PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Samson Dandrakulo (ranked 1887 p4p, 2460 weight class) and Ricardo Cruz (ranked 257 p4p, 331 weight class). Samson Dandrakulo has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Dandrakulo
vs
Cruz

190 cm
22
210
7 - 3 - 0

180 cm
21
210
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Powerful

Conviction

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 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Samson Dandrakulo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ricardo Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, David Schapiro and Lou da Vinci.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dandrakulo cracks Cruz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Dandrakulo feints and then cracks Cruz's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cruz down.
Dandrakulo lands a glancing blow to the side of Cruz's head.
Dandrakulo throws a solid leg kick but Cruz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Dandrakulo.
Nice body kick there by Dandrakulo.
Dandrakulo throws a poor cross that misses
letting Cruz counter with a right hand.
Cruz takes a swing at Dandrakulo's ribcage but misses.
We've been told by Dandrakulo's head coaches at Kalashnikov ELITE MMA Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Cruz throws a hook but Dandrakulo blocks it.
Dandrakulo connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cruz momentarily.
Cruz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Dandrakulo throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dandrakulo scores with a jab.
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
Cruz walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Dandrakulo checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Dandrakulo thuds his shin into the meat of Cruz's side.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dandrakulo was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Cruz lands a jab to Dandrakulo's midsection.
Cruz doesn't manage to clinch there - Dandrakulo circles away.
Cruz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Dandrakulo ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Dandrakulo lands a left and a right that send Cruz crashing to the mat, dazed. Dandrakulo thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Cruz is rocked!
Cruz walks into a picture perfect straight right hand from Dandrakulo! He's gone down face first to the canvas, unconscious before he even hit the floor! Ohhhh. My. Goodness! That boys and girls was a beautiful knockout! Give that man a biscuit!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Samson Dandrakulo!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Samson Dandrakulo waved his t-shirt featuring Conviction's logo in front of the cameras.