PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jack Fry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nate Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz has chosen Headstrong-Trapt as his entrance music. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.

Fry
vs
Cruz

175 cm
28
168 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

170 cm
29
152 lbs
14 - 8 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Good gas tank

Valhalla Q160 Nutrition

Syndicate Nutrition (DUS)

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 Tokyo, Jack Fry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nate Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yukihiro Shimada and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fry misses with a low kick.
Fry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.
Jack Fry seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Fry.

Cruz feints and as Fry raises his hands in defense, Cruz changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cruz trying to control but Fry is working from the bottom.
Cruz throws a big elbow that misses.
Cruz is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Cruz postures up in Fry's guard and throws a big left but Fry blocks it.
Fry trying to keep a closed guard but Cruz is proving a slippery customer.
Cruz is pushing down on Fry's leg trying to pass to half guard. Fry is fighting to maintain full guard but Cruz has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fry controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Cruz is looking for a kimura here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fry is not content to let Cruz control the position.
Cruz prevents Fry from improving his position.
Cruz content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fry pushes Cruz off looking to stand but Cruz dives back in and keeps control.
Cruz is nestled in close to Fry, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Fry is trying to get back to full guard.
Cruz controlling the pace.
Fry wants to get back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Cruz works his way into full mount!
A nice elbow there by Cruz.
BOOM! Cruz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cruz avoids the attempt from Fry to control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fry can't escape the position.
Cruz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cruz pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Fry tries to hold on but Cruz postures up.
Cruz is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cruz landing strikes from the mount and Fry is in trouble!
The referee warns Fry that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cruz scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Fry defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Cruz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Cruz lands with some strikes.
Cruz scoring with strikes but Fry is staying in there.
Fry can't escape the position.
Fry on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Fry tries to get out of the position.
Fry is bucking up trying to escape but Cruz cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Cruz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Cruz lands a big elbow.
Fry is bucking up trying to escape but Cruz cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
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.
Cruz lands a big elbow.

It looks like Jack Fry has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz lands a nice shot to the head.

Fry is rocked!
Cruz cracks Fry with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nate Cruz!
Nate Cruz decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.