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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Brandon Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Jones (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jones has chosen icky thump as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Andre Jones struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 137.4lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brandon Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Andre Jones!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Jeff Smith and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz misses with a head kick.
Cruz closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cruz lands in his opponent's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Jones manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Cruz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Jones.
Cruz is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jones fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Cruz manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ground and pound from Jones.
Cruz makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Jones tries to clinch up.
Cruz tries for a takedown but Jones sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cruz is breathing heavily.
Jones darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones working the head and body with strikes.
Cruz won't allow Jones to pass to mount.
Jones wants to take a breather but Cruz is having none of it.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Jones is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cruz is trying to stand back up but Jones is controlling him
Jones is looking to take a break and control but Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Jones wants to pass to mount but Cruz is defending the position.
Cruz actively working from the bottom here.
Jones working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Jones trying to control from half guard but Cruz is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Jones there.
Cruz is refusing to be controlled, as Jones sits in half guard.
Jones postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Cruz to stand up.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jones gets a clinch.
Jones escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cruz looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Cruz tries to bench press Jones off him but Jones keeps the position.
Jones advances nicely into full mount.
Cruz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Jones controlling from mount.
Jones prevents Cruz from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones with a couple of short strikes.
Cruz is desperately trying to improve his position but Jones has a good base and remains in mount.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cruz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Cruz tries to reverse the position but Jones maintains control.
Jones with the ground and pound from mount.
Jones lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cruz can't escape the position.
Jones lands a nice shot to the head.
Cruz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cruz is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
Jones prevents Cruz from getting the reversal.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jones tries to control but Cruz wriggling away.
Cruz is in all sorts of trouble here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz throwing hammer fists to the chest of Jones. What's that going to do exactly?
Cruz is looking to improve his position but Jones isn't that keen on the idea.
Jones trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cruz working to try and regain half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Jones dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Jones clinches up against the cage.
Jones has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Cruz uses from the top position.
Jones looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Jones is pulling down on Cruz's head. It's preventing any offense from Cruz, at least for the moment.
Cruz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Cruz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jones is keeping the position for now.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cruz is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones seems keen to control Cruz's posture.
Jones looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Jones is looking to stand up but Cruz isn't so interested in that idea.
Andre Jones has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cruz postures up.
Jones keeping full guard, as Cruz tries to pass.
Cruz pushing down on Jones's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Jones is defending against the submission attempts here by Cruz.
Jones is trying to stand back up but Cruz is controlling him
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries to stand but can't do so whilst Jones controls his leg.
Jones wants to get back to his feet.
Cruz throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
Cruz is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Jones is just riding it out for now. Cruz eventually gives up the hold.
Cruz is trying to work for a kimura but Jones is defending well.
Jones slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Jones is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jones looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Jones pushes Cruz off and gets back to his feet.
Jones keeps the fight on the outside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cruz stuffs the takedown attempt from Jones. Jones gets slowly back to his feet.
Jones avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Jones but Jones pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jones misses with a head kick.
Jones is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cruz keeps the fight on the outside.
Jones gets tackled into the cage by Cruz. Cruz maintains the clinch.
Cruz is trying to maintain a safe position but Jones gets an underhook and turns Cruz into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cruz avoiding damage as Jones throws knees to the body.
Jones dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Jones goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cruz prevents it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Andre Jones will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
A left and a right from Cruz both land. Nice combination.
Jones tries to clinch there but Cruz circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Jones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Jones has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Jones throws a right hand that Cruz ducks under and follows up with a left that Cruz also avoids with ease.
Jones throws a head kick that misses.
Cruz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Jones eats them both and turns towards Cruz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Jones wants to clinch up but Cruz keeps it at a distance.
Cruz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Jones drives through and clinches with Cruz against the cage.
Jones looking for a takedown.
Jones turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Jones manages to end up in side control.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cruz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cruz looking for a sweep but Jones has passed into full mount! Oh no!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cruz is looking to escape.
Cruz regains half guard.
Cruz is refusing to be controlled, as Jones sits in half guard.
Jones passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Cruz!
A nice elbow there by Jones.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones landing strikes, looking to finish!
Cruz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cruz bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Cruz scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Cruz wants to get up but he can't break Jones's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Cruz stands up from Jones's guard - Cruz perhaps looking for a knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruz clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.
Jones tries to work over Cruz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cruz is trying to break free.
Jones jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Cruz walks away with a smile on his face. Jones gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Cruz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jones gets full guard.
Jones is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Jones not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Cruz gets to his feet - Jones follows without any prompting.
Cruz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jones circles away.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jones closes this distance looking for a takedown but Cruz circles away.
Brandon Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Andre Jones.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cruz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jones dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jones sprawls well initially but Cruz persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cruz working Jones over with strikes.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Jones can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz trying to mount his opponent but Jones defends it.
Cruz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz is looking for a kimura here.
Cruz is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Jones doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cruz.
Cruz thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brandon Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Jones has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Colin Fray scores the fight for Andre Jones!
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight for Andre Jones!
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight for Andre Jones!
Andre Jones wins by unanimous decision!
Andre Jones decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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