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The Clinch

WEC 50: Cruz vs. Benavidez

18 AUG 2010

Bout 6 of 10 / WEC Bantamweight / 5 rounds scheduled Title

Dominick Cruz vs Joseph Benavidez

Dominick Cruz, photograph by James K. McCann Dominick Cruz “The Dominator”

5-1-0 entering this bout

Age 25 · 5′8″172.7 cm

Won

Joseph Benavidez, photograph by X2o Joseph Benavidez

5-1-0 entering this bout

Age 26 · 5′4″162.6 cm

Lost

Significant strikes landed / thrown
17/44
R1
8/38
12/44
R2
11/59
11/44
R3
10/43
4/7
R4
1/5
14/49
R5
5/60

Decision (Split) Nelson Hamilton 48 - 47. Lester Griffin 47 - 48. Adalaide Byrd 46 - 49. Round 5 · 5:00

Opening line
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Closing line
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Implied favourite
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Status
No odds have been ingested. Nothing here is estimated.
Dominick Cruz Enters 2-0-0 against HYBRID
Joseph Benavidez Enters 2-1-0 against GRAPPLING

Records count only bouts before this one. Opponent styles are career-aggregate and may draw on later fights.

Colour marks which fighter is which. Corner assignment is not in the corpus.

Round by round

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Dominick Cruz    Joseph Benavidez

Bout totals

58
Sig. strikes
35
103
Total strikes
46
27
To the head
18
24
To the body
7
7
To the legs
10
41
At distance
30
12
In the clinch
5
5
On the ground
0
6
Takedowns
0
0
Knockdowns
0
0
Sub. attempts
1
5:53
Control time
1:41

The full sheet

Every measure the corpus holds for this bout, per round, per corner.

Per-round statistics for both corners
Round Corner Sig. Total Head Body Leg Dist. Clinch Ground TD KD Ctrl
R1 Dominick Cruz 17/44 29/58 5/32 8/8 4/4 11/36 5/6 1/2 1/2 0 1:31
Joseph Benavidez 8/38 15/47 5/31 2/5 1/2 7/36 1/2 0/0 0/0 0 0:00
R2 Dominick Cruz 12/44 19/51 7/38 3/4 2/2 11/43 1/1 0/0 1/1 0 0:05
Joseph Benavidez 11/59 12/60 6/51 2/2 3/6 10/57 1/2 0/0 0/4 0 0:13
R3 Dominick Cruz 11/44 14/47 6/38 5/6 0/0 8/40 3/4 0/0 1/2 0 0:13
Joseph Benavidez 10/43 11/44 2/28 2/6 6/9 9/40 1/3 0/0 0/4 0 0:26
R4 Dominick Cruz 4/7 26/35 2/4 2/2 0/1 0/0 2/5 2/2 2/2 0 3:44
Joseph Benavidez 1/5 1/5 1/5 0/0 0/0 0/2 1/1 0/2 0/2 0 0:55
R5 Dominick Cruz 14/49 15/50 7/39 6/9 1/1 11/42 1/2 2/5 1/2 0 0:20
Joseph Benavidez 5/60 7/62 4/49 1/4 0/7 4/57 1/3 0/0 0/1 0 0:07

Who said so

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Field Value
Is title fight Yes
Referee Steve Mazzagatti
Result detail Nelson Hamilton 48 - 47. Lester Griffin 47 - 48. Adalaide Byrd 46 - 49.
Result end round 5
Result end time seconds 5:00
Result method Decision - Split
Scheduled rounds 5
Weight class WEC Bantamweight

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