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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dom Cruz (ranked 918 p4p, 44 weight class) and Asd Qwe (ranked 2533 p4p, 131 weight class). Qwe has chosen Mutoid Man - Date With The Devil as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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144 lbs
13 - 7 - 0 |
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149 lbs
8 - 3 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 7 - 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
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Asd Qwe!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz clinches.
Cruz prevents a body shot from Qwe.
Cruz misses with a punch on the inside.
Qwe displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cruz up against the cage.
Cruz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Qwe scores with a nice hook to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cruz.
Qwe misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz tries to throw a body punch but Qwe avoids it by throwing Cruz back against the cage.
Qwe misses with some punches.
Qwe misses with some punches.
Qwe fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz stalling in the clinch but Qwe improves position.
Qwe tries a body shot but Cruz blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Qwe pulls Cruz into guard.
Qwe looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
Qwe wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Qwe looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
Qwe has Cruz pulled in close to control his posture.
Cruz landing with the ground and pound.
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.
Cruz landing some decent shots from guard.
Qwe looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Qwe can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cruz controls the pace.
Cruz preventing the sweep.
Cruz landing with the ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Cruz drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Cruz jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Qwe is on top in guard.
Cruz seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Qwe has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Cruz is proving hard to escape from.
Qwe trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cruz keeping full guard, as Qwe tries to pass.
Cruz is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz controls Qwe momentarily but Qwe frees himself.
Cruz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Qwe trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cruz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Cruz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cruz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Qwe looking for a sweep. Not yet Qwe, not yet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Qwe working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cruz.
Qwe is looking to stand up but Cruz isn't so interested in that idea.
Qwe is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Qwe will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Qwe wants to sweep here but Cruz controlling him for the moment.
Cruz throwing strikes from guard but Qwe blocks nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
Qwe looking to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Qwe is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Qwe trying to keep a closed guard but Cruz is proving a slippery customer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dom Cruz dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cruz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Qwe has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Cruz misses with a kick to the body
letting Qwe counter with a right hand.
Qwe turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cruz throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Qwe manages to avoid it.
Qwe flicks out a counter leg kick but Cruz steps away.
Qwe lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cruz goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Qwe works the jab nicely.
Cruz is rocked!
Cruz lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Qwe goes down and covers up as Cruz starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dom Cruz!
In his post fight interview, Dom Cruz gave a big smile as he said '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
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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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