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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between William Thompson (ranked 23045 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Cruz (ranked 4347 p4p, 0 weight class). Thompson comes to the cage accompanied by In the hall of the mountain king trap remix. Ricardo Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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183 lbs
5 - 5 - 0 |
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198 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Experienced |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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
5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Thompson !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cruz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Thompson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Thompson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Thompson tries to get out of the position.
Thompson is looking to improve his position.
Cruz controlling the action here.
It looks like Cruz might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Thompson is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cruz pulls his head out easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Thompson !
Thompson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Cruz on the ground.
Cruz quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Cruz but it's paid off an Thompson is forced to tap! Nice work by Cruz.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Ricardo Cruz!
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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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