Post by The Sandman on Nov 9, 2021 17:12:28 GMT -5
Dominick Cruz looks like he has been waiting for this fight forever.
Alexander Volkanovski is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The Vulcan is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Dominick Cruz attempts a sweep single...
Dominick Cruz catches Alexander Volkanovski's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by The Denominator.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over The Vulcan
The Denominator struggles on the ground and tries to break Alexander Volkanovski's guard...
Dominick Cruz is in The Vulcan open guard now
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan breaths deeply while on the ground
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
0:46 Round 1 and The Denominator is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
The Denominator tries to move to full mount
The Denominator succeeds
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
The Denominator shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Alexander Volkanovski tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz rolls him over and takes his back!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan
The Vulcan has The Denominator controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
The Denominator is unable to move under The Vulcan control.
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan
The Vulcan is taking this opportunity to rest.
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan
The Vulcan has given his back to Dominick Cruz who is trying to get one hook in!
Dominick Cruz has one hook in!
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with one hook in
The Vulcan has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Alexander Volkanovski uses his ground skills to free one of his legs while working on the ground.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Alexander Volkanovski. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The Vulcan and The Denominator circle around the center of the cage.
1:56 Round 1 and The Vulcan is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
The Vulcan showing excellent timing, blasts Dominick Cruz with a right hand.
The Denominator steps backwards and the punch goes wide.
The Denominator fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Alexander Volkanovski didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
Deep breaths from Alexander Volkanovski who tries a hammer punch to The Denominator's ribs.
The Denominator blocks those punches
Alexander Volkanovski gets sloppy and Dominick Cruz tries to take advantage...
The Denominator moves on the ground
The Denominator cannot take advantage in the ground
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan measures the resilience of The Denominator's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
The Denominator blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The Denominator tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
The Denominator moves on the ground
Dominick Cruz moves to side mount
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Alexander Volkanovski...
Dominick Cruz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz sits high on Alexander Volkanovski's chest and pulls his leg underneath The Vulcan's head. There's the triangle attempt!
The Vulcan tries to roll out. He's too quick for Dominick Cruz and manages to slip out! That was a risky move by The Denominator and it cost him top position.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in closed guard over The Denominator
The Vulcan is in closed guard... The Denominator tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski!
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
The Denominator tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
The Vulcan struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Poorly executed technique. Alexander Volkanovski looks to counter!
Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches to The Denominator's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
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.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
A high kick from Dominick Cruz
glances off The Vulcan.
Tremendous strikes from The Denominator!
Some big punches are landing!
The Denominator launches a kick
The Vulcan checks it and keeps distance.
The Vulcan clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
The Denominator launches a flurry of punches
but only manages to land glancing blows.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Alexander Volkanovski is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The Denominator moves forward looking for some action
He surprises The Vulcan with a double overhooks!
The Vulcan looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Dominick Cruz's punches
The Vulcan is on the receiving end of a great combo by The Denominator.
Alexander Volkanovski fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Alexander Volkanovski tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Dominick Cruz swings and The Vulcan has to retreat
Dominick Cruz takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Dominick Cruz was tooling Alexander Volkanovski for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Alexander Volkanovski lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The Vulcan moves backwards and Dominick Cruz is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
Mario Yamasaki tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for The Denominator.
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Round 2
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Dominick Cruz tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
The Vulcan is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan measures the resilience of The Denominator's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in The Denominator's side.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches to The Denominator's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The Vulcan clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
Dominick Cruz pushes Alexander Volkanovski against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
The Denominator jumps and tries to free his leg! The Vulcan doesn't allow this but Dominick Cruz is able to get half guard here.
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over The Vulcan
Dominick Cruz tries a kimura
The Vulcan breaks the lock.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski attempts to trap Dominick Cruz in his guard.
Dominick Cruz keeps control and remains in side mount.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski attempts to trap Dominick Cruz in his guard.
Dominick Cruz keeps control and remains in side mount.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Alexander Volkanovski...
Dominick Cruz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
The Vulcan is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Dominick Cruz pushes Alexander Volkanovski down and prevents his attempts to escape
The Denominator is trying to counter now!
The Denominator suddenly holds Alexander Volkanovski's arm and tries an armbar!
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
That Armbar from Dominick Cruz appears to be unbreakable
Punishing hold!
That Armbar from Dominick Cruz appears to be unbreakable
The Vulcan can break the lock and now he is in a closed guard over Dominick Cruz!
