PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Anthony Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and brad tavares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by I'm Not Afraid. Anthony Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cruz
vs
tavares

195 cm
18
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
22
185 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

Dangerous GnP
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

We Go Hard

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anthony Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, brad tavares!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz has a takedown stuffed.
Cruz shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. tavares defends it nicely.

tavares darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Cruz keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Cruz wants to control but tavares is keeping busy.
tavares is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz gets back to full guard.
Cruz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
tavares working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cruz not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
tavares with a flurry of punches that miss.
tavares lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
tavares throwing strikes but missing.
tavares throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
tavares scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
tavares works over Cruz with some ground and pound from guard.

Cruz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Cruz looking to control.
tavares must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
tavares chips away with some ground and pound.

Cruz has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. tavares doesn't defend quickly enough and Cruz has managed to lock this one up! Can tavares escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Cruz on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Anthony Cruz!