PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Romero Calvacanti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Vince Cruise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Calvacanti
vs
Cruise

182 cm
22
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

183 cm
19
175 lbs
4 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Romero Calvacanti!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Vince Cruise!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Calvacanti wants to clinch up but Cruise keeps it at a distance.
Cruise leaves Calvacanti with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Calvacanti tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cruise swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cruise scores with a punch to the head.

Calvacanti scores a takedown into full mount!
Calvacanti throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Cruise flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Calvacanti wants to control the pace but Cruise is squirming around nicely.
Calvacanti punishing his opponent with strikes.
Cruise wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Cruise is working to get back to half guard.
Cruise blocking the ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calvacanti tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Calvacanti cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Calvacanti throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Cruise tries to hold on but Calvacanti pushes him away.
Cruise wants to use the ropes to get back to his feet here.
Calvacanti has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

Calvacanti goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Cruise is on top in guard.
Cruise stopping the sweep attempt from Calvacanti.
Cruise wants to stand but Calvacanti is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calvacanti looking for a sweep. Not yet Calvacanti, not yet.
Cruise sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

Cruise gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Cruise misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Calvacanti fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cruise lands a lovely overhand right.
Calvacanti has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cruise finds it's way round the side to connect with Calvacanti's head.

Cruise looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Calvacanti looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Cruise has picked Calvacanti up and slammed him! Calvacanti can't keep hold of the triangle and Cruise manages to pass to side control!
Calvacanti manages to get back to half guard.
Calvacanti trying to control here.
Cruise missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Cruise wants to control but Calvacanti is keeping him busy.
Calvacanti keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Calvacanti blocking the ground and pound attempt from Cruise.
Calvacanti wants to control but Cruise is keeping busy.
Calvacanti is looking for a sweep. Cruise is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Calvacanti takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cruise stuffs the takedown attempt from Calvacanti. Calvacanti gets slowly back to his feet.
Calvacanti ducks under a wild hook from Cruise.
Calvacanti has his takedown stuffed

so Cruise counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romero Calvacanti. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calvacanti is breathing heavily.
Cruise has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Calvacanti is proving hard to escape from.
Calvacanti is looking to sweep but instead, Cruise has passed into half guard.
Calvacanti is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Cruise jumps into side control!
Calvacanti is looking to regain half guard here but Cruise keeps moving and retains side control.
Calvacanti is trying to control Cruise's posture but Cruise avoids it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Cruise dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Cruise shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Calvacanti keeping moving, preventing Cruise from controlling successfully.
Cruise must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Cruise trying to stand up but can't free himself from Calvacanti's guard.

Cruise gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Cruise lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cruise is looking to clinch.
A jab from Cruise does it's job there.

Cruise shoots in and bounces Calvacanti off the ropes to secure the takedown into guard.
Cruise in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruise scoring with punches to the head and body.
Calvacanti has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Cruise tries to stand but Calvacanti is controlling from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Calvacanti is on top in guard.

Calvacanti stands up and waves to Cruise to follow him.
Cruise pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Calvacanti tries for a takedown but Cruise circles away easily

and Cruise counters with a shoot takedown. Calvacanti fights it but they end up in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calvacanti lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Cruise!
Cruise squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Cruise tries to hold on but Calvacanti pushes him away.
Calvacanti is looking to take Cruise's back but instead Cruise gets back to half guard. Nice work.

Calvacanti is working for a kimura but Cruise is defending it quite comfortably.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruise is looking to escape.
Calvacanti tries to pass to full mount but Cruise defends it.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cruise misses with a head kick.

Cruise closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Calvacanti misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cruise.
Calvacanti tries to score a body lock takedown but Cruise shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Calvacanti has Cruise pressed against the ropes.
Calvacanti goes for a takedown in the clinch but Cruise prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Romero Calvacanti. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Calvacanti gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Calvacanti won't allow Cruise to get back to his feet.
Cruise working a defensive guard here.
Calvacanti missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Calvacanti wants to control from the top but Cruise keeps moving.
Calvacanti postures up.
Calvacanti looking to pass the guard.
Cruise wants to stand and escape but Calvacanti is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Vince Cruise showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

A punch combination from Cruise misses.

Calvacanti decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Cruise makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Cruise.
Calvacanti trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruise is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruise trying to keep a closed guard but Calvacanti is proving a slippery customer.
Calvacanti trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruise is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Calvacanti stopping the sweep attempt from Cruise.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cruise is looking to stand up but Calvacanti isn't so interested in that idea.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Calvacanti throws a big right hand that misses.
Cruise is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Calvacanti has taken the fight to the clinch.

Cruise gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Calvacanti regains guard.

Calvacanti working for a triangle but Cruise defends it easily.
Cruise looking to sit in guard and control but Calvacanti gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruise keeping full guard, as Calvacanti tries to pass.
Calvacanti trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Cruise manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Calvacanti is striking off his back. Cruise thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
Calvacanti is trying to get back to full guard.
Cruise is looking to stand up but he'll have to free his leg first. Instead, Calvacanti manages to get to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calvacanti wants to sweep but no luck.
Vince Cruise has got the better of the ground game so far.
Cruise prevents Calvacanti from getting back to his feet.
Cruise is stalling in the full guard.
Calvacanti looking for a sweep. Not yet Calvacanti, not yet.
Cruise postures up.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Cruise has Calvacanti up against the ropes in a clinch.

Calvacanti is working on a single leg takedown against the ropes. Cruise can't fight it off and eventually Calvacanti manages to take the fight to the floor. Cruise looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calvacanti wants to pass the guard but Cruise is keeping the position.
Cruise tries to land a sweep but no joy.

Cruise looking for a triangle here. Calvacanti is fighting it but it looks tight! Cruise pulls the arm across and this one won't last much longer! Nope, Calvacanti is tapping out - this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:49 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Vince Cruise!