PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between George Whissell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kale Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Whissell comes to the cage accompanied by Rose Of Sharon. Cruz has chosen Welcome to the Jungle as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Whissell
vs
Cruz

177 cm
21
160 lbs
9 - 3 - 1

168 cm
21
163 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Determined

White Gorilla Nutrition
MMA's Best Nutrition

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 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, George Whissell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kale Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cruz closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Whissell is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Cruz is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Cruz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cruz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Whissell can't escape the position.
Cruz content just to control the position here.
Whissell really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Whissell is looking to escape.
Whissell is working to get back to half guard.
Cruz controlling his opponent.
Whissell is working to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cruz controlling his opponent.
Whissell is working to get back to half guard.
Cruz controlling from mount.
Whissell working to try and regain half guard.
Whissell is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cruz wants to control the pace but Whissell is squirming around nicely.
Whissell is looking to get to half guard.
Whissell squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Whissell swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Cruz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Cruz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cruz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Cruz wants to control the pace but Whissell is squirming around nicely.
Cruz tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

Despite being in the dominant position, Kale Cruz just isn't active enough and the referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Whissell shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Whissell was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Cruz is trying desperately to improve position.
Poor strikes thrown by Whissell there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cruz wants to hold on but Whissell pushes him away.
Whissell throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Cruz because Whissell loaded up on that one.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Whissell looking to finish Cruz with some ground and pound. This is bad for Cruz!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kale Cruz dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cruz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Whissell is staying active underneath Cruz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Whissell is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Whissell wants to sweep but Cruz has passed to side control!
Cruz trying to control the position but Whissell is working away.
Whissell is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Whissell on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Cruz working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Whissell misses with a takedown attempt

and Cruz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Whissell won't be happy with that.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cruz takes a little break here. Whissell wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Whissell is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Cruz has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Whissell is not content to let Cruz control the position.
Whissell on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Whissell is trying to work for a sweep but Cruz has mounted him!
Cruz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Whissell flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Whissell can't escape the position.
Cruz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Whissell is looking to escape.
Whissell in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Whissell is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cruz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Whissell flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Whissell is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cruz in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz trying to control but Whissell is having none of it.
Whissell is in all sorts of trouble here.
Cruz looking to finish Whissell with some ground and pound. This is bad for Whissell!
Cruz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Cruz connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Whissell taking shots to the head.
Whissell is mounted and he's throwing punches. Is that wise?
Cruz controlling the pace for now.
Cruz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Whissell is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Cruz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Whissell gets back to half guard.

Cruz is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Whissell is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Kale Cruz!