PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mauricio Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Wrestling Spar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mauricio Dela Cruz could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Wrestling Spar's chin.

Dela Cruz
vs
Spar

182 cm
20
210 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

180 cm
29
265 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

Good wrestler
Brawler
Powerful

TFP Graphics - Pit Inc

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Mauricio Dela Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Wrestling Spar!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Aafke Stam and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Dela Cruz closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Spar quickly recovers to half guard.
Spar is trying to get back to full guard.
Dela Cruz is trying to control. Spar wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Spar tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Spar missing with punches from the bottom.
Spar landing small, sideways elbows.
Dela Cruz performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Dela Cruz trying to control the action but Spar is working from the bottom.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Spar throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Spar misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Spar won't allow Dela Cruz to pass to mount.
Spar is refusing to be controlled, as Dela Cruz sits in half guard.
Dela Cruz frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Dela Cruz content just to control the position here.
Dela Cruz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Spar is looking to escape.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz blocks Spar's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Spar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dela Cruz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Spar is looking to escape.
Dela Cruz is really struggling to control Spar but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Spar is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Dela Cruz blocks Spar's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Dela Cruz looking to control and managing it successfully.
Spar swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dela Cruz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dela Cruz with shots to the head and body - Spar looks very uncomfortable down there.

It looks like Wrestling Spar has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz scoring with strikes but Spar is staying in there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Spar is squirming around, avoiding Dela Cruz's attempts to control the action.
Spar flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dela Cruz wants to control the pace but Spar is squirming around nicely.
Spar flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Spar is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Spar throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Spar throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dela Cruz. What's that going to do exactly?
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Dela Cruz is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Spar has managed to escape the submission attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Spar is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dela Cruz trying to control but he's not successful this time.

Dela Cruz is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Spar is surviving well by controlling Dela Cruz's body position as best he can.
Spar flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Dela Cruz lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

Dela Cruz wants to finish this one by submission but Spar is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Dela Cruz.
Spar throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Dela Cruz trying to control but Spar is having none of it.
Spar working to try and regain half guard.
Spar slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Spar knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Dela Cruz is looking for a kimura but Spar is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Dela Cruz to get the leverage.
Spar flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Spar lands a couple of sideways elbows.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dela Cruz wants to control but Spar is keeping him busy.
Dela Cruz tries to pass the half guard into mount. Spar knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Spar throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dela Cruz is looking to advance position but Spar won't allow it.
Spar landing small, sideways elbows.
Spar tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Dela Cruz passes to side control.
Dela Cruz avoids the strikes from the bottom by Spar.
Dela Cruz trying to control the position but Spar is working away.
Dela Cruz has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Spar!
Spar throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Spar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dela Cruz can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Spar is looking to escape.
Spar is looking to improve his position but Dela Cruz isn't that keen on the idea.

Dela Cruz is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Spar is surviving well by controlling Dela Cruz's body position as best he can.
Spar throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Spar throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Spar sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Dela Cruz blocks the strikes from Spar.
Dela Cruz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Spar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dela Cruz moves into full mount! Spar won't be happy about that!
Spar tries to reverse the position but Dela Cruz maintains control.
Dela Cruz wants to control the pace but Spar is squirming around nicely.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Spar is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Spar working to try and regain half guard.
Spar slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Spar is trying to get back to full guard.
Spar is not content to let Dela Cruz control the position.
Spar misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Dela Cruz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Spar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Dela Cruz tries to pass to full mount but Spar defends it.
Spar is on the bottom, trying to hold on to half guard. He's throwing a few small shots here, to keep his opponent honest.
Spar wants to get back to full guard.
Spar punching from the bottom.
Dela Cruz uses his free foot to push down on Spar's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Spar.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Spar is squirming around, avoiding Dela Cruz's attempts to control the action.
Spar is working to get back to half guard.
Dela Cruz blocks Spar's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Spar is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Dela Cruz wants to control the pace but Spar is squirming around nicely.
Spar is trying to escape the mount.
Dela Cruz lands with some strikes.
Spar is squirming around, avoiding Dela Cruz's attempts to control the action.
Spar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dela Cruz putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz scoring with strikes but Spar is staying in there.
Spar swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spar is trying desperately to improve position.
Spar swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.

Dela Cruz wants to finish this one by submission but Spar is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Dela Cruz.
Spar has decided that throwing punches whilst being mounted is the best he can manage just now.
Dela Cruz controlling from mount.
Spar throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dela Cruz. What's that going to do exactly?
Spar is looking to get to half guard.