Alexander Volkanovski is in closed guard over The Denominator
The Denominator tries to move on the ground and shows Alexander Volkanovski a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
The Denominator uses his forearms to block the impact!
Mario Yamasaki has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York) are cheering for the fighters.
Alexander Volkanovski fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
The Denominator blocks that. He made it look easy!
A right hand from Alexander Volkanovski
gets deflected.
A punch from Alexander Volkanovski
whizzes past The Denominator.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Dominick Cruz fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
The Vulcan studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
The clock says 3:15 in the 2 round
The Vulcan pushes Dominick Cruz and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The Denominator steps forward
The Vulcan feints.
The Denominator wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
The Vulcan doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Dominick Cruz embrace and tries to move away...
Dominick Cruz pushes The Vulcan forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The clock says 3:50 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Vulcan tries to take Dominick Cruz down... The Denominator stumbles backwards and Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches...
Dominick Cruz dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski throws a punch
that gets deflected.
The clock says 4:10 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Vulcan goes down.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan is hurt... He should be looking to avoid more damage or he will lose this fight.
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Denominator tries to jump to side mount.
Alexander Volkanovski closed his guard around Dominick Cruz.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski attempts to trap Dominick Cruz in his guard.
Dominick Cruz keeps control and remains in side mount.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz hooks The Vulcan's left leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Alexander Volkanovski manages to kick The Denominator away and scrambles on top!
The Denominator clumsily fails here and it's time for Alexander Volkanovski to fight back!
Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches to The Denominator's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Mario Yamasaki separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 3
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The clock says 0:10 in the 3 round
The Denominator moves backwards and Alexander Volkanovski is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
The Vulcan moves backwards and Dominick Cruz is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
The clock says 0:35 in the 3 round
The Denominator is holding Alexander Volkanovski's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Alexander Volkanovski loses balance and goes to the ground.
The Vulcan Hyper-extended his arm
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
The Vulcan launches a few weak punches
The Denominator blocks them effectively.
Alexander Volkanovski gets sloppy and Dominick Cruz tries to take advantage...
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Alexander Volkanovski...
Dominick Cruz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski 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 Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches to The Denominator's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The Vulcan misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
The Vulcan tries to escape from the full mount...
Dominick Cruz is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz goes for an americana!
The Vulcan breaks free.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz launches a few punches to The Vulcan
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski attempts to trap Dominick Cruz in his guard.
Dominick Cruz keeps control and remains in side mount.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches to The Denominator's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The Vulcan misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Alexander Volkanovski...
Dominick Cruz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Dominick Cruz rolls Alexander Volkanovski to his stomach and takes his back!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan
The Denominator tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for The Vulcan! The Denominator has one hook in and keeps working!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with one hook in
The Denominator has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for The Vulcan.
Nicely done! The Denominator now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with two hooks in
The Denominator is getting frustrated here.
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with two hooks in
The Denominator tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for The Vulcan!
The Denominator has one of his arm over Alexander Volkanovski's shoulder and is ready for a RNC!
The clock says 2:45 in the 3 round
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with two hooks in
The Vulcan measures the resilience of The Denominator's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
The Denominator blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Brilliant combination from Dominick Cruz
that forces The Vulcan to try and defend better.
Dominick Cruz attempts a sweep single...
Dominick Cruz catches Alexander Volkanovski's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by The Denominator.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over The Vulcan
Dominick Cruz looks to posture up and open Alexander Volkanovski's guard...
Dominick Cruz forces Alexander Volkanovski to open his guard.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan launches a few weak punches
The Denominator blocks them effectively.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Denominator tries to move to full mount
The Denominator succeeds
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz rolls him over and takes his back!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan
The Vulcan launches a few weak punches
The Denominator blocks them effectively.
The Denominator is trying to counter now!
The Denominator tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for The Vulcan! The Denominator has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 4:10 in the 3 round
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with one hook in
The Denominator has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for The Vulcan.
Nicely done! The Denominator now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with two hooks in
The Vulcan has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
The Vulcan is unable to find a way to escape from this.
The clock says 4:30 in the 3 round
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with two hooks in
The Vulcan is trying to escape from the rear mount.
The Denominator tries to use some of his tricky moves but The Denominator's is smart enough to counter him.
The Denominator tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Dominick Cruz isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
The Vulcan Hyper-extended his arm
Crippling lock!
You can see the pain reflected in The Vulcan's eyes...
