PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiger Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lasse Willemoes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by Go To Sleep by Eminem feat. DMX, Obie Trice. Willemoes comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Rage Against The Machine- Bomb Track kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Tiger Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cruz
vs
Willemoes

190 cm
21
217 lbs
4 - 6 - 0

185 cm
22
213 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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 4 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tiger Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lasse Willemoes!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Willemoes takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Cruz shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Cruz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Willemoes misses with a body shot.
Cruz misses with a shot to the body

and Willemoes counters with a takedown into side control.
Cruz parries the strikes from Willemoes easily there. Willemoes is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Cruz to escape.
You can see the frustration on Cruz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Cruz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Willemoes wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The strikes coming from Willemoes are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Willemoes has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Willemoes creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Willemoes tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Willemoes working the ground and pound but Cruz is defending the strikes.
Willemoes is chipping away with strikes.
Willemoes tries to move to full mount but Cruz actually manages to regain half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cruz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Willemoes.

Willemoes seems to be working for a kimura but Cruz defends the submission attempt.
Cruz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cruz is refusing to be controlled, as Willemoes sits in half guard.
Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Willemoes.
Willemoes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Willemoes is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Willemoes is taking a breather. Cruz says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

Willemoes is trying to work for a kimura but Cruz is defending well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Willemoes connects with a nice short shot to Cruz's temple.

Willemoes is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Cruz sees it coming and defends easily.
Cruz is trying to control but can't.
Cruz is trying is best to control the position here.
Willemoes missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Willemoes throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Cruz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Willemoes on the ground.
Willemoes stops Cruz from getting back to his feet.
Willemoes controlling the pace.
Willemoes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Willemoes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Willemoes is looking for a kimura here.
Willemoes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Willemoes not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Willemoes winds up and cracks Cruz with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Willemoes.
Willemoes is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Cruz tries to roll over but Willemoes keeps him under control.
Willemoes scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Willemoes trying to control from half guard but Cruz is working away.
Willemoes scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Willemoes is looking to take a break and control but Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

Cruz is defending against the submission attempts here by Willemoes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Willemoes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Cruz defending well though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lasse Willemoes dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cruz throws a poor cross that misses

and Willemoes counters with a single leg into guard. Cruz didn't expect that.
Cruz wants to control but Willemoes passes easily into half guard.
Willemoes is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Willemoes not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Cruz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Willemoes.
Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Willemoes.
Willemoes is trying to control the action in half guard but Cruz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Willemoes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cruz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willemoes is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Willemoes throwing shots but Cruz is blocking nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cruz wants to control but Willemoes is keeping busy.
Willemoes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Willemoes is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Willemoes throwing shots but Cruz is blocking nicely.
Willemoes with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Willemoes looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Cruz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cruz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Willemoes.
Willemoes looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes is trying to control the action in half guard but Cruz is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Cruz is trying to get back to full guard.
Willemoes is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Willemoes wants to work for an arm triangle but Cruz is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.

Willemoes is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Cruz has managed to free his arm - good work.

Willemoes seems to be looking for submissions.
Willemoes passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Willemoes controlling his opponent.
Willemoes has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Cruz's face.
Willemoes landing punches.
Willemoes tries to control but Cruz wriggling away.
Cruz tries to reverse the position but Willemoes maintains control.
Willemoes landing strikes from the mount.
Willemoes pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is bucking up trying to escape but Willemoes cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Willemoes has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Willemoes with good strikes from the mount here!
Willemoes putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Willemoes is in the full mount, landing strikes.

Cruz is rocked!
Willemoes lands a heavy shot. That's hurt Cruz! Willemoes sees the opportunity and turns up the heat - strike after strike land to the defenseless Cruz and the ref dives in to save him! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Lasse Willemoes!