Dela Cruz jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Spar manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Spar throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz is looking to take a break and control but Spar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Spar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Spar seems a little lost for a moment, as Dela Cruz dominates the positioning.

Dela Cruz tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Dela Cruz avoids the strikes from the bottom by Spar.
Dela Cruz lands some shots froms side control.
Spar tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Spar is trying to get back to half guard.
Spar tries to strike from the bottom but misses.
Spar striking from the bottom but nothing landed.
Spar is trying to get back to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mauricio Dela Cruz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Wrestling Spar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Dela Cruz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Spar.

Dela Cruz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Dela Cruz is looking to take a break and control but Spar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Spar moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dela Cruz controls from within his opponent's guard.

Dela Cruz drops back looking for a leg! Spar is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Spar manages to kick Dela Cruz off! Dela Cruz jumps back into Spar's guard.
Spar throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Dela Cruz cracks Spar with a solid left hand.
Spar throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dela Cruz trying to control but Spar is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Spar throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Mauricio Dela Cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Spar striking off his back but it's not causing Dela Cruz any problems.
Spar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Dela Cruz stands and throws Spar's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Dela Cruz creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Spar tries to improve position but can't.
Dela Cruz trying to control the position but Spar is working away.
Spar wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.
Spar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dela Cruz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Spar tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Dela Cruz trying to control the position but Spar is working away.
Spar tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Dela Cruz trying to control the action but Spar is working from the bottom.
Dela Cruz passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Spar!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz controlling the position easily from mount.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Spar throwing hammer fists to the chest of Dela Cruz. What's that going to do exactly?
Spar is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dela Cruz wants to control the pace but Spar is squirming around nicely.
Spar swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Spar swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dela Cruz looking to control but Spar is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Dela Cruz is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Spar can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Spar swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Spar swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dela Cruz prevents Spar from getting the reversal.
Spar throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Dela Cruz trying to control but Spar is having none of it.
Dela Cruz controlling from the full mount.

Dela Cruz jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Spar manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Dela Cruz blocks the strikes from Spar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Spar is looking to regain half guard here but Dela Cruz keeps moving and retains side control.
Spar tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Dela Cruz blocks the strikes from Spar.
Dela Cruz wants to control but Spar is keeping him busy.
Spar is trying to improve his position.
Spar tries to strike but it doesn't land.
Spar is not content to let Dela Cruz control the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Spar tries to buck Dela Cruz off but Dela Cruz is having none of it.
Spar wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

Dela Cruz is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Spar is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Spar wings away with a couple of strikes but they don't land.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz advances nicely into full mount.
Dela Cruz trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Spar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Dela Cruz blocks the strikes from Spar.
Spar misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Spar missing with punches from the bottom.
Dela Cruz seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Spar does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Spar landing rabbit punches to the side of Dela Cruz's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
Spar gets full guard.
Dela Cruz's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Spar doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dela Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Spar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Spar throws a couple of heel strikes.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Spar doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dela Cruz advances position into side control!
Dela Cruz trying to control the position but Spar is working away.
Spar misses with a strike from the bottom.
Spar tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Dela Cruz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Spar throwing some weak shots from the bottom that do no damage.
Dela Cruz wants to control but Spar is keeping him busy.
Spar sneaks back into half guard.
Dela Cruz is looking to take a break and control but Spar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Spar wants to get back to full guard.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dela Cruz blocks the strikes from Spar.
Spar punching from the bottom.
Dela Cruz with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Spar missing with punches from the bottom.
Spar tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
The fighters are battling for position here. Spar manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Dela Cruz slips nicely into half guard.

Dela Cruz is working for a kimura but Spar is defending it quite comfortably.
Dela Cruz passes the guard and advances to mount!
Spar landing with some feeble shots from his back... He should probably try escaping the position instead.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.

Dela Cruz with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Dela Cruz landing strikes from the mount and Spar is in trouble!
Spar sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spar misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Spar is trying to get back to full guard.
Spar throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dela Cruz blocks the strikes from Spar.
Dela Cruz is looking to take a break and control but Spar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Spar punching from the bottom.
Spar wants to improve his position but Dela Cruz is controlling well.
Spar is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Well, if Dela Cruz is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.

Dela Cruz in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Spar tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Dela Cruz!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 9:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Mauricio Dela Cruz!
Mauricio Dela Cruz seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.