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Erika Cruz scored an upset in tonight’s Ring City USA main event, dominating against Jelena Mrdjenovich to take the WBA featherweight title and possibly move on to an even bigger bout with Amanda Serrano.
Cruz (13-1, 3 KO) won on technical decision scores of 70-63 across the board, after the fight was stopped early in the seventh due to cuts on Mrdjenovich (41-11, 2, 19 KO). Since the main cut was ruled to be caused by a clash of heads (replays showed it may well have been a punch that did it), it went to the cards. At that point, there was no doubt; Cruz had won every round.