PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ligerito Jr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Carter Jose De La Cus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose De La Cus comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Meghan Trainor - No kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Carter Jose De La Cus will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.

Jr
vs
Jose De La Cus

160 cm
30
136 lbs
12 - 5 - 1

173 cm
24
147 lbs
12 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Ligerito Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 1, fighting out of New York, Carter Jose De La Cus!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Nard Betker and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jose De La Cus scores with a hook.
Nice shot by Jose De La Cus.

Jr bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

Jose De La Cus explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Jose De La Cus scores with a one two! Jr had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jose De La Cus leaves Jr with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Jose De La Cus.
Jr fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jose De La Cus throws a nice looking combination but Jr bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Jose De La Cus stuffs the takedown.
Jr has been working on his balance at Netherlands Top Team & KT, so perhaps that has help him stuff some of the takedown attempts by Jose De La Cus.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ligerito Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jose De La Cus keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ligerito Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jr tries to score a power double leg takedown but Jose De La Cus sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Jr somewhat.
Sloppy strikes from Jose De La Cus. Those never looked like landing.
Jose De La Cus looks to land a combination but Jr avoids it well.
Jose De La Cus slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jr dives in and grabs Jose De La Cus's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jose De La Cus pushes down on Jr's head and hops out.
Jose De La Cus is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.

Jr is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Jose De La Cus's half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr working Jose De La Cus over with strikes.
Jr has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Jose De La Cus has hold of Jr's hands but Jr slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Jr looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Jr lands with a punch from half guard.
Jose De La Cus is trying to stand.
Jr working Jose De La Cus over with strikes.
Jose De La Cus keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Jr is just content to waste time from the top position. Jose De La Cus takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Jr landing with the ground and pound.
Jr with a flurry of punches that miss.
Jr postures up and lands a big shot to Jose De La Cus's brow.
Jr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jose De La Cus's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jr is one step ahead there.
Jr is in close to Jose De La Cus's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Jr lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jr postures up and lands a big shot to Jose De La Cus's brow.
Jr cracks Jose De La Cus with a solid left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jr's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Jr chips away with some ground and pound.
Jr postures up and lands a big shot to Jose De La Cus's brow.
Jr distracts Jose De La Cus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jose De La Cus pushes Jr off and scrambles back to his feet.
Jose De La Cus stuffs the takedown.
Jr darts in looking for a takedown but Jose De La Cus gets double underhooks and turns Jr into the cage.
Some wild striking there from Jose De La Cus.
Jr tries for a takedown but Jose De La Cus sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jr fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Jose De La Cus!

Jr shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Jose De La Cus pushes Jr off and gets back to his feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Jr shoots for a double leg takedown but Jose De La Cus sprawls well. He's pushed Jr's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Jose De La Cus fails to land with a series of punches.
Jose De La Cus stuffs the takedown attempt from Jr. Jr gets slowly back to his feet.
Jose De La Cus lands with a hook. Jr tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Jose De La Cus scores with a nice head shot.
Jose De La Cus scores with a sloppy right hand. Jr should have avoided that one.
Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Carter Jose De La Cus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A combination from Jose De La Cus does no damage.
Jose De La Cus lands a jab-cross combination.
Jose De La Cus goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Jose De La Cus misses with a wild combination.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Jose De La Cus enables Jr to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Jose De La Cus manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Jr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jose De La Cus's head.
Jr distracts Jose De La Cus with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Jr lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Jr with a nice head shot there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Jr's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carter Jose De La Cus dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jose De La Cus will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Jr was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Jose De La Cus has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jr shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Jose De La Cus pinned against the cage. Jose De La Cus gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Jr closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Jr lands in his opponent's guard.

Jose De La Cus pushes Jr off and gets back to his feet.
Jr takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jose De La Cus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Jose De La Cus slaps away a takedown attempt from Jr, before circling back to the center of the mat.
And Jose De La Cus tries to counter it with a takedown but Jr pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Jr misses with a takedown attempt - Jose De La Cus sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ligerito Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jr shoots in for a takedown but Jose De La Cus shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jose De La Cus stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Jose De La Cus wants it to stay on the feet.
Jr tries for a takedown but Jose De La Cus sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Jose De La Cus throws a series of strikes that have Jr backpedaling.
Jose De La Cus misses with a wild combination.
Carter Jose De La Cus seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jr shoots in for a double leg but Jose De La Cus sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jr shoots in but no luck this time.
Jose De La Cus connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Jr momentarily.
Jose De La Cus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Jose De La Cus lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Jr circles away quickly and effectively.
Jose De La Cus stuffs the takedown.
Jr takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Jr fails to land the takedown.
Jose De La Cus paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jr has a takedown stuffed.
Jr tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Jose De La Cus swivels and escapes.
And Jose De La Cus tries to counter it with a takedown but Jr pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jose De La Cus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus misses with the combination.
Jr changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Jose De La Cus tries to avoid it but Jr manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Jose De La Cus to the ground. Jose De La Cus escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And Jose De La Cus tries to counter it with a takedown but Jr pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Jose De La Cus lands a right hook to the body.
Jr moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Jose De La Cus stalks Jr and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Jr's face. Jr staggers backwards, shaken.
Jose De La Cus lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Jose De La Cus stuffs the takedown.
Jose De La Cus feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Jrs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Jr is defended easily by Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jr was well out of range. Poor timing from Jose De La Cus.
Jose De La Cus wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
No joy there for Jose De La Cus, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Jose De La Cus displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Jr looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Jose De La Cus connects with a nice looking jab.
Jose De La Cus looks to land a combination but Jr avoids it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jr manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Jose De La Cus on his heels. He'll look to pass Jose De La Cus's guard now, I'm sure.
Jr is working Jose De La Cus over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Jr landing with the ground and pound.
Jr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jose De La Cus's head.
Jr postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Jr makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Jr landing with the ground and pound.
Jr lands a couple of elbows.
Jr throwing strikes but missing.
Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Jr is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jr chips away with some ground and pound.
Jr lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Jr is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Jr throws a big right hand that misses.
Ligerito Jr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Jr working some strikes from top position.
Jose De La Cus is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Jr lands a couple of elbows.
Jr won't allow Jose De La Cus to get back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jr passes into half guard.
Jr drops an elbow to the side of Jose De La Cus's head.
Jr landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Carter Jose De La Cus showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!

No luck for Jr with that takedown attempt.
Jose De La Cus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Sloppy strikes from Jose De La Cus. Those never looked like landing.
Ligerito Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Jr shoots in but Jose De La Cus avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Jr looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ligerito Jr. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jose De La Cus feints a jab promting Jr to slip. Jose De La Cus then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Jr slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Jr.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jose De La Cus wants to get back to his feet but Jr drags him back down.
Jose De La Cus takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Jr scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jose De La Cus to see if he's OK.
Jr working the head and body with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jr working the body and head with strikes.
Jose De La Cus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Jr working the head and body with strikes.
Jose De La Cus is pushing Jr's head away, looking to escape. Jr manages to hold on to the position though.
Jose De La Cus is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jose De La Cus taking punishment in the form of punches.

Jose De La Cus is rocked!
A big shot lands for Jr! That's hurt Jose De La Cus! Will he recover? Jr fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ligerito Jr!
The defeated Carter Jose De La Cus had this to say: 'I'll be back, stronger and better than ever. I get one more chance to write the book, one more chance to set the hook, one more chance to turn the pages, one more chance to get it right, one more chance to write the wrongs,one more chance to feel alive, one more chance to bust some heads.'.