PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between tito cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Milo Papi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). cruz's entrance music is yes. A fine choice. Papi has chosen IZ ON as his entrance music. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

cruz
vs
Papi

187 cm
26
155 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

173 cm
22
152 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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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 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, tito cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Milo Papi!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Albert Achterberg and Aafke Stam.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
cruz misses with a looping left.

cruz drives through with a takedown into guard.
cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but Papi has wrist control.
Papi tries to land a sweep but no joy.
cruz throws a big right hand that misses.
Papi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
cruz landing some decent shots from guard.
cruz throws and elbow that misses. Papi uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in cruz's guard. Nice move by Papi!
Papi trying to control the position from guard on top but cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Papi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Papi wants to control from the top but cruz keeps moving.
cruz 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.
Papi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Papi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

cruz is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Papi defends well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Papi distracts cruz with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
Papi trying to control the position from guard on top but cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Papi accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
cruz trying to keep a closed guard but Papi is proving a slippery customer.

cruz has his feet on Papi's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Papi thows a left - swing and a miss!
Papi tries to move into range but cruz moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Papi fails with the takedown
and cruz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
cruz throws a right and a left that Papi avoids nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cruz scores with a decent looking hook.
Milo Papi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
cruz throws a right and a left that Papi avoids nicely.

cruz shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than cruz was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Papi looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
cruz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
cruz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
cruz working the ground and pound effectively.
Poor strikes thrown by cruz there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Papi is in all sorts of trouble here.
cruz landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cruz throwing strikes here but Papi is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Papi tries to hold on but cruz pushes him away.
cruz looking to ground and pound but Papi is blocking nicely.
cruz cracks Papi with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Papi tries to hold on but cruz pushes him away.
Papi blocking the ground and pound.
Papi can't escape the position.
cruz unloads with some shots from mount but Papi bucks and avoids them well.
Papi is trying desperately to improve position.
cruz working away from the top, dropping strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
cruz is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Papi can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Papi is trying to escape the mount.
cruz really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
cruz lands a nice shot to the head.
Papi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Papi regains half guard.
cruz works his way into full mount!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Papi is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
cruz avoids the attempt from Papi to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Papi shoots for a takedown but cruz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
cruz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Papi throws a nice looking combination but cruz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
cruz takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Papi slips a jab from cruz.
cruz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice shot by cruz.
Papi throws a left and a right that both miss
and cruz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Papi shoots and misses
and cruz counters with a nice body shot.
cruz lands with an uppercut that bounces Papi off the cage and back into rage.
Papi misses with a looping right.
Papi drops his hands momentarily and cruz takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Papi shoots in but doesn't get the takedown

and cruz counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by cruz.
tito cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Milo Papi.
Papi is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cruz is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
cruz postures up.
cruz stands and throws Papi's legs to the side, diving into side control.

cruz decides to stand up, so the ref orders Papi to his feet.
Papi gets cracked with a nice right hand there by cruz.
Papi misses with a shot to the body
and cruz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Papi swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and cruz makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
cruz darts in and out, connecting with a jab.

Papi feints and as cruz raises his hands in defense, Papi changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
cruz is adopting a defensive guard.
cruz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Papi!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cruz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
cruz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
cruz looking to finish with strikes here!
Papi takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
cruz lands a big elbow.
cruz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
cruz landing strikes from the mount.
Papi is desperately trying to improve his position but cruz has a good base and remains in mount.
Papi wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by cruz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cruz throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Papi because cruz loaded up on that one.
cruz thowing shots but they're missing.
cruz with good strikes from the mount here!
cruz thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Papi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
cruz punishing his opponent with strikes.
cruz punishing his opponent with strikes.
Papi tries to hold on but cruz postures up.
Papi is bucking up trying to escape but cruz cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cruz throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
cruz with good strikes from the mount here!
Papi is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, cruz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Papi is trying desperately to improve position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

tito cruz dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Papi throws a combination that misses

and cruz moves into the clinch.
Papi tries to pull guard but cruz holds him up against the cage and eventually Papi drops back down to his feet.

Papi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Papi throws a body punch but cruz moves out of range.
Papi fails with the takedown
enabling cruz to counter with a crisp jab.
Papi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but cruz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

Papi shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
cruz wants to improve his position but Papi is controlling well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
cruz regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Papi.
Papi working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cruz managing to control the position.
cruz wants to sweep here but Papi controlling him for the moment.
cruz is trying to keep Papi in close.
Papi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now cruz is on top in guard.
cruz throws a strike but Papi rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
cruz is trying to control the position but Papi postures up.
cruz avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Papi stopping the sweep attempt from cruz.
Papi is stalling in the full guard.
cruz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Papi is one step ahead there.
Papi throwing strikes but missing.
cruz pulls Papi in close to prevent any damage.
Papi cracks cruz with a solid left hand.
Papi trying to control but cruz is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papi looking to pass the guard.
Papi loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Papi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Papi's corner calls for a 1-2. Papi obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
cruz scores with a nice right hand.
cruz is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
cruz displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Papi throws out the jab.
Papi avoids a punch combination nicely.
Papi ducks under a wild hook from cruz.
cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
Papi tries for a takedown but cruz circles away easily
and cruz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Milo Papi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
tito cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Milo Papi.

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.
cruz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Papi misses with the combination.
Danga de danga de dang - Papi scores with a four punch combination!
cruz has his takedown stuffed
and Papi counters with a three punch combo that has cruz backing up. cruz nods at Papi to acknowledge the strikes.

cruz is rocked!

It looks like tito cruz has been cut.
A slow jab from Papi misses its intended target.
Oh cruz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Papi misses with a double jab
and cruz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
cruz slips under a jab from Papi.
Papi slaps away a takedown attempt from cruz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Papi throws a shot from downtown. cruz moves away and avoids it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Milo Papi comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well cruz has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight for tito cruz!
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight for tito cruz!
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight for tito cruz!

tito cruz wins by unanimous decision!