PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Parts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Go To Sleep by Eminem feat. DMX, Obie Trice 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?

Parts
vs
Cruz

189 cm
24
225 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

190 cm
25
220 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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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 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Anthony Parts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tiger Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, Anthony Taglia and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Parts scores with a kick to the body.
Parts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Cruz throws an off balance right hand
and Parts counters with a nice kick to the body.
Parts throws a solid leg kick but Cruz takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Parts.
The fighters circling - Cruz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
A telegraphed right hand from Parts misses the target.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
Parts loads up on a big right hand but Cruz slips the punch.
Cruz scores with a one two! Parts had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Cruz swats away the attempt to clinch by Parts.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Parts swings widly with a right hand
and Cruz counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parts scores with a sloppy right hand. Cruz should have avoided that one.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Parts throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Parts scores with a jab. Cruz acknowledges it with a nod of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parts scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cruz scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.

It looks like Anthony Parts has been cut.
Parts throws a right hand that Cruz ducks under and follows up with a left that Cruz also avoids with ease.
Parts throws a nice inside leg kick.
Cruz is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Parts rather than just go for the knockout.
Cruz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Parts defending well as Cruz loads up on a big left hand.
Parts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

Parts closes the distance and clinches.
Cruz struggles to land a body shot inside as Parts controls his hands.
Parts lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Parts presses Cruz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Parts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Parts throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruz.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parts.
Parts lands with a right to the head.
Cruz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parts lands with a short punch from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Parts.
Cruz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Parts can't find room to land a body shot as Cruz controls the action.
Parts scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Parts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Parts works on Cruz's body with a couple of short punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruz.
Parts digs a right hand into Cruz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cruz's gas tank.
Parts struggles to land a body shot inside as Cruz controls his hands.
Parts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cruz wants to break free but Parts has control.
Cruz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Parts working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Parts pushes Cruz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Parts swings wildly with an uppercut but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Parts pushes Cruz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Parts lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parts lands a body punch.
Cruz blocks an uppercut.
Parts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Parts misses with a punch to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruz.
Parts misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cruz tries to work over Parts's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Parts lands a shot to the body.
Cruz looks gassed!
Parts working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Parts misses with the head strike.
Cruz wants to get back to striking at distance but Parts won't allow it.
Parts lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Parts misses with some punches.
Parts lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Parts digs a right hand into Cruz's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Cruz's gas tank.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Parts creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Parts pushes Cruz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz digs a right hand into Parts's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Parts's gas tank.
Parts lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Parts softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Parts has a couple of punches blocked by Cruz.
Cruz misses with a punch to the body.
Parts lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Parts tries a body shot but Cruz blocks it.
Cruz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A head punch on the inside from Parts fails to land.
Cruz prevents a body shot from Parts.
Parts misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz struggles to land a body shot inside as Parts controls his hands.
Parts lands with a short shot to the head.
A shot in the inside from Parts.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cruz.
A short right from Parts on the inside.
Parts tries a body shot but Cruz blocks it.
Parts blocks a body shot from Cruz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Anthony Parts dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anthony Parts's cut.
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.

Cruz looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Parts takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Parts avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Nice defenses there by Cruz.
Parts slips under a jab.
Tiger Cruz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Parts thows a body shot but no joy.
Parts thumps Cruz with a low kick.
Parts connects with a looping right hand.
A solid leg kick lands there for Parts.
Parts swings for the body but Cruz moves out of range.
Parts works Cruz's body with a nice hook.
Cruz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Parts scoring well with a low kick there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Parts was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Parts goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Parts counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Parts feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Cruz's calf.
Parts takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Cruz swings for the body but Parts moves out of range.
Cruz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Parts.
Parts scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Cruz throws a sloppy body shot
and Parts counters with a straight right hand.
Parts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cruz circles away quickly and effectively.
Cruz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Cruz misses with a hook
and Parts counters with a nice uppercut.
Cruz misses with a right hand
and Parts counters with an inside leg kick.
Parts tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cruz manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Parts uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cruz.
Parts throws a leg kick which misses Cruz's front leg but catches the back leg as Cruz tries to avoid it.

Parts clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cruz misses with some punches.
Cruz lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cruz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cruz misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cruz.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cruz.
Cruz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cruz lands a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cruz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Parts lands a shoulder strike.
Cruz using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Parts has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Parts lands an uppercut.
Cruz misses with a short punch on the inside.
Parts lands a hook to the side of the head.
Parts lands with a short shot to the head.

Cruz is rocked!
Parts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cruz is still on wobbly legs! Can Parts finish him?
Cruz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Parts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cruz can do to turn this around?
Parts throws a head punch that misses.
Parts throws a head punch that misses.
Parts swings wildly with an uppercut but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Parts misses with the head strike.
Parts has a couple of punches blocked by Cruz.
Anthony Parts has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cruz blocking some punches.
Cruz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Parts fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Parts fails to land.
Parts misses with a hook from the clinch.
Parts misses with a punch on the inside.
Parts swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Parts misses with some punches.
Parts blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Parts.
Cruz seems to have recovered his senses.
Cruz misses with a punch on the inside.
Cruz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Parts misses with some punches.
Cruz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Partss head.
A head punch on the inside from Cruz fails to land.
Parts prevents a body shot from Cruz.
Still in the clinch, Cruz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Parts blocks an uppercut.
Parts misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Parts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cruz prevents a body shot from Parts.
Parts lands a big right hand that drops Cruz! The killer instinct kicks in and Parts finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Parts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anthony Parts!
Anthony Parts made sure to mention his sponsor, 160! in his post fight interview.