Post by The Sandmen on Sept 29, 2017 9:59:46 GMT -5
Shinya Aoki is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
Dominick Cruz looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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Shinya Aoki and Dominick Cruz touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Aoki is holding Dominick Cruz's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dominick Cruz loses balance and goes to the ground.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Dominick Cruz
Aoki shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Cruz pushes Shinya Aoki forward against his back and breaks the lock!
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Dominick Cruz wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Cruz drills Shinya Aoki's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Dominick Cruz uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Cruz is trying to counter now!
Dominick Cruz tries to better his position on the ground...
Aoki holds Dominick Cruz's head against his chin in the closed guard.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Dominick Cruz uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Cruz is trying to counter now!
Cruz tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Aoki leans and gets Dominick Cruz's arms as he brings him to the ground again.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Aoki tries to move on the ground and shows Dominick Cruz a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Aoki uses his forearms to block the impact!
Cruz misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Shinya Aoki isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Cruz blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Aoki's guard.
Steve Mazzagatti stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Sajik Arena (Busan, South Korea) are cheering for the fighters.
Cruz fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Shinya Aoki didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Cruz is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Shinya Aoki, who is barely covering up!
Aoki's Chin is beginning to swell
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Aoki tries to close his guard around Cruz
He succeeds!
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz delivers a few accurate elbows!
Shinya Aoki blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Dominick Cruz gets sloppy and Shinya Aoki tries to take advantage...
Cruz is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Dominick Cruz uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Dominick Cruz uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Aoki misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cruz tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Dominick Cruz fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to move to full guard
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aoki
Dominick Cruz seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Cruz tries to get a side mount...
Aoki wraps his leg around Dominick Cruz leg and prevents him from moving.
Aoki tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Shinya Aoki tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Sajik Arena (Busan, South Korea) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki loses balance and goes to the ground.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Aoki tries to show some ground skills
Cruz uses his strength to keep Cruz at a disadvantage
Aoki clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
Dominick Cruz looks to pass to mount...
Aoki creates space and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Sajik Arena (Busan, South Korea) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz was tooling Shinya Aoki for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Shinya Aoki lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Dominick Cruz attempts a sweep single...
Dominick Cruz catches Shinya Aoki's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Cruz.
Aoki ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Good looking punches from Dominick Cruz on the ground
deflected by Aoki.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Aoki's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Shinya Aoki holds Dominick Cruz and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Poorly executed technique. Shinya Aoki looks to counter!
Shinya Aoki overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Cruz pulls his arm out of danger.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz tries to escape from closed guard...
Aoki waits for the moment and tries to roll! Too late for Dominick Cruz! He is reversed and nor Shinya Aoki is on half guard!
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Cruz
Dominick Cruz tries to close the guard.
Cruz put Shinya Aoki in closed guard.
Shinya Aoki is in closed guard over Cruz
Aoki struggles on the ground and tries to break Dominick Cruz's guard...
Shinya Aoki is in Cruz open guard now
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Cruz
Aoki moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Cruz is trying to counter now!
Cruz tries to close his guard around Aoki
He succeeds!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki shows great balance while pushing away Dominick Cruz
Dominick Cruz attempts a sweep single...
Dominick Cruz catches Shinya Aoki's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Cruz.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Dominick Cruz was tooling Shinya Aoki for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Shinya Aoki lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Dominick Cruz looks to posture up and open Shinya Aoki's guard...
Dominick Cruz forces Shinya Aoki to open his guard.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Aoki tries to move on the ground and shows Dominick Cruz a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Aoki's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Steve Mazzagatti knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Cruz is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Aoki's Right eye is beginning to swell
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see that!
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Cruz tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aoki
Dominick Cruz pushes Aoki's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Cruz who is in full mount! Aoki is in trouble now!
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Shinya Aoki
Cruz launches a barrage of elbows over Aoki's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Aoki doesn't fight back!
Steve Mazzagatti tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Aoki is holding Dominick Cruz's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dominick Cruz loses balance and goes to the ground.
Cruz's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Dominick Cruz
Aoki tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Aoki climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Aoki is standing while Cruz is on the ground on his back
Shinya Aoki creates space and allows Dominick Cruz to stand up.
Dominick Cruz is on his feet again.
Cruz decides to launch some tentative punches
Dominick Cruz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Aoki's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Dominick Cruz tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Dominick Cruz who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Cruz grapple with Shinya Aoki and tries a Inner leg Sweep
Shinya Aoki falls hard on the mat with Dominick Cruz on top of him
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Dominick Cruz looks to posture up and open Shinya Aoki's guard...
