PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Budoy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Dela Cruz is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Dela Cruz
vs
Budoy

191 cm
25
288 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
25
255 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, John Dela Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mark Budoy!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Shirou Masuda and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dela Cruz darts in and clinches Budoy up against the cage.

Dela Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Dela Cruz doesn't manage to clinch there - Budoy circles away.
Dela Cruz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dela Cruz pushes Budoy away with a front kick.
Budoy looks for a takedown but Dela Cruz sprawls well.
Dela Cruz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Dela Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Budoy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Dela Cruz wants to clinch up but Budoy keeps it at a distance.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dela Cruz leaves Budoy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Budoy takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.

Dela Cruz has closed the distance and engaged Budoy in a clinch.
A short right from Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Budoy looks gassed!

That's one minute gone in the round.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Dela Cruz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Budoy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Dela Cruz lands with a short shot to the head.
Dela Cruz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Good body shot from Dela Cruz.
A right handed body shot lands from Dela Cruz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dela Cruz makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Dela Cruz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Budoys head.
Dela Cruz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Budoy backwards.

Budoy is rocked!
A right handed body shot lands from Dela Cruz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz lands a body punch in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A right handed body shot lands from Dela Cruz.
Dela Cruz lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Dela Cruz breaks from the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Budoy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Dela Cruz.
John Dela Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dela Cruz lands with a good body shot.
Dela Cruz lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Dela Cruz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Dela Cruz scores with a spinning back kick!
Mark Budoy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dela Cruz moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Dela Cruz jabs Budoy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Dela Cruz works the jab nicely.

Dela Cruz closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dela Cruz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dela Cruz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Dela Cruz lands a nice uppercut.
Dela Cruz works on Budoy's body with a couple of short punches.
Dela Cruz lands with a left to the head.
John Dela Cruz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Dela Cruz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dela Cruz.
Budoy is still on wobbly legs! Can Dela Cruz finish him?
Budoy is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz scores with a shoulder strike.
Dela Cruz creates a bit of distance and unloads a huge uppercut that knocks Budoy out cold! The ref dives in to break up the two fighters! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). John Dela Cruz!
John Dela Cruz tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.