Cruz from controlling successfully.
Dean Anderson has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Dela Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Dela Cruz scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Dela Cruz tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Dela Cruz has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Anderson is trying to control Dela Cruz's posture but Dela Cruz avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson manages to get back to half guard.
Anderson is refusing to be controlled, as Dela Cruz sits in half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dela Cruz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Dela Cruz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Dela Cruz is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Anderson is trying to get back to full guard.
Dela Cruz looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Anderson gets back to full guard.
That's two 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.
Anderson looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dela Cruz thows a big elbow that misses.
Anderson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Dela Cruz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Dela Cruz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dela Cruz controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dela Cruz stopping the sweep attempt from Anderson.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Anderson not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Dean Anderson hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Anderson doesn't succeed with the takedown
letting Dela Cruz counter with a right hand.
Anderson misses with a left hand
and Dela Cruz counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Dela Cruz drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Anderson struggling a bit here.
Anderson tries to bench press Dela Cruz off him but Dela Cruz keeps the position.
Dela Cruz misses with the ground and pound.
Dela Cruz misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Dela Cruz throws an elbow but Anderson slips to the side and avoids it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz is trying to get an arm triangle but Anderson is defending well.
Dela Cruz has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Anderson!
Anderson tries to hold on but Dela Cruz postures up.
Dela Cruz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
A nice elbow there by Dela Cruz.
Anderson can't escape the position.
Dela Cruz jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Anderson manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Anderson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz trying to control the action but Anderson is working from the bottom.
Dela Cruz wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Anderson, who protects the arm well.
Dela Cruz trying to control the position but Anderson is working away.
Dela Cruz working away.
Anderson is trying to get back to half guard.
Dela Cruz wants to control but Anderson is keeping him busy.
That's six 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.
Anderson is looking to reverse the position.
Dela Cruz cracks Anderson with a big right hand but Anderson just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Anderson is looking for a sweep.
Dela Cruz working away.
Dela Cruz tries to score with some ground and pound. Anderson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Anderson wants to control but Dela Cruz postures up.
Dela Cruz is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Anderson looks calm but he's in trouble here. Dela Cruz gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Anderson is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Dela Cruz lets go of the hold and Anderson can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). King Dela Cruz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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