The Denominator is locking that Armbar...
The Vulcan Hyper-extended his arm
Punishing hold!
The Denominator is locking that Armbar...
You can see the pain reflected in The Vulcan's eyes...
That Armbar looks tight...
The Vulcan's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Mario Yamasaki breaks Dominick Cruz's lock! This is over! The Vulcan didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Dominick Cruz by Submission (Armbar) at 4:40 Round 3
Statistics: Dominick Cruz
Punches 11/14 (79%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 6/6 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/4 (50%)
Submissions 6/6 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 527 s
Statistics: Alexander Volkanovski
Punches 0/8 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/32 (6%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 527 s
Some Domin8tion, some Volkan8tion.
Alexander Volkanovski is beating himself up in the corner before the fight begins, smacking himself in the face, body and legs to get ready for his scrap.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
The Vulcan is not prefered by the MMA media to win tonight. He will have to do his best to score a win.
The referee of the bout is Mario Yamasaki.
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Round 1
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The fight gets underway.
Dominick Cruz attempts a sweep single...
Dominick Cruz catches Alexander Volkanovski's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by The Denominator.
The clock says 0:25 in the 1 round
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over The Vulcan
The Denominator struggles on the ground and tries to break Alexander Volkanovski's guard...
Dominick Cruz is in The Vulcan open guard now
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan breaths deeply while on the ground
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
0:46 Round 1 and The Denominator is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
The Denominator tries to move to full mount
The Denominator succeeds
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
The Denominator shows no signs of slowing down. He's in great shape.
Alexander Volkanovski tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz rolls him over and takes his back!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan
The Vulcan has The Denominator controlling his back while on the ground. He tries to roll and find an escape...
The Denominator is unable to move under The Vulcan control.
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan
The Vulcan is taking this opportunity to rest.
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan
The Vulcan has given his back to Dominick Cruz who is trying to get one hook in!
Dominick Cruz has one hook in!
The clock says 1:35 in the 1 round
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with one hook in
The Vulcan has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
Alexander Volkanovski uses his ground skills to free one of his legs while working on the ground.
Mario Yamasaki halts the fight to stand up Alexander Volkanovski. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
The Vulcan and The Denominator circle around the center of the cage.
1:56 Round 1 and The Vulcan is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
The Vulcan showing excellent timing, blasts Dominick Cruz with a right hand.
The Denominator steps backwards and the punch goes wide.
The Denominator fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Alexander Volkanovski didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
Deep breaths from Alexander Volkanovski who tries a hammer punch to The Denominator's ribs.
The Denominator blocks those punches
Alexander Volkanovski gets sloppy and Dominick Cruz tries to take advantage...
The Denominator moves on the ground
The Denominator cannot take advantage in the ground
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan measures the resilience of The Denominator's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
The Denominator blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
The Denominator tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
The Denominator moves on the ground
Dominick Cruz moves to side mount
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Alexander Volkanovski...
Dominick Cruz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz sits high on Alexander Volkanovski's chest and pulls his leg underneath The Vulcan's head. There's the triangle attempt!
The Vulcan tries to roll out. He's too quick for Dominick Cruz and manages to slip out! That was a risky move by The Denominator and it cost him top position.
The clock says 3:00 in the 1 round
Alexander Volkanovski is in closed guard over The Denominator
The Vulcan is in closed guard... The Denominator tries to roll on the ground!
Nice reversal! He is now in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski!
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
The Denominator tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
The Vulcan struggles and pushes his opponent maybe a bit anxiously
Poorly executed technique. Alexander Volkanovski looks to counter!
Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches to The Denominator's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
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.
The clock says 3:20 in the 1 round
A high kick from Dominick Cruz
glances off The Vulcan.
Tremendous strikes from The Denominator!
Some big punches are landing!
The Denominator launches a kick
The Vulcan checks it and keeps distance.
The Vulcan clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
The Denominator launches a flurry of punches
but only manages to land glancing blows.
The clock says 3:50 in the 1 round
Alexander Volkanovski is doing his best Floyd Mayweather impression by not engaging.
The Denominator moves forward looking for some action
He surprises The Vulcan with a double overhooks!
The Vulcan looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Dominick Cruz's punches
The Vulcan is on the receiving end of a great combo by The Denominator.
Alexander Volkanovski fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Alexander Volkanovski tries to take the action to his favourite field as he tries to grapple
Dominick Cruz swings and The Vulcan has to retreat
Dominick Cruz takes a few seconds to recover his breath...
