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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Dom Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benjamin Tay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tay has chosen PONPONPON as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Benjamin Tay has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dom Cruz's chin.
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144 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
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133 lbs
6 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good takedowns
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Benjamin Tay!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tay has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Some wild striking there from Tay.
Tay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Cruz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Cruz swinging wildly here.
Cruz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cruz lunges at Tay with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Tay's hand.
Tay fails with a takedown attempt.
Tay takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tay moves out of range of the body kick from Cruz.
Jab, jab by Cruz - just one landing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruz throws a body shot but no joy.
Cruz dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tay. That did some damage!
Tay will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz scores with a one two! Tay had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cruz wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice body punch from Tay.
Cruz cracks a nice hook into Tay's ribs.
Tay takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Dom Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tay takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Tay misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Cruz showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tay.
Cruz scores with a nice right hand.
Cruz scores with a jab. Tay acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Tay fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
Tay shoots for a double leg takedown but Cruz sprawls well. He's pushed Tay's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tay takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cruz stalks Tay and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Tay's face. Tay staggers backwards, shaken.
Tay is rocked!
Cruz drops Tay with a naaaaasty hook - Tay is in real trouble here! Cruz dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dom Cruz!
Dom Cruz made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Ive said it over and over. No one can match my training, my speed, my intelligence. I won this fight before I stepped into the ring.'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
67% |
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