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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Charles Heyman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dela Cruz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Remember The Name - Fort Minor. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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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
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Charles Heyman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Juan Dela Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Johanna Lukiainen and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Heyman looks to throw the jab but Dela Cruz is out of range.
Dela Cruz throws a body punch but Heyman moves out of range.
Heyman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Heyman takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dela Cruz checks a leg kick.
Heyman misses with a hook. Dela Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Dela Cruz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Heyman.
Dela Cruz scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Heyman takes the fight into the clinch.
Heyman tries to score a body lock takedown but Dela Cruz shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Heyman has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Dela Cruz prevents a body shot from Heyman.
Dela Cruz swings wildly with an uppercut but Heyman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Heyman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Heyman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Dela Cruz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Dela Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Heyman blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Heyman blocks an elbow strike.
Good body shot from Heyman.
Dela Cruz stalling.
Heyman tightens his grip and picks Dela Cruz up, before dumping him to the ground. Dela Cruz manages to land in guard.
Heyman wants to control from the top but Dela Cruz keeps moving.
Dela Cruz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Heyman wants to stand but Dela Cruz has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz keeping moving, preventing Heyman from controlling successfully.
Dela Cruz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Heyman controls the pace.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Heyman accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dela Cruz keeping moving, preventing Heyman from controlling successfully.
Heyman slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Dela Cruz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Dela Cruz moves out of range of the leg kick from Heyman.
Dela Cruz misses with a two punch combination.
Dela Cruz slips under a jab.
Dela Cruz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heyman walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Heyman misses with an attempted mid kick.
Heyman misses with a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Heyman misses.
Dela Cruz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Heyman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dela Cruz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fighters circle momentarily. Dela Cruz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Charles Heyman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dela Cruz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dela Cruz blocks a head kick by Heyman.
Dela Cruz avoids the head kick by Heyman.
Heyman cracks the inside of Dela Cruz's front leg.
Heyman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Heyman moves forwards but Dela Cruz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heyman drives through and clinches with Dela Cruz against the cage.
Heyman is trying to drag Dela Cruz to the mat but Dela Cruz just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Dela Cruz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Heyman has Dela Cruz pressed against the cage, preventing Dela Cruz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Dela Cruz'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.
Heyman throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Heyman misses with an elbow strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Juan Dela Cruz will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Heyman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heyman misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Heyman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Heyman moves out of range as Dela Cruz strikes.
Dela Cruz punishes Heyman's body with a nice straight punch.
Dela Cruz lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Heyman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Dela Cruz to score with a decent uppercut.
Dela Cruz has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Heyman fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Dela Cruz has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Heyman fails with an attempt to clinch.
Heyman tries to clinch up.
Heyman misses with a body kick.
Dela Cruz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dela Cruz scores with a nice strike.
Dela Cruz scores with a nice right hand.
Dela Cruz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Heymans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Heyman is rocked!
Heyman moves into range and clinches up with Dela Cruz.
Heyman pressing his opponent against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz blocks the elbow strike.
Dela Cruz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Dela Cruz can't break the clinch.
Heyman content to slow the pace in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Dela Cruz throws an elbow but misses.
Dela Cruz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Heyman backwards.
Heyman throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Heyman tries to stall but Dela Cruz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Heyman tries to land knees in the clinch but Dela Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heyman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Come on Heyman - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Dela Cruz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Heyman lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Juan Dela Cruz has been cut.
Dela Cruz taking a breather.
Heyman trying to land knees to the body.
Dela Cruz will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Heyman up against the cage.
Dela Cruz wants to stall.
Come on Dela Cruz - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz wants to stall.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Juan Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz moves out of range of the body kick.
Heyman misses with an uppercut. Dela Cruz saw that one coming.
Dela Cruz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dela Cruz looks to land a left hand but Heyman moved out of range nicely.
Heyman gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Juan Dela Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Heyman throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Heyman throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Heyman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Heyman throws a hook to the side of Dela Cruz's head but Dela Cruz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Heyman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Heyman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Dela Cruz moves away.
Dela Cruz throws a right hand that Heyman ducks under and follows up with a left that Heyman also avoids with ease.
Juan Dela Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A punch combination from Dela Cruz misses.
Good leg kick by Heyman there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heyman throws a nice head kick!
Dela Cruz lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dela Cruz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Heyman tries to close the distance and clinch up but Dela Cruz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dela Cruz's jab looks to have found its range, popping Heyman under the eye.
Dela Cruz scores with a sloppy right hand. Heyman should have avoided that one.
Oh Heyman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dela Cruz lands a slapping body shot.
Dela Cruz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Heyman takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Heyman seems to have got his legs back now.
Heyman plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Dela Cruz throws a right hand that Heyman ducks under and follows up with a left that Heyman also avoids with ease.
Heyman throws a solid leg kick but Dela Cruz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Heyman.
Heyman throws a sloppy head kick and Dela Cruz moves out of range easily.
Heyman wants to clinch up but Dela Cruz keeps it at a distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Heyman, right into the meat.
Heyman throws a head kick that misses.
Heyman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Juan Dela Cruz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Juan Dela Cruz's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Dela Cruz throws a series of punches but Heyman avoids them all with ease.
Dela Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dela Cruz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Heyman takes a jab right on the kisser.
Heyman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dela Cruz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Heyman looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dela Cruz lands with a cross.
Dela Cruz scores with a three punch combo!
Dela Cruz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dela Cruz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Heyman shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dela Cruz as he jumps to the side.
Heyman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Heyman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heyman on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Heyman throws a half hearted mid kick.
A nice combination there by Dela Cruz.
Heyman takes a swing at Dela Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Dela Cruz throws a series of strikes that have Heyman backpedaling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz throws a series of punches but Heyman avoids them all with ease.
Dela Cruz connects with the punch.
Heyman misses with a leg kick.
Dela Cruz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Heyman slips under a jab from Dela Cruz.
Heyman tries to score with a low kick but Dela Cruz moves his leg out of the way.
Dela Cruz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Dela Cruz throws a right hand that Heyman ducks under and follows up with a left that Heyman also avoids with ease.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A right handed body shot lands from Dela Cruz.
Heyman working aggressively here.
Heyman blocks the elbow strike.
Dela Cruz stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Heyman is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Dela Cruz avoiding damage as Heyman throws knees to the body.
Heyman missing with knees to the body.
Dela Cruz managing to block the knees to the body from Heyman.
Dela Cruz is trying to stall.
Heyman misses with a punch to the body.
Heyman tries to stall but Dela Cruz uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dela Cruz lands with a light punch inside.
Charles Heyman has scored more points in the clinch so far.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Heyman using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heyman trying to land knees to the body.
Heyman is looking to control Dela Cruz's arms but Dela Cruz gets an underhook and turns him. Now Heyman has his back to the cage.
Heyman misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Heyman avoiding damage.
Juan Dela Cruz is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Heyman lands a damaging elbow.
Dela Cruz lands a right hand.
Heyman scores a nice knee to the body.
Dela Cruz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Heyman connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dela Cruz's face.
Dela Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Dela Cruz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Charles Heyman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heyman with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Heyman fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Heyman'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.
Heyman scores a nice knee to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Dela Cruz.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dela Cruz managing to block the knees to the body from Heyman.
Heyman tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dela Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Heyman has the dominant position.
Dela Cruz being controlled against the cage.
Heyman struggles to land a body shot inside as Dela Cruz controls his hands.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Juan Dela Cruz.
I've got Dela Cruz winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight 28:30
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Juan Dela Cruz!
Juan Dela Cruz decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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