Dominick Cruz was tooling Alexander Volkanovski for the whole fight. I don't know if it's because Alexander Volkanovski lack of fighting spirit or just of skill.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
The Vulcan moves backwards and Dominick Cruz is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
Mario Yamasaki tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for The Denominator.
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Round 2
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Dominick Cruz tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
The Vulcan is unable to remain on his feet and falls to the ground
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan measures the resilience of The Denominator's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in The Denominator's side.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches to The Denominator's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The Vulcan clumsily fails here and it's time for Dominick Cruz to fight back!
Dominick Cruz pushes Alexander Volkanovski against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
The Denominator jumps and tries to free his leg! The Vulcan doesn't allow this but Dominick Cruz is able to get half guard here.
Dominick Cruz is in half guard over The Vulcan
Dominick Cruz tries a kimura
The Vulcan breaks the lock.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski attempts to trap Dominick Cruz in his guard.
Dominick Cruz keeps control and remains in side mount.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski attempts to trap Dominick Cruz in his guard.
Dominick Cruz keeps control and remains in side mount.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Alexander Volkanovski...
Dominick Cruz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
The Vulcan is using some of his ground skills to escape from this...
Dominick Cruz pushes Alexander Volkanovski down and prevents his attempts to escape
The Denominator is trying to counter now!
The Denominator suddenly holds Alexander Volkanovski's arm and tries an armbar!
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
Punishing hold!
That Armbar from Dominick Cruz appears to be unbreakable
Punishing hold!
That Armbar from Dominick Cruz appears to be unbreakable
The Vulcan can break the lock and now he is in a closed guard over Dominick Cruz!
Alexander Volkanovski is in closed guard over The Denominator
The Denominator tries to move on the ground and shows Alexander Volkanovski a crack in his guard which he uses for a big elbow!
The Denominator uses his forearms to block the impact!
Mario Yamasaki has seen enough passivity on the ground and stands up the fighters.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Madison Square Garden (New York City, New York) are cheering for the fighters.
Alexander Volkanovski fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
The Denominator blocks that. He made it look easy!
A right hand from Alexander Volkanovski
gets deflected.
A punch from Alexander Volkanovski
whizzes past The Denominator.
The fighters size each other up in the center of the cage.
Dominick Cruz fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
The clock says 3:05 in the 2 round
The Vulcan studies his opponent looking for a hole in his defense.
The clock says 3:15 in the 2 round
The Vulcan pushes Dominick Cruz and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
The Denominator steps forward
The Vulcan feints.
The Denominator wants to close the range and tries to grapple...
Nice move. He shoves himself over his opponent and secure a single collar tie.
The Vulcan doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Dominick Cruz embrace and tries to move away...
Dominick Cruz pushes The Vulcan forward and doesn't allow him to break the clinch.
The clock says 3:50 in the 2 round
Both fighters are tied in a clinch.
The Vulcan tries to take Dominick Cruz down... The Denominator stumbles backwards and Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches...
Dominick Cruz dodges and moves away a couple of steps...
The clock says 4:00 in the 2 round
Alexander Volkanovski throws a punch
that gets deflected.
The clock says 4:10 in the 2 round
Dominick Cruz tries to bring the fight to the ground
The Vulcan goes down.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan is hurt... He should be looking to avoid more damage or he will lose this fight.
The Vulcan tries to close his guard around The Denominator
He is not able to do it
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Denominator tries to jump to side mount.
Alexander Volkanovski closed his guard around Dominick Cruz.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski attempts to trap Dominick Cruz in his guard.
Dominick Cruz keeps control and remains in side mount.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz hooks The Vulcan's left leg and sits back for a kneebar!
Alexander Volkanovski manages to kick The Denominator away and scrambles on top!
The Denominator clumsily fails here and it's time for Alexander Volkanovski to fight back!
Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches to The Denominator's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Mario Yamasaki separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
That was an even round for the most part.
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Round 3
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The clock says 0:10 in the 3 round
The Denominator moves backwards and Alexander Volkanovski is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
The Vulcan moves backwards and Dominick Cruz is asking him if he came today for fighting or running.
The clock says 0:35 in the 3 round
The Denominator is holding Alexander Volkanovski's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Alexander Volkanovski loses balance and goes to the ground.
The Vulcan Hyper-extended his arm
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
The Vulcan launches a few weak punches
The Denominator blocks them effectively.
