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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Wagner De La Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gullane Sattar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wagner De La Cruz had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Wagner De La Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Gullane Sattar!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Marco Blurström.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Cruz circles away from the clinch attempt
and De La Cruz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
De La Cruz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Sattar connects with a high kick.
De La Cruz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
De La Cruz lands a head shot.
No joy there for Sattar, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sattar looks to clinch
and De La Cruz counters by clinching up.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sattar goes for a takedown attempt but De La Cruz pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Sattar shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and De La Cruz counters by moving into the clinch.
De La Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
De La Cruz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sattar backwards.
De La Cruz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sattar wants to clinch.
Sattar looks for a takedown but De La Cruz sprawls well.
Wagner De La Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gullane Sattar.
De La Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sattar manages to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Sattar manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Sattar is working an open guard so De La Cruz takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sattar misses with a takedown attempt - De La Cruz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Sattar tries to clinch
so De La Cruz counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sattar is working an open guard so De La Cruz takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De La Cruz gets the takedown into side control.
De La Cruz is breathing heavily.
Sattar is looking to regain half guard here but De La Cruz keeps moving and retains side control.
De La Cruz decides to stand up, so the ref orders Sattar to his feet.
De La Cruz misses with a body shot
and Sattar counters with a straight right hand.
Sattar tries to clinch there but De La Cruz circles away.
De La Cruz closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - De La Cruz lands in his opponent's guard.
De La Cruz stands up from Sattar's guard - De La Cruz perhaps looking for a knockout.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sattar throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
De La Cruz throws a head kick that misses
and Sattar counters with a nice body kick.
De La Cruz stuffs the takedown attempt from Sattar. Sattar gets slowly back to his feet.
De La Cruz clinches.
De La Cruz breaks the clinch.
De La Cruz tries to clinch there but Sattar circles away.
De La Cruz clinches.
Sattar jumps guard and drags De La Cruz to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Sattar is working an open guard so De La Cruz takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Sattar tries to clinch there but De La Cruz circles away.
Sattar fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz has taken the fight to the clinch.
De La Cruz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sattar backwards.
Sattar's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Sattar is trying to force a seperation but De La Cruz has the dominant position.
De La Cruz manages to break the clinch.
De La Cruz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
De La Cruz has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short body shot lands from De La Cruz as the two fighters clinch.
De La Cruz breaks the clinch.
De La Cruz closes the distance and clinches.
De La Cruz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
De La Cruz tries to clinch but Sattar is having none of it.
De La Cruz shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. De La Cruz showed some decent athleticism there.
De La Cruz stands up from half guard.
Sattar tries to clinch up
and De La Cruz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De La Cruz decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up.
Sattar tries for a takedown but De La Cruz circles away easily
and De La Cruz counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sattar's guard now.
De La Cruz stands up and waves to Sattar to follow him.
Sattar tries for a takedown but De La Cruz circles away easily
and De La Cruz counters with a takedown into side control.
De La Cruz decides to stand up, so the ref orders Sattar to his feet.
De La Cruz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De La Cruz tries to break the clinch but Sattar is controlling the position.
Sattar jumps guard but De La Cruz stands there with Sattar around his waist. Sattar gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
De La Cruz lands a left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wagner De La Cruz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Sattar lands with a right hand.
Sattar misses with a takedown attempt
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
and De La Cruz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by De La Cruz.
De La Cruz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
De La Cruz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
De La Cruz decides to take the fight back to the feet.
De La Cruz swings widly with a right hand
and Sattar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
De La Cruz takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
De La Cruz has Sattar up against the cage in a clinch.
Sattar tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. De La Cruz smiles and moves away.
Sattar misses with a takedown
and De La Cruz counters with a takedown into side control.
Wagner De La Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gullane Sattar.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De La Cruz stands up.
De La Cruz fails in his attempt to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horrible takedown by Sattar or perhaps it was just good defense by De La Cruz which made him look bad.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
De La Cruz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sattar tries to break the clinch but De La Cruz is controlling the position.
De La Cruz lands a right hand that snaps the head of Sattar backwards.
De La Cruz manages to break the clinch.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
De La Cruz breaks the clinch.
De La Cruz misses with a few strikes there.
Sattar throws a right and a left that both miss.
Sattar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Sattar shoots and misses
and De La Cruz cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De La Cruz has closed the distance and engaged Sattar in a clinch.
De La Cruz pushes Sattar back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
De La Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Sattar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Sattar tries to stall but De La Cruz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
De La Cruz lands a right hand.
De La Cruz lands with a left to the head.
De La Cruz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
De La Cruz circles away from the clinch attempt
and De La Cruz counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sattar's guard now.
