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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Rafael Santa Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Delroy Holmes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Santa Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by 50 cent P.I.M.P. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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180 cm
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184 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
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Dangerous knees
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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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rafael Santa Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Delroy Holmes!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Lou da Vinci.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santa Cruz lands a leg kick that knocks Holmes off balance momentarily.
Santa Cruz throws a low kick but Holmes avoids it.
Holmes doesn't manage to clinch there - Santa Cruz circles away.
Santa Cruz misses with a straight left.
Santa Cruz moves out of range as Holmes strikes.
Santa Cruz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
The crowd cheers as Holmes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Santa Cruz doesn't seem phased though.
Santa Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Santa Cruz drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Santa Cruz looks to land a body kick but Holmes moved away.
Holmes is looking to slow Santa Cruz down with leg kicks.
Santa Cruz blocks a head kick by Holmes.
Holmes on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz obviously looking to wear him down.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Holmes. Santa Cruz shrugs it off though.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Santa Cruz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Holmes thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Santa Cruz if he has to take too many more of those.
Holmes leaves Santa Cruz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Holmes checks a low kick from Santa Cruz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes throws a sloppy head kick and Santa Cruz moves out of range easily.
Holmes wants to clinch.
Santa Cruz tries to work over Holmes's front leg with a kick but Holmes checks it.
Holmes throws a lazy head kick
and Santa Cruz makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Holmes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Santa Cruz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Holmes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Horrible takedown by Santa Cruz or perhaps it was just good defense by Holmes which made him look bad.
Santa Cruz takes a kick to the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Santa Cruz.
Santa Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Santa Cruz tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Holmes is able to avoid easily.
Delroy Holmes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santa Cruz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rafael Santa Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
A head kick misses from Santa Cruz.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes has managed to clinch.
Holmes missing with knees to the body.
Holmes tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santa Cruz lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Holmes backwards.
Holmes looking to slow down the pace here.
Holmes with a knee to the head.
Holmes looking to throw knees to the head but Santa Cruz is blocking nicely.
Santa Cruz stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Holmes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Santa Cruz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santa Cruz manages to break the clinch.
Holmes moves into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Holmes putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Santa Cruz in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Holmes landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Holmes is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Santa Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Santa Cruz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Holmes effectively controlling the action here.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santa Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santa Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Santa Cruz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Holmes throws an elbow but misses.
Santa Cruz misses with some punches.
Santa Cruz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Holmes dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Santa Cruz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Holmes looks to throw the jab but Santa Cruz is out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Holmes misses.
Holmes tries to land a front kick but Santa Cruz steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Santa Cruz buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Holmes scores with a nice right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Santa Cruz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Holmes on the side of the head.
Holmes throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Santa Cruz has Holmes up against the cage in a clinch.
Holmes trying to stall but Santa Cruz improves his position.
Holmes misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Santa Cruz.
A short right from Santa Cruz.
Holmes taking a breather.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santa Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Santa Cruz lands a left hand.
Holmes using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Santa Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Holmes throws a knee to the head but misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Delroy Holmes dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Holmes plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Santa Cruz, right into the meat.
Holmes tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Santa Cruz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Santa Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Santa Cruz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Santa Cruz drives through with a takedown into guard.
Santa Cruz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holmes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Santa Cruz is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holmes can't keep his opponent in guard - Santa Cruz advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Santa Cruz is working for a kimura but Holmes is defending it quite comfortably.
Santa Cruz is keen to just control but Holmes is a slippery customer.
Santa 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz wants to work for an arm triangle but Holmes is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Santa Cruz is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Santa Cruz wants to free his trapped foot but Holmes is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Holmes wants to sweep but Santa Cruz has passed to side control!
Santa Cruz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Santa Cruz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Santa Cruz tries for a kimura but Holmes is defending well.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holmes tries to improve position but can't.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Santa Cruz dominated that second round.
That's time! Santa Cruz's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Santa Cruz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Holmes.
Santa Cruz is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Holmes's half guard.
Holmes won't allow Santa Cruz to pass to mount.
Santa Cruz wants to control but Holmes is keeping him busy.
Santa Cruz is trying to work for a kimura but Holmes is defending well.
Holmes is not content to let Santa Cruz control the position.
Santa Cruz is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Holmes defends it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santa Cruz seems to be looking for submissions.
Santa Cruz is trying to work for a kimura but Holmes is defending well.
Well, if Santa Cruz is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Santa Cruz is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Holmes has managed to free his arm - good work.
Rafael Santa Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holmes trying to hold on to Santa Cruz's head to control him but Santa Cruz postures up.
Santa Cruz is working for a kimura but Holmes is defending it quite comfortably.
Holmes tries to get to full guard but Santa Cruz has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santa Cruz is looking to take a break and control but Holmes is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Santa Cruz takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Santa Cruz is trying to control. Holmes wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Santa Cruz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Holmes knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Rafael Santa Cruz just wasn't active enough.
Holmes checks a leg kick nicely.
Santa Cruz throws a hook but Holmes avoids it easily.
Santa Cruz throws a looping overhand right but Holmes ducks down to avoid it.
Delroy Holmes seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Holmes checks a leg kick nicely.
Holmes scores with a nice strike.
Santa Cruz fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Holmes is out of range.
Holmes tries to close the distance and clinch but Santa Cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Holmes throws a low kick but Santa Cruz moves out of range easily.
Santa Cruz throws a head kick but Holmes moves out of range.
Holmes slips under a jab.
Holmes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Santa Cruz throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Holmes lands with a nice body kick.
A big right from Holmes misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Holmes is looking to clinch but Santa Cruz is avoiding it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rafael Santa Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Santa Cruz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 29:28
Judge Chad Campbell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Lou da Vinci scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rafael Santa Cruz!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Rafael Santa Cruz made sure he mentioned [WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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