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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Cruz (ranked 2921 p4p, 117 weight class) and Okino Naruhiko (ranked 1816 p4p, 73 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Kyle Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Okino Naruhiko!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Elvis Blanc and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Naruhiko sprawls well. Naruhiko wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cruz gets slowly back to his feet.
Naruhiko keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Cruz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Naruhiko defends it nicely.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Naruhiko darts in looking for a takedown but Cruz gets double underhooks and turns Naruhiko into the cage.
Naruhiko scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cruz in his tracks.
Cruz shoots for a double leg takedown but Naruhiko sprawls well. He's pushed Cruz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Cruz doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Naruhiko counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz shoots in and drives through. Naruhiko sprawls well.
Naruhiko changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Naruhiko shoots in and drives through. Cruz sprawls well.
Cruz closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cruz lands in his opponent's guard.
Cruz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Naruhiko is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Naruhiko has control of Cruz's left arm, preventing Cruz from doing any damage.
Naruhiko looking for a guillotine here but Cruz defends easily.
Cruz trying to control but Naruhiko is working from the bottom.
Cruz landing with the ground and pound.
Naruhiko looking to control.
Cruz throws a strike but Naruhiko rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naruhiko trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Naruhiko postures up and lands a big shot to Cruz's brow.
Naruhiko is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Naruhiko throws a big right hand that misses.
Naruhiko won't allow Cruz to sweep him here.
Naruhiko landing with the ground and pound.
Cruz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Naruhiko trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Naruhiko working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Cruz working for a triangle but Naruhiko defends it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naruhiko working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Cruz's head.
Naruhiko is in close to Cruz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cruz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cruz tries to get out of the position.
Naruhiko wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Cruz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Naruhiko defends well.
Naruhiko loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cruz wants to sweep here but Naruhiko controlling him for the moment.
Naruhiko is working Cruz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Naruhiko wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naruhiko distracts Cruz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Naruhiko from controlling successfully.
Cruz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Naruhiko is in close to Cruz's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Cruz working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Naruhiko has passed into half guard!
Cruz has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Cruz wants to get back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Naruhiko lands strikes from half guard.
Cruz wants to get back to full guard.
Naruhiko looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cruz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Okino Naruhiko dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Naruhiko fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Kyle Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz dives in and grabs Naruhiko's left leg, looking for a takedown. Naruhiko pushes down on Cruz's head and hops out.
Naruhiko defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Cruz.
Naruhiko throws a body shot but no joy.
Cruz drops down looking for a counter takedown but Naruhiko sprawls and moves away.
Nice takedown defense from Cruz. No joy for Naruhiko on that attempt.
Nice sprawl there from Naruhiko as Cruz shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kyle Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cruz changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Naruhiko looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Naruhiko tries to buck Cruz off but Cruz is having none of it.
Naruhiko manages to work his way to half guard, despite Cruz's best efforts.
Naruhiko blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cruz.
Okino Naruhiko has got the better of the ground game so far.
Naruhiko has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Cruz escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Cruz!
You can see the frustration on Naruhiko's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Naruhiko taking punishment in the form of punches.
Cruz cracks Naruhiko with a big right hand but Naruhiko just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Naruhiko tries to bench press Cruz off him but Cruz keeps the position.
Cruz in side control lands a decent elbow.
Naruhiko tries to bench press Cruz off him but Cruz keeps the position.
Cruz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Naruhiko to see if he's OK.
Naruhiko tries to improve position but can't.
Naruhiko struggling a bit here.
Cruz lands a few punches from side control.
Cruz cracks Naruhiko with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Naruhiko regains half guard.
Cruz scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Cruz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Naruhiko is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cruz in particular looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Naruhiko does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Cruz perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Naruhiko wants to control but Cruz is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Naruhiko is trying to get back to full guard.
Cruz working over Naruhiko with some ground and pound. Naruhiko looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cruz drops an elbow to the side of Naruhiko's head.
Cruz winds up and cracks Naruhiko with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Cruz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Naruhiko is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Cruz is keen to just control but Naruhiko is a slippery customer.
Naruhiko has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cruz is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Naruhiko is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Naruhiko trying to hold on to Cruz's head to control him but Cruz postures up.
Cruz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Naruhiko's head.
Naruhiko is looking for a sweep. Cruz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Naruhiko is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cruz's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cruz's back!
Naruhiko lands a shot to the head.
Cruz covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Cruz tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Cruz regains half guard.
Naruhiko is trying to control the action in half guard but Cruz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Naruhiko looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Naruhiko trying to pass the guard but Cruz defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Naruhiko trying to control from half guard but Cruz is working away.
Cruz looking for submissions off his back.
Cruz is trying to get back to full guard.
Naruhiko landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Cruz tries to roll over but Naruhiko keeps him under control.
Cruz is refusing to be controlled, as Naruhiko sits in half guard.
Cruz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Cruz dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Naruhiko gets caught napping as Cruz dives in and scores a takedown. Naruhiko manages to retain guard.
Cruz throwing strikes from guard but Naruhiko blocks nicely.
Naruhiko looking to control.
Naruhiko looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Naruhiko looking for a guillotine here but Cruz defends easily.
Cruz with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz stopping the sweep attempt from Naruhiko.
Cruz postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Naruhiko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Cruz looking to pass the guard.
Naruhiko had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cruz defends it easily.
Naruhiko has momentary wrist control but Cruz slips an elbow through the middle.
Naruhiko preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cruz forces his way into half guard.
Cruz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Naruhiko gets back to full guard.
Cruz postures up in Naruhiko's guard and throws a big left but Naruhiko blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Naruhiko is trying to keep Cruz in close.
Cruz won't allow Naruhiko to sweep him here.
Cruz works over Naruhiko with some ground and pound from guard.
Naruhiko wants to sweep but no luck.
Naruhiko is trying to keep Cruz in close.
Cruz postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Cruz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Cruz with a nice head shot there.
Naruhiko is trying to control the position but Cruz postures up.
Cruz distracts Naruhiko with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Cruz content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Naruhiko is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Cruz defends well.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Naruhiko is on top in guard.
Cruz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cruz looking for a sweep. Not yet Cruz, not yet.
Cruz is working hard here to advance position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Naruhiko's guard.
Naruhiko wants to sweep but no luck.
Cruz has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Naruhiko is looking for a triangle but Cruz pushes his legs off easily.
Naruhiko looking to control.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Naruhiko is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz won't allow Naruhiko to sweep him here.
Naruhiko has momentary wrist control but Cruz slips an elbow through the middle.
Cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Naruhiko throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Naruhiko keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Cruz has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Cruz!
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