PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jose Cronos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tombstone Terry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Cronos might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bad Habits. 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.

Cronos
vs
Terry

178 cm
22
145 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

188 cm
34
135 lbs
22 - 34 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Golden Supplements

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jose Cronos!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tombstone Terry!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cronos looking to score a takedown here. Terry is defending well but Cronos drives through and ends up in Terry's guard.
Cronos slips nicely into half guard.
Cronos prevents Terry from standing back up.
Cronos wants to free his trapped foot but Terry is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Cronos looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Terry tries to kick Cronos off but Cronos keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Terry tries to roll over but Cronos keeps him under control.

Cronos seems to be working for a kimura but Terry defends the submission attempt.
Cronos is trying to control the action in half guard but Terry is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cronos is taking a breather. Terry says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Jose Cronos just wasn't active enough.
A swing and a miss from Cronos.
Cronos looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Terry changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cronos tries to avoid it but Terry manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cronos to the ground. Cronos escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cronos looks to land a combination but Terry avoids it well.
Cronos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Terry counters with a nice leg kick.
Cronos thows a body shot but no joy.
A bone on bone clash there as Terry blocks the leg kick.
Terry lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Terry fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cronos checks it well.
Nice straight punches there by Cronos. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Cronos.
Cronos staying out of range there.
Terry tries for a takedown but Cronos circles away easily

so Cronos counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cronos throwing strikes but missing.
Terry keeping moving, preventing Cronos from controlling successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cronos manages to get himself to full guard.

Cronos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Terry slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Terry wants to get up but he can't break Cronos's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Cronos looking for a sweep. Not yet Cronos, not yet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cronos has a closed guard, preventing Terry from standing up.

Cronos is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Terry wanted to stand there but Cronos had control of the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Cronos working for a triangle but Terry defends it easily.

Cronos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Terry doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Terry manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jose Cronos dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Cronos throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Terry uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cronos.
Cronos cracks Terry with an open hand slap.
Terry lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.

Terry gets caught napping as Cronos dives in and scores a takedown. Terry manages to retain guard.
Cronos loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Terry is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Cronos prevents Terry from getting back to his feet.
Cronos wants to pass the guard but Terry is keeping the position.
Cronos trying to control the position from guard on top but Terry is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cronos controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cronos is looking to advance position but Terry has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!

Terry has hold of Cronos's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Cronos manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Cronos in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Cronos is trying desperately to improve position.
Cronos is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terry throwing strikes here but Cronos is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Terry raining down hammerfists from mount.
Cronos is trying desperately to improve position.
Terry looking to control but Cronos is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Terry lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Terry lands with some strikes.
Cronos tries to hold on but Terry postures up.
Terry throws some wild stikes that Cronos manages to avoid easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terry punching from mount but Cronos doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Terry punishing his opponent with strikes.
Terry can't control as he wanted to and Cronos manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Terry wants to pass the guard but Cronos is defending well.
Terry thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Cronos is refusing to be controlled, as Terry sits in half guard.
Cronos is trying to maintain the position but Terry is very close to passing his half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terry prevents Cronos from improving his position.
Cronos wants to control but Terry is keeping busy.

Cronos looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Terry pushes past his half guard into mount!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Terry looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Terry with shots to the head and body - Cronos looks very uncomfortable down there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tombstone Terry showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Cronos keeps the fight on the outside.
Cronos swats away the attempt to clinch by Terry.
Terry keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cronos throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Terry fails to land the takedown.
Terry slips under a jab from Cronos.
Terry jabs at Cronos's body.
Terry takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jose Cronos is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

Terry has taken the fight to the clinch.
Cronos tries for a takedown. No joy.

Terry escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Terry misses with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cronos goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Cronos shoots in and drives through. Terry sprawls well.
Cronos takes a swing at Terry's ribcage but misses.
Cronos scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Terry is rocked!
Cronos scores with a hook to the body. Terry takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Terry is still on wobbly legs! Can Cronos finish him?
Terry shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Terry seems to have recovered his senses.
Terry tries to close the distance and clinch but Cronos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Terry tries to clinch there but Cronos circles away.
Terry throws a right and a left that both miss.
Terry shoots for a double leg takedown but Cronos sprawls well. He's pushed Terry's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jose Cronos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tombstone Terry.
Cronos misses with a low kick.
Cronos keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Terry throws a sloppy head kick and Cronos moves out of range easily.
Cronos throws a combination. Terry tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Terry throws a head kick but Cronos moves out of range.
Cronos closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Terry looks to clinch
and Cronos counters with a huge left! Terry is in big trouble! He's backing up but Cronos isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Terry from any more damage. A dominating finish by Cronos!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:17 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jose Cronos!
During a confident post fight interview, Jose Cronos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.