PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Robbie Auston (ranked 1386 p4p, 2233 weight class) and Ricardo P Cruz (ranked 192 p4p, 292 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ricardo P Cruz enters the cage!

Auston
vs
P Cruz

190 cm
28
215
8 - 4 - 0

193 cm
34
225
14 - 15 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Tempo Athletics

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 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Robbie Auston!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo P Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Daniel Bishop and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

P Cruz has closed the distance and engaged Auston in a clinch.
P Cruz lands with a short head shot on the inside.
P Cruz throws a head punch that misses.

P Cruz manages to break the clinch.
P Cruz slips under a jab.
No joy there for Auston, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
P Cruz is looking for the big counter here.

P Cruz moves into the clinch.
P Cruz effectively controlling the action here.
P Cruz taking a breather.
P Cruz is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Auston working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Auston.
P Cruz blocks the elbow strike.

P Cruz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

P Cruz pushes Auston up against the cage in a clinch.

P Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
P Cruz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Auston circles away quickly and effectively.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

P Cruz clinches up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
P Cruz is trying to push Auston away but Auston has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

P Cruz breaks from the clinch.
P Cruz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Auston thows a left - swing and a miss!
Auston tries a low kick but P Cruz avoids it.
Auston fakes high and swings low for a body shot but P Cruz manages to avoid it.
P Cruz slips a jab from Auston.
Auston scores with a hook.
Auston swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting P Cruz counter with a right hand.

It looks like Robbie Auston has been cut.

P Cruz closes the distance and clinches.

P Cruz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A clash of legs there as P Cruz blocks the low kick.
P Cruz unleashes a big counter combination but Auston bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

P Cruz instigates a clinch.
Auston lands with a short head shot on the inside.
P Cruz is trying to stall.

P Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
P Cruz on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
We've been told by Auston's head coaches at LA FIGHT BARN that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Auston drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks P Cruz right on the button. P Cruz goes down! Auston follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Auston gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Robbie Auston!