PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Cruz (ranked 2290 p4p, 3465 weight class) and Danny Chapman (ranked 257 p4p, 353 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cruz
vs
Chapman

178 cm
20
158
3 - 0 - 0

172 cm
20
145
2 - 2 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank

Brooklyn Apothecary
Core Combat

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pablo Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Danny Chapman!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cruz cracks a nice hook into Chapman's ribs.
We've been told by Cruz's head coaches at Brooklyn MMA & Fitness that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Chapman scores with a nice strike.
A nice inside leg kick there by Chapman. That's going to slow Cruz down.
Cruz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Chapman counters with a two punch combo.
Chapman lands a jab to the nose.
Cruz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cruz looks to land a left hand but Chapman moved out of range nicely.
Chapman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
Chapman throws a hook but Cruz blocks it.
Good exchange - Chapman coming out on top.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chapman slips under a jab from Cruz.
Cruz throws a lazy uppercut
and Chapman counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Chapman connects with a solid leg kick.
Chapman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cruz.
Cruz lands a slapping body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman scores with a push kick.
Pablo Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Chapman just misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz throws a poor cross that misses
and Chapman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chapman scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Cruz doesn't seem bothered though.
Chapman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cruz misses with a shot to the body
and Chapman counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheers as Chapman lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cruz doesn't seem phased though.
Jab from Chapman.
Chapman paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Chapman moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz misses with a left hand
and Chapman counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Chapman scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chapman was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Chapman lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Cruz has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Cruz and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a looping left.
Cruz gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Chapman.
Chapman looks to throw the jab but Cruz is out of range.
Cruz throwing a counter right hand but Chapman manages to avoid it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chapman.
Chapman throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Cruz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chapman scores with a spinning back kick!
Chapman throws a jab but it's blocked by Cruz.
Chapman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cruz.
Chapman moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Chapman fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Cruz.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Chapman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chapman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cruz misses with a lunging right hand
and Chapman counters with a leg kick.
Cruz lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman digs a good body shot into Cruz's ribs.
Chapman misses with a lunging right hand
and Cruz counters with a nice uppercut.
Chapman tries a low kick but Cruz avoids it.
Cruz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chapman.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Chapman, as that shot connected.
Chapman keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Cruz.
Chapman swings for the body but Cruz moves out of range.
Chapman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cruz misses with an uppercut. Chapman saw that one coming.
Cruz lands a head shot.
A slow jab from Chapman misses its intended target.
Cruz scores with a crisp jab that stopped Chapman in his tracks.
Cruz throws out a loose jab but Chapman uses good head movement to avoid it.
Chapman throws a nice outside leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Chapman thuds his right hand into Cruz's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Chapman throws a body shot but no joy.
A punch lands to the side of Cruz 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chapman is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Cruz had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Cruz is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chapman manages to avoid it.
Chapman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cruz falls off balance throwing a combination
and Chapman counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Chapman misses with a body kick.
Cruz appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Chapman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chapman explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Chapman takes a shot right to the bread basket.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chapman lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Cruz backs up against the cage.
Chapman with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cruz to score with a decent uppercut.
Chapman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Chapman dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Chapman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Chapman scores with a jab to the head.
Cruz throws a poor cross that misses
and Cruz takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cruz misses with an uppercut
and Chapman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cruz looks to land a left hand but Chapman moved out of range nicely.
Chapman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cruz throws out the jab.
Jab, jab by Chapman - just one landing.
A shot to the liver by Cruz. Beautiful body shot.
Chapman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Cruz at a distance.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Chapman slips the punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruz misses with an uppercut. Chapman saw that one coming.
Chapman swings for the body but Cruz moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cruz checks a leg kick.
Chapman chopping away at his opponent's legs.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chapman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cruz misses with a right hand
and Chapman counters with a nice body shot.
Chapman attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cruz getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Chapman has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Chapman staying out of range there.
Cruz looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Chapman scoring well with a low kick there.
Chapman misses with an uppercut.
Cruz feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Chapmans jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice jab there from Chapman.
Cruz is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chapman.
Cruz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Chapman connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cruz scrambles back to his feet.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Chapman is just out of range.
