PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Santa Cruz (ranked 754 p4p, 892 weight class) and Jayden Marsh (ranked 104 p4p, 121 weight class). Marsh has chosen Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond as his entrance music. Jayden Marsh has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cruz
vs
Marsh

188 cm
26
210
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
215
9 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Santa Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Jayden Marsh!
The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Michael Johnstone and Winston Alpacca.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Good standup being displayed there by Marsh as he connects with a hook.
Marsh scores with a jab to the jaw.
Marsh looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Marsh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marsh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Marsh looks to throw the jab but Cruz is out of range.
Cruz swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Marsh works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Cruz thows a left - swing and a miss!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruz misses with a right hand
and Marsh counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Jayden Marsh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Marsh pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Marsh listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Marsh keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cruz throws a lazy uppercut
and Marsh counters with a left and a right that stings Cruz.
Marsh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A little jabbing left from Marsh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Marsh lands with an uppercut that bounces Cruz off the cage and back into range.
Cruz slips a straight right by Marsh.
Marsh throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cruz on the side of the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marsh misses with a right hand
and Cruz counters with a stiff right hand.
Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Marsh counter with a right hand.

Marsh lands a big right hand that sends Cruz crashing to the mat! Marsh stays standing though and waves Cruz back to his feet!

Cruz is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marsh misses with an uppercut. Cruz saw that one coming.
Cruz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cruz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Marsh misses the jab.
Marsh throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marsh takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marsh throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cruz counters with a stiff right hand.
Marsh gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Cruz gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Santa Cruz!
Santa Cruz decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.