PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Yeshua Immanuel (ranked 3005 p4p, 313 weight class) and Ricardo Cruz (ranked 3856 p4p, 0 weight class). Yeshua Immanuel has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Immanuel
vs
Cruz

181 cm
28
190 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

190 cm
20
198 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Great wrestler
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Yeshua Immanuel!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Cruz!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Left hook, right uppercut from Immanuel.
Immanuel lands a head shot.

Immanuel clinches up against the cage.
Immanuel scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cruz tries to score a body lock takedown but Immanuel shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Immanuel lands a hook that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Immanuel lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Immanuel.
Immanuel scores with a shot to the side of Cruz's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Immanuel gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

It looks like Ricardo Cruz has been cut.
Immanuel tries to throw a body punch but Cruz avoids it by throwing Immanuel back against the cage.
Immanuel softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

Cruz is rocked!
Immanuel misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cruz drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Immanuel lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cruz has Immanuel pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Immanuel manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Yeshua Immanuel has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Cruz.
Cruz is working for takedown but Immanuel is calmly controlling the position for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Immanuel.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Immanuel.
Immanuel lands a left hand.
Immanuel lands a right hand.
Immanuel working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Immanuel gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cruz.

Immanuel drops Cruz onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Cruz is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Cruz is still on wobbly legs! Can Immanuel finish him?
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Immanuel lands a big right hand that drops Cruz! The killer instinct kicks in and Immanuel finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Immanuel!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yeshua Immanuel!