PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Humberto Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marlon Worthy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by T.I. - No Mercy Ft. The-Dream . Worthy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Drop the world kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cruz
vs
Worthy

170 cm
35
165 lbs
30 - 17 - 5

182 cm
32
167 lbs
23 - 15 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Cold Blooded Kemists ↑ 5x160Q
GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 17 - 5, fighting out of Helsinki, Humberto Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marlon Worthy!
The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Matti Vanhoillinen and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cruz forces Worthy back against the cage and clinches.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Worthy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cruz blocking some punches.
Cruz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!

It looks like Marlon Worthy has been cut.
Worthy tries a body shot but Cruz blocks it.
Worthy swings wildly with an uppercut but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Worthy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Worthy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Worthy struggles to land a body shot inside as Cruz controls his hands.
Cruz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A short body shot lands from Worthy as the two fighters clinch.
Worthy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cruz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Worthy.
Cruz swings wildly with an uppercut but Worthy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Worthy's elbow.

Worthy breaks the clinch.
Worthy misses with a wild body shot.
Worthy checks the leg kick nicely there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthy scores with a nice right hand.
Worthy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cruz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Cruz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Worthy moves out of range as Cruz strikes.
Cruz throws a chopping leg kick but Worthy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good shot there by Worthy.
Cruz throws a low kick but it's checked well by Worthy.
Cruz lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cruz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cruz takes a head kick and shrugs it off.

Cruz has closed the distance and engaged Worthy in a clinch.
Worthy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Worthy misses with a body punch.
Cruz blocks a body shot from Worthy.
Worthy lands a left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worthy prevents a body shot from Cruz.
Worthy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cruz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Worthy misses with some punches.
Worthy has a couple of punches blocked by Cruz.
Worthy has a couple of punches blocked by Cruz.
Cruz misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Cruz.
Worthy can't find room to land a body shot as Cruz controls the action.
Cruz misses with a punch to the body.
Worthy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Worthy misses with a body punch.
Cruz blocking some punches.
Worthy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Worthy tries a body shot but Cruz blocks it.
Cruz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cruz can't find room to land a body shot as Worthy controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Worthy fails to land.
Cruz keeps control of Worthy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Worthy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Worthy misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worthy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cruz's elbow.
Worthy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.
Cruz lands an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Worthy.
Worthy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Worthy lands with a short shot to the head.
Worthy lands a left hand.
Worthy throws a head punch that misses.
Cruz scores with a shot to the side of Worthy's head.
Cruz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cruz lands a body punch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz misses with a punch to the body.
Worthy lands a nice uppercut.

Worthy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Cruz needs to keep his hands up - Worthy had a free shot at his head there.
A punch lands to the side of Cruz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Worthy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worthy blocks a head kick by Cruz.
Marlon Worthy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Worthy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Some bone on bone action there as Cruz checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Worthy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Worthy lands a nice hook to Cruz's body. Cruz takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Worthy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Worthy pushes Cruz up against the cage in a clinch.
Worthy throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruz.
Worthy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Worthy scores with a shoulder strike.
Worthy misses with the head strike.
Worthy lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Worthy - that landed with a thud.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cruz lands with a left to the head.
Worthy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cruz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Worthy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlon Worthy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Marlon Worthy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cruz finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

