PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge Cruz Jr (ranked 182 p4p, 357 weight class) and Leonid Martinyuk (ranked 24 p4p, 48 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Cruz Jr
vs
Martinyuk

209 cm
29
245
19 - 9 - 0

200 cm
28
246
18 - 8 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Cruz Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 8 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Leonid Martinyuk!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Cruz Jr swings away with a body shot that misses
and Martinyuk counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cruz Jr misses with a hook
and Martinyuk counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cruz Jr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

It looks like Leonid Martinyuk has been cut.
Martinyuk throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cruz Jr takes a body punch but keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinyuk misses the jab.
Martinyuk misses with an uppercut. Cruz Jr saw that one coming.
An attempted straight right counter from Cruz Jr misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martinyuk swings widly with a right hand

and Cruz Jr counters with a crisp right hand that drops Martinyuk! Cruz Jr lets Martinyuk back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Martinyuk has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Martinyuk throws a body shot but no joy.
Martinyuk works Cruz Jr's body with a nice hook.
Martinyuk misses with a left hand
and Cruz Jr counters with a crisp right that sends Martinyuk to the canvas! Cruz Jr follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jorge Cruz Jr!
Jorge Cruz Jr decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.