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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Gilbert De La Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ash Camble (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ash Camble has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Good knees
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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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
13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gilbert De La Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ash Camble!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Camble throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
De La Cruz tries to counter with a takedown but Camble is quick to defend against it.
We've been informed that Camble has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
De La Cruz has his takedown stuffed
and Camble counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Camble misses with a few strikes there.
De La Cruz shoots in looking for a takedown. Camble tries to sprawl out of it but De La Cruz keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Camble manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
De La Cruz shoots in looking for a takedown but Camble manages to keep the fight standing, pushing De La Cruz's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gilbert De La Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Camble misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from De La Cruz.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jab by Camble.
Camble connects with a looping right hand.
Camble throws a series of punches but De La Cruz moves out of range.
Camble throws a looping overhand right but De La Cruz ducks down to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
De La Cruz is rocked!
De La Cruz gets a takedown into half guard.
De La Cruz is thwarting Camble's attempts to control the position.
Camble is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
De La Cruz passes into side control, despite Camble's attempt to control the position.
Camble misses with a strike from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Camble's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
De La Cruz is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Camble is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Camble is trying to buck De La Cruz off.
Camble misses with an elbow from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Camble's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
De La Cruz thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Camble regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
De La Cruz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
De La Cruz is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Camble defends it well.
De La Cruz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Camble moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Camble has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Camble trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Camble pushes De La Cruz off and scrambles back to his feet.
De La Cruz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Camble swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from De La Cruz is defended easily by Camble.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ash Camble 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.
Camble swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
De La Cruz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Camble lands a slapping body shot.
Camble swinging wildly here.
Camble cracks De La Cruz with a good jab.
Camble listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Oh De La Cruz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Camble throws a series of punches but De La Cruz avoids them all with ease.
De La Cruz appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
De La Cruz seems to have got his legs back now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camble lands a really nice looking cross but De La Cruz seems unphased.
De La Cruz with a poor takedown
letting Camble counter with a right hand.
Camble lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Cruz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Camble counters with a big right hand! Oh De La Cruz is in trouble here! Camble follows up with more strikes and that's it! The ref has stopped it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ash Camble!
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