PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Dante Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ankur Khan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cruz
vs
Khan

173 cm
22
135 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

161 cm
20
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dante Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ankur Khan!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cruz closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Khan's guard.
Cruz sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Khan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Khan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Cruz on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Cruz tries to get out of the position.
Khan is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Khan moves nicely into side control.

Khan is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Cruz is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

Khan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khan has hold of Cruz's arm. He's looking for a kimura. Cruz seems comfortable defending it but Khan has shifted his position slighty and is cranking on the arm! Cruz is real pain and he's forced to tap out! Cruz is disgusted with himself for not defending it better but Khan couldn't care less - he's delighted!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Ankur Khan!