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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between DJ Bango (ranked 1398 p4p, 69 weight class) and Dom Cruz (ranked 801 p4p, 40 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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142 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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144 lbs
14 - 7 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, DJ Bango!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dom Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Yuuki Gou and Ren Mimura.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bango lands a head kick!
Bango ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz moves away.
Cruz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cruz checks a leg kick.
Bango jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Cruz is rocked!
Bango throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz is still on wobbly legs! Can Bango finish him?
Bango really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cruz throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Bango tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Cruz is in Bango's guard.
Cruz seems to have recovered his senses.
Cruz trying to move into half guard but instead Bango has managed to sweep!
Cruz being controlled here, momentarily.
Cruz is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bango trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bango with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cruz being controlled here, momentarily.
Cruz looking for a guillotine here but Bango defends easily.
Cruz seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Cruz working a defensive guard here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Bango defends it easily.
Bango trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Cruz has his hands on Bango's head, controlling the position.
Cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
Bango trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz being controlled here, momentarily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bango being controlled here momentarily.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bango connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Bango walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Cruz checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Cruz checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Bango moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Bango throws a jab when Cruz was well out of range.
Cruz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Cruz.
Bango regains half guard, as Cruz was trying to land strikes.
Bango is looking to control Cruz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bango avoid being mounted?
Bango is refusing to be controlled, as Cruz sits in half guard.
Bango works his way to full guard. Good work.
Cruz distracts Bango with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Bango keeps moving.
Bango looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cruz is one step ahead there.
Cruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cruz throws a big elbow that misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Cruz working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Bango keeps moving.
Cruz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bango works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cruz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bango is keeping the position for now.
Bango seems keen to control Cruz's posture.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that DJ Bango will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Cruz shoots for a double leg takedown but Bango sprawls well. He's pushed Cruz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cruz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bango bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Bango misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cruz.
Bango cracks Cruz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cruz misses the body punch
and Bango counters with a nice right hand that sends Cruz toppling to the canvas! Cruz scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Bango finish him?!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Bango - that will leave a mark!
Bango drops Cruz with a big left hand! Cruz is injured, injured bad! Bango jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). DJ Bango!
Our winner, DJ Bango, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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hype
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RATING
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