Henderson vs. Cruz

[The Sandmen]

Benson Henderson glares at his opponent from the opposite corner.
Dominick Cruz looks very relaxed.
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 Josh Rosenthal.

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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.


Cruz begins to launch a barrage of punches over Benson
this is getting worse and worse for Benson


Inside leg kick from Benson
that goes awry.
Cruz tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Bone shattering straight right hand from Dominick Cruz!
Benson is going to have a big headache after that blow!


A wicked punch by Dominick Cruz
rocks Benson!
There is a small laceration on Benson Henderson's Right cheek


Pulverizing punch to Benson's head!
Ouch, that had to hurt!


Dominick Cruz has found an opening in the defense of Benson, launching a big hook
Bang! That could break Benson's ribs.


Cruz looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Benson Henderson's punches
Cruz is on the receiving end of a great combo by Benson.


You can hear the excitement from the crowd. Dominick Cruz can end the fight with his ground and pound.
Cruz launches a furious hook!
That hits Benson's chin like a wrecking ball! Benson loses balance and goes to the mat.


The clock says 1:15 in the 1 round
Cruz is standing while Benson is on the ground on his back
Benson Henderson kicks his legs trying to keep Dominick Cruz away.
No damage done by those kicks.


Cruz is standing while Benson is on the ground on his back
Cruz decides to go after his opponent and jumps inside Benson's guard.
Benson did not see that coming! Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Benson now.


Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Benson
Dominick Cruz wants to finish his opponent on the ground
Cruz drills Benson Henderson's face with a huge right hand! What an impact!


The clock says 1:50 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over Benson
Cruz tries to move to full mount
Cruz succeeds


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Benson Henderson tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Dominick Cruz rolls Benson Henderson to his stomach and takes his back!


Cruz is in rear mount over Benson
Cruz tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for Benson! Cruz has one hook in and keeps working!


Cruz is in rear mount over Benson with one hook in
Cruz has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for Benson.
Nicely done! Cruz now has two hooks in! The end may be near!


Cruz is in rear mount over Benson with two hooks in
Cruz is in rear mount with two hooks in! He is working on a desperate Benson, who tries to defend himself and escape from that position.
Cruz moves looking to sink a rear naked choke and finish this.


Cruz is in rear mount over Benson with two hooks in
Cruz tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for Benson!
Benson adopts the turtle defense and Cruz is ready to make his way to the victory with a round of punches!


Cruz is in rear mount over Benson with two hooks in
Dominick Cruz isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
That Armbar from Dominick Cruz appears to be unbreakable
Benson locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Dominick Cruz unil he can pull his arm free! Cruz lost his dominant position.


Benson Henderson is in closed guard over Cruz
Cruz is a savvy submission specialist. It's an honor just to watch him work on the ground.
Benson is in closed guard... Cruz tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Benson Henderson!


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Cruz tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Dominick Cruz controls the situation despite Benson Henderson efforts for escaping from the full mount.


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Dominick Cruz takes a deep breath as he passes his arm over Benson Henderson shoulder and pushes his left arm againts the mat!
You can see the pain reflected in Benson's eyes...
That Americana looks tight...
Benson Henderson breaks that americana attempt!


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Benson measures the resilience of Cruz's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Cruz blocks the hits as he works on the ground.


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Dominick Cruz storms over Benson with a biblical punishment in the form of elbows!
Cruz doesn't stop and viciously hits again and again Benson's face with his elbows!
There is a small laceration on Benson Henderson's Mouth


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Benson Henderson tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz keeps good control and remains in full mount.


Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Benson Henderson
Benson Henderson tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz rolls him over and takes his back!


Cruz is in rear mount over Benson
Benson Henderson launches a few punches to Cruz's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Benson misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Benson 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 Benson with one hook in
Cruz launches a barrage of elbows over Benson's face!
Those elbows may finish the fight soon if Benson doesn't fight back!
There is a small laceration on Benson Henderson's Right cheek


Cruz is in rear mount over Benson with one hook in
Cruz delivers a few accurate elbows!
Benson is being hit hard and trys to escape! He has to give his back!
Benson's Nose is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Benson Henderson's Nose
That punishment by Dominick Cruz has left Benson staggered! Dominick Cruz should try push forward now and finish this!


Cruz is in rear mount over Benson with two hooks in
Dominick Cruz positions himself and tries to finish this!
Dominick Cruz storms Benson Henderson's head with a few unblocked hammer fists! Josh Rosenthal is asking Benson Henderson to defend himself!
This is over! That impact from Dominick Cruz has left Benson laying flat on the mat!
Benson's Left eye is beginning to swell
There is a small laceration on Benson Henderson's Left eye

Winner is Dominick Cruz by KO (GnP) at 4:48 Round 1

Statistics: Benson Henderson
Punches 3/4 (75%)
Kicks 0/1 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 0/5 (0%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 213 s

Statistics: Dominick Cruz
Punches 9/12 (75%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 14/21 (67%)
Submissions 2/2 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 195 s


After Cruz's upgrades, this was a no-brainer. Kinda dull, really. Meh well, opens the door to Faber-Cruz/Bulldozers-PHX trash talk, for talks that will talk, but fights that will never materialize I guess.

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Faber-Cruz Coleman-Lesnar MAKE IT HAPPEN

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Oct 14, 2014 19:11:26 GMT -5 @kadri43 said:

Faber-Cruz Coleman-Lesnar MAKE IT HAPPEN

No point now... lol Looks as though Brock's going to get his title shot anyways.

