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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Juanito De La Cruz (ranked 432 p4p, 755 weight class) and Wa Hoo (ranked 53 p4p, 76 weight class). Hoo is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond. Juanito De La Cruz is staring across the ring at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Juanito De La Cruz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Wa Hoo!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Taro Takaoka and Shigeki Fujiwara.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Cruz connects with a nice looking jab.
De La Cruz misses with a hook
and Hoo counters with an inside leg kick.
De La Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
Hoo misses the shot to the body.
Hoo takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hoo throws a low kick, looking for De La Cruz's leg but De La Cruz calmly moves out of range.
De La Cruz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Hoo on the side of the head.
The fighters circle momentarily. De La Cruz darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Hoo gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hoo controlling the position from side mount.
Hoo is chipping away with strikes.
Hoo working the ground and pound but De La Cruz is defending the strikes.
Hoo taking a breather here.
The ground and pound from Hoo seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hoo in side control, throwing shots but De La Cruz defends.
De La Cruz's coaches at The Death Star have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Hoo working the ground and pound but De La Cruz is defending the strikes.
Hoo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hoo wants to lay and pray for a moment but De La Cruz keeps working.
De La Cruz takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Hoo cracks De La Cruz with a big elbow.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Hoo just content to control the position.
Hoo trying to control the position but De La Cruz is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hoo working the head and body with strikes.
De La Cruz parries the strikes from Hoo easily there. Hoo is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable De La Cruz to escape.
Hoo working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
De La Cruz tries to buck Hoo off but Hoo is having none of it.
Hoo trying to control the action but De La Cruz is working from the bottom.
Hoo landing strikes.
Hoo is looking to take a break and control but De La Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hoo throwing strikes but De La Cruz manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hoo tries to improve position but can't.
Hoo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
De La Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hoo.
De La Cruz won't allow Hoo to pass to mount.
Hoo is looking to take a break and control but De La Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hoo thows a huge punch but De La Cruz dodges it nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hoo trying to control the action but De La Cruz is working from the bottom.
De La Cruz is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hoo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Hoo trying to control from half guard but De La Cruz is working away.
Hoo missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Hoo is looking to take a break and control but De La Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hoo is pressing down on De La Cruz's thigh, looking to free his foot. De La Cruz is holding on for now.
Hoo 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.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz is refusing to be controlled, as Hoo sits in half guard.
De La Cruz works his way to full guard. Good work.
De La Cruz working a defensive guard here.
Hoo with a flurry of punches that miss.
Hoo postures up in De La Cruz's guard and throws a big left but De La Cruz blocks it.
Hoo slips nicely into half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Hoo passes to side control.
Hoo working the ground and pound.
Hoo thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Hoo wants to control but De La Cruz is keeping him busy.
De La Cruz avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hoo.
Hoo in side control, throwing shots but De La Cruz defends.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hoo.
De La Cruz tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Hoo throws a strike aimed at the side of De La Cruz's head but De La Cruz avoids it well.
Hoo postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Juanito De La Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Hoo has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hoo scoring with punches and elbows.
Hoo is looking to take a break and control but De La Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Hoo working the ground and pound.
Hoo is working De La Cruz over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hoo goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, De La Cruz has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Hoo but great work by De La Cruz.
Hoo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hoo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
It looks like Hoo 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.
Hoo not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Wa Hoo is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
De La Cruz is looking to control Hoo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can De La Cruz avoid being mounted?
Hoo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but De La Cruz does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
De La Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Hoo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hoo is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so De La Cruz is just riding it out for now. Hoo eventually gives up the hold.
Hoo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hoo trying to control from half guard but De La Cruz is working away.
Hoo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Hoo prevents De La Cruz from improving his position.
Hoo working De La Cruz over with strikes.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hoo works his way into side control.
Hoo just content to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wa Hoo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Hoo 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight for Wa Hoo!
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight for Wa Hoo!
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight for Wa Hoo!
Wa Hoo wins by unanimous decision!
Wa Hoo is the new featherweight champion!
Wa Hoo thanked the fans post fight for their support.
In defeat, Juanito De La Cruz stepped up to the mic, saying 'Ayayay!'.
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