PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jørgen Thrane (ranked 935 p4p, 2624 weight class) and Ricardo P Cruz (ranked 138 p4p, 385 weight class). Jørgen Thrane has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Thrane
vs
P Cruz

195 cm
26
205
12 - 6 - 0

193 cm
29
225
9 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jørgen Thrane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo P Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Sergei Dronov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Danga de danga de dang - P Cruz scores with a four punch combination!
P Cruz fails to land with a series of punches.
P Cruz looks to land a combination but Thrane avoids it well.
A head kick misses from P Cruz.
Thrane looked to counter with a high kick but didn't commit.
Thrane avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A combination from P Cruz does no damage.
It looked like Thrane was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from P Cruz.
Thrane feints and then cracks P Cruz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow P Cruz down.
P Cruz throws a series of punches but Thrane avoids them all with ease.
Thrane jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
P Cruz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Thrane throws a counter high kick but P Cruz was just alert enough to avoid it.
P Cruz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thrane circles away quickly and effectively.
P Cruz tries to clinch up.
P Cruz slips a straight right by Thrane.
P Cruz looks to land a right hand but Thrane moved out of range.
Thrane fires out a quick counter leg kick but P Cruz just manages to avoid it.
Thrane uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from P Cruz.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thrane sizes up P Cruz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Thrane on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by P Cruz. P Cruz obviously looking to wear him down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
P Cruz swinging wildly here.
Thrane misses with a wild combination.
P Cruz misses with a combination
and Thrane counters with an outside leg kick.

P Cruz rushes Thrane and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Thrane misses with a body punch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
P Cruz is looking to break free of the clinch but Thrane has double underhooks.
Thrane swings away with an uppercut that misses.

P Cruz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
P Cruz connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
P Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
Thrane steps to the side to avoid the strikes from P Cruz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

P Cruz clinches with his opponent.
Thrane misses with a shot to the kidneys.

Thrane pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Thrane's hands are dropping dangerously low here and P Cruz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Thrane scrambles back to his feet.
P Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch but Thrane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from P Cruz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
P Cruz misses with a combination
and Thrane counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Thrane showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from P Cruz.
P Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Thrane counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

P Cruz rushes Thrane and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Thrane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of P Cruzs head.
Thrane swings wildly with an uppercut but P Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
P Cruz has had enough of the clinch but Thrane keeps him there for the moment.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thrane can't find room to land a body shot as P Cruz controls the action.
P Cruz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Thrane misses with a shot to the kidneys.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thrane.
Thrane lands with a left to the head.
Thrane tried to land a shot to the body but connects with P Cruz's elbow.

Thrane breaks from the clinch.
P Cruz lands with a nice combination. Thrane backs away looking to recover.
The fight stays on the outside here - P Cruz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thrane swats away the attempt to clinch by P Cruz.
Thrane was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Thrane lands a nice looking kick to the body. P Cruz takes a step back to recover.
Thrane swats away the attempt to clinch by P Cruz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
P Cruz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Thrane counters with a nice uppercut.
Thrane swats away the attempt to clinch by P Cruz.
P Cruz checks a leg kick.
P Cruz throws a right and a left that Thrane avoids nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
P Cruz blocks a low kick nicely.

P Cruz has Thrane up against the cage in a clinch.

P Cruz breaks from the clinch.
P Cruz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

P Cruz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thrane lands with a right to the head.
P Cruz just leaning against Thrane, taking a breather.
Thrane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Ricardo P Cruz dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

P Cruz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Thrane.
P Cruz throws a series of punches but Thrane moves out of range.
Thrane scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
P Cruz misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
P Cruz throws an overhand right that lands on Thrane's shoulder, as Thrane tries to avoid the shot.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Thrane. P Cruz shrugs it off though.
P Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
P Cruz misses with a straight right.
P Cruz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Thrane circles away quickly and effectively.
Thrane looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
P Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Thrane slips the punch.
Sloppy strikes from P Cruz. Those never looked like landing.
Thrane will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
P Cruz scores with a nice right hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
P Cruz closes the distance and lands a one-two.
P Cruz throws a lazy body kick
and Thrane counters with a good low kick that P Cruz was not able to check.

Thrane closes the distance and clinches.
P Cruz blocks a body shot from Thrane.
Thrane works on P Cruz's body with a couple of short punches.
P Cruz is breathing heavily.
Thrane avoiding damage as P Cruz throws knees to the body.
P Cruz blocks a body shot from Thrane.
Thrane goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
P Cruz is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thrane is keeping busy.
Thrane doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Jørgen Thrane has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Thrane misses with a body punch.

Thrane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
P Cruz tries to clinch there but Thrane circles away.
Thrane throws a low kick but P Cruz avoids it.
P Cruz tries to clinch up.
Thrane half committed to a counter leg kick.
Thrane is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
P Cruz fails to land with a series of punches.
A big left from P Cruz misses.
We've been told by Thrane's head coaches at Xtreme Black House that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
P Cruz closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A clash of legs there as P Cruz blocks the low kick.
P Cruz is looking to clinch.
And Thrane counters with a quick kick to the body but P Cruz blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
P Cruz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
P Cruz tests Thrane's chin there with a solid looking shot.
P Cruz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Thrane.
Thrane thumps P Cruz with a low kick.
Thrane throws a solid leg kick but P Cruz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Thrane.
Thrane dips to his left and cracks P Cruz with an uppercut!
P Cruz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
No joy there for P Cruz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Thrane throws a front kick that sends P Cruz stumbling back into the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thrane looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.

P Cruz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Thrane misses with a punch on the inside.
P Cruz blocks an uppercut.
P Cruz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thranes head.
P Cruz prevents a body shot from Thrane.
A head punch on the inside from P Cruz fails to land.
A short right from Thrane.
Thrane tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A short left from Thrane.
Thrane misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Thrane wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thrane tries to work over P Cruz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
P Cruz misses with a knee strike.
Thrane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Thrane is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Thrane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Thrane tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

P Cruz breaks the clinch.
P Cruz throws a body kick that misses
and Thrane counters with a nice uppercut.

P Cruz is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thrane fakes the leg kick and throws a superman punch. It's knocked P Cruz out cold! Brutal finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). Jørgen Thrane!
Jørgen Thrane thanked the fans post fight for their support.