Shinya Aoki has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz tries to escape from closed guard...
Cruz struggles to liberate his leg and jumps to half guard!
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to move to full guard
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to move to full guard
Shinya Aoki manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 1:40 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Dominick Cruz!
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Cruz measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Aoki's side.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Cruz looks to be in very good shape.
Cruz measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Aoki's side.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Shinya Aoki throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Cruz breaks the lock showing some skills...
Aoki clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
Cruz tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Shinya Aoki doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Shinya Aoki isolates Dominick Cruz's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Dominick Cruz is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
Aoki misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cruz measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Aoki's side.
The clock says 2:30 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Shinya Aoki throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Cruz breaks the lock showing some skills...
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Aoki tries to stand up!
Cruz doesn't allow him!
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Dominick Cruz launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Aoki tries to cover his face,
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Shinya Aoki doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Cruz tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki shows great balance while pushing away Dominick Cruz
Cruz misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Aoki wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Shinya Aoki's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Cruz is throwing a flurry of punches!
Aoki ducks under and circles out of the corner.
Cruz looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Shinya Aoki's punches
Both fighters are wildly hitting the air!
The clock says 3:35 in the 2 round
Terrible one sided match... Aoki was not ready to fight a fighter of Dominick Cruz caliber.
Cruz launches a kick
Aoki checks it and keeps distance.
Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki loses balance and goes to the ground.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Cruz launches a barrage of elbows over Aoki's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Aoki doesn't fight back!
Aoki has a small cut in his Right cheek
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Shinya Aoki...
Shinya Aoki takes advantage of his opponent's over commitment and traps him in full guard.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Aoki's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Aoki's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Cruz clumsily fails here and it's time for Shinya Aoki to fight back!
Shinya Aoki overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Cruz pulls his arm out of danger.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Shinya Aoki holds Dominick Cruz and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Cruz misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Aoki switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
Cruz struggles and his head turns red from the choke, but he manages to slip his head of the lock!
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Dominick Cruz tries to bring the fight to the ground
Aoki goes down.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Cruz tries to jump to side mount.
Shinya Aoki closed his guard around Dominick Cruz.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 3
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Dominick Cruz goes with a looping right hand while Shinya Aoki jumps back and jabs
Aoki seems staggered and Dominick Cruz runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Aoki's Mouth is beginning to swell
The clock says 0:20 in the 3 round
Dominick Cruz attempts a sweep single...
Dominick Cruz catches Shinya Aoki's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Cruz.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Dominick Cruz hovers above Aoki
Good punches to Aoki's body.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz is getting frustrated here.
Cruz is trying to counter now!
Cruz use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Sajik Arena (Busan, South Korea) is cheering him!
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
0:48 Round 3 and Cruz is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Dominick Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's head and looking for angles...
Ouch! What a powerful knee by Dominick Cruz! That one hits Dominick Cruz left cheek like a hammer!
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Dominick Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's head and looking for angles...
Ouch! What a powerful knee by Dominick Cruz! That one hits Dominick Cruz left cheek like a hammer!
Aoki's Left cheek is beginning to swell
The clock says 1:10 in the 3 round
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Dominick Cruz storms over Aoki with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Cruz doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Aoki's face with his elbows!
The clock says 1:20 in the 3 round
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Cruz fires a barrage of punches at Aoki's head!
This is bad! Cruz is just pounding on Shinya Aoki's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
There is a small laceration on Shinya Aoki's Chin
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Dominick Cruz looks to pass to mount...
Cruz slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Shinya Aoki.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Dominick Cruz rolls Shinya Aoki to his stomach and takes his back!
Cruz is in rear mount over Aoki
Aoki has given his back to Dominick Cruz who is trying to get one hook in!
Dominick Cruz has one hook in!
Cruz is in rear mount over Aoki with one hook in
Dominick Cruz slides his arm under Shinya Aoki's chin and locks the rear naked choke!
Crippling lock!
You can see the pain reflected in Aoki's eyes...
Cruz is locking that Rear Naked Choke...
Shinya Aoki pulls down on Dominick Cruz's hand and staves off danger
Cruz is in rear mount over Aoki with one hook in
Aoki is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Cruz tries to use some of his tricky moves but Cruz's is smart enough to counter him.
Cruz is in rear mount over Aoki with one hook in
Aoki cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Cruz can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Cruz has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Aoki.
Nicely done! Cruz now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Cruz is in rear mount over Aoki with two hooks in
Cruz delivers a few accurate elbows!
