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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dominick Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ringo Star (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Star comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Ringo Starr's It Don't Come Easy kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Ringo Star will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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191 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Dominick Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ringo Star!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Star fails with an attempt to clinch.
Star slaps away a takedown attempt from Cruz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Star is looking to clinch.
Cruz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Star moves in looking to clinch but Cruz pushes him off.
Cruz has Star up against the cage in a clinch.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Star throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Star throws an elbow that misses.
Cruz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cruz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Star smiles and moves away.
Star fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cruz tries a head kick but it misses.
Star wants to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Star checks a leg kick.
Star takes the fight into the clinch.
Star creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cruz's defenses.
It looks like Dominick Cruz has been cut.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Star is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cruz avoids a wild elbow strike from Star.
Star misses with an elbow over the top.
Star comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Cruz throws a knee to the head but misses.
Star lands an elbow just above Cruz 's eye.
Dominick Cruz's cut is getting worse.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Star.
Cruz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dominick Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cruz takes an elbow to the temple.
Star lands a damaging elbow.
Dominick Cruz's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Star pushes off an throws an elbow but Cruz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Star is pressed up against the cage. Cruz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Star down to the mat. Star avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cruz throws a head kick that misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Star looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Star takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Star fails with an attempt to clinch.
Star tries to clinch there but Cruz circles away.
Star tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Star gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Star comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Jeez, Dominick Cruz's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Cruz goes for a takedown attempt but Star pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cruz gets a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz blocks the elbow strike.
Star blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Star lands a damaging elbow.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Dominick Cruz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Ringo Star!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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