PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cannondale Trail (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dante Cross Furia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross Furia has chosen Vivaldi's Winter as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Cannondale Trail has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Trail
vs
Cross Furia

198 cm
36
280 lbs
24 - 12 - 1

209 cm
31
276 lbs
23 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Zenith Nutrition (160q/225$)
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cannondale Trail!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dante Cross Furia!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Trail shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Trail throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Trail throws a lazy right hand but Cross Furia sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
We've been told by Trail's head coaches at Samran Muay Thai that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Jab from Trail.
Trail misses with a straight right.
Cross Furia tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch lands to the side of Cross Furia 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Cross Furia wants to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cross Furia gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trail.
Trail displaying some good clinch control by pressing Cross Furia up against the cage.
Trail tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cross Furia's elbow.
Cross Furia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cross Furia lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Trail.
Trail blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cross Furia lands a shoulder strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cross Furia.
A head punch on the inside from Cross Furia fails to land.
Trail goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Trail scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trail misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Cross Furia fails to land.
Cross Furia blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trail tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cross Furia's elbow.
Cross Furia has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Trail seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Cross Furia can turn it around.
Cross Furia lands a hook that snaps the head of Trail backwards.
Cross Furia can't find room to land a body shot as Trail controls the action.
Cross Furia throws a punch but it's blocked by Trail.
Cross Furia pushes Trail back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cross Furia lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cross Furia can't find room to land a body shot as Trail controls the action.
Cross Furia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Trail doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cross Furia lands with a left to the head.
Still in the clinch, Cross Furia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trail avoiding damage.
Cross Furia cracks Trail with a nice body shot.
Cross Furia lands a body punch.
Cross Furia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Trail prevents a body shot from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trail backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia lands a nice uppercut.
Cross Furia prevents a body shot from Trail.
Trail looking to slow down the pace here.
Cross Furia lands a right hand.
Cross Furia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Trail misses with a punch to the body.
Cross Furia lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cross Furia prevents a body shot from Trail.
Trail prevents a body shot from Cross Furia.
Trail struggles to land a body shot inside as Cross Furia controls his hands.
Cross Furia scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trail doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Cross Furia misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cross Furia lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cross Furia lands with a light punch inside.
Cross Furia lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Still in the clinch, Cross Furia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trail working aggressively here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trail scores with a shoulder strike.
Cross Furia working aggressively here.
Cross Furia struggles to land a body shot inside as Trail controls his hands.
Cross Furia throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Cross Furia.
Trail scores with a hook to the body.
Cross Furia tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cross Furia throws a head punch that misses.
Cross Furia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trail's elbow.
Cross Furia scores with a shot to the side of Trail's head.
Cross Furia swings wildly with an uppercut but Trail uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trail can't find room to land a body shot as Cross Furia controls the action.
A right handed body shot lands from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia blocks an uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Cross Furia as the two fighters clinch.
Trail throws a punch but it's blocked by Cross Furia.
Trail takes a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Cross Furia dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cross Furia ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Trail just misses with a punch to the body.
Trail fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

Cross Furia gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A body shot lands from Trail.
Cross Furia has a couple of punches blocked by Trail.
Trail will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cross Furia up against the cage.
Cross Furia working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short left from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia swings wildly with an uppercut but Trail uses good head movement to avoid it.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Cross Furia works on Trail's body with a couple of short punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trail blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short right from Cross Furia on the inside.
Trail tries to work over Cross Furia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trail tries a body shot but Cross Furia blocks it.
Dante Cross Furia seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Trail doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Cross Furia.
Trail can't find room to land a body shot as Cross Furia controls the action.
Cross Furia swings wildly with an uppercut but Trail uses good head movement to avoid it.
Trail throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trail.
Trail tries a body shot but Cross Furia blocks it.
Cross Furia has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Cross Furia scores with a hook to the body.
Trail lands a shoulder strike.
Trail throws a head punch that misses.
A short right from Cross Furia.
A short uppercut from Trail.
Cross Furia prevents a body shot from Trail.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia lands a body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cross Furia lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trail backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cross Furia can't find room to land a body shot as Trail controls the action.
Trail doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trail tries to work over Cross Furia's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trail tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cross Furia lands a hook that snaps the head of Trail backwards.
Nice body punch from Cross Furia.
Trail blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cross Furia makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Cross Furia fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Cross Furia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cross Furia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cross Furia lands an uppercut.
Trail misses with a punch to the body.
Trail taking a breather.
Trail swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trail misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trail misses with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trail.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia lands a left hand that snaps the head of Trail backwards.
Trail blocks a body shot from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia lands with a short shot to the head.
Cross Furia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia has a couple of punches blocked by Trail.
Cross Furia misses with a punch on the inside.
Cross Furia struggles to land a body shot inside as Trail controls his hands.
Trail misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trail.
Trail misses with a body punch.
Cross Furia misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cross Furia lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Trail tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cross Furia's elbow.
Trail can't find room to land a body shot as Cross Furia controls the action.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trail tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Trail misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Cross Furia.
Cross Furia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cross Furia misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Trail has a couple of punches blocked by Cross Furia.
Trail's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A hook to the body from Trail.
Cross Furia lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cross Furia misses with a punch to the body.
Trail struggles to land a body shot inside as Cross Furia controls his hands.
Nice body punch from Cross Furia.
Trail tries a body shot but Cross Furia blocks it.
Cross Furia lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cross Furia.
Cross Furia lands a shoulder strike.

Trail is rocked!
Cross Furia tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cross Furia scores with a hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Dante Cross Furia showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Cross Furia lands a right hook to the body.
Trail misses with the combination.

Cross Furia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Cross Furia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trail's elbow.
A head punch on the inside from Trail fails to land.
Cross Furia scores with a shot to the side of Trail's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cross Furia tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Trail's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Trail.
Cross Furia lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Trail backwards.
Cross Furia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Trail tries to throw a body punch but Cross Furia avoids it by throwing Trail back against the cage.
Cross Furia lands with a left to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cross Furia scores with a hook to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cross Furia working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cross Furia lands with a light punch inside.
Oh Trail is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cross Furia tries to work over Trail's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Trail seems to have got his legs back now.
Still in the clinch, Cross Furia scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trail looking to stall.

Cross Furia drops Trail onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Trail is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!

It looks like Cannondale Trail has been cut.
Trail has a couple of punches blocked by Cross Furia.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cross Furia.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cross Furia lands with a right to the head.
Trail tries to throw a body punch but Cross Furia avoids it by throwing Trail back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Cross Furia.
A short right from Cross Furia.

Cross Furia drops Trail onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Trail is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Cross Furia lands a huge punch on the inside that knocks Trail senseless! Wow, what a way to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Dante Cross Furia!
Dante Cross Furia thanked the fans post fight for their support.