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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Luis Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacare Romero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Jacare Romero was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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189 lbs
6 - 2 - 0 |
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182 cm
27
184 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
Good takedowns
Basic striking
KO power |
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter fighter
Powerful |
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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
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Luis Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jacare Romero!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Alyssa Summers and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Romero. No joy for Cruz on that attempt.
We've been hearing reports that Cruz has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Romero shoots in looking for a takedown. Cruz tries to sprawl out of it but Romero keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Cruz manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Cruz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Romero tries to buck Cruz off but Cruz is having none of it.
Romero sneaks back into half guard.
Cruz is looking to take a break and control but Romero is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Romero flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Romero is looking to improve his position.
Cruz blocks the strikes from Romero.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Romero actively working from the bottom here.
Romero has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Romero throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Romero tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Cruz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cruz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cruz blocks the strikes from Romero.
Romero trying to control from the bottom.
Romero looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Romero looking for submissions off his back.
Romero has hold of Cruz's hands but Cruz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Romero missing with punches from the bottom.
Romero trying to control but Cruz postures up.
Cruz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Cruz is nestled in close to Romero, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Romero landing small, sideways elbows.
Romero trying to control but Cruz postures up.
Romero manages to get to full guard.
Cruz is in close to Romero's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cruz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Romero is trying to keep Cruz in close.
Romero throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Cruz trying to control but Romero is working from the bottom.
Romero trying to strike off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz landing some decent shots from guard.
Cruz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Romero's guard.
Romero gets back to full guard.
Romero trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Romero will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Romero is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Romero trying to strike off his back.
Romero is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Romero has momentary wrist control but Cruz slips an elbow through the middle.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but Romero has wrist control.
Cruz won't allow Romero to sweep him here.
Cruz distracts Romero with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Romero throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Cruz won't allow Romero to sweep him here.
Romero avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Romero is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Cruz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz is stalling in the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Romero is looking for a triangle but Cruz pushes his legs off easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Luis Cruz dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Romero looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Cruz tries for a takedown but Romero sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Romero stuffs the takedown attempt from Cruz. Cruz gets slowly back to his feet.
Cruz misses with a takedown attempt - Romero sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Romero is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luis Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Romero fails with the takedown.
Cruz feinted with a counter takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Romero gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Romero is looking for a triangle but Cruz pushes his legs off easily.
Cruz trying to control but Romero is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Romero throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Romero trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Cruz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Cruz landing some decent shots from guard.
Romero doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Romero keeps moving.
Cruz is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Romero looking to control.
Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Romero is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Luis 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.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Romero is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! Cruz rolls with it to try and escape but Romero cranks on the arm and Cruz is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jacare Romero!
In his post fight interview, Jacare Romero started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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