PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Demon Beast (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremiah Ethan Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Beast
vs
Ethan Cruz

175 cm
25
155 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

171 cm
20
168 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Demon Beast!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jeremiah Ethan Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Stewart Dunkirk and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Beast keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Beast takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cruz swats away the attempt to clinch by Beast.
Beast takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Cruz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beast.
Cruz swats away the attempt to clinch by Beast.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beast manages to avoid it.
Cruz misses with a body shot.
Cruz stalks Beast and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Beast's face. Beast staggers backwards, shaken.
Cruz fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Beast wants to clinch.
Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beast.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Beast.
Cruz swings for the body but Beast moves out of range.
Cruz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beast.
A jab from Beast misses.
Cruz moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beast was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Cruz throws a right hand that Beast ducks under and follows up with a left that Beast also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beast was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a double jab.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beast manages to avoid it.
Cruz moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Beast wants to clinch.

Beast has closed the distance and engaged Cruz in a clinch.
Beast connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cruz's face.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cruz digs a right hand into Beast's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Beast's gas tank.
Beast throws an elbow that misses.
Beast displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cruz up against the cage.

Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruz throws a nice looking combination but Beast bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Beast has managed to clinch.
Beast throws a knee to the head but misses.
Beast tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Cruz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Beasts head.

Cruz manages to break the clinch.
Beast walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beast was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Beast. That one must have hurt.
Jeremiah Ethan Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Beast tries to close the distance and clinch but Cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Beast manages to avoid it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses the shot to the body.
Beast avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cruz throws a body punch but Beast moves out of range.
Cruz keeps the fight on the outside.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Beast moves away.
Cruz thows a body shot but no joy.
Cruz misses with a body shot.
Beast on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Beast keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jeremiah Ethan Cruz 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.

Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Beast is just out of range.
Beast fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Cruz throws a body punch but Beast moves out of range.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
Beast dodges the punch combination from Cruz.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz misses with a shot to the body

and Beast moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Cruz presses Beast against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cruz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cruz gets through Beast's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Beast looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Beast tries a knee to the head but Cruz blocks it.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Beast keeps control of Cruz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Beast.
Beast creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
Beast tries to clinch up but Cruz circles away and keeps his distance.
Cruz throws a sloppy body shot
and Beast counters with a two punch combo.
Beast dodges the punch combination from Cruz.
Beast moves out of range of the strikes.
Cruz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Beast.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Beast is just out of range.
Cruz misses with a looping right.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Beast was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Cruz avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cruz swings for the body but Beast moves out of range.
Cruz thows a body shot but no joy.
Cruz scores with a shot to the body.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Beast slips the punch.
Cruz misses with an uppercut. Beast saw that one coming.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Beast rushes Cruz and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Beast creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Beast pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Beast throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.

Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Beast connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cruz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Beast counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Beast keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cruz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Beast counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cruz misses the body punch
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cruz throws a right and a left that Beast avoids nicely.
Cruz swings and misses with a shot to the body
letting Beast counter with a right hand.
Beast lands a jab to the nose.
Beast takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cruz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Beast.
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Beast looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cruz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Beast makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cruz really felt that one!
Beast moves out of range of the strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Beast does a little dance to reset his feet.
Beast is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A shot to the body from Cruz misses
and Beast counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cruz misses with a hook to the body
and Beast counters with a three punch combo that has Cruz backing up. Cruz nods at Beast to acknowledge the strikes.
Cruz misses with a looping right.
Cruz throws a body punch but Beast moves out of range.
A shot to the body from Cruz misses
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jeremiah Ethan Cruz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Beast tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cruz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cruz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cruz throws a predictable looking body shot
and Beast counters with a stiff right hand.
A combination from Cruz does no damage.
Cruz misses with a combination
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cruz misses the body punch
and Beast counters with a nice kick to the body.
Beast tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cruz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Beast sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Beast to counter with a crisp jab.
Cruz lands with a shot to the body.
Cruz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz throws a sloppy body shot
and Beast counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Beast scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cruz in his tracks.
Cruz misses with a jab to the body
and Beast makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Cruz misses with a jab to the body
and Beast counters with a series of strikes. Cruz will be more careful next time no doubt.
Cruz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cruz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cruz is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Beast rather than just go for the knockout.
A jab from Beast finds it's way through Cruz's defenses.
Cruz scores with a hook to the body. Beast takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cruz misses the body punch
and Beast counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
No joy there for Cruz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beast counters with an inside leg kick.
Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Beast connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Cruz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Beast.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Beast counters with a straight right hand.
Cruz has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

Beast rushes Cruz and presses him up against the cage.
Cruz avoids a wild elbow strike from Beast.
Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Beast misses with an elbow strike.
Beast has a couple of punches blocked by Cruz.

Cruz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cruz tests Beast's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cruz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Beast counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a sloppy body shot
and Beast counters with a slapping leg kick.
Beast tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cruz misses with a hook to the body
and Beast counters with a thumping low kick.
Beast fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cruz throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Beast counters with an inside leg kick.
Beast slips a jab from Cruz.

Beast moves into the clinch.
Beast throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cruz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beast backwards.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike.

Cruz manages to break the clinch.
Cruz misses with a jab to the body
and Beast counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cruz swings and misses with a shot to the body

and Beast counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Beast.
Beast tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is trying to break free.
Cruz has had enough of the clinch but Beast keeps him there for the moment.
Beast throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Cruz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Beast throws an elbow that misses.
Beast creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cruz's defenses.
Cruz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Beast.

Cruz breaks the clinch.

Beast clinches.
Cruz scores with a shot to the side of Beast's head.
A short right from Beast on the inside.
Beast throws an elbow that misses.
Beast gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Cruz.
Beast looking to throw knees to the head but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Cruz avoids the elbow strike from Beast, against the cage.
Cruz lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Beast backwards.
Beast misses with an elbow over the top.
Beast throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruz.
Jeremiah Ethan Cruz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Beast throws a head punch that misses.
Cruz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Beast lands an elbow that stopped Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
Beast is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Beast lands an elbow just above Cruz 's eye.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Beast throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Demon Beast has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Beast working aggressively here.
Cruz lands with a left to the head.

And that's the end of the fight!
Demon Beast showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Cruz has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Downing scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremiah Ethan Cruz!