PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between tito cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johannes Vaulen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). cruz comes to the cage accompanied by yes. Vaulen has chosen I Love Norwegian Country as his entrance music. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!

cruz
vs
Vaulen

187 cm
25
155 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

180 cm
26
165 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

GTI - 1337 from $10 new designs 10/09/10

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the lightweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, tito cruz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of London, Johannes Vaulen!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

cruz darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Vaulen punching from the bottom.
cruz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Vaulen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. cruz is working away from the top position though.
cruz thows a huge punch but Vaulen dodges it nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
cruz wants to pass to mount but Vaulen is defending the position.
cruz is working hard here to advance position.
cruz is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Vaulen!
cruz punching from mount but Vaulen doing a good job of avoiding damage.
cruz prevents Vaulen from getting the reversal.
cruz landing shots from mount.
cruz throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
cruz lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cruz with shots to the head and body - Vaulen looks very uncomfortable down there.
cruz is in the full mount, landing strikes.

cruz goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Vaulen turns into him and now he's in cruz's guard.
Vaulen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Vaulen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
cruz wants to sweep here but Vaulen controlling him for the moment.
cruz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Vaulen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
Vaulen throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as cruz works some decent striking defense from the bottom.

cruz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vaulen lands a couple of digs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cruz looking to control.
Vaulen throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
cruz is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Vaulen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Vaulen lands a couple of elbows.

cruz is rocked!
Vaulen has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Vaulen postures up and lands a big shot to cruz's brow.
Oh cruz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vaulen postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! cruz covers up, he's hurt! Vaulen keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Vaulen and the ref steps in to end the fight! Vaulen can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Johannes Vaulen! Johannes Vaulen retains his lightweight title!