PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Chino Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and bryce ahr (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). bryce ahr has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Cruz
vs
ahr

185 cm
18
185 lbs
0 - 4 - 0

185 cm
20
190 lbs
2 - 10 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined

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 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chino Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, bryce ahr!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz misses with a two punch combination.
ahr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cruz throws a head kick that misses.
Cruz goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Cruz lands a nice leg kick that just misses ahr's sensitive parts.
Cruz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
ahr takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
ahr avoids the head kick by Cruz.

ahr fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Cruz sprawls well initially but ahr persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Cruz is breathing heavily.
ahr stalling.
Cruz is trying to stand.
ahr passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Cruz!

That's one minute gone in the round.
ahr with shots to the head and body - Cruz looks very uncomfortable down there.
ahr scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cruz?
ahr with the ground and pound from mount.
ahr takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
I looks like ahr might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
ahr scoring with strikes but Cruz is staying in there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

ahr get's back to his feet.

ahr shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. ahr showed some decent athleticism there.
Well, if ahr is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
ahr is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
ahr is in the full mount, landing strikes.
ahr scoring with strikes but Cruz is staying in there.
ahr sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Cruz is flailing around, obviously not happy about being mounted. ahr locks hold of one of his arms and spins for an armbar. He's got it! Cruz is forced to tap!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). bryce ahr!