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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Damn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Damn comes into the arena with bleezeboss blaring out of the sound system. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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130 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jack Damn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Juan Dela Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Damn tries to clinch but Dela Cruz moves away
and Dela Cruz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Damn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dela Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Damn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Dela Cruz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Damn lands a nice elbow.
Dela Cruz is trying to maintain a safe position but Damn gets an underhook and turns Dela Cruz into the cage.
Damn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz goes for a takedown in the clinch but Damn prevents it.
Damn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dela Cruz's defenses.
Dela Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Damn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dela Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Damn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Dela Cruz pulls guard.
Dela Cruz escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Damn gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Damn stands up and waves to Dela Cruz to follow him.
Jack Damn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dela Cruz looks gassed!
Damn has closed the distance and engaged Dela Cruz in a clinch.
Damn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Damn is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Damn lands an elbow just above Dela Cruz 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Damn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Damn lands an elbow inside.
Damn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Damn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Damn lands a damaging elbow.
Damn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Knees to the body from Damn.
Dela Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Damn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Damn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dela Cruz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Damn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Dela Cruz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Damn gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Jack Damn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but Damn avoids the damage to the body.
Damn lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Damn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dela Cruz is defending well for now.
Damn missing with knees to the body.
Damn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dela Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Damn lands an elbow that stopped Dela Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
Damn lands an elbow inside that Dela Cruz shrugs off.
Damn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Damn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dela Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Damn trying to land knees to the body.
Damn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
That's two 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.
Damn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Damn scores a nice knee to the body.
Damn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dela Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Damn.
Dela Cruz pulls guard.
Dela Cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
Dela Cruz is looking to stand up but Damn isn't so interested in that idea.
Dela Cruz is working an open guard so Damn takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Damn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dela Cruz counters with a two punch combo.
Dela Cruz forces Damn back against the cage and clinches.
Dela Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Knees in the clinch landing for Damn.
Damn misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Damn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dela Cruz's brow.
Dela Cruz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Damn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Dela Cruz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Damn scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Damn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Damn looking to throw knees to the head but Dela Cruz is blocking nicely.
Damn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dela Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Damn working Dela Cruz over with knees to the body.
Damn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Damn misses with an elbow over the top.
Damn misses with a knee to the head.
Dela Cruz managing to block the knees to the body from Damn.
Dela Cruz is trying to break free.
Dela Cruz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Damn pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Damn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dela Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Nice elbow from Damn.
Damn landing knees to the body.
Dela Cruz tries to circle away but Damn has him pinned against the cage.
Dela Cruz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Damn pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Damn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dela Cruz avoids it.
Damn creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Damn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dela Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Dela Cruz blocks the elbow strike.
Dela Cruz drops down looking for an ankle pick but Damn pulls his leg out and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Damn closes the distance and clinches.
Damn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dela Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Dela Cruz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Damn is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dela Cruz is defending well for now.
Dela Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Damn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dela Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Dela Cruz pulls guard effortlessly.
Dela Cruz is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Damn gets to his feet - Dela Cruz follows without any prompting.
Damn misses with an uppercut
and Dela Cruz counters with a series of strikes. Damn will be more careful next time no doubt.
Damn has Dela Cruz up against the cage in a clinch.
Damn misses with an elbow over the top.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Damn dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
A head kick by Damn misses
and Dela Cruz counters with a series of strikes. Damn will be more careful next time no doubt.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Dela Cruz is defended easily by Damn.
Damn throws a poor cross that misses
letting Dela Cruz counter with a right hand.
Dela Cruz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Damn explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Damn moves in looking to clinch but Dela Cruz pushes him off.
Damn gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Damn crunches a lovely knee into Dela Cruz's ribcage.
Dela Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Damn lands an elbow that stopped Dela Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
Damn pushes off an throws an elbow but Dela Cruz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dela Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Damn throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dela Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Dela Cruz tries for a takedown. No joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Damn misses with an elbow strike.
Damn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Dela Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz gets control of Damn's arms and successfully pulls guard. Dela Cruz will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Damn stands up from Dela Cruz's guard - Damn perhaps looking for a knockout.
Dela Cruz shoots in for a double leg but Damn sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jack Damn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Dela Cruz.
Damn throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Dela Cruz counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Dela Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Damn.
Damn tries to land a knee to the head but Dela Cruz blocks with his arms.
Damn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Damn lands a good knee to the midsection. Dela Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
Dela Cruz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Damn smiles and moves away.
Damn wants to clinch.
Dela Cruz clinches.
Damn unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dela Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Damn lands an elbow that stopped Dela Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
Damn gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Damn lands a damaging elbow.
Damn misses with an elbow over the top.
Damn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dela Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Damn throws an elbow but misses.
Dela Cruz avoids the elbow strike from Damn, against the cage.
Damn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damn misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dela Cruz.
