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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Romulo Barral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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216 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
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194 cm
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215 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Powerful takedowns
Solid boxing
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Romulo Barral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, King Dela Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yuuki Gou and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Barral lands a really nice looking cross but Dela Cruz seems unphased.
Barral waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dela Cruz.
A jab from Dela Cruz does it's job there.
Dela Cruz misses the shot to the body.
Dela Cruz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Dela Cruz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Barral walks into a left hand.
Barral misses with a wild body shot.
A shot to the body from Dela Cruz misses
and Barral counters with a takedown into full mount! That could mean trouble for Dela Cruz!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barral scores with a couple of good head shots there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Barral unloads with some shots from mount but Dela Cruz bucks and avoids them well.
Barral throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Barral thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Barral looking to ground and pound but Dela Cruz is blocking nicely.
Barral 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.
Barral thowing shots but they're missing.
Barral throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Barral thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Barral throws some wild stikes that Dela Cruz manages to avoid easily.
Barral looking to control but Dela Cruz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Barral unloads with some shots from mount but Dela Cruz bucks and avoids them well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Barral punching from mount but Dela Cruz doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Barral unloads with some shots from mount but Dela Cruz bucks and avoids them well.
Dela Cruz blocking the ground and pound.
Barral throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Barral throwing strikes here but Dela Cruz is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Barral goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Dela Cruz is on top in guard.
Barral is adopting a defensive guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Barral is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dela Cruz throwing strikes but missing.
Dela Cruz postures up and lands a big shot to Barral's brow.
Barral is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Dela Cruz defends well.
Barral can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dela Cruz controls the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Dela Cruz preventing the sweep.
Dela Cruz passes Barral's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Dela Cruz is thwarting Barral's attempts to control the position.
Dela Cruz looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Barral moves into full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barral is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Barral wants to sweep but no luck.
That's six 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.
Barral is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dela Cruz is pushing down on Barral's leg trying to pass to half guard. Barral is fighting to maintain full guard but Dela Cruz has managed to sneak the leg through.
Barral wants to control but Dela Cruz is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Dela Cruz trying to control from half guard but Barral is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dela Cruz looks to land a strike but Barral avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Barral has momentary wrist control but Dela Cruz slips an elbow through the middle.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Barral looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Dela Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Barral is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barral 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.
Dela Cruz throwing strikes from guard but Barral blocks nicely.
Dela Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dela Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Barral is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dela Cruz cracks Barral with a solid left hand.
Dela Cruz sitting in guard here, content to control.
Dela Cruz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Barral works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Barral keeping full guard, as Dela Cruz tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barral is on top in guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Barral trying to control the position from guard on top but Dela Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Barral pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Dela Cruz is keeping the position for now.
Dela Cruz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Barral throws and elbow that misses. Dela Cruz uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Barral's guard. Nice move by Dela Cruz!
Barral keeping full guard, as Dela Cruz tries to pass.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Romulo Barral dominated that round.
The cut man is working on King Dela Cruz's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Dela Cruz misses with an uppercut
and Barral connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dela Cruz bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Barral manages to get back to half guard.
Barral is looking for a sweep. Dela Cruz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dela Cruz sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Barral defending well though.
Dela Cruz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Barral does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dela Cruz is controlling the pace.
Dela Cruz is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Barral doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Dela Cruz.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz is working for a submission of some sort.
Barral trying to hold on to Dela Cruz's head to control him but Dela Cruz postures up.
Dela Cruz trying to advance position but Barral counters by regaining guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Barral holds on and takes a little breather.
Dela Cruz chips away with some ground and pound.
Barral lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dela Cruz!
Barral wants to control the pace but Dela Cruz is squirming around nicely.
Barral sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That has opened up King Dela Cruz's cut even more.
Barral thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Barral working the ground and pound effectively.
The cut above King Dela Cruz's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at King Dela Cruz's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:03 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Romulo Barral!
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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
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