PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gilbert De La Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alexander Yakovlev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Yakovlev has chosen Maroon 5 - Sugar as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!

De La Cruz
vs
Yakovlev

193 cm
24
205 lbs
10 - 6 - 0

189 cm
23
209 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

Good takedowns
Good kicks
Experienced

Good wrestler
Good low kicks
Granite chin

Voodoo Nutrition
Spartan Nutrition 160Q with Proof

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Gilbert De La Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alexander Yakovlev!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De La Cruz has a takedown stuffed.
Yakovlev misses with a series of wild punches.
Horrible takedown attempt by De La Cruz or perhaps it was just good defense by Yakovlev, which made it look bad.
Nice jab there from Yakovlev.
Yakovlev's jab looks to have found its range, popping De La Cruz under the eye.
De La Cruz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
De La Cruz fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Gilbert De La Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De La Cruz shoots in for a takedown but Yakovlev shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

De La Cruz shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Yakovlev wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De La Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Yakovlev is retaining full guard.
De La Cruz preventing the sweep.
Yakovlev wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and De La Cruz manages to pass to side control.

Yakovlev pushes De La Cruz off and gets back to his feet.
De La Cruz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
De La Cruz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Yakovlev lands with a thumping leg kick.

Yakovlev bobbing and weaving well here. And he's unloaded with a massive right hand that drops De La Cruz! He dives into his guard looking to finish!

De La Cruz is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Yakovlev gets to his feet. De La Cruz looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Oh De La Cruz is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yakovlev lands with a right and another and another! De La Cruz is in big trouble! Yakovlev lands again and this time it's lights out for De La Cruz! A quality knockout there for Yakovlev.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:08 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Alexander Yakovlev!
After the fight, Alexander Yakovlev was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.