PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Droski De La Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Fredrick Altright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Fredrick Altright enters the cage!

De La Cruz
vs
Altright

183 cm
20
175 lbs
8 - 5 - 0

188 cm
25
180 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Droski De La Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Fredrick Altright!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Cruz stuffs the takedown attempt from Altright. Altright gets slowly back to his feet.
Altright fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Altright clinches up against the cage.
Altright creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through De La Cruz's defenses.
Altright looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
De La Cruz tries to pull guard but Altright holds him up against the cage and eventually De La Cruz drops back down to his feet.
Altright lands a good knee to the midsection. De La Cruz won't want to take too many of those.
Altright stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Altright gets underhooks to prevent De La Cruz's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Altright breaks from the clinch.
Altright scores with a head kick. De La Cruz tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

De La Cruz tries to keep at a distance but Altright has taken the fight into the clinch.
De La Cruz has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Altright is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Droski De La Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Altright with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Altright.
Altright stalling in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
De La Cruz can't get the takedown.
De La Cruz is looking for a takedown.

Altright's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Altright stuffs the takedown attempt from De La Cruz. De La Cruz gets slowly back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Altright is defended easily by De La Cruz.

De La Cruz gets tackled into the cage by Altright. Altright maintains the clinch.
De La Cruz throws a punch but it's blocked by Altright.

Altright breaks from the clinch.

A momentary lapse in concentration from De La Cruz enables Altright to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. De La Cruz manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Altright wants to control from the top but De La Cruz keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Altright is looking to pass into half guard but De La Cruz pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now De La Cruz is in guard.

Altright has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but De La Cruz can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
De La Cruz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Altright looking for submissions from the bottom but instead De La Cruz passes into side control.
Altright really doesn't want to stay on the ground with De La Cruz. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Altright wants to control but De La Cruz postures up.
Altright tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but De La Cruz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Altright is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Altright is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
De La Cruz wants to control but Altright is keeping him busy.
De La Cruz looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Altright is avoiding damage well.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
De La Cruz working away.

De La Cruz is trying to get an arm triangle but Altright is defending well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Altright is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fredrick Altright dominated that round.
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.

Altright darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Altright is looking to stall here but De La Cruz recovers full guard.
Altright trying to move into half guard but instead De La Cruz has managed to sweep!
Altright not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Altright wants to control but De La Cruz passes easily into half guard.
De La Cruz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz is looking to take a break and control but Altright is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Altright avoiding damage under a succession of punches from De La Cruz.
De La Cruz is nestled in close to Altright, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
De La Cruz is keen to just control but Altright is a slippery customer.
De La Cruz is stalling here. Altright is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! De La Cruz seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Altright has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
De La Cruz is trying to get back to his feet.
Altright tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Altright wants to take a breather but De La Cruz manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Altright.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Altright tries to free his leg and advance position but De La Cruz is retaining full guard.
Altright is looking to stand up but De La Cruz won't let him.
Altright cracks De La Cruz with a solid left hand.
Altright seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
De La Cruz striking off his back but it's not causing Altright any problems.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Altright gets to his feet. De La Cruz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
No joy there for Altright, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Altright closes the distance and clinches up with De La Cruz, looking for a takedown. Altright pushes De La Cruz against the cage but De La Cruz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
De La Cruz steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Altright.
Altright throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Altright fails to land the takedown.
Altright connects with a high kick.
De La Cruz swings away with a leg kick that misses.
De La Cruz darts in looking for a takedown but Altright gets double underhooks and turns De La Cruz into the cage.
Altright taking a breather.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Altright breaks the clinch.

Altright clinches up against the cage.
De La Cruz tries to circle away but Altright has him pinned against the cage.
Altright with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
De La Cruz is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Altright pulls him back up using the underhooks.
De La Cruz wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Droski De La Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Altright escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
The referee calls for Altright to work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Fredrick Altright showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! 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.

De La Cruz throws a head kick that half lands.

Altright closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. De La Cruz quickly recovers to half guard.
De La Cruz is refusing to be controlled, as Altright sits in half guard.
De La Cruz moves into full guard.
Altright stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. De La Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.
De La Cruz is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Altright tries to get to full guard but De La Cruz has control of the leg.
Altright trying to control from the bottom.
De La Cruz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Altright with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Altright is looking to escape.
Altright is looking to improve his position.
De La Cruz slips a nice elbow through Altright's hands, connecting with Altright's forehead.
Altright wants to get back to his feet.

De La Cruz seems to be working for a kimura but Altright defends the submission attempt.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Altright can do anything to dispel that myth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Altright tries to kick De La Cruz off but De La Cruz keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
De La Cruz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Altright!

De La Cruz working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
De La Cruz working the ground and pound effectively.
Altright tries to hold on but De La Cruz postures up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Altright is looking to get to half guard.
We've been hearing that De La Cruz has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

De La Cruz with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
De La Cruz controlling from the full mount.
De La Cruz looking to control but Altright is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
De La Cruz scores with a couple of good head shots there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Altright tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fredrick Altright is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
De La Cruz landing strikes, looking to finish!

De La Cruz has hold of Altright's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Altright manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Altright wants to get back to his feet.

De La Cruz wants to finish this one by submission but Altright is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from De La Cruz.
Droski De La Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Altright can't escape the position.

And that's the end of the fight!
Droski De La Cruz showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Altright has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 28:29
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Fredrick Altright!