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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kale Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Oleg Vasiliev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by Welcome to the Jungle. Vasiliev comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Russian Barakuda kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Oleg Vasiliev has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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163 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
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23
163 lbs
7 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kale Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Oleg Vasiliev!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Robert Douchet and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vasiliev changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cruz tries to avoid it but Vasiliev manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cruz to the ground. Cruz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cruz throws a body punch but Vasiliev moves out of range.
Vasiliev closes the distance and clinches up with Cruz, looking for a takedown. Vasiliev pushes Cruz against the cage but Cruz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Kale Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Cruz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cruz throws a nice looking combination but Vasiliev bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vasiliev gets the takedown into side control.
Vasiliev tries for a kimura but Cruz is defending well.
Vasiliev is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Cruz has escaped the position, nice work there.
Vasiliev working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Vasiliev off and has taken his back!
Cruz controlling from the back.
Vasiliev tries to roll but Cruz sticks to his back.
I would not like to be Vasiliev right now.
Vasiliev rolls, trying to escape but Cruz keeps control of the position.
Vasiliev is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Cruz is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Vasiliev turns into Cruz and is now in his guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cruz throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Cruz has his hands on Vasiliev's head, controlling the position.
Cruz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vasiliev's guard.
Cruz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Vasiliev looking for a guillotine here but Cruz defends easily.
Vasiliev can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cruz controls the pace.
Cruz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Vasiliev looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Vasiliev wants to improve his position but instead Cruz has moved into half guard.
Well, if 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.
Vasiliev is looking for a sweep. Cruz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cruz controlling the action here.
Cruz prevents Vasiliev from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Cruz performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Vasiliev tries to get to full guard but Cruz has control of the leg.
Cruz tries to pass to full mount but Vasiliev defends it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Vasiliev looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cruz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Vasiliev!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kale Cruz 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.
Cruz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vasiliev uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cruz.
Vasiliev displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cruz throws out the jab.
Cruz misses with a hook.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Cruz swings for the body but Vasiliev moves out of range.
Cruz is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Cruz's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Vasiliev slips the punch.
Cruz scores with a shot to the body.
Vasiliev avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cruz scores with a nice head shot.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Vasiliev sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cruz lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
It looks like Oleg Vasiliev has been cut.
Vasiliev moves out of range as Cruz strikes.
Cruz throws a jab when Vasiliev was well out of range.
Vasiliev shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Cruz as he jumps to the side.
Vasiliev is breathing heavily.
Cruz attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A big left from Cruz misses.
Vasiliev fails with the takedown.
Cruz misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Vasiliev.
Kale Cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Oleg Vasiliev.
The fighters circle momentarily. Cruz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Cruz missing with a left hand there. Vasiliev was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
Cruz connects with a looping right hand.
Cruz throws an overhand right that lands on Vasiliev's shoulder, as Vasiliev tries to avoid the shot.
Cruz throws an overhand right that lands on Vasiliev's shoulder, as Vasiliev tries to avoid the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vasiliev slips under a jab.
Vasiliev looks for a takedown but Cruz sprawls well.
Cruz looks to land a right hand but Vasiliev moved out of range.
Cruz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Vasiliev gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Cruz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vasiliev is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Vasiliev keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cruz content just to control the position here.
Vasiliev is trying to escape the mount.
Cruz with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kale Cruz dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Oleg Vasiliev's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Cruz throws a series of punches but Vasiliev avoids them all with ease.
Vasiliev misses with a takedown attempt
and Cruz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cruz throws the left hand but Vasiliev avoids the punch easily.
Cruz throws a shot from downtown. Vasiliev moves away and avoids it.
Cruz throws a hook to the side of Vasiliev's head but Vasiliev sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cruz drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cruz is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vasiliev lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cruz!
Vasiliev sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Vasiliev moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Cruz has worked his arm free - good work by Cruz!
Vasiliev swings around for an armbar but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Vasiliev's guard.
Vasiliev looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Cruz passes into side control.
Cruz works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Vasiliev is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Vasiliev's face as Cruz controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Vasiliev for as long as he can get away with.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vasiliev is looking to regain half guard here but Cruz keeps moving and retains side control.
Cruz working the ground and pound from side control.
Vasiliev is trying to control Cruz's posture but Cruz avoids it.
Vasiliev is looking for a sweep.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz taking a breather here.
Cruz scores with punches from side control.
Cruz is working Vasiliev over with some ground and pound from side control.
Vasiliev is looking for a sweep.
A lull in the action here.
Cruz scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Cruz working the ground and pound.
Cruz is chipping away with strikes.
Kale Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Vasiliev is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Cruz scoring with punches and elbows.
Cruz slows the pace down.
Cruz's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Cruz has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Vasiliev!
And that's the end of the fight!
Kale Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
Well 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 Steve Smith scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kale Cruz!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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