PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Nqobile Ndlandla (ranked 3283 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Cruz (ranked 5263 p4p, 0 weight class). Luis Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Ndlandla
vs
Cruz

195 cm
25
200 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Likes musicals

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Nqobile Ndlandla!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Luis Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Winston Alpacca, Daniel Franklin and David Hoff.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ndlandla throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cruz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cruz looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ndlandla is fending him off so far but Cruz persists. Nope, Ndlandla circles away and we're back to standing.
A little feinted left hand from Ndlandla on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cruz tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ndlandla defends well and Cruz ends up having to push Ndlandla into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Ndlandla leaves Cruz with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Ndlandla misses the target.
Nqobile Ndlandla has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luis Cruz.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown but Ndlandla shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Ndlandla scores with the left hand. Cruz knows he should have avoided that one.

Ndlandla sends Cruz crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Ndlandla is motioning to the referee to let Cruz up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ndlandla slaps away a takedown attempt from Cruz, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cruz shoots in but no luck this time.
Ndlandla definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ndlandla connects with a body shot that sends Cruz's belly button to the back.
Cruz gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Ndlandla counters with a huge left! Cruz is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ndlandla isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Cruz from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ndlandla!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Nqobile Ndlandla!
A relieved looking Nqobile Ndlandla thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.