PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Pedro Cruz (ranked 4648 p4p, 3390 weight class) and Rene Lafayette (ranked 448 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Rubèn Blades - Pablo Pueblo. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Cruz
vs
Lafayette

170 cm
25
157
0 - 0 - 0

179 cm
18
170
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

Good takedowns
Counter fighter
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Pedro Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Rene Lafayette!
The judges for this bout are Dirk Anderson, Bart Greer and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz throws a shot to the body.
Cruz throws a body punch but Lafayette moves out of range.
Lafayette cracks Cruz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Cruz slips a jab from Lafayette.
No joy there for Cruz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cruz throws a right hand that Lafayette ducks under and follows up with a left that Lafayette also avoids with ease.
Cruz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lafayette at a distance.
Lafayette needs to keep his hands up - Cruz had a free shot at his head there.
A big right from Lafayette misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lafayette. Cruz does a little dance to reset his feet.

Lafayette shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Cruz manages to escape and get back to his feet!
Lafayette tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cruz was well out of range. Poor timing from Lafayette.
Pedro Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Lafayette avoids them all with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cruz.
Cruz swinging wildly here.
Lafayette's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cruz connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lafayette scrambles back to his feet.
Cruz connects with a body shot.
Lafayette fails with the takedown.
Cruz seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
A slow jab from Lafayette misses its intended target.
Pedro Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruz displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Lafayette.
Cruz throwing a counter right hand but Lafayette manages to avoid it.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Lafayette does a little dance to reset his feet.
And Lafayette tries to counter it with a takedown but Cruz pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Lafayette swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Lafayette gets a double leg takedown into Cruz's guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lafayette looking to pass the guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lafayette wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Lafayette looking to pass the guard.
Lafayette wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Lafayette pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cruz is keeping the position for now.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lafayette trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lafayette trying to move into half guard but instead Cruz has managed to sweep!

Lafayette has his feet on Cruz's thighs here. He's pushed Cruz off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Cruz screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rene Lafayette!
Rene Lafayette decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.