PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Charmaine Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bastien Le Nogue (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Le Nogue has chosen Scred Connexion - Partis de rien as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Charmaine Dela Cruz could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bastien Le Nogue's chin.

Dela Cruz
vs
Le Nogue

188 cm
24
212 lbs
14 - 6 - 0

177 cm
21
215 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

1337 ANZAC - Fair dinkum clothing

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 14 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Charmaine Dela Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bastien Le Nogue!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Bruno Hogan and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Le Nogue misses with a takedown attempt
and Dela Cruz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Bastien Le Nogue has been cut.
Le Nogue dodges the punch combination from Dela Cruz.

Le Nogue 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Le Nogue wants to control from the top but Dela Cruz keeps moving.
Le Nogue stands up over Dela Cruz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Le Nogue postures up in Dela Cruz's guard and throws a big left but Dela Cruz blocks it.
Le Nogue is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Dela Cruz keeping moving, preventing Le Nogue from controlling successfully.
Le Nogue content to stall in guard here.
Le Nogue throws a big right hand that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Nogue postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Le Nogue postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Le Nogue must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Dela Cruz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Le Nogue postures up in Dela Cruz's guard and throws a big left but Dela Cruz blocks it.
Le Nogue landing some decent shots from guard.
Le Nogue working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dela Cruz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Le Nogue working some strikes from top position.
Le Nogue working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Dela Cruz keeping moving, preventing Le Nogue from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Nogue keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Dela Cruz's head.
Le Nogue working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Le Nogue loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Le Nogue is working Dela Cruz over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Le Nogue missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Dela Cruz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Le Nogue accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Dela Cruz is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Le Nogue scoring with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Nogue's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Le Nogue wants to control from the top but Dela Cruz keeps moving.
Le Nogue postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Le Nogue trying to control but Dela Cruz is working from the bottom.
Le Nogue content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Le Nogue throwing strikes but missing.
Le Nogue throwing strikes from guard but Dela Cruz blocks nicely.
Le Nogue is stalling in the full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dela Cruz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Le Nogue slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dela Cruz looking to hit a scissor sweep but Le Nogue is one step ahead there.
Le Nogue cracks Dela Cruz with a solid left hand.
Le Nogue stands up over Dela Cruz, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bastien Le Nogue dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bastien Le Nogue's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Dela Cruz tries to sprawl but Le Nogue drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Le Nogue working over Dela Cruz with some ground and pound. Dela Cruz looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Le Nogue is keen to just control but Dela Cruz is a slippery customer.
Le Nogue missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Le Nogue looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Dela Cruz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Le Nogue frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Le Nogue working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bastien Le Nogue has got the better of the ground game so far.
Le Nogue controlling the pace for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz is desperately trying to improve his position but Le Nogue has a good base and remains in mount.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Le Nogue cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Le Nogue looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Dela Cruz covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bastien Le Nogue!