PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cristiano Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bloo Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cruz
vs
Ray

177 cm
18
198 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

190 cm
20
200 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good wrestler
Good kicks
Heavy handed

Spartan Nutrition
Sun-Tzu

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Cristiano Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Bloo Ray!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Richard Clark and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Cruz lands with a right hand.
Ray thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cruz if he has to take too many more of those.
Cruz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cruz throws a hook to the side of Ray's head but Ray sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cruz could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ray takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Cruz fails to land with a series of punches.
Cruz swings widly with a right hand
and Ray counters with a series of strikes. Cruz will be more careful next time no doubt.

Ray has taken the fight to the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ray is looking to take this one to the mat.
Cruz stops a takedown attempt from Ray.
A head punch on the inside from Cruz fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ray.
Cruz tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.

Ray wants the takedown. Cruz is fighting it off but Ray persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Cruz's guard against the cage.

Cruz scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Cruz throws a big shot that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz throws a right and a left that Ray avoids nicely.
Ray moves out of range as Cruz strikes.

Ray moves into the clinch.

Ray decides to pull guard.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Ray is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Cruz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Cruz sitting in guard, not really doing much.

Cruz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cruz thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.

Cruz drops back for a leg here. A bit of a high risk move... He's looking for a kneebar by the looks of things. Now both of them are looking for submissions. Cruz seems to have locked his on tight now - Ray screams in pain and taps out furiously! It certainly was a high risk move but it's paid off for Cruz, as he picks up the win!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). Cristiano Cruz!