Aoki is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
That punishment by Dominick Cruz has left Aoki staggered! Dominick Cruz should try push forward now and finish this!
Dominick Cruz positions himself and tries to finish this!
Dominick Cruz storms Shinya Aoki's head with a few unblocked hammer fists! Steve Mazzagatti is asking Shinya Aoki to defend himself!
Dominick Cruz turns out the lights for Aoki! What an astonishing KO by Cruz!
Aoki's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Shinya Aoki's Right eye
Winner is Dominick Cruz by KO (GnP) at 2:53 Round 3
Statistics: Shinya Aoki
Punches 3/6 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 8/8 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 564 s
Statistics: Dominick Cruz
Punches 6/12 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/6 (17%)
Takedowns 7/9 (78%)
GnP strikes 39/70 (56%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 573 s
Seems like Aoki stopped caring a little while back. He needs that fire back to get back into the title picture with any degree of serious.
Dominick Cruz looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The bets gives an equal chance to both fighters to score the win today.
The referee of the bout is Steve Mazzagatti.
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Round 1
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Shinya Aoki and Dominick Cruz touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Aoki is holding Dominick Cruz's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dominick Cruz loses balance and goes to the ground.
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Dominick Cruz
Aoki shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Cruz pushes Shinya Aoki forward against his back and breaks the lock!
The clock says 0:30 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Dominick Cruz wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Cruz drills Shinya Aoki's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Dominick Cruz uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Cruz is trying to counter now!
Dominick Cruz tries to better his position on the ground...
Aoki holds Dominick Cruz's head against his chin in the closed guard.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Dominick Cruz uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Cruz is trying to counter now!
Cruz tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Aoki leans and gets Dominick Cruz's arms as he brings him to the ground again.
The clock says 1:00 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Aoki tries to move on the ground and shows Dominick Cruz a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Aoki uses his forearms to block the impact!
Cruz misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Shinya Aoki isolates an arm in a kimura attempt!
Cruz blocks the hold and uses the opportunity to pass Aoki's guard.
Steve Mazzagatti stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Sajik Arena (Busan, South Korea) are cheering for the fighters.
Cruz fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Shinya Aoki didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Cruz is looking to end this fight with strikes
He starts to pound away at Shinya Aoki, who is barely covering up!
Aoki's Chin is beginning to swell
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Aoki tries to close his guard around Cruz
He succeeds!
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz delivers a few accurate elbows!
Shinya Aoki blocks them all showing some great skills here.
Dominick Cruz gets sloppy and Shinya Aoki tries to take advantage...
Cruz is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Dominick Cruz uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Dominick Cruz uses his leg to keep his position on the ground
Aoki misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cruz tries to improve his position on the ground as he sits on his knees and tries to break the closed guard.
Dominick Cruz fakes a few punches and then slips one leg to get the half mount.
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to move to full guard
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aoki
Dominick Cruz seems fresh. He may still have a lot of gas in his tank.
Cruz tries to get a side mount...
Aoki wraps his leg around Dominick Cruz leg and prevents him from moving.
Aoki tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Shinya Aoki tries to close the guard.
Nothing from this effort.
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Sajik Arena (Busan, South Korea) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:15 in the 1 round
Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki loses balance and goes to the ground.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Aoki tries to show some ground skills
Cruz uses his strength to keep Cruz at a disadvantage
Aoki clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
Dominick Cruz looks to pass to mount...
Aoki creates space and scrambles back to his feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Sajik Arena (Busan, South Korea) are cheering for the fighters.
The clock says 2:35 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz was tooling Shinya Aoki for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Shinya Aoki lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Dominick Cruz attempts a sweep single...
Dominick Cruz catches Shinya Aoki's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Cruz.
Aoki ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Good looking punches from Dominick Cruz on the ground
deflected by Aoki.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Aoki's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Shinya Aoki holds Dominick Cruz and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Poorly executed technique. Shinya Aoki looks to counter!
Shinya Aoki overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Cruz pulls his arm out of danger.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz tries to escape from closed guard...
Aoki waits for the moment and tries to roll! Too late for Dominick Cruz! He is reversed and nor Shinya Aoki is on half guard!
Shinya Aoki is in half guard over Cruz
Dominick Cruz tries to close the guard.
Cruz put Shinya Aoki in closed guard.
Shinya Aoki is in closed guard over Cruz
Aoki struggles on the ground and tries to break Dominick Cruz's guard...
Shinya Aoki is in Cruz open guard now
Shinya Aoki is in open guard over Cruz
Aoki moves on the ground..