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Faber - Cruz MAKE IT HAPPEN

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Again... no point. lol

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There's a point. Faber wants a title match.

[The Sandmen]

Had you previously agreed to Brock-Coleman, he would have accepted Faber-Cruz. You brought this on yourself and now ManMMA cannot have nice things, like super-exciting match-ups. Screw you all!

[xx - Team GAP]

screw you Sandmen

[The Sandmen]

I "screw youed" you first!

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Oct 15, 2014 1:29:14 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Had you previously agreed to Brock-Coleman, he would have accepted Faber-Cruz. You brought this on yourself and now ManMMA cannot have nice things, like super-exciting match-ups. Screw you all!

He wanted me to give up Coleman's title match and my next title match for his next title match. So he wanted me to give up two title matches that are mine for one of his. That's why I didn't accept.

[xx - Former Phoenix Fight Club]

Oct 15, 2014 13:57:06 GMT -5 @kadri43 said:

Oct 15, 2014 1:29:14 GMT -5 The Sandmen said:

Had you previously agreed to Brock-Coleman, he would have accepted Faber-Cruz. You brought this on yourself and now ManMMA cannot have nice things, like super-exciting match-ups. Screw you all!

He wanted me to give up Coleman's title match and my next title match for his next title match. So he wanted me to give up two title matches that are mine for one of his. That's why I didn't accept.

No I didn't... what I said was that I'd specifically put up my next HW shot since we already knew that your next shot was an HW shot.... but you, being the greedy little bitch you are, wanted me to put up any subsequent title shot I might get. That's what I refused to do bud. It was only by the time 238 was posted, and predicted on, that you decided to recant and make it HW shot for HW shot... but by then, Lesnar had been put into a tournament and I liked my chances in the field... and rather than waste more time with Sandman having to change the card, when there was no absolute guarantee of Cruz's victory over Benson. Cuz if I had accepted, and Cruz lost... then we'd have had no bet and I would've lost out on 2 title shots instead of just one.

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ME: As I said Coleman and Lesnar will fight and the winning team gets the other person's next title match. Now since I want your next title match in total and not just your next HW fight then I will exclude Coleman's title fight so that you will have a shot a any of my next title fights. So either next HW title fight + 5 points (including Coleman) or next title fight (excluding Coleman).

KRUZE: No, you won't be excluding Coleman... and I won't be extending you the 'courtesy' if giving you anything but what I'm being given. The idea behind this was to: 1) see the title fight that should've happened and 2) determine the true no.1 contender. As I said, I'm not letting you weasel you way into a 2nd title fight while at the same time putting myself in the same situation I'm currently in for nothing, which you even said yourself was stupid, so why would you even think I'd do it again? Get real dude.Now, as for your terms, they're ridiculous... if you want, you can put up you next title shot including Coleman's contendership in lieu of me offering up my next title shot. That way it's fair. Whoever wins gets the contendership and the losers next title shot.

ME: Whoah you won't get two shots if you win. It's you get Coleman's spot (my next title shot) if you win and I get your next title shot if I win.

KRUZE: But your way, you get the Coleman title shot AND mine if you win.... that's effectively 2 title shots as well. So take your "Whoah" and cram it. All that should be up for grabs is the contendership... you wanna see the fight; I wanna see the fight. Adding more to it just adds complication and it seems the only way you'll do anything is if you're fucking me over in the process and asking me to do the very thing you deemed as 'stupid' before, yourself. So again I ask, why the fuck would I do that?

ME: The contendership is already mine you're the one complicating it.

KRUZE: Not really. Technically Brock could/should be champion right now, not Overeem. You know Brock is just as much a no.1 contender as Coleman right now or you wouldn't even be entertaining this at all. That's actually the truth.

ME: If I don't do this Coleman will be fighting no matter what. So it's my contender ship that you're fighting for. Lets put it in a different form. Say we're playing monopoly and we both have a light blue land and I land on the last light blue land. You say you want it so I say well Rock Paper Scissors for it. If I win I get you're blue if you win you get the blue you wanted not both.

KRUZE: Exactly... you're asking for the monopoly but if I win, I only the one property not the monopoly. The winner should get the monopoly regardless. That's what I'm saying.

ME: But then I'm giving up more than you so how is that fair?

KRUZE: Yet going ahead and asking me to give up more than you are is perfectly fair? I don't think so Tim.

ME: I'm saying my next title fight for your next title fight. What's so unfair about that?

KRUZE: Because you effectively get two cuz you're putting Coleman's on the line, placing it in limbo, then on top of that, you want another one.

ME: I'm not puttin Coleman's anywhere. It is my next title match for your next title match.

KRUZE: Greedy fucker.... no.

ME: How is it greedy???? Coleman's fight is already mine. Why would I give up two fights for one?? You get one fight if you win you lose one fight if you lose it's as simple as that.

KRUZE: No... it's not that simple. I've already lost 1 title shot... I lose this one, that's 2 in a row. We've already established that Coleman is a HW... Your next title shot is at HW, therefore making your claim that you should get any one of my next title shots is complete and utter bullshit. HW shot for HW shot is the fairest way. It's honestly not my problem that you want to extend it and try to screw me over. That's on you. Why should have to put up more than what you're offering me. It makes absolutely zero sense.

ME: You know what fine but I want to get points in this deal. So you wanna add two points in?? If you win you get the title shot and two points from me, if I win I get your next HW and two points from you.

And he ever responded after that.

[xx - Team GAP]

I'm not reading that.

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Lol

[The Rocketmen]

I thought the same, GAP. Looks like days of back and forth ne yew