PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Humberto Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brent Celek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by Touch Me. Celek is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by 40 oz. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cruz
vs
Celek

170 cm
25
150 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

180 cm
30
164 lbs
16 - 7 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

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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 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Humberto Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Brent Celek!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz looks to throw a body kick
and Celek counters with a straight right hand.
Cruz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz digs a good hook to Celek's body.
Cruz plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Cruz tries to work over Celek's front leg with a kick but Celek checks it.
Celek cracks the inside of Cruz's front leg.
Celek throws a nice looking combination but Cruz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cruz shoots for a double leg takedown but Celek sprawls well. He's pushed Cruz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Celek throws a series of punches but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cruz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Celek tried to score with a low kick but Cruz checks it.
A punch combination from Celek misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Celek misses with a double jab.
Nice takedown defense from Cruz. No joy for Celek on that attempt.
Celek thows a body shot but no joy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cruz.
Cruz throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Celek to counter with a crisp jab.
Cruz feints and then cracks Celek's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Celek down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Cruz.
Cruz throws a leg kick but Celek sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice defenses there by Celek.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cruz.
Celek blocks a leg kick.
That kick from Celek tenderised Cruz's leg. Cruz is trying to keep his angry face on.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Cruz.
Cruz throws a push kick but Celek slaps the foot to one side.
Celek throws out a powerful jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Celek throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Celek tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cruz was well out of range. Poor timing from Celek.
Celek throws a wild body kick that Cruz sees coming a mile off.
Cruz misses with a body shot.
Celek swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cruz counters with a leg kick.
Celek throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Celek misses with a left hand
and Cruz counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Cruz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz is looking to slow Celek down with leg kicks.
Cruz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Celek is just out of range.
Cruz throws a push kick but Celek slaps the foot to one side.
Cruz lands a right hook to the body.
Celek bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cruz's head backwards.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A punch combination from Celek misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Cruz!
Nice shot lands for Celek.
Celek misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Celek looks to land a combination but Cruz avoids it well.
Celek throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cruz moves out of range of the strikes.
Cruz lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Celek throws a jab when Cruz was well out of range.
Cruz throws a jab but it's blocked by Celek.
Celek tests Cruz's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cruz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cruz scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Celek manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Cruz lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cruz is looking to score with low kicks.
Celek just misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz misses with a few strikes there.
Cruz lands a nice looking body shot.
Cruz looks to throw the jab but Celek is out of range.
Cruz defending well as Celek loads up on a big left hand.
Celek defending well as Cruz loads up on a big left hand.
Celek throws a series of punches but Cruz moves out of range.
Humberto Cruz is winning the standup battle so far.
Cruz closes this distance looking for a takedown but Celek circles away.
Celek looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Celek looks to land a combination but Cruz avoids it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Celek swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Celek walks into a jab.
Celek goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cruz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Celek tries a head kick but it misses.
Celek pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Cruz moves out of range as Celek strikes.
Celek avoids a kick to the body.
Celek on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cruz with a hook.
Cruz throws a leg kick that misses.
Celek tries to bum rush Cruz with a series of wild strikes but Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz dodges the punch combination from Celek.
Celek steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Cruz. That one must have hurt.
Celek is breathing heavily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Celek misses with a series of wild punches.
Cruz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Celek fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Celek is just out of range.
Celek tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Celek throws a nice inside leg kick.
Celek throws a leg kick
and Cruz counters with an outside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz misses the shot to the body.
Celek throws a hook but Cruz avoids it easily.
Celek takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cruz misses with a body kick.
Celek takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Cruz throws a body kick that misses.
Celek with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cruz to score with a decent uppercut.
Cruz scores with a three punch combo!
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Celek.
Cruz misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Celek thows a body shot but no joy.
Cruz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Celek in his tracks.
Celek uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Cruz swings for the body but Celek moves out of range.
A right-left combo lands from Cruz.
Celek misses the shot to the body.
Humberto Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Celek avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Celek throws a hook to the side of Cruz's head but Cruz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Celek looks to land a right hand but Cruz moved out of range.
Cruz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Celek counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cruz throws a wild body kick that Celek sees coming a mile off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Humberto Cruz dominated that second 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. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Celek feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cruz's calf.
Some wild striking there from Celek.
The fighters circling - Cruz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Decent striking displayed by Celek there.
Cruz swings for the body but Celek moves out of range.
Celek throws a lazy uppercut
and Cruz counters with a right hand to the body.
Celek finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A solid body kick from Cruz.
Celek takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Celek takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cruz fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Celek avoids it really well and circles away.
Celek throws a low kick, looking for Cruz's leg but Cruz calmly moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Celek manages to avoid it.
Cruz lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Celek on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Celek slips a jab and a cross from Cruz.
Celek takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Celek takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Cruz turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cruz scores with a nice head shot.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz lands with a shot to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Celek does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cruz misses with a body shot.
Celek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Celek.
Cruz checks a leg kick.
Celek's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Celek thows a body shot but no joy.
Cruz lands with a straight right. Celek didn't see that one coming.
Cruz looks to throw the jab but Celek is out of range.
Cruz scoring well with a low kick there.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Celek motions for Cruz to come forward. Celek throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Celek swings for the body but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz throws a body punch but Celek moves out of range.
Celek fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cruz is out of range.
Celek throws a right and a left that both miss.
Humberto Cruz is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Cruz thows a body shot but no joy.
Horrible takedown by Cruz or perhaps it was just good defense by Celek which made him look bad.
Cruz is looking to wear down Celek with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Celek is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cruz.
Celek with a jab.
Brent Celek has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice uppercut there from Celek.
Cruz staying out of range there.
Cruz lands a nice shot to the body.
Celek loads up on a big right hand but Cruz slips the punch.
Cruz scores with a hook to the body. Celek takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Cruz throws a one two combo.
An inside leg kick lands from Cruz.
Celek on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Danga de danga de dang - Cruz scores with a four punch combination!
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Decent striking displayed by Cruz there.

And that's the end of the fight!
Humberto Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27

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