...he makes no progress.
Cruz is trying to counter now!
Cruz tries to close his guard around Aoki
He succeeds!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki shows great balance while pushing away Dominick Cruz
Dominick Cruz attempts a sweep single...
Dominick Cruz catches Shinya Aoki's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Cruz.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Dominick Cruz was tooling Shinya Aoki for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Shinya Aoki lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
Dominick Cruz looks to posture up and open Shinya Aoki's guard...
Dominick Cruz forces Shinya Aoki to open his guard.
The clock says 4:20 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Aoki tries to move on the ground and shows Dominick Cruz a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
Bang! Aoki's forehead receives a strong elbow that rocks his head against the mat! Steve Mazzagatti knows he may be calling off the fight soon!
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Cruz is moving on the ground...
Ouch! That was a headbutt! Did he do that intentionally?
Aoki's Right eye is beginning to swell
Steve Mazzagatti didn't see that!
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Cruz tries to improve position.
He frees a leg.
The clock says 4:45 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aoki
Dominick Cruz pushes Aoki's leg and tries to move to full mount.
Nice move by Cruz who is in full mount! Aoki is in trouble now!
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Shinya Aoki
Cruz launches a barrage of elbows over Aoki's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Aoki doesn't fight back!
Steve Mazzagatti tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
Close round. It could go to either fighter.
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Round 2
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Aoki is holding Dominick Cruz's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Dominick Cruz loses balance and goes to the ground.
Cruz's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Shinya Aoki is in side mount over Dominick Cruz
Aoki tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Aoki climbs to his feet and is standing now.
Aoki is standing while Cruz is on the ground on his back
Shinya Aoki creates space and allows Dominick Cruz to stand up.
Dominick Cruz is on his feet again.
Cruz decides to launch some tentative punches
Dominick Cruz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Aoki's Chin is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Dominick Cruz tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Great move by Dominick Cruz who pushes his opponent forward with a double underhooks.
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
The fighters are clinching.
Cruz grapple with Shinya Aoki and tries a Inner leg Sweep
Shinya Aoki falls hard on the mat with Dominick Cruz on top of him
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Dominick Cruz looks to posture up and open Shinya Aoki's guard...
Shinya Aoki has a solid guard and keeps his ankles locked.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz tries to escape from closed guard...
Cruz struggles to liberate his leg and jumps to half guard!
The clock says 1:20 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to move to full guard
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in half guard.
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over Aoki
Shinya Aoki attempts to move to full guard
Shinya Aoki manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 1:40 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz is in closed guard... Aoki tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Dominick Cruz!
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Cruz measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Aoki's side.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Cruz looks to be in very good shape.
Cruz measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Aoki's side.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Shinya Aoki throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Cruz breaks the lock showing some skills...
Aoki clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
Cruz tries to move on the ground and escape from the full mount!
Shinya Aoki doesn't want to lose his adventageous position and he struggles to mantain the full mount.
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Shinya Aoki isolates Dominick Cruz's arm and neck looking for an arm triangle
Dominick Cruz is able to relieve the pressure on his neck and slip out of the hold.
Aoki misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Cruz measures the resilience of Aoki's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Aoki's side.
The clock says 2:30 in the 2 round
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Shinya Aoki throws the leg over and rolls it over into an armbar!
Cruz breaks the lock showing some skills...
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Aoki tries to stand up!
Cruz doesn't allow him!
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Dominick Cruz launches a few punches to Aoki's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Aoki tries to cover his face,
Shinya Aoki is in full mount over Dominick Cruz
Shinya Aoki doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He moves fast and now he is standing
Cruz tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki shows great balance while pushing away Dominick Cruz
Cruz misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Aoki wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Shinya Aoki's corner is turning out to be his worst enemy! Cruz is throwing a flurry of punches!
Aoki ducks under and circles out of the corner.
Cruz looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Shinya Aoki's punches
Both fighters are wildly hitting the air!
The clock says 3:35 in the 2 round
Terrible one sided match... Aoki was not ready to fight a fighter of Dominick Cruz caliber.
Cruz launches a kick
Aoki checks it and keeps distance.
Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Shinya Aoki loses balance and goes to the ground.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Cruz launches a barrage of elbows over Aoki's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Aoki doesn't fight back!
Aoki has a small cut in his Right cheek
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Shinya Aoki...
Shinya Aoki takes advantage of his opponent's over commitment and traps him in full guard.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Aoki's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz positions himself for a round of ground and pound and tries to finish the fight with some precise elbows!
