Post by The Sandmen on Feb 8, 2014 4:43:01 GMT -5
ManMMA Lightweight Championship
Spencer Fisher looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Dominick Cruz raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Now Spencer Fisher put his title in contention against Cruz.
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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The bell announces the first round!
Dominick Cruz closes the distance with his opponent wanting some action.
Crisp uppercut by Cruz followed by a hard jab
Spencer Fisher stumbles back.
Spencer Fisher tries to show his boxing skills with a one-two combo
Dominick Cruz's knows what to do here and blocks them
Fisher decides to launch some tentative punches
Cruz launches a couple of jabs that are answered by Fisher with a stiff cross! Solid exchange!
Fisher's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Dominick Cruz fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Fisher's chin
The clock says 1:05 in the 1 round
Fisher feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
Fisher goes to the body...
He punishes Cruz's ribs with a couple of hooks.
The clock says 1:30 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz fakes a move and moves laterally.
Dominick Cruz fakes a punch and launches himself over Spencer Fisher
Great move by Cruz who pushes his opponent under a troublesome thai clinch
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Cruz struggles and launches a few punches to Fisher's head
Those punches are hitting! Fisher covers his head!
Fisher's Mouth is bruised after the punishement he's received!
There is a small laceration on Spencer Fisher's Mouth
The fighters are clinching.
Cruz struggles and launches a few punches to Fisher's head
Those punches are hitting! Fisher covers his head!
There is a small laceration on Spencer Fisher's Left cheek
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Cruz struggles and launches a few punches to Fisher's head
Nothing from this... Dominick Cruz seems frustrated.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Fisher is launching some bone breaking punches to Cruz's ribs while in the clinch.
Wow. You can see the pain in Dominick Cruz's eyes.
Cruz ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
The fighters are clinching.
Spencer Fisher slightly pushes Cruz into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
The referee intervenes to break the clinch.
The clock says 2:30 in the 1 round
Cruz looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Spencer Fisher's punches
Cruz measures the resilience of Fisher's chin with an uppercut while Fisher lands some great crosses.
The clock says 2:40 in the 1 round
A shot seen throughout the arena!
Timely defense by Cruz.
Dominick Cruz leans forwards and tries to grapple with Fisher
Cruz shows his clinching skills. Both fighters are clinching now.
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Spencer Fisher's prefered weapon is his fearsome clinch strikes. Cruz's need to think if he has the right gameplan if he thought to exchange there.
Fisher pushes off of Dominick Cruz and starts launching a flurry of hooks and body shots!
Cruz stumbles backwards but Spencer Fisher chases him and continues the rain of blows!
The fighters are clinching.
Dominick Cruz pushes away Fisher trying to keep the fight at striking range
Fisher doesn't want to break the clinch as he still is grappling with Dominick Cruz
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
Cruz doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Spencer Fisher embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from Cruz who put distance between them
Cruz decides to launch some tentative punches
Dominick Cruz takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Fisher's Right eye is beginning to swell
The clock says 3:35 in the 1 round
Nice punch by Spencer Fisher
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
Fisher leads with a punch
Dominick Cruz avoids it and lands flush with a counter uppercut!
Dominick Cruz launches a low kick
that gets blocked quickly.
Cruz clumsily fails here and it's time for Spencer Fisher to fight back!
Spencer Fisher tries a nice one-two combination
that gets blocked.
Spencer Fisher throws an uppercut
that lands solidly.
Cruz's Forehead is bruised after the punishement he's received!
Not a desiderable position that Cruz is in now. Spencer Fisher is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Nice punch by Spencer Fisher
who outboxes his opponent in this exchange.
A left hook from Fisher
grazes the chin of Cruz.
Some nice shots from Spencer Fisher
miss their mark.
Fisher misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Dominick Cruz fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
Fisher blocks that. He made it look easy!
A wicked punch by Dominick Cruz
goes awry.
Fisher 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 steps backwards away from Spencer Fisher. He seems to be cooling down the fight a bit.
Steve Mazzagatti separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
Cruz is the winner of this round.
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Round 2
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Cruz moves backwards and Spencer Fisher is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
Dominick Cruz attempts to cut off Fisher with punches
Fisher avoids getting cornered.
Dominick Cruz gets sloppy and Spencer Fisher tries to take advantage...
Spencer Fisher charges at Cruz throwing flurries left and right.
Dominick Cruz gets out of the way.
The clock says 0:30 in the 2 round
Fisher looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Dominick Cruz's punches
Both fighters are wildly hitting the air!
Dominick Cruz goes with a looping right hand while Spencer Fisher jumps back and jabs
That one hits but Fisher seems unaffected, countering with a few punches of his own. Great exchange here.
The clock says 0:55 in the 2 round
Cruz launches a kick
Fisher checks it and keeps distance.
Fisher clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
Dominick Cruz jabs at Fisher
to no visible effect.
The clock says 1:05 in the 2 round
The two exchange wildly
Cruz is connecting with a few punches
Spencer Fisher and Cruz engage in a wild exchange of punches!
Spencer Fisher is getting the best of the exchange as he lands a few blows.
Fisher throws a hook
that hits its mark.
Cruz's Left cheek is beginning to swell
Fisher feints and moves forward to hit with a hook
what a crushing shot!
Steve Mazzagatti has seen enough! The fight is over! Cruz was not intelligently defending himself!
Winner is Spencer Fisher by TKO (Uppercut) at 1:41 Round 2
Statistics: Spencer Fisher
Punches 18/41 (44%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 7/9 (78%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Statistics: Dominick Cruz
Punches 16/29 (55%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 4/9 (44%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/0 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 1/1 (100%)
Time on the ground 0 s
Spencer Fisher defends the Lightweight title!
Cruz found an apparent weakness in Fisher's rock-solid game. He had a lot of success with the clinch strikes, but once they separated, Fisher shredded him at the distance striking.
lol Cruz already beat Penn this season... the only guys Cruz sweats in the division are Sanchez, Fisher & Benson still, to an extent... Otherwise, Cruz is a top 5 guy in this league.
It didn't end in 30 seconds... lol
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!