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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steven Monroe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Victor Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz has chosen Deadmau5 - Ghosts and Stuff as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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170 lbs
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184 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Monroe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Monroe gets a clinch.
Monroe breaks from the clinch.
Cruz catches Monroe napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Monroe to the canvas!
Monroe is rocked!
It looks like Steven Monroe has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Monroe keeping full guard, as Cruz tries to pass.
Oh Monroe is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cruz drops back looking for a leg! Monroe is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Monroe manages to kick Cruz off! Cruz jumps back into Monroe's guard.
Monroe seems to have got his legs back now.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Monroe keeps moving.
Cruz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cruz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Cruz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cruz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cruz is trying for a kimura here. Monroe looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Cruz wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Victor Cruz!
Victor Cruz spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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