PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dante Cross Furia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samir Lemaitre (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cross Furia comes to the cage accompanied by Vivaldi's Winter. Lemaitre has chosen La Marseillaise as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cross Furia
vs
Lemaitre

209 cm
32
276 lbs
25 - 14 - 1

185 cm
28
240 lbs
16 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Heavy handed

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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 25 - 14 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Dante Cross Furia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 8 - 0, fighting out of New York, Samir Lemaitre!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross Furia drops his hands momentarily and Lemaitre takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cross Furia lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Cross Furia scores with a nice strike.
Cross Furia with a hook.
Crunch! Cross Furia slams his shin into Lemaitre's torso.
Lemaitre with a hook.
Lemaitre misses with a kick to the body

and Cross Furia counters by moving into the clinch.
Lemaitre doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lemaitre dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Cross Furia lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Lemaitre backwards.

Lemaitre pulls guard effortlessly.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Lemaitre avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.

Lemaitre isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Cross Furia stacks Lemaitre on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Cross Furia!
Cross Furia misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
The strikes coming from Cross Furia are missing the target in this wave of attacks.

Cross Furia stands up and beckons Lemaitre to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cross Furia checks a leg kick.
Lemaitre takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Lemaitre has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cross Furia.
Lemaitre looks winded!

Cross Furia moves into the clinch.
Cross Furia scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lemaitre is trying to pull guard but Cross Furia has him pressed against the cage.
Lemaitre blocks an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cross Furia creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cross Furia misses with a short punch on the inside.

Cross Furia breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cross Furia plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Samir Lemaitre has been cut.
Lemaitre swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Cross Furia pushes Lemaitre up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cross Furia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Cross Furia.
Lemaitre fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Cross Furia breaks the clinch.
Cross Furia throws a push kick but Lemaitre slaps the foot to one side.
It seemed like Lemaitre was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Cross Furia closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cross Furia lands an uppercut.
I was talking to Cross Furia's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short left from Cross Furia.

Lemaitre is rocked!
Cross Furia lands an uppercut.
Lemaitre is still on wobbly legs! Can Cross Furia finish him?
Lemaitre is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Cross Furia throws a punch but it's blocked by Lemaitre.
Cross Furia unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Lemaitre! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Cross Furia is unloading with more strikes now! Lemaitre drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dante Cross Furia!
A relieved looking Dante Cross Furia thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.