PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lucien Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stephen Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Cruz
vs
Jackson

204 cm
18
278 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
210 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Lucien Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Stephen Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jackson avoids the head kick by Cruz.
Jackson let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Jackson looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!

Jackson tries to sprawl but Cruz drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Cruz seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Cruz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jackson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cruz throwing shots but Jackson is blocking nicely.
Cruz takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

Cruz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Cruz throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Jackson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Cruz working over Jackson with some ground and pound. Jackson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Cruz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Jackson has hold of Cruz's hands but Cruz slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.

Cruz is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Cruz thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jackson's head.

Cruz decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.

Cruz shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Jackson napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Cruz landing strikes.
Cruz is chipping away with strikes.
Cruz working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jackson on the wrong end of some ground and pound.

Cruz tries for a kimura but Jackson is defending well.
Cruz working the body and head with strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Jackson is letting Cruz control him for a moment.

Cruz working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Cruz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Jackson to see if he's OK.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jackson is working to avoid the ground and pound but Cruz connects with a decent elbow.
Cruz working the ground and pound from side control.
Cruz lands a decent elbow from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jackson tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Cruz easily slips into full mount!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A nice elbow there by Cruz.
Cruz landing strikes from the mount.
Cruz controlling from the full mount.
Cruz lands a heavy elbow.
BOOM! Cruz connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cruz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cruz sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz working the ground and pound effectively.
Cruz fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The referee warns Jackson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Cruz lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz unloading with bombs!
Cruz lands a big shot there that rocks Jackson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.

Jackson is rocked!
Cruz working Jackson over with strikes here.
Jackson is still in real trouble! Can Cruz finish him?
Cruz looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Cruz postures up and lands a whopping elbow - oh that's hurt Jackson bigstyle! Two more strikes land for Cruz and the fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucien Cruz!