Damn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Damn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Damn missing with knees to the body.
Damn misses with a knee strike.
Damn throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Damn throws an elbow but misses.
Dela Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Damn lands a good knee to the midsection. Dela Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
Damn looking to throw knees to the head but Dela Cruz is blocking nicely.
Dela Cruz fails to pull guard.
Dela Cruz avoids a wild elbow strike from Damn.
Damn with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Damn closes the distance and pushes Dela Cruz back into the cage.
Dela Cruz blocks the elbow strike.
Dela Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dela Cruz dodges an elbow strike from Damn.
Damn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Damn throws an elbow but it misses.
Dela Cruz is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Damn misses with an elbow strike.
Damn comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Dela Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Damn.
Damn prevents Dela Cruz from breaking the clinch.
Dela Cruz avoiding damage as Damn throws knees to the body.
Dela Cruz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Damn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Dela Cruz tries to pull guard but Damn won't allow it.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Damn just misses with a elbow thrown towards Dela Cruz's brow.
Dela Cruz goes for a takedown attempt but Damn pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Jack Damn is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Damn throws a head kick that misses
and Dela Cruz moves into the clinch.
Damn misses with a knee to the head.
Damn tries a knee to the head but Dela Cruz blocks it.
Dela Cruz takes an elbow to the temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dela Cruz wants to control but Damn is keeping him busy.
Dela Cruz seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Dela Cruz stalling away here and it's allowed Damn to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Damn pushes Dela Cruz off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Juan Dela Cruz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
Damn misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dela Cruz fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
A nice leg kick lands there from Dela Cruz.
Damn tries to clinch but Dela Cruz is having none of it.
Damn tries to close the distance and clinch but Dela Cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Damn looks to clinch
and Dela Cruz counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Dela Cruz.
Damn pushes off an throws an elbow but Dela Cruz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Damn lands an elbow that stopped Dela Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
Damn pushes off an throws an elbow but Dela Cruz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Dela Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Damn throws an elbow but it misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Damn throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dela Cruz takes an elbow to the temple.
Dela Cruz avoids the elbow strike from Damn, against the cage.
Damn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dela Cruz's defenses.
Dela Cruz takes a knee right on the jaw!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Damn working Dela Cruz over with knees to the body.
Dela Cruz blocks the elbow strike.
Damn lands a nice elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz dodges an elbow strike from Damn.
Dela Cruz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dela Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Damn.
Dela Cruz blocks the elbow strike.
Dela Cruz fails to pull guard.
Jack Damn has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dela Cruz tries to stall but Damn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Dela Cruz takes a knee to the side of the body.
Damn tries to land knees in the clinch but Dela Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
Dela Cruz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Damn is keeping busy.
Damn has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Damn landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Damn tries to land knees in the clinch but Dela Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
Damn looking to throw knees to the head but Dela Cruz is blocking nicely.
Dela Cruz looking to slow down the pace here.
Damn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Dela Cruz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Jack Damn has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Dela Cruz.
Damn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Damn working Dela Cruz over with knees to the body.
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.
Dela Cruz has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Damn using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dela Cruz has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dela Cruz avoids the elbow strike from Damn, against the cage.
Dela Cruz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Dela Cruz connects with a knee to the head.
Dela Cruz avoids a wild elbow strike from Damn.
Damn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Damn tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Damn creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Dela Cruz's defenses.
Damn tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dela Cruz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Dela Cruz jumps guard but Damn stands there with Dela Cruz around his waist. Dela Cruz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Damn pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Damn throws a knee to the head but misses.
Dela Cruz dodges an elbow strike from Damn.
Damn misses with an elbow over the top.
Damn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dela Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Damn tries a knee to the head but Dela Cruz blocks it.
Damn utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Damn lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Damn tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dela Cruz avoids it.
Damn tries a knee to the head but Dela Cruz blocks it.
Damn landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Damn with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Damn lands an elbow inside.
Damn throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Dela Cruz avoids the elbow strike from Damn, against the cage.
Dela Cruz avoids the elbow strike from Damn, against the cage.
Damn throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Damn takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dela Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Dela Cruz blocks the elbow strike.
Dela Cruz can't break the clinch.
Damn looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A short right from Dela Cruz on the inside.
Nice elbow from Damn.
Damn trying to land knees to the body.
Dela Cruz works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Damn pushes Dela Cruz off and scrambles back to his feet.
Damn throws a lazy head kick
and Dela Cruz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Damn thinking.
Damn tries to clinch
and Dela Cruz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Damn won't be happy with that.
Dela Cruz tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Dela Cruz tries to get to his feet but Damn is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Dela Cruz in his guard.
Dela Cruz must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Damn keeping moving, preventing Dela Cruz from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Juan Dela Cruz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Dela Cruz has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 28:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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