PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Spongebob Squarepants (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jigs Dela Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Squarepants comes to the cage accompanied by The Best Day Ever. Jigs Dela Cruz told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Squarepants
vs
Dela Cruz

175 cm
23
152 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

165 cm
25
145 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Spongebob Squarepants!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jigs Dela Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Squarepants closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dela Cruz tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Squarepants just stands there and leans against the cage.

Squarepants breaks the clinch.
Squarepants tries to land a body kick

and Dela Cruz decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Squarepants's guard.
Squarepants managing to control the position.
Squarepants looking for a sweep. Not yet Squarepants, not yet.
Squarepants is pulling down on Dela Cruz's head to control his posture.
Squarepants looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Dela Cruz looking to pass the guard.
Squarepants wants to stand and escape but Dela Cruz is having none of it.

The ref stands the fighters back up because Spongebob Squarepants just wasn't active enough.
Squarepants throws an off balance right hand

and Dela Cruz counters with a nice double leg into guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Squarepants controlling Dela Cruz's posture.
Squarepants knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dela Cruz on the ground.
Squarepants lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Dela Cruz!
Squarepants working the ground and pound effectively.
You get the feeling that Dela Cruz really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Squarepants lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Squarepants lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Dela Cruz looks gassed!
Squarepants looking to finish with strikes here!
Squarepants can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dela Cruz is looking to escape.
Dela Cruz wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Dela Cruz avoids a series of strikes thrown by Squarepants.
Squarepants looking to control but Dela Cruz is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squarepants throws some wild stikes that Dela Cruz manages to avoid easily.
Dela Cruz blocking the ground and pound.
Squarepants can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dela Cruz is looking to escape.
Squarepants landing punches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Dela Cruz is bucking up trying to escape but Squarepants cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Squarepants looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Squarepants has control of Dela Cruz's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Dela Cruz regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Dela Cruz wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Squarepants.
Squarepants cracks Dela Cruz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Squarepants with a couple of short strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Spongebob Squarepants will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Squarepants lands with a straight right. Dela Cruz didn't see that one coming.
Squarepants closes the distance and clinches up with Dela Cruz, looking for a takedown. Squarepants pushes Dela Cruz against the cage but Dela Cruz circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Squarepants misses the body punch

and Dela Cruz decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Squarepants's guard.
Dela Cruz preventing the sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dela Cruz wanted to stand there but Squarepants had control of the position.
Dela Cruz won't allow Squarepants to sweep him here.
Squarepants has his hands on Dela Cruz's head, controlling the position.
Squarepants on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Squarepants tries to get out of the position.
Dela Cruz throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Dela Cruz is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Squarepants had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Dela Cruz defends it easily.
Squarepants is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Dela Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Squarepants.
Dela Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Squarepants.

Squarepants escapes and gets back to his feet.
Squarepants fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Dela Cruz manages to avoid it.
Squarepants moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Squarepants moves into the clinch.

Squarepants escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Squarepants throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Squarepants moves into the clinch.
A short left from Squarepants.
Squarepants throws a knee to the head but misses.

Squarepants escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Squarepants shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Dela Cruz manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Dela Cruz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Squarepants stands up from Dela Cruz's guard - Squarepants perhaps looking for a knockout.
Squarepants with a lazy takedown attempt

and Dela Cruz counters with a nice double leg into side control. Squarepants won't be happy with that.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Squarepants looking for a sweep but Dela Cruz has passed into full mount! Oh no!
Squarepants manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Squarepants tries to roll over but Dela Cruz keeps him under control.

Squarepants looking for submissions off his back.
Squarepants is looking to improve his position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Squarepants is working hard here to advance position.
Dela Cruz tries to stand but can't do so whilst Squarepants controls his leg.

Squarepants pushes Dela Cruz off and gets back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Squarepants misses with a body shot

and Dela Cruz counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Squarepants's guard now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jigs Dela Cruz showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Squarepants pushes Dela Cruz up against the cage in a clinch.
Squarepants lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Squarepants breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Squarepants.
Dela Cruz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
A punch combination from Squarepants misses.
Spongebob Squarepants seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dela Cruz walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Squarepants scores with a nice head shot.
Squarepants shoots in for a takedown but Dela Cruz shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Squarepants looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Squarepants drives through and clinches with Dela Cruz against the cage.

Squarepants jumps guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dela Cruz stops Squarepants from standing up.
Dela Cruz passes Squarepants's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Squarepants is looking to improve his position.
Squarepants has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dela Cruz is working away from the top position though.

Dela Cruz decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
Jigs Dela Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dela Cruz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Squarepants looks to land a combination but Dela Cruz avoids it well.
Squarepants misses with a takedown attempt

and Dela Cruz counters with a nice double leg into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Squarepants manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Squarepants 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.
Dela Cruz wants to get up but he can't break Squarepants's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Squarepants wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Dela Cruz stopping the sweep attempt from Squarepants.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Squarepants tries a head kick but it misses.

Dela Cruz gets caught napping as Squarepants dives in and scores a takedown. Dela Cruz manages to retain guard.
Dela Cruz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

Squarepants is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Dela Cruz is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Dela Cruz has escaped and now he's on top!
Squarepants preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Squarepants is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Dela Cruz throwing strikes from guard but Squarepants blocks nicely.
Dela Cruz throwing strikes from guard but Squarepants blocks nicely.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Spongebob Squarepants.
I think Squarepants has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:29
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!