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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neftali De La Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Julio Quanero (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quanero is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: 537 CUBA. Neftali De La Cruz had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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250 lbs
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250 lbs
5 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Big right hand |
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Neftali De La Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Quanero!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Ren Mimura and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Cruz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Quanero ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
De La Cruz throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Quanero was covering up waiting for the punch and De La Cruz finishes the takedown easily into guard.
De La Cruz preventing the sweep.
De La Cruz throws a big right hand that misses.
Quanero wants to stand up but De La Cruz is controlling him.
De La Cruz preventing the sweep.
Quanero wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Quanero trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Cruz wants to control from the top but Quanero keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Quanero wants to sweep but no luck.
De La Cruz got a little sloppy there for a moment and Quanero has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, De La Cruz has managed to get both his arms back between Quanero's legs - danger averted.
Quanero is looking to stand up but De La Cruz isn't so interested in that idea.
Quanero trying to keep a closed guard but De La Cruz is proving a slippery customer.
Quanero looking for a sweep. Not yet Quanero, not yet.
Quanero controlling De La Cruz's posture.
Quanero keeping moving, preventing De La Cruz from controlling successfully.
De La Cruz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Quanero wants to sweep here but De La Cruz controlling him for the moment.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Quanero is on top in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz is looking for a triangle but Quanero pushes his legs off easily.
De La Cruz wants to sweep here but Quanero controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Quanero throws a big right hand that misses.
Quanero stands and throws De La Cruz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Quanero trying to control the action but De La Cruz is working from the bottom.
Quanero landing strikes.
De La Cruz is trying to buck Quanero off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz is trying to improve his position.
Quanero lands a decent elbow from side control.
Quanero is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt De La Cruz will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Quanero is looking to take a break and control but De La Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Quanero working away.
Quanero grinds an elbow into De La Cruz's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz wants to control but Quanero postures up.
Quanero wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by De La Cruz, who protects the arm well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Quanero is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. De La Cruz knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Quanero in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Quanero wants to control but De La Cruz is keeping him busy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Julio Quanero dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
De La Cruz takes a swing at Quanero's ribcage but misses.
De La Cruz shoots in and drives through. Quanero sprawls well.
De La Cruz fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
De La Cruz fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Quanero cracks De La Cruz on the jaw with a powerful right hand and De La Cruz falls backwards against the cage. Quanero follows up with more strikes that drop De La Cruz to his knees. Quanero keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save De La Cruz! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Julio Quanero!
A relieved looking Julio Quanero thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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