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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Everhart Cruse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pedro Gonzalez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Pedro Gonzalez struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 187.3lbs 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. Everhart Cruse could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Pedro Gonzalez's chin.
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193 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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Good kicks
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Everhart Cruse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pedro Gonzalez!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Ian Loll and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gonzalez misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Gonzalez looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
A combination from Gonzalez does no damage.
Gonzalez swats away the attempt to clinch by Cruse.
Gonzalez lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Cruse is looking to clinch but Gonzalez is avoiding it.
Cruse tries to clinch there but Gonzalez circles away.
Pedro Gonzalez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruse thows a body shot but no joy.
Cruse pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Gonzalez keeps the fight on the outside.
Cruse misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Gonzalez throws a body kick that misses.
Gonzalez swats away the attempt to clinch by Cruse.
Cruse clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruse content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cruse with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cruse stalling in the clinch.
Gonzalez wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cruse lands a knee to the head.
Cruse scores with a knee to the head.
Gonzalez is rocked!
It looks like Pedro Gonzalez has been cut.
Gonzalez is pressed up against the cage. Cruse has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gonzalez down to the mat. Cruse avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cruse.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gonzalez is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cruse throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruse has closed the distance and engaged Gonzalez in a clinch.
A knee to the head by Cruse.
Cruse lands a shot to the body.
Cruse tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cruse lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruse stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cruse drags the fight down to the ground.
Gonzalez won't allow Cruse to get back to his feet.
Cruse uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Cruse tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cruse moves in looking to clinch but Gonzalez pushes him off.
Cruse moves in looking to clinch but Gonzalez pushes him off.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cruse.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Everhart Cruse. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gonzalez throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cruse.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez is looking to chop away at Cruse's legs.
Gonzalez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Cruse bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Gonzalez is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Cruse stands up.
Gonzalez throws a right and a left that Cruse avoids nicely.
Gonzalez uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cruse.
Gonzalez throws a right hand that Cruse ducks under and follows up with a left that Cruse also avoids with ease.
Cruse misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice sprawl there from Gonzalez as Cruse shoots in.
Cruse tries to clinch up but Gonzalez circles away and keeps his distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gonzalez has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gonzalez breaks from the clinch.
Gonzalez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Cruse looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Cruse is trying to buck Gonzalez off.
Gonzalez has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Cruse moves into the clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Cruse.
Cruse misses with a knee strike.
Cruse avoiding damage.
Gonzalez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cruse takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gonzalez takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cruse tries a knee to the head but Gonzalez blocks it.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Gonzalez has had enough of the clinch but Cruse keeps him there for the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruse with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gonzalez prevents the takedown attempt.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cruse takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Gonzalez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cruse has Gonzalez pressed against the cage.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Everhart Cruse.
Gonzalez keeps the fight on the outside.
Cruse tries for a takedown but Gonzalez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Cruse gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cruse lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A bit of stalling here from Cruse.
Gonzalez wants to get back to striking at distance but Cruse won't allow it.
Gonzalez wants to get back to striking at distance but Cruse won't allow it.
Cruse has Gonzalez pushed against the cage.
Cruse with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gonzalez wants to break free but Cruse has control.
Cruse prevents Gonzalez from breaking the clinch.
Cruse leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cruse lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruse content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Gonzalez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Everhart Cruse dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Pedro Gonzalez's cut.
That's time! Cruse's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Cruse throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Cruse wants to clinch.
Cruse fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Gonzalez, pushing him back against the cage.
The is referee keeping an eye on Cruse - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gonzalez wants to get back to striking at distance but Cruse won't allow it.
Gonzalez wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cruse lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruse using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The is referee keeping an eye on Cruse - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Gonzalez is trying to break free.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Gonzalez wants to get back to striking at distance but Cruse won't allow it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gonzalez tries for a takedown but Cruse manages to get underhooks.
Gonzalez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Cruse avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Cruse with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cruse keeps control of Gonzalez as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cruse with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gonzalez wants to break free but Cruse has control.
Cruse landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cruse scores with a knee to the head.
Gonzalez looking for a takedown.
Everhart Cruse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Pedro Gonzalez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruse will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gonzalez up against the cage.
Cruse lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruse lands a takedown into guard.
Cruse decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Cruse thows a body shot but no joy.
Cruse misses with a low kick as Gonzalez jumps back.
Gonzalez misses with a wild combination.
Gonzalez blocks a head kick by Cruse.
Cruse showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gonzalez.
Some wild striking there from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez misses with a wild combination.
Cruse moves into the clinch successfully.
Cruse stalling the fight.
Gonzalez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Gonzalez takes a knee right on the jaw!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Cruse takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Cruse lands a shot to the body.
Cruse lands a right hand.
Cruse with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gonzalez is still on wobbly legs! Can Cruse finish him?
Gonzalez is pressed up against the cage. Cruse has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Gonzalez down to the mat. Cruse avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Cruse misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gonzalez.
Cruse keeps the fight on the outside.
Gonzalez keeps the fight on the outside.
Cruse clinches up against the cage.
Gonzalez seems to have recovered his senses.
Cruse with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Cruse taking a breather.
Cruse landing knees to the head.
Cruse will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Gonzalez up against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Cruse.
Cruse lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruse drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Cruse is stalling here.
Cruse lands a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruse stalling in the clinch.
Cruse is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Gonzalez is keeping busy.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Everhart Cruse.
Horrible takedown by Cruse or perhaps it was just good defense by Gonzalez which made him look bad.
Gonzalez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Gonzalez has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cruse is proving hard to escape from.
Cruse pushes Gonzalez off and gets back to his feet.
Cruse shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gonzalez avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cruse moves into range and clinches up with Gonzalez.
Cruse stalling in the clinch.
Cruse landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Cruse's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Cruse.
Cruse connects with a nasty looking knee right to Gonzalez's face.
Cruse lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruse landing knees to the head.
Cruse connects with a knee to the head.
Everhart Cruse has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cruse gets underhooks to prevent Gonzalez's takedown attempt.
Gonzalez wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cruse taking a breather.
Cruse scores with a knee to the head.
Cruse has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Gonzalez - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Cruse, and another! Gonzalez is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Everhart Cruse!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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RATING
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