PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Pegas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiger Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Go To Sleep by Eminem feat. DMX, Obie Trice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Pegas
vs
Cruz

191 cm
26
247 lbs
15 - 9 - 0

190 cm
29
222 lbs
15 - 12 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

[CBK] LEGAL HIGHS « SFL ↑ 5x160Q

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jon Pegas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tiger Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Cruz is looking to control Pegas's arms but Pegas gets an underhook and turns him. Now Cruz has his back to the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pegas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cruz's brow.
Pegas scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cruz looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pegas throws an elbow but it misses.
Pegas lands an elbow inside that Cruz shrugs off.
Pegas missing with knees to the body.
Pegas creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Cruz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pegas avoids it.
Cruz misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Cruz.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cruz avoids the elbow strike from Pegas, against the cage.
Pegas pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pegas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz just leaning against Pegas, taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Cruz.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Pegas's defenses.

It looks like Jon Pegas has been cut.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pegas blocks an uppercut.
Pegas connects with a nasty looking knee right to Cruz's face.
Pegas pushes off an throws an elbow but Cruz leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A short left from Pegas.
Pegas working Cruz over with knees to the body.
Cruz looks winded!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pegas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pegas managing to block the knees to the body from Cruz.
Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cruz can't find room to land a body shot as Pegas controls the action.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Pegas.
Pegas lands an elbow just above Cruz 's eye.

It looks like Tiger Cruz has been cut.
Pegas avoids a wild elbow strike from Cruz.
Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pegas holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Cruz misses with an elbow strike.
Pegas blocks the elbow strike.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pegas lands an elbow just above Cruz 's eye.
Pegas stalling against the cage.
Pegas blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pegas is struggling to control the position.
Cruz throws an elbow that misses.
Cruz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pegas avoids it.
Pegas lands an elbow that stopped Cruz in his tracks for a moment.
Pegas takes a shot to the head.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Pegas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pegas stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Cruz misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Pegas prevents a body shot from Cruz.
Pegas is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pegas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Cruz has him pressed against the cage.

Pegas's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pegas misses with a wild body shot.
Pegas connects with a jab.
A big right from Cruz misses.

Pegas gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Pegas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cruz takes an elbow to the temple.
Pegas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Pegas lands a nice elbow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Pegas avoids the elbow strike from Cruz, against the cage.
Pegas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Cruz lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pegas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Pegas can't break the clinch.
Pegas lands an uppercut.
Pegas tries to land knees in the clinch but Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
Pegas scores a nice knee to the body.
Pegas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Pegas trying to stall but Cruz improves his position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pegas throws an elbow but misses.
Pegas trying to control the position but instead, Cruz has worked for underhooks and has pushed Pegas into the cage.
Pegas blocks an uppercut.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pegas tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pegas just misses with a elbow thrown towards Cruz's brow.
Cruz is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jon Pegas dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Pegas throws a series of punches but Cruz moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Pegas blocks the low kick.
Cruz tests Pegas's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Cruz swinging wildly here.
Cruz on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cruz misses with a straight right.
Pegas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Pegas.
Cruz tries to score with a low kick but Pegas moves his leg out of the way.

Cruz drives through and clinches with Pegas against the cage.
Jon Pegas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
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!
Pegas is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cruz tries to work over Pegas's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cruz is breathing heavily.
Cruz looking to stall.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pegas's elbow.
Pegas dodges an elbow strike from Cruz.
Cruz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pegas lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Pegas lands with a left to the head.
Pegas misses with a knee to the head.
Nice elbow from Pegas.
Pegas tries to land knees in the clinch but Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Pegas throws an elbow but misses.
A shot in the inside from Cruz.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Cruz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cruz avoids a wild elbow strike from Pegas.
Pegas is trying to maintain a safe position but Cruz gets an underhook and turns Pegas into the cage.
Pegas takes an elbow to the forehead.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pegas trying to stall but Cruz improves his position.
Cruz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pegas avoids a wild elbow strike from Cruz.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Pegas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pegas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cruz's defenses.
Pegas throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruz.
Cruz struggles to land a body shot inside as Pegas controls his hands.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pegas.
Pegas tries a body shot but Cruz blocks it.
Pegas takes a shot to the head.
Cruz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
The referee calls for Pegas to work.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Pegas obliges.
Pegas letting Cruz take a breather here.
Pegas lands an elbow inside.
Pegas looking to slow down the pace here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pegas can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Pegas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Cruz swings wildly with an uppercut but Pegas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pegas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cruz is defending well for now.
Pegas throws an elbow that misses.
Cruz dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Pegas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Pegas misses with an elbow over the top.
Cruz is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pegas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cruz trying to stall but Pegas improves his position.
Pegas blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Pegas.
With the fighters up against the cage, Cruz throws an elbow but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pegas creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cruz's defenses.
Pegas pressing his opponent against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Cruz tries to throw a body punch but Pegas avoids it by throwing Cruz back against the cage.
Pegas gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Pegas lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Pegas fails to land.
Pegas lands an elbow inside.

Cruz is rocked!

That has opened up Tiger Cruz's cut even more.
Nice elbow from Pegas.
Cruz is still on wobbly legs! Can Pegas finish him?
Pegas tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cruz avoids the elbow strike from Pegas, against the cage.
Pegas throws an elbow but it misses.
Pegas looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pegas lands a good knee to the midsection. Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pegas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pegas lands a hook that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Cruz blocks the elbow strike.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Pegas.
Pegas slowing the pace effectively.
Pegas misses with an elbow strike.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Pegas.
Cruz takes an elbow to the forehead.

Pegas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

Pegas closes the distance and pushes Cruz back into the cage.
A short left from Pegas.
Clinched against the cage, Pegas lands a big elbow that drops Cruz! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Cruz is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Pegas!