PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jorge De La Cruz (ranked 4080 p4p, 3624 weight class) and Mikael Kalevi (ranked 422 p4p, 388 weight class). Mikael Kalevi has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Jorge De La Cruz's chin.

De La Cruz
vs
Kalevi

190 cm
25
225
1 - 1 - 0

191 cm
25
260
0 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jorge De La Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Mikael Kalevi!
The judges for this bout are Arvi Lind, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

De La Cruz pushes Kalevi up against the cage in a clinch.

De La Cruz pulls guard effortlessly.
Kalevi trying to control but De La Cruz is working from the bottom.
Kalevi is fighting to break De La Cruz's control of his arms but De La Cruz is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
De La Cruz looking for a sweep. Not yet De La Cruz, not yet.

De La Cruz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Kalevi looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalevi postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
De La Cruz is controlling Kalevi's posture.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now De La Cruz is on top in guard.

De La Cruz controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
De La Cruz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kalevi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De La Cruz wants to stand but Kalevi is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

De La Cruz avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
De La Cruz wants to pass the guard but Kalevi is keeping the position.

Kalevi working for a triangle but De La Cruz defends it easily.
Kalevi looks winded!
Kalevi keeping full guard, as De La Cruz tries to pass.
De La Cruz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Kalevi isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. De La Cruz stacks Kalevi on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by De La Cruz!
Kalevi is looking to regain half guard here but De La Cruz keeps moving and retains side control.
De La Cruz in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Kalevi is working to avoid the ground and pound but De La Cruz connects with a decent elbow.
De La Cruz controlling the position.
De La Cruz wants to stand but Kalevi is controlling his arm.

De La Cruz decides to take the fight back to the feet.

De La Cruz looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Kalevi!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
De La Cruz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Check out the look on De La Cruz's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Kalevi is trying to improve his position.
De La Cruz is working Kalevi over with some ground and pound from side control.
Kalevi is looking for a sweep.

De La Cruz stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Jorge De La Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!

De La Cruz closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Kalevi to the mat! Kalevi manages to get full guard.

De La Cruz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Jorge De La Cruz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

De La Cruz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Kalevi tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

De La Cruz closes the distance and pushes Kalevi back into the cage.

De La Cruz lands a takedown into guard.
De La Cruz scoring with some ground and pound.
De La Cruz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Kalevi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De La Cruz controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Cruz working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kalevi's head.

Kalevi is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and De La Cruz defends well.
Kalevi being controlled here, momentarily.
De La Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kalevi can do to turn this around?
Kalevi is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Kalevi is trying to buck De La Cruz off.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kalevi can do anything to dispel that myth.

De La Cruz is trying to get an arm triangle but Kalevi is defending well.
De La Cruz lands a decent elbow from side control.
De La Cruz wants to stand but Kalevi has his arm trapped.

De La Cruz looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz tries to move to mount but Kalevi blocks the move with his legs.
Kalevi misses with an elbow from the bottom.
Kalevi regains half guard.

Kalevi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but De La Cruz pulls his head out easily.
De La Cruz stalling.
Jorge De La Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

De La Cruz is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
De La Cruz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Kalevi is trying desperately to improve position.
Kalevi is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Kalevi has given up his back, trying to stand up. Not clever.

De La Cruz is cranking Kalevi's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Kalevi! He's tightened the choke and Kalevi is tapping out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jorge De La Cruz!
Jorge De La Cruz spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.