PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tone Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Damarcus Musasi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Musasi is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Collective Soul - Where the River Flows. Tone Cross could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Damarcus Musasi's chin.

Cross
vs
Musasi

195 cm
33
288 lbs
16 - 16 - 0

185 cm
34
235 lbs
22 - 12 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tone Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Damarcus Musasi!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Dillan Fox and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cross wants to land a leg kick but Musasi is out of range.
Cross takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Musasi swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cross misses