PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Boxing Comte (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kale Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Comte's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Laser life by Blood Brothers. Cruz is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Welcome to the Jungle. Boxing Comte has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Comte
vs
Cruz

170 cm
26
168 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

168 cm
25
163 lbs
15 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Boxing Comte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kale Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Stewart Dunkirk and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Comte steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz throws a big shot that misses.
Comte takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Comte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cruz.
Cruz misses with a jab, cross combination.
Comte ducks under a wild hook from Cruz.
Cruz misses the jab.
Cruz throws the left hand but Comte avoids the punch easily.
Cruz throws a hook but Comte blocks it.
A punch lands to the side of Comte 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Comte connects with a body shot.
Comte avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Comte misses with a hook.
Comte throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cruz jabs Comte right on the nose. Comte blinks but takes it well.
Cruz looks to land a right hand but Comte moved out of range.
A cross from Cruz lands.
Comte looks to throw the jab but Cruz is out of range.
Cruz jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Comte misses with an uppercut.
Comte loads up on a big right hand but Cruz slips the punch.
Cruz throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Comte bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Cruz's head backwards.
Cruz fails with a takedown attempt.
Cruz defending well as Comte loads up on a big left hand.
Cruz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

It looks like Boxing Comte has been cut.
Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Comte.
Cruz sizes up Comte with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Boxing Comte is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruz throws a hook but Comte avoids it easily.
Cruz misses with a looping left.
Cruz takes one to the chin there.
Comte misses with a straight left.
Comte is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Cruz.
Cruz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Comte tries to avoid it but Cruz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Comte to the ground. Comte escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cruz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz misses with a straight left.
Comte with a hook.
A jab from Cruz misses.
Comte works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Comte closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cruz swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Comte cracks Cruz with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz slips under a jab.
Kale Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Comte avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Comte misses the jab.
Cruz moves out of range of the strikes.
Cruz connects with a nice looking jab.
Cruz is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Comte had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Comte misses with a shot to the body
and Cruz counters with a one-two to the body.
Comte throws a looping overhand right but Cruz ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Comte.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cruz cracks Comte with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Comte swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kale Cruz dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Boxing Comte's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Comte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Cruz feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cruz wants to control from the top but Comte keeps moving.
Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but Comte has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cruz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Cruz throwing strikes from guard but Comte blocks nicely.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cruz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Comte avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Comte utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Comte preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Comte gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cruz to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Comte thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but Comte has wrist control.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Cruz accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Comte utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Comte on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Comte tries to get out of the position.
Cruz throws a big right hand that misses.
Comte keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
Cruz stops Comte from standing up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz landing some decent shots from guard.
Cruz throws a big right hand that misses.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cruz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A slow jab from Cruz misses its intended target.
Kale Cruz seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cruz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Comte sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Comte takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Comte scores with a crisp jab that stopped Cruz in his tracks.
Comte uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Cruz throws a jab when Comte was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz misses with a hook. Comte ducked under it nicely.
Cruz misses with a combination
and Comte counters with a nice uppercut.

It looks like Kale Cruz has been cut.
Comte works Cruz's body with a nice hook.
Cruz fails with the takedown.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Some wild striking there from Comte.
Cruz doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Comte throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cruz.
Nice defenses there by Cruz.
Comte ducks under a wild hook from Cruz.

Comte gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Cruz to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Comte controls Cruz momentarily but Cruz frees himself.
Comte preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Kale Cruz will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Cruz lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Comte throws a sloppy body shot

and Cruz counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Comte's guard now.
Cruz trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Cruz trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Cruz forces his way into half guard.
Comte is refusing to be controlled, as Cruz sits in half guard.
Cruz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Cruz has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Cruz prevents Comte from improving his position.
Cruz wants to take a breather but Comte is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Comte keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Comte defending well as Cruz loads up on a big left hand.
Cruz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Comte connects with a jab.
Comte uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz fails with a takedown attempt.

Cruz drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Cruz is working Comte over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz with a flurry of punches that miss.
Comte working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Cruz.
Cruz throwing strikes from guard but Comte blocks nicely.
Cruz throwing strikes but missing.
Comte keeping moving, preventing Cruz from controlling successfully.
Cruz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Cruz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Comte takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Comte misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cruz.
Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Comte.
Cruz has a takedown stuffed.
Cruz misses the shot to the body.
Cruz misses the jab.
Comte misses with a looping right.
Comte lands with a nice body punch.
Cruz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Boxing Comte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kale Cruz.
Cruz shoots in and drives through. Comte sprawls well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Comte with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cruz takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Cruz scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Comte throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Cruz misses the body punch
and Comte cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cruz looks to throw the jab but Comte is out of range.
Comte fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Cruz throws an overhand right that lands on Comte's shoulder, as Comte tries to avoid the shot.
Cruz throws a looping overhand right but Comte ducks down to avoid it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kale Cruz comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cruz has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.

Judge Tiny Johnson scores the fight for Kale Cruz!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Kale Cruz!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Kale Cruz!

Kale Cruz wins by unanimous decision!