Nice shot lands for Chapman.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz sizes up Chapman with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Chapman misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Cruz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chapman doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cruz misses with a body shot
enabling Chapman to counter with a crisp jab.
Cruz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Chapman throws a hook to the side of Cruz's head but Cruz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chapman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chapman counters with a body kick.
Cruz swings away with a body shot that misses
and Chapman counters with a stiff right hand.
Donk. Chapman catches Cruz right on the button with a cross.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
Chapman appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Chapman sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A little jabbing left from Chapman on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Cruz checks a leg kick.
Cruz scores with a three punch combo!
Chapman throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cruz misses with an uppercut
and Chapman counters with a nice low kick that buckles Cruz's knee momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman is looking to score with low kicks.
Cruz swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Cruz just misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Chapman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Chapman lunges at Cruz with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Cruz's hand.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Chapman is just out of range.
Chapman buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chapman lands a head kick. Cruz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cruz misses with a hook to the body
and Chapman counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Chapman has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Cruz finds it's way round the side to connect with Chapman's head.
Chapman lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Chapman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cruz throws a hook but Chapman blocks it.
Cruz misses with a straight right.
Chapman appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Chapman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cruz throws a right hand that misses
letting Chapman counter with a right hand.
Cruz misses with a lunging right hand
and Chapman counters with a body kick that stops Cruz in his tracks momentarily.
Chapman lands with a thumping leg kick.
Cruz will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Cruz misses with a body shot.
Chapman tries a quick counter leg kick but Cruz is wise to it.
Cruz lands a nice shot to the body.
Chapman throws a shot to the body.
Chapman lands a body shot.
Chapman scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Cruz throws an off balance right hand
and Chapman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chapman jabs Cruz right on the nose. Cruz blinks but takes it well.
Chapman misses with a hook
and Cruz counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chapman scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Chapman showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Chapman thows a leg kick but Cruz checks it
and Chapman takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Cruz defending well as Chapman loads up on a big left hand.
Cruz misses with an uppercut
and Chapman makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Cruz really felt that one!
Cruz keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Chapman tries to work over Cruz's front leg with a kick but Cruz checks it.
Cruz is looking to counter punch.
Cruz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Chapman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chapman.
Chapman is looking to slow Cruz down with leg kicks.
Chapman misses with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A good leg kick by Chapman.
Chapman thumps Cruz with a low kick.
Chapman scores with a head kick. Cruz tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
A shot to the body from Cruz misses
and Chapman counters with a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chapman on the side of the head.
Cruz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Chapman.
Chapman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chapman loads up on a big right hand but Cruz slips the punch.
Cruz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chapman.
Chapman uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Cruz.
Cruz avoids a kick to the body.
Cruz stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chapman.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chapman was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Cruz throws a predictable looking body shot
letting Chapman counter with a right hand.
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chapman flicks out a counter leg kick but Cruz steps away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chapman takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cruz checks a low kick from Chapman.
Cruz scores with a jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chapman swings for the body but Cruz moves out of range.
Chapman moves out of range as Cruz strikes.
Cruz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chapman lands a nice looking body kick.
Chapman throws an off balance right hand
and Cruz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Chapman throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Cruz throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Chapman lands an overhand right.
Cruz tests Chapman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Pablo Cruz has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chapman cracks Cruz with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chapman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Donk. Chapman catches Cruz right on the button with a cross.
Chapman misses with a hook. Cruz ducked under it nicely.
Cruz looks to throw the jab but Chapman is out of range.
Chapman connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cruz's hands.
Chapman digs a good hook to Cruz's body.
Cruz takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
A nice combination there by Chapman.
Cruz throws a hook to the side of Chapman's head but Chapman sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chapman connects with a body shot that sends Cruz's belly button to the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chapman throws a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chapman was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Chapman with the inside leg kick.
Chapman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Cruz throws a looping overhand right but Chapman ducks down to avoid it.
Chapman slips under a jab.
Chapman bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Cruz takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Cruz misses with a lunging right hand
and Chapman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A shot to the liver by Chapman. Beautiful body shot.
Cruz misses with a double jab
and Chapman counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Chapman scores with a jab.
Chapman lands a right hook to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
Danny Chapman comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Chapman has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Chapman!
Danny Chapman really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that © Trap House logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.