PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tiger Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Long (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by Go To Sleep by Eminem feat. DMX, Obie Trice. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Cruz
vs
Long

190 cm
27
220 lbs
13 - 11 - 0

190 cm
33
220 lbs
22 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

KAISER

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 13 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tiger Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 19 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Long!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
Cruz throws an off balance right hand
and Long cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Long throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Long throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cruz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Long manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz missing with a left hand there. Long was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Cruz closes the distance and pushes Long back into the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruz.
Cruz misses with the head strike.
Cruz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cruz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Long stalling.
Cruz lands a damaging elbow.

It looks like Alex Long has been cut.
Cruz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
A nice left hand lands by Long.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Long.
Cruz throws an elbow but it's blocked.

Long breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz misses with an uppercut
letting Long counter with a right hand.
Long throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cruz jabs Long right on the nose. Long blinks but takes it well.
Cruz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Long counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Long fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cruz checks it well.
Long slips a straight right by Cruz.
Long avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cruz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cruz throws a series of strikes that have Long backpedaling.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Long. Cruz does a little dance to reset his feet.
Long lands a jab to the nose.
Long's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cruz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Long scrambles back to his feet.
A shot to the liver by Long. Beautiful body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Long takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Long fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Cruz is out of range.
Cruz scores with a punch to the head.
Long misses with the combination.
Long takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Cruz takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Long throws a right and a left that Cruz avoids nicely.
Long's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Long duly obliges.
A right-left combo lands from Long.
Long bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Long staying out of range there.
Cruz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Long.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses the shot to the body.
Long falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cruz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Long thinking.
Long misses with a few strikes there.
Cruz takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Long ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Decent striking displayed by Long there.

Cruz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Cruz blocks a body shot from Long.
Still in the clinch, Cruz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Long dodges an elbow strike from Cruz.

Long's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Sloppy strikes from Long. Those never looked like landing.
Cruz is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cruz misses with a hook. Long ducked under it nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long connects with a body shot that sends Cruz's belly button to the back.
Long fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cruz manages to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Long's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cruz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Long scrambles back to his feet.
Long swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cruz waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Long.
Long fails to land with a series of punches.
Cruz throws a poor cross that misses
and Long counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Cruz thinking.
Cruz fails with an attempt to clinch.
A punch combination from Long misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cruz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Long misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Alex Long dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Alex Long's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Long cracks Cruz with a good jab.
Cruz moves in looking to clinch but Long pushes him off.
Tiger Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Long slips under a jab from Cruz.
Long ducks under a wild hook from Cruz.
Long tries to land a leg kick but Cruz saw it coming and moves away.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Long swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Alex Long is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Long falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cruz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Cruz connects with a looping right hand.
Long scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cruz in his tracks.
Long avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Long scores with a jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Long will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Long slips a jab from Cruz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long connects with a body shot that sends Cruz's belly button to the back.
Long will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Long takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Long looks to land a combination but Cruz avoids it well.
Cruz connects with a jab.
Cruz misses with a looping left.
Long lands a nice hook to Cruz's body. Cruz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Cruz lands with a good body shot.
Cruz is looking to clinch.
Cruz misses with a looping right.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Long counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cruz throws a right hand that misses
and Long counters with a stiff right hand.
Cruz scores with a hook.
Alex Long seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Long looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Long is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Cruz rather than just go for the knockout.
Long finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Cruz misses with an uppercut
and Long counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Long misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cruz clobbers Long with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cruz throws out a loose jab but Long uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Cruz is looking to clinch but Long is avoiding it.
Long moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cruz throws a hook but Long avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Long swinging wildly here.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Long will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Cruz moves into range and connects with a jab.
Long jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A big left from Cruz misses.
Long takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fighters circling - Cruz throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Long slips a jab from Cruz.
Long tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cruz was well out of range. Poor timing from Long.
Long misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Long avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Long lands with a nice combination. Cruz backs away looking to recover.
Long dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good shot there by Cruz.
Cruz throws an overhand right that lands on Long's shoulder, as Long tries to avoid the shot.
Long lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cruz backs up against the cage.
Cruz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Long will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Cruz misses with the combination.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Long throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Alex Long will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Alex Long'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. This is the final round!

Cruz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Long eats them both and turns towards Cruz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Long sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Long misses with a body kick.
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
Long takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Cruz with a jab.
Long throws a low kick but Cruz avoids it.
Long slips a jab from Cruz.
Cruz misses with an uppercut
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Long swings for the body but Cruz moves out of range.
Long swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Cruz counters with a stiff right hand.
Cruz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A big right from Cruz misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Long throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cruz lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Long uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Cruz throws an overhand right that lands on Long's shoulder, as Long tries to avoid the shot.
Cruz tries to clinch up but Long circles away and keeps his distance.
Long throws the left hand but Cruz avoids the punch easily.
Cruz slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.

Long is rocked!
Cruz swings widly with a right hand
and Long makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Long is still on wobbly legs! Can Cruz finish him?
Cruz drops Long with a huge uppercut! Long drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. Cruz is raining down punches and the ref stops the fight! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tiger Cruz!
During a confident post fight interview, Tiger Cruz thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.