Cruz vs Bowles Result: Cruz wins by TKO R2 · WEC 47, Sat, Mar 6, 2010

WECWEC 47: Bowles vs Cruz

Dominick CruzWIN

“The Dominator” · 24-4-0

RESULT

TKO

ROUND 2 · 5:00

BantamweightTitle bout5 rounds scheduled

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Brian Bowles

10-3-0

Saturday, March 6, 2010Nationwide Arena, Columbus, United States

Dominick Cruz defeated Brian Bowles by TKO in round 2 (5:00) in the Bantamweight title main event of WEC 47: Bowles vs Cruz, held Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

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Insights

Brian Bowles's last 5 fights were all wins that ended early.
Dominick Cruz spends 93% of fight time at distance.

Style & credentials

Dominick Cruz

No background on record

Camp · Alliance MMA

Brian Bowles

No background on record

Camp · American Top Team

Sig. strikes by zone

Where each fighter lands, as a share of significant strikes

66%

Head

68%

18%

Body

31%

16%

Leg

Time in position

Where their significant strikes are thrown

Dominick Cruzlast 10 fights

89%

Brian Bowleslast 4 fights

78%15%

DistanceClinchGround

How good, really

Each stat against every UFC fighter, in plain words

Dominick Cruz Brian Bowles

Strikes landed / min

4.262.68

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dominick Cruz · Good · better than 74% of UFC fightersBrian Bowles · Below avg · better than 27% of UFC fighters

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.213.51

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dominick Cruz · Average · better than 57% of UFC fightersBrian Bowles · Average · better than 47% of UFC fighters

Takedowns landed / 15 min

2.290.95

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dominick Cruz · Good · better than 76% of UFC fightersBrian Bowles · Average · better than 42% of UFC fighters

Takedown accuracy

32%100%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dominick Cruz · Below avg · better than 33% of UFC fightersBrian Bowles · Elite · better than 97% of UFC fighters

Takedown defence

84%0%

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dominick Cruz · Elite · better than 89% of UFC fightersBrian Bowles · Poor · better than 0% of UFC fighters

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.100.90

PoorBelow avgAverageGoodElite

Dominick Cruz · Below avg · better than 25% of UFC fightersBrian Bowles · Good · better than 77% of UFC fighters

Ranked against 1490 UFC fighters with five or more UFC fights.

Striking & grappling

Same scale left and right on every row

4.26

Strikes landed / min

2.68

3.21

Strikes taken / minfewer is better

3.51

2.29 / 7.2

Takedowns landed / 15 min

0.95 / 0.9

32%

Takedown accuracy

100%

84%

Takedown defence

2:16

Control time / fight

1:46

0.10

Submission attempts / 15 min

0.90

Bars in a row share one scale. The stronger side is solid; the pale tail behind takedowns is attempts.

Where the strikes land

Range × target

Dominick Cruz10 UFC fights · 780 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

61%474/1618

13%105/188

15%114/134

Clinch

2%16/27

4%32/34

1%5/5

Ground

4%28/41

1%4/4

0%2/2

Brian Bowles4 UFC fights · 85 landed

Head

Body

Leg

Distance

60%51/234

16%14/22

1%1/1

Clinch

1%1/3

14%12/12

0%0/0

Ground

7%6/15

0%0/0

Share of significant strikes landed by range and target · landed / attempted in each cell.

When it ends

Every early finish of their careers, placed at the minute it ended

Dominick Cruz7 of 15 ended early · 47%8 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

3 early stoppages have no logged time

Brian Bowles8 of 8 ended early · 100%0 went the distance

R1R2R3R4R5

2 early stoppages have no logged time

finished the opponent got finished· placed at the minute the fight ended

Recent form · last 5

Dominick Cruz5-0

W
Joseph Benavidez
WEC 42: Torres vs Bowles· Aug 8, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Iván López
WEC 40: Torres vs Mizugaki· Apr 4, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 3:24 · Bantamweight
W
Ian McCall
WEC 38: Varner vs Cerrone· Jan 24, 2009
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Charlie Valencia
WEC 34: Faber vs Pulver· May 31, 2008
Unanimous Decision · R3 · 5:00 · Bantamweight
W
Kenneth Aimes
Total Combat· Mar 22, 2008
TKO

Full record · 15 fights

L
Urijah Faber
WEC 26: Condit vs Alessio· Mar 23, 2007
Submission · R1 · 1:38 · Featherweight
W
Shad Smith
Total Combat· Nov 4, 2006
DEC
W
Juan Miranda
Total Combat· Sep 9, 2006
Submission
W
Dave Hisquierdo
Total Combat· Jul 15, 2006
DEC
W
Michael Barney
Rage in the Cage· Feb 24, 2006
TKO
W
Nick Hedrick
RITC 75: Friday Night Fights· Sep 30, 2005
Unanimous Decision · Catchweight
W
Josh Donahue
RITC 74: In Your Face· Sep 10, 2005
TKO · R2 · 1:09 · Catchweight
W
Tom Schwager
RITC 73: Arizona vs. Nevada· Aug 6, 2005
TKO · R1 · 0:56 · Featherweight
W
Rosco McClellan
RITC 70: The Return· Jun 11, 2005
TKO · R2 · 1:26 · Featherweight
W
Eddie Castro
RITC 67: Back To The Dodge· Jan 29, 2005
SD · Bantamweight

Brian Bowles5-0

W
Miguel Torres
WEC 42: Torres vs Bowles· Aug 8, 2009
TKO · R1 · 3:57 · Bantamweight
W
Will Ribeiro
WEC 37: Torres vs Tapia· Dec 2, 2008
Submission · R3 · 1:11 · Bantamweight
W
Damacio Page
WEC 35: Condit vs Miura· Aug 2, 2008
Submission · R1 · 3:30 · Bantamweight
W
Marcos Galvao
WEC 31: Faber vs Curran· Dec 11, 2007
TKO · R2 · 2:09 · Bantamweight
W
Charlie Valencia
WEC 28: Faber vs Farrar· Jun 2, 2007
Submission · R2 · 2:50 · Bantamweight

Full record · 8 fights

W
Shane Weinischke
Fight Party· Feb 9, 2007
Submission · R1 · 1:38 · Featherweight
W
Charles Nutt
National Fighting Championship· Sep 8, 2006
TKO
W
Tim Honeycutt
National Fighting Championship· May 12, 2006
Submission

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Frequently asked questions

Who won Dominick Cruz vs Brian Bowles?

Dominick Cruz defeated Brian Bowles by TKO in round 2 (5:00) in the Bantamweight title main event of WEC 47: Bowles vs Cruz, held Saturday, March 6, 2010 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus.

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