Worthy has managed to clinch.
Worthy prevents a body shot from Cruz.
Worthy is trying to push Cruz away but Cruz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Worthy blocking some punches.
Worthy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cruz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Worthy lands with a short shot to the head.
Cruz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cruz lands with a left to the head.
Worthy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cruz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cruz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Worthy or not.
Worthy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Worthy lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot in the inside from Worthy.
Worthy tries a body shot but Cruz blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Cruz as the two fighters clinch.
Cruz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Worthy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Cruz - that landed with a thud.
Cruz lands a body shot in the clinch.
Worthy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cruz lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Worthy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Cruz.
Cruz misses with a body punch.
Worthy lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Worthy fails to land.
Cruz lands with a left to the head.
Worthy swings wildly with an uppercut but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Worthy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Worthy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cruz's elbow.
Worthy swings wildly with an uppercut but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Worthy avoiding damage as Cruz throws knees to the body.
Cruz lands a left hand that snaps the head of Worthy backwards.
Worthy misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Worthy tries to work over Cruz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Worthy lands a body punch.
A short uppercut from Worthy.
Worthy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Worthy lands with a left to the head.
Worthy prevents a body shot from Cruz.
Cruz prevents a body shot from Worthy.
Worthy is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Cruz is keeping busy.
Worthy tries a body shot but Cruz blocks it.
Worthy avoiding damage as Cruz throws knees to the body.
Worthy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Worthy lands a body shot.
Worthy blocks an uppercut.
Worthy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Worthy lands a right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Worthy - that landed with a thud.
Worthy can't find room to land a body shot as Cruz controls the action.
Worthy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cruz takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruz.
Worthy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Worthy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cruz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Worthy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz prevents a body shot from Worthy.
A short right from Worthy.
Worthy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cruz misses with a body punch.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Worthy's elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Worthy digs a right hand underneath Cruz's ribcage. Cruz let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruz.
Worthy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Good body shot from Worthy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Worthy lands a body punch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Worthy lands with a light punch inside.
Worthy swings wildly with an uppercut but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice left hand lands by Worthy.
Worthy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Worthy lands with a right to the head.
Worthy swings wildly with an uppercut but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Worthy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cruz swings wildly with an uppercut but Worthy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Worthy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Worthy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cruz.
Worthy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Worthy misses with some punches.
Worthy pushes Cruz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cruz pushes Worthy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marlon Worthy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Marlon Worthy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Worthy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Worthy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Worthy misses the shot to the body.
Cruz misses with a hook.
Cruz blocks a low kick nicely.

Worthy rushes Cruz and presses him up against the cage.
Cruz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cruz cracks Worthy with a nice body shot.
Worthy leaning against his opponent.
Cruz blocks an uppercut.
Cruz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cruz crunches a lovely knee into Worthy's ribcage.
A short right from Worthy on the inside.
Worthy blocks an uppercut.
Worthy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Worthy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz struggles to land a body shot inside as Worthy controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Worthy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.
Worthy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Worthy misses with a body punch.
Cruz blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cruz blocks a body shot from Worthy.
Worthy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Cruz misses with a punch on the inside.
Worthy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cruz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Worthy prevents a body shot from Cruz.
Worthy blocking some punches.
Cruz misses with a body punch.
Cruz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cruz has a couple of punches blocked by Worthy.
Cruz misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cruz swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Worthy struggles to land a body shot inside as Cruz controls his hands.
Worthy blocks an uppercut.
Worthy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Humberto Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz blocks a body shot from Worthy.
Cruz tries to work over Worthy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Cruz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Worthy prevents a body shot from Cruz.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A right handed body shot lands from Cruz.
Worthy lands a nice shot to the body.
Worthy misses with a punch on the inside.
Cruz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cruz lands a left hand.
Worthy has a couple of punches blocked by Cruz.
Cruz prevents a body shot from Worthy.
Worthy misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz digs a right hand into Worthy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Worthy's gas tank.
Cruz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Worthy.

Worthy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruz takes one to the chin there.
Cruz throws a head kick that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Worthy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Worthy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Worthy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Worthy moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Worthy moves into the clinch.
Cruz prevents a body shot from Worthy.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Worthy's elbow.
Worthy pushes Cruz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cruz doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marlon Worthy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cruz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Worthy.
Cruz tries to work over Worthy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Worthy lands a right hand.
Cruz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Worthy lands a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Worthy.
Worthy blocks a body shot from Cruz.
Worthy misses with a body punch.
Worthy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Cruz misses with a knee strike.
Cruz misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Worthy fails to land.
Cruz misses with the head strike.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Worthy's elbow.
Worthy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.

Worthy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cruz fails to land with a series of punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A head kick from Worthy lands but Cruz takes it in his stride.
Worthy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cruz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Worthy, right into the meat.
Worthy scores with a kick to the body.
Worthy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Marlon Worthy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Worthy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Matti Vanhoillinen scores the fight 27:30
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marlon Worthy!
A victorious Marlon Worthy thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
Humberto Cruz was interviewed post fight and said 'Revenge is like the sweetest joy next to getting pussy so mothafucka!! i fucking demand a rematch or else get me some pussy to fuck hard.'.