PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Mace Willington Iii (ranked 1954 p4p, 25147 weight class) and Dustin Cruz (ranked 278 p4p, 757 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Willington Iii
vs
Cruz

187 cm
23
183
10 - 7 - 0

185 cm
25
170
0 - 2 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

MKFC

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mace Willington Iii!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Dustin Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Columbo Gatti and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice takedown defense from Cruz. No joy for Willington Iii on that attempt.
Willington Iii darts in looking for a takedown but Cruz gets double underhooks and turns Willington Iii into the cage.

Cruz manages to break the clinch.
Cruz stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mace Willington Iii. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cruz gets the takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willington Iii misses with a strike from the bottom.
Cruz wants to stand but Willington Iii is controlling his arm.
You can see the frustration on Willington Iii's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

Cruz swings around for an armbar but Willington Iii sees it coming a mile off and turns beautifully into Cruz's guard.
Willington Iii stands and throws Cruz's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Willington Iii scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Cruz to see if he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz is pushing Willington Iii's head away, looking to escape. Willington Iii manages to hold on to the position though.
Willington Iii has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Willington Iii works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is looking to get back to his feet here but Willington Iii is keeping cool and he's managed to take Cruz's back.
Cruz is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.

Willington Iii is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Cruz taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Willington Iii.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mace Willington Iii!