PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Teddy Bass (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Juan Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dela Cruz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Mariachi Music kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! The key to victory for Teddy Bass has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Bass
vs
Dela Cruz

175 cm
19
155 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

170 cm
26
150 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
KO power

Good takedowns
Brawler
Knockout power

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Teddy Bass!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Juan Dela Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dela Cruz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Horrible takedown by Dela Cruz or perhaps it was just good defense by Bass which made him look bad.
Dela Cruz misses with an attempted mid kick.
Dela Cruz throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Bass's head.

It looks like Teddy Bass has been cut.
Dela Cruz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Bass slips under a jab from Dela Cruz.
Bass sizes up Dela Cruz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Dela Cruz fails with a takedown attempt.
Bass lands a nice looking body shot.
Bass tests Dela Cruz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Dela Cruz throws a sloppy head kick and Bass moves out of range easily.
Dela Cruz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Bass but Bass pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Teddy Bass has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Juan Dela Cruz.
Bass scores with a nice strike.
Bass lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Dela Cruz circles away quickly and effectively.
Bass looks to land a left hand but Dela Cruz moved out of range nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bass connects with a jab.
Bass looks to throw the jab but Dela Cruz is out of range.
Dela Cruz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bass with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Bass lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Dela Cruz moves out of range of the strikes.
A decent looking cross lands there for Bass.
A slow jab from Dela Cruz misses its intended target.
Bass lands a jab to the head.
Bass cracks Dela Cruz with a good jab.
Bass lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bass slips a straight right by Dela Cruz.
Bass slips a straight right by Dela Cruz.
Bass takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Bass is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Dela Cruz throws a head kick but Bass moves out of range.
Dela Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Nice takedown defense from Bass. No joy for Dela Cruz on that attempt.
Dela Cruz looks gassed!

Bass gets the takedown into side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Bass decides to stand back up. Bass steps back and let's Dela Cruz get back to his feet.
Bass lands a slapping body shot.
Nice shot by Bass.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Bass lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Dela Cruz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Dela Cruz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Good shot there by Bass.
Bass fails to land with a series of punches.
Dela Cruz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Decent striking displayed by Bass there.
Bass is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bass takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Dela Cruz misses with a hook.
Juan Dela Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dela Cruz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dela Cruz has his takedown stuffed
and Bass counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bass lands a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bass lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Bass lands a really nice looking cross but Dela Cruz seems unphased.
Bass swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Dela Cruz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bass lands with a cross.

Bass shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Bass showed some decent athleticism there.
Bass controlling the pace.

Bass in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Dela Cruz tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Bass!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Teddy Bass!