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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Christian Cruise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Robert Collins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Collins has chosen Eminerm - Lose Yourself as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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182 lbs
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180 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin |
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Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Christian Cruise!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Robert Collins!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Collins has Cruise up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Collins.
A right handed body shot lands from Collins.
Collins keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cruise's efforts to push away.
Cruise escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collins tries to clinch up but Cruise circles away and keeps his distance.
Robert Collins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Collins tries to clinch up but Cruise circles away and keeps his distance.
Collins closes the distance and clinches.
Collins is struggling to control the position.
Collins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cruise throws a lazy right hand but Collins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Collins ducks under a wild hook from Cruise.
Collins rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cruise moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Collins scores with a jab to the head.
It looks like Christian Cruise has been cut.
The fighters circling - Cruise throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Collins doesn't manage to clinch there - Cruise circles away.
A punch lands to the side of Cruise 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Collins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cruise paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Collins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Collins wants to clinch up but Cruise keeps it at a distance.
Collins throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Collins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Collins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collins takes the fight into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Collins doesn't manage to clinch there - Cruise circles away.
Cruise throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Collins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
It looks like Robert Collins has been cut.
Collins tries to close the distance and clinch but Cruise swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cruise as he avoids it easily.
Collins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cruise throws out the jab.
Cruise throws a jab but it's blocked by Collins.
Collins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cruise paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Collins lands a glancing blow to the side of Cruise's head.
Cruise defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Collins.
The fighters circling - Cruise throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cruise swats away the attempt to clinch by Collins.
Christian Cruise is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruise walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Collins connects with a right hand. Cruise shakes it off.
Collins tries to close the distance and clinch but Cruise swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Collins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruise.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins wants to clinch up but Cruise keeps it at a distance.
A jab lands there for Collins.
Cruise fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cruise scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cruise circles away from the clinch attempt.
Collins tries to clinch up.
Collins closes the distance and pushes Cruise back into the cage.
Collins's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cruise working aggressively here.
Collins digs a right hand into Cruise's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cruise's gas tank.
Cruise is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Collins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cruise is keeping busy.
Collins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cruise working aggressively here.
Collins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Collins manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Cruise wants to break free but Collins has control.
Collins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Danga de danga de dang - Collins scores with a four punch combination!
Collins scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Collins tries to clinch but Cruise moves out of range.
Collins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Collins.
Collins is leaning against Cruise and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A body shot lands from Collins.
Collins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Cruise just misses with a elbow thrown towards Collins's brow.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Cruise as Collins tries to tie him up.
Collins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cruise keeps the fight on the outside.
Cruise misses with a combination
and Collins makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Collins darts in and clinches Cruise up against the cage.
Collins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Collins avoiding damage.
Collins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cruise tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Collins gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Collins breaks from the clinch.
Collins lands with a cross.
Collins rushes Cruise and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cruise breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Collins pushes Cruise up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Collins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cruise throws a head punch that misses.
Collins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collins tries to clinch but Cruise is having none of it.
Collins slips a jab and a cross from Cruise.
Collins gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Collins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Collins gets a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Collins effectively controlling the action here.
Collins manages to break the clinch.
Collins forces Cruise back against the cage and clinches.
Cruise tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Collins avoiding damage.
Cruise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Collins displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cruise up against the cage.
Collins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cruise throws out a loose jab but Collins uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruise lands the left hand.
Collins getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Collins tries to clinch up but Cruise circles away and keeps his distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Collins dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Cruise lands a head kick!
Collins wants to clinch up but Cruise keeps it at a distance.
Collins lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Collins dodges the punch combination from Cruise.
Collins shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cruise as he avoids it easily.
Cruise swats away the attempt to clinch by Collins.
Cruise thows a left - swing and a miss!
Collins rushes Cruise and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Collins manages to break the clinch.
Cruise swats away the attempt to clinch by Collins.
Cruise misses with a shot to the body
and Collins counters with a left and a right that stings Cruise.
Cruise closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Collins has closed the distance and engaged Cruise in a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Collins.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Collins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Collins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Robert Collins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cruise misses with a combination
and Collins moves into the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Collins softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cruise pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Collins manages to break the clinch.
Collins tries to clinch up but Cruise circles away and keeps his distance.
Collins moves into range and connects with a jab.
Collins slips a jab from Cruise.
Collins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cruise throws a punch but it's blocked by Collins.
Collins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruise walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Collins misses with a two punch combination.
Christian Cruise is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cruise falls off balance throwing a combination
and Collins counters by clinching up.
Collins stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Collins leaning against his opponent.
Collins breaks the clinch.
Cruise rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Collins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Collins tries to clinch but Cruise moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Collins closes the distance and clinches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Collins - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Cruise tries to break free but Collins pushes him back against the cage.
