PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Alex Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Tuttle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Cruz
vs
Tuttle

200 cm
18
245 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

199 cm
19
265 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

Basic striking
Self confident

Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 2 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ryan Tuttle!
The judges for this bout are Aleksandr Martynov, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cruz forces Tuttle back against the ropes and clinches.
Cruz lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Ryan Tuttle has been cut.
Cruz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cruz lands an elbow just above Tuttle 's eye.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Tuttle creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cruz connects with a knee to the head.
Cruz lands an elbow just above Tuttle 's eye.
Cruz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Tuttle misses with the head strike.
Cruz lands an elbow that stopped Tuttle in his tracks for a moment.

That has opened up Ryan Tuttle's cut even more.
Cruz avoiding damage as Tuttle throws knees to the body.
Cruz blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tuttle throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruz.
Cruz lands an elbow inside.
A hook to the body from Cruz.
Cruz throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tuttles head.
Cruz lands a good knee to the midsection. Tuttle won't want to take too many of those.
Tuttle has a couple of punches blocked by Cruz.
Cruz landing knees to the body.
Cruz lands a damaging elbow.
Cruz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Tuttle looks winded!
Cruz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Tuttle's defenses.
Cruz lands a shoulder strike.
Cruz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

The cut above Ryan Tuttle's eye is starting to cause him problems now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Cruz.
Cruz keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Tuttle's efforts to push away.
Cruz scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cruz comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Tuttle takes an elbow to the forehead.
Cruz lands an elbow just above Tuttle 's eye.

Ryan Tuttle's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Cruz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Tuttle lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cruz lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Cruz lands a nice elbow.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Ryan Tuttle's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Alex Cruz!