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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Anders Breivik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dominick Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Anders Breivik has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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170 cm
25
142 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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172 cm
25
143 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong |
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Powerful takedowns
Brawler
Powerful |
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Anders Breivik! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dominick Cruz! The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Cruz shoots in looking for a takedown but Breivik manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cruz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. Cruz leaves Breivik with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Breivik shoots in and gets a takedown into Cruz's guard. Breivik trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Breivik throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Cruz works some decent striking defense from the bottom. Cruz tries to land a sweep but no joy. A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Breivik accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand. Cruz throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Breivik trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Breivik stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard. Breivik throwing strikes from guard but Cruz blocks nicely. Breivik content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's one minute gone in the round. Breivik is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position. Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Breivik trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Breivik postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head. Breivik distracts Cruz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Breivik postures up in Cruz's guard and throws a big left but Cruz blocks it. Breivik pushing down on Cruz's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. Cruz looks like he's trying to stand up.
Breivik throwing shots but Cruz is blocking nicely. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Breivik blocks the strikes from Cruz.
Breivik is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Breivik passes to full mount! The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Breivik working Cruz over with strikes here.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Breivik working Cruz over with strikes here. Breivik lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Breivik with the ground and pound from mount. Breivik can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cruz is looking to escape. The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now. Breivik lands a nice shot to the head. Cruz tries to get back to half guard but can't. Breivik controlling from the full mount. Breivik cracks Cruz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Breivik prevents Cruz from getting the reversal. Breivik landing strikes from the mount. The referee warns Cruz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. The referee warns Cruz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Breivik lands a big shot there that rocks Cruz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Cruz is rocked! Cruz looks winded! Breivik scoring with strikes but Cruz is staying in there. Cruz is still in real trouble! Can Breivik finish him? Breivik working away from the top, dropping strikes. Breivik with good strikes from the mount here! Breivik looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Cruz covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anders Breivik! Anders Breivik seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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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
65% |
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