PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Joey Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lilian Manzatto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cruz
vs
Manzatto

157 cm
18
130 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

160 cm
23
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Intelligent

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Joey Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Lilian Manzatto!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz throws a right and a left that both miss.

Cruz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Cruz being controlled against the cage.

Manzatto pulls guard.
Cruz is looking to stand up but Manzatto won't let him.
Cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Manzatto utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cruz connects with a couple of short punches.
Manzatto wants to sweep but no luck.
Cruz wants to stand but Manzatto is controlling his posture from full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Cruz throws an elbow that misses. Manzatto uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Cruz's guard. Nice move by Manzatto!
Cruz wants to stand and escape but Manzatto is having none of it.
Cruz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Manzatto on the ground.
Manzatto passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Manzatto controlling from side mount.

Manzatto tries for a kimura but Cruz is defending well.
Cruz is trying to get back to his feet.
Manzatto controls the position from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Manzatto taking a breather here.
Manzatto advances to mount.
Cruz tries to lock up and control but Manzatto gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

Manzatto is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Cruz to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Cruz shrugs it off.
Manzatto lands a heavy elbow.
Manzatto tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries to reverse the position but Manzatto maintains control.
Manzatto lands with some strikes.
Manzatto controlling his opponent.
Cruz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cruz is working hard here to advance position.
Cruz squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cruz is breathing heavily.
Cruz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manzatto lands a nice shot to the head.
Manzatto looking to control and managing it successfully.
Manzatto landing shots from mount.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruz tries to buck Manzatto off but he can't manage it.
Manzatto looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Manzatto swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Lilian Manzatto!