PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Danny Cruz (ranked 5 p4p, 189 weight class) and Ivor Ivanovic (ranked 2 p4p, 10 weight class). Cruz's entrance music is FEEL SOMETHING. A fine choice. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Cruz
vs
Ivanovic

174 cm
27
142
18 - 0 - 0

179 cm
27
145
20 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction
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NARCOS
Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Danny Cruz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ivor Ivanovic!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ivanovic stuns Cruz with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cruz dodges the punch combination from Ivanovic.
A combination from Ivanovic does no damage.
Cruz half committed to a counter leg kick.
Cruz with a jab.
Ivanovic lands a jab to the nose.
Good leg kick by Cruz.
Ivanovic uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Cruz slips a jab from Ivanovic.
Donk. Ivanovic catches Cruz right on the button with a cross.
Ivanovic missing with a left hand there. Cruz was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

Cruz clinches up with Ivanovic and pushes him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ivanovic lands a right hand.
Ivanovic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Ivanovic throws a head punch that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Ivanovic pushes Cruz back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ivanovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but Ivanovic avoids the damage to the body.
Cruz swings wildly with an uppercut but Ivanovic uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ivanovic lands a left hand.
Ivanovic misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cruz working aggressively here.
Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but Ivanovic avoids the damage to the body.
A short uppercut from Ivanovic.
Cruz lands with a short shot to the head.
Cruz tries to throw a body punch but Ivanovic avoids it by throwing Cruz back against the cage.
Ivanovic working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Cruz.
Ivanovic tries to throw a body punch but Cruz avoids it by throwing Ivanovic back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ivanovic.
Ivanovic presses Cruz against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cruz working aggressively here.
Ivanovic misses with a punch on the inside.
Ivanovic throws a head punch that misses.
Ivanovic working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cruz lands a good knee to the midsection. Ivanovic won't want to take too many of those.
Ivanovic lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.
Ivanovic blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cruz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Cruz.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ivanovic.
A hook to the body from Ivanovic.
Ivanovic swings wildly with an uppercut but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cruz scores with a shoulder strike.
Ivanovic tries to throw a body punch but Cruz avoids it by throwing Ivanovic back against the cage.
Cruz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cruz landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
A head punch on the inside from Cruz fails to land.
Ivanovic softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cruz missing with knees to the body.
Cruz blocks a body shot from Ivanovic.
Cruz tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ivanovic avoids it.
Ivanovic lands a hook that snaps the head of Cruz backwards.
Ivanovic struggles to land a body shot inside as Cruz controls his hands.
Cruz blocks a body shot from Ivanovic.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ivanovic misses with the head strike.
Cruz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ivanovic scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cruz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cruz lands with a right to the head.
Ivanovic throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruz.
Cruz blocking some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Ivanovic fails to land.
Ivanovic misses with some punches.
Cruz misses with a punch on the inside.
Cruz pushes Ivanovic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Cruz misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ivanovic misses with the head strike.
Ivanovic tries a body shot but Cruz blocks it.
Ivanovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ivanovic doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ivanovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz throws a head punch that misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz lands a nice uppercut.
Ivanovic pushes Cruz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Ivanovic.
Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but Ivanovic avoids the damage to the body.
Ivanovic tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cruz pushes Ivanovic back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Ivanovic misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ivanovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz tries to throw a body punch but Ivanovic avoids it by throwing Cruz back against the cage.
A hook to the body from Cruz.
Ivanovic works on Cruz's body with a couple of short punches.
Cruz misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Ivanovic.
Ivanovic scores with a shot to the side of Cruz's head.
Ivanovic can't find room to land a body shot as Cruz controls the action.
Ivanovic misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ivanovic tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cruz's elbow.
Cruz can't find room to land a body shot as Ivanovic controls the action.
Ivanovic has had enough of the clinch but Cruz keeps him there for the moment.
Ivanovic avoiding damage as Cruz throws knees to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cruz lands with a light punch inside.
Cruz lands a good knee to the midsection. Ivanovic won't want to take too many of those.

Ivanovic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ivanovic throws a nice looking combination but Cruz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Ivor Ivanovic will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Ivanovic misses with a body shot.
Ivanovic throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ivanovic closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ivanovic fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Ivanovic swings widly with a right hand
and Ivanovic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've been told by Cruz's head coaches at Convicted Fight Club that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Ivanovic lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Ivanovic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Cruz stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Ivanovic throws a head kick that misses.
Ivanovic throws a poor cross that misses
and Cruz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ivanovic throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Ivanovic backs away, Cruz returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Ivanovic is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cruz.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ivanovic rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Cruz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz lands a slapping body shot.

Cruz cracks Ivanovic with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Ivanovic looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Cruz finish him?

Ivanovic is rocked!

It looks like Ivor Ivanovic has been cut.
Ivor Ivanovic seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cruz ducks down and throws a big overhand right - it lands flush on the jaw, knocking Ivanovic out cold! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Danny Cruz!
Danny Cruz retains his bantamweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Danny Cruz thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.