Collins breaks the clinch.
Cruise circles away from the clinch attempt.
Collins ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Collins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cruise.
Cruise lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Collins circles away quickly and effectively.
A jab from Cruise misses.
Cruise avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collins has Cruise up against the cage in a clinch.
Robert Collins seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Collins is looking to control Cruise's arms but Cruise gets an underhook and turns him. Now Collins has his back to the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Collins lands with a light punch inside.
Collins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A jab from Cruise misses.
Collins misses with a takedown attempt - Cruise sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Collins fails with an attempt to clinch.
Collins lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Collins darts in and clinches Cruise up against the cage.
Collins tries to stall but Cruise uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Collins breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cruise throws a right hand that Collins ducks under and follows up with a left that Collins also avoids with ease.
Collins wants to clinch up but Cruise keeps it at a distance.
Cruise cracks Collins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cruise misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A jab lands there for Collins.
Collins is looking to clinch but Cruise is avoiding it.
Cruise throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A left lands for Collins.
Collins wants to clinch up but Cruise keeps it at a distance.
Collins lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Collins clinches up with Cruise and pushes him back against the cage.
Collins manages to break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Collins rushes Cruise and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Collins looking to slow down the pace here.
Cruise has a couple of punches blocked by Collins.
A head punch on the inside from Cruise fails to land.
Collins lands with a left to the head.
Cruise being controlled against the cage.
Collins is trying to stall.
Collins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Collins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruise throws a hook but Collins avoids it easily.
Collins gets a clinch.
Collins is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cruise is keeping busy.
Cruise's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Collins dodges the punch combination from Cruise.
Cruise is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cruise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Collins was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruise.
Collins fails in his attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Robert Collins showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Cruise on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Collins moves in looking to clinch but Cruise pushes him off.
Collins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cruise avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cruise defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Collins.
Cruise swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Collins counters with a one-two to the body.
Collins fails in his attempt to clinch.
A big right from Cruise misses.
Collins tries to clinch there but Cruise circles away.
Collins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cruise.
Collins tries to clinch up.
Collins tries to clinch but Cruise is having none of it.
Collins moves in looking to clinch but Cruise pushes him off.
Cruise misses with a series of wild punches.
Collins drives through and clinches with Cruise against the cage.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Collins breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hand to the body from Collins.
Collins working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cruise tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Collins works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Collins lands with a short shot to the head.
Collins lands a hook that snaps the head of Cruise backwards.
Cruise wants to break the clinch but can't.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Collins takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Collins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Collins throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Collins gets a clinch.
Collins working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Collins breaks the clinch.
Collins rushes Cruise and presses him up against the cage.
Collins is trying to stall.
Collins scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Collins breaks the clinch.
Collins tries to clinch up.
Collins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cruise.
Collins tries to bum rush Cruise with a series of wild strikes but Cruise uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Collins tries to clinch up but Cruise circles away and keeps his distance.
Christian Cruise has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruise throws a hook but Collins avoids it easily.
Collins moves in looking to clinch but Cruise pushes him off.
Cruise will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Collins scores with the left hand. Cruise knows he should have avoided that one.
Collins closes the distance and pushes Cruise back into the cage.
Cruise is trying to break the clinch but Collins has him pressed against the cage.
Cruise has had enough of the clinch but Collins keeps him there for the moment.
Cruise misses with some punches.
Cruise tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Collins lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cruise backwards.
Collins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Collins gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Collins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruise walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cruise gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Collins.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Collins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruise.
Collins clinches up with Cruise and pushes him back against the cage.
Collins throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Collins blocks an uppercut.
Collins pushes Cruise back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cruise looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Still in the clinch, Collins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cruise misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cruise is looking to break free of the clinch but Collins has double underhooks.
Cruise can't break the clinch.
Collins leaning his opponent against the cage.
Cruise misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cruise fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Collins lands a body shot in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Collins.
Collins pushes Cruise back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Collins breaks from the clinch.
Cruise avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Collins tries to clinch there but Cruise circles away.
Collins wants to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Collins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Cruise throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Collins doesn't manage to clinch there - Cruise circles away.
Cruise takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Collins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Collins rushes Cruise and presses him up against the cage.
Collins prevents Cruise from breaking the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Collins.
Collins works on Cruise's body with a couple of short punches.
Collins blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Collins taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Collins lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cruise.
Collins escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Collins closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Cruise swats away the attempt to clinch by Collins.
Collins steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruise.
Cruise misses with a few strikes there.
Robert Collins is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Collins has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Collins changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cruise tries to avoid it but Collins manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cruise to the ground. Cruise escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Robert Collins comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Collins has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Robert Collins!
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hype
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