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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darko Zaleski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Domanick Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Show Goes On - Lupe Fiasco kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Domanick Cruz will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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183 lbs
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170 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Intelligent |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Darko Zaleski!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Domanick Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Fedor Mirinova and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fighters circling - Zaleski throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Zaleski throws a leg kick
and Cruz counters with a head kick.
Zaleski pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Zaleski misses the shot to the body.
Cruz scores with a three punch combo!
A jab from Zaleski misses.
Cruz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Zaleski napping and manages to drive through into side control!
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Zaleski is looking to reverse the position.
Zaleski manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Zaleski trying to control but Cruz postures up.
Cruz tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaleski trying to control from the bottom.
Zaleski gets full guard.
Zaleski has control of Cruz's left arm, preventing Cruz from doing any damage.
Cruz tries to stand but Zaleski is controlling from the bottom.
Zaleski managing to control the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
A punch combination from Cruz misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Zaleski buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown but Zaleski shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Sloppy strikes from Cruz. Those never looked like landing.
Zaleski has managed to clinch.
Cruz is trying to force a seperation but Zaleski has the dominant position.
Cruz is trying to break the clinch but Zaleski is controlling him.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cruz wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Zaleski wants to take the fight to the mat but Cruz manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Cruz wants to break free but Zaleski has control.
Zaleski pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head kick misses from Cruz.
Zaleski throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cruz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cruz moves away from the strike by Zaleski.
Cruz misses with a few strikes there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Zaleski looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cruz scores with a head kick. Zaleski tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Zaleski fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cruz to the ground. Zaleski is now in Cruz's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz wants to stand up but Zaleski is controlling him.
Cruz looks gassed!
Zaleski landing with the ground and pound.
Zaleski lands a couple of digs.
Zaleski with a nice head shot there.
Zaleski content to stall in guard here.
Zaleski is working Cruz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Cruz looking to control.
Zaleski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Zaleski is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Zaleski's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Zaleski throws a big right hand that misses.
Zaleski trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Cruz is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Zaleski is controlling him.
Zaleski connects with a couple of short punches.
Cruz is trying to control the position but Zaleski postures up.
Zaleski is working Cruz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Zaleski tries to free his leg and advance position but Cruz is retaining full guard.
Cruz trying to control the position.
Zaleski has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Zaleski connects with a couple of short punches.
Zaleski stays in close to Cruz's body and controls the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Zaleski won't allow Cruz to get back to his feet.
Zaleski stands up over Cruz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zaleski is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Darko Zaleski dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Zaleski will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cruz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Zaleski throws a push kick but Cruz slaps the foot to one side.
Cruz pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Zaleski back to the cage. Cruz follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Left hook, right uppercut from Cruz.
Cruz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Zaleski shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Cruz is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Zaleski avoids the attempt from Cruz to control.
Zaleski trying to control but Cruz is having none of it.
Zaleski cracks Cruz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Zaleski lands a nice shot to the head.
Cruz is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zaleski landing strikes from the mount and Cruz is in trouble!
Cruz is still in real trouble! Can Zaleski finish him?
Zaleski lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cruz hang on?
Zaleski pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cruz takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Zaleski's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darko Zaleski!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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