De La Cruz stands up from Sattar's guard - De La Cruz perhaps looking for a knockout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De La Cruz fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Sattar, pushing him back against the cage.
De La Cruz leaning his opponent against the cage.
Sattar tries to pull guard but De La Cruz won't allow it.
Sattar tries to pull guard but De La Cruz won't allow it.
De La Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De La Cruz scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
De La Cruz decides to return to a standing position.
De La Cruz shoots in for a takedown but Sattar shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sattar darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Sattar tries to clinch up.
Sattar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sattar throws a combination that misses
and De La Cruz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by De La Cruz.
De La Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
De La Cruz throws an off balance right hand
and Sattar counters with a slapping leg kick.
Horrible takedown by Sattar or perhaps it was just good defense by De La Cruz which made him look bad.
De La Cruz clinches up against the cage.
De La Cruz manages to break the clinch.
De La Cruz throws a head kick that misses
and Sattar counters with a nice body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
De La Cruz misses with a kick to the body.
Crunch! Sattar slams his shin into De La Cruz's torso.
De La Cruz shoots in and gets a takedown into Sattar's guard.
De La Cruz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Cruz gets to his feet. Sattar looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
De La Cruz moves into the clinch.
Sattar misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from De La Cruz.
De La Cruz lands a hook to the side of the head.
De La Cruz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
De La Cruz breaks from the clinch.
Sattar wants to clinch but De La Cruz slips to the side
and De La Cruz counters with a nice body shot.
Wagner De La Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Sattar shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says De La Cruz as he avoids it easily.
De La Cruz shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. De La Cruz showed some decent athleticism there.
De La Cruz decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Wagner De La Cruz dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Sattar tries to clinch up.
Sattar doesn't manage to clinch there - De La Cruz circles away.
Sattar misses with a takedown
and De La Cruz counters with a nice double leg into guard.
De La Cruz gets to his feet - Sattar follows without any prompting.
De La Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sattar can do to turn this around?
De La Cruz darts in and clinches Sattar up against the cage.
De La Cruz with a knee to the head.
Still in the clinch, De La Cruz scores with a nice short uppercut.
De La Cruz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Sattar tries for a takedown but De La Cruz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
De La Cruz shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
De La Cruz stands up out of the half guard.
De La Cruz stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and De La Cruz wants it to stay on the feet.
Wagner De La Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gullane Sattar.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz moves into the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
De La Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
De La Cruz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Sattar's defenses.
De La Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sattar moves in looking to clinch but De La Cruz pushes him off.
Sattar sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
De La Cruz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
De La Cruz forces Sattar back against the cage and clinches.
De La Cruz is trying to trip Sattar. He has hold of a leg but Sattar is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. De La Cruz persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Sattar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. De La Cruz manages to get himself to full guard.
Sattar trying to stand up but can't free himself from De La Cruz's guard.
De La Cruz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sattar looking to sit in guard and control but De La Cruz gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Sattar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
De La Cruz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
De La Cruz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
De La Cruz is standing up, even though he is in mount.
De La Cruz moves into the clinch successfully.
Sattar fails to pull guard.
De La Cruz managing to block the knees to the body from Sattar.
De La Cruz scores with a shot to the side of Sattar's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from De La Cruz.
A nice right hand lands inside from De La Cruz.
De La Cruz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Sattar backwards.
De La Cruz has Sattar pressed against the cage, preventing Sattar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from De La Cruz.
De La Cruz breaks the clinch.
Sattar swats away the attempt to clinch by De La Cruz.
Sattar has his takedown stuffed
and De La Cruz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
De La Cruz decides to return to a standing position.
Sattar gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and De La Cruz counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Sattar's guard now.
Wagner De La Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Cruz stands up from guard. Let's bang!
De La Cruz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Sattar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
De La Cruz pushes Sattar up against the cage in a clinch.
Sattar tries to pull guard but De La Cruz won't allow it.
De La Cruz manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz cracks Sattar with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Sattar fails with a takedown attempt.
De La Cruz blocks a head kick by Sattar.
De La Cruz cracks Sattar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Sattar tries to close the distance and clinch but De La Cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sattar fails with a takedown attempt.
Gullane Sattar is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck for Sattar with that takedown attempt.
De La Cruz gets a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
De La Cruz lands a nice shot to the body.
De La Cruz wants the takedown. Sattar is fighting it off but De La Cruz persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Sattar's guard against the cage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sattar is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gullane Sattar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Wagner De La Cruz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sattar is working an open guard so De La Cruz takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wagner De La Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well De La Cruz 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 Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Anni Minnemäki scores the fight 30:26
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Wagner De La Cruz!
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