Aoki's attempts to cover himself and blocks those elbows.
Cruz clumsily fails here and it's time for Shinya Aoki to fight back!
Shinya Aoki overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Cruz pulls his arm out of danger.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
Shinya Aoki holds Dominick Cruz and prevents him from moving to a better position!
Cruz misses a step and Shinya Aoki sees an opportunity to counter him!
Aoki switches to high guard just before trying to sink a triangle!
Cruz struggles and his head turns red from the choke, but he manages to slip his head of the lock!
The referee decides to stand up the fighters since there was not much action on the ground.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Dominick Cruz tries to bring the fight to the ground
Aoki goes down.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Aoki
Cruz tries to jump to side mount.
Shinya Aoki closed his guard around Dominick Cruz.
The referee separates the fighters as the buzzer sounds.
That round was a toss up.
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Round 3
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Dominick Cruz goes with a looping right hand while Shinya Aoki jumps back and jabs
Aoki seems staggered and Dominick Cruz runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Aoki's Mouth is beginning to swell
The clock says 0:20 in the 3 round
Dominick Cruz attempts a sweep single...
Dominick Cruz catches Shinya Aoki's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by Cruz.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz has a high cardio that helps him make great performances.
Dominick Cruz hovers above Aoki
Good punches to Aoki's body.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over Aoki
Cruz is getting frustrated here.
Cruz is trying to counter now!
Cruz use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Sajik Arena (Busan, South Korea) is cheering him!
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
0:48 Round 3 and Cruz is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Dominick Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's head and looking for angles...
Ouch! What a powerful knee by Dominick Cruz! That one hits Dominick Cruz left cheek like a hammer!
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Dominick Cruz is holding Shinya Aoki's head and looking for angles...
Ouch! What a powerful knee by Dominick Cruz! That one hits Dominick Cruz left cheek like a hammer!
Aoki's Left cheek is beginning to swell
The clock says 1:10 in the 3 round
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Dominick Cruz storms over Aoki with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Cruz doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Aoki's face with his elbows!
The clock says 1:20 in the 3 round
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Cruz fires a barrage of punches at Aoki's head!
This is bad! Cruz is just pounding on Shinya Aoki's head like he's a training dummy! The referee looks on anxiously!
There is a small laceration on Shinya Aoki's Chin
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Shinya Aoki
Dominick Cruz looks to pass to mount...
Cruz slides his knee across and achieves the mount position! Tough spot for Shinya Aoki.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Shinya Aoki
Shinya Aoki tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Dominick Cruz rolls Shinya Aoki to his stomach and takes his back!
Cruz is in rear mount over Aoki
Aoki has given his back to Dominick Cruz who is trying to get one hook in!
Dominick Cruz has one hook in!
Cruz is in rear mount over Aoki with one hook in
Dominick Cruz slides his arm under Shinya Aoki's chin and locks the rear naked choke!
Crippling lock!
You can see the pain reflected in Aoki's eyes...
Cruz is locking that Rear Naked Choke...
Shinya Aoki pulls down on Dominick Cruz's hand and staves off danger
Cruz is in rear mount over Aoki with one hook in
Aoki is trying to escape from the rear mount.
Cruz tries to use some of his tricky moves but Cruz's is smart enough to counter him.
Cruz is in rear mount over Aoki with one hook in
Aoki cornermen are yelling for his man to escape from the ground as Cruz can finish a fight on the ground with some good pounding if you give him the chance.
Cruz has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Aoki.
Nicely done! Cruz now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
Cruz is in rear mount over Aoki with two hooks in
Cruz delivers a few accurate elbows!
Aoki is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
That punishment by Dominick Cruz has left Aoki staggered! Dominick Cruz should try push forward now and finish this!
Dominick Cruz positions himself and tries to finish this!
Dominick Cruz storms Shinya Aoki's head with a few unblocked hammer fists! Steve Mazzagatti is asking Shinya Aoki to defend himself!
Dominick Cruz turns out the lights for Aoki! What an astonishing KO by Cruz!
Aoki's Right eye is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Shinya Aoki's Right eye
Winner is Dominick Cruz by KO (GnP) at 2:53 Round 3
Statistics: Shinya Aoki
Punches 3/6 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 8/8 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 564 s
Statistics: Dominick Cruz
Punches 6/12 (50%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 1/6 (17%)
Takedowns 7/9 (78%)
GnP strikes 39/70 (56%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 573 s
Seems like Aoki stopped caring a little while back. He needs that fire back to get back into the title picture with any degree of serious.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!