Alexander Volkanovski gets sloppy and Dominick Cruz tries to take advantage...
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Alexander Volkanovski...
Dominick Cruz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski 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 Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches to The Denominator's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The Vulcan misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
The Vulcan tries to escape from the full mount...
Dominick Cruz is not caught off guard and moves to side mount to keep his superior position.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz goes for an americana!
The Vulcan breaks free.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Dominick Cruz launches a few punches to The Vulcan
Weak punches. He needs to improve his position!
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski attempts to trap Dominick Cruz in his guard.
Dominick Cruz keeps control and remains in side mount.
Dominick Cruz is in side mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski launches a few punches to The Denominator's cheek from the guard.
Dominick Cruz uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The Vulcan misses a step and Dominick Cruz sees an opportunity to counter him!
Dominick Cruz looks to mount Alexander Volkanovski...
Dominick Cruz slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Dominick Cruz rolls Alexander Volkanovski to his stomach and takes his back!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan
The Denominator tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for The Vulcan! The Denominator has one hook in and keeps working!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with one hook in
The Denominator has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for The Vulcan.
Nicely done! The Denominator now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with two hooks in
The Denominator is getting frustrated here.
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with two hooks in
The Denominator tenatively looks for a way to finish his opponent! This is a nightmare for The Vulcan!
The Denominator has one of his arm over Alexander Volkanovski's shoulder and is ready for a RNC!
The clock says 2:45 in the 3 round
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with two hooks in
The Vulcan measures the resilience of The Denominator's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
The Denominator blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Mario Yamasaki stands the fighters up due to a lack of activity.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Brilliant combination from Dominick Cruz
that forces The Vulcan to try and defend better.
Dominick Cruz attempts a sweep single...
Dominick Cruz catches Alexander Volkanovski's far ankle and trips him to the mat! Slick takedown by The Denominator.
Dominick Cruz is in closed guard over The Vulcan
Dominick Cruz looks to posture up and open Alexander Volkanovski's guard...
Dominick Cruz forces Alexander Volkanovski to open his guard.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Vulcan launches a few weak punches
The Denominator blocks them effectively.
Dominick Cruz is in open guard over The Vulcan
The Denominator tries to move to full mount
The Denominator succeeds
Dominick Cruz is in full mount over Alexander Volkanovski
Alexander Volkanovski tries to roll to his side and trap Dominick Cruz in his guard...
Dominick Cruz rolls him over and takes his back!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan
The Vulcan launches a few weak punches
The Denominator blocks them effectively.
The Denominator is trying to counter now!
The Denominator tries to get a hook in!
Things get worse for The Vulcan! The Denominator has one hook in and keeps working!
The clock says 4:10 in the 3 round
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with one hook in
The Denominator has one hook in and is trying to get the second one! If he succeed things are goint to get very bad for The Vulcan.
Nicely done! The Denominator now has two hooks in! The end may be near!
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with two hooks in
The Vulcan has to use some of his skills to escape safely from this position...
The Vulcan is unable to find a way to escape from this.
The clock says 4:30 in the 3 round
The Denominator is in rear mount over The Vulcan with two hooks in
The Vulcan is trying to escape from the rear mount.
The Denominator tries to use some of his tricky moves but The Denominator's is smart enough to counter him.
The Denominator tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Dominick Cruz isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
The Vulcan Hyper-extended his arm
Crippling lock!
You can see the pain reflected in The Vulcan's eyes...
The Denominator is locking that Armbar...
The Vulcan Hyper-extended his arm
Punishing hold!
The Denominator is locking that Armbar...
You can see the pain reflected in The Vulcan's eyes...
That Armbar looks tight...
The Vulcan's arm is getting wrenched, it appears to be injured
Mario Yamasaki breaks Dominick Cruz's lock! This is over! The Vulcan didn't want to tap but the ref decided he wouldn't be able to escape from it!
Winner is Dominick Cruz by Submission (Armbar) at 4:40 Round 3
Statistics: Dominick Cruz
Punches 11/14 (79%)
Kicks 1/1 (100%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 6/6 (100%)
GnP strikes 2/4 (50%)
Submissions 6/6 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 527 s
Statistics: Alexander Volkanovski
Punches 0/8 (0%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/3 (0%)
Takedowns 0/0 (0%)
GnP strikes 2/32 (6%)
Submissions 0/0 (0%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 527 s
Some Domin8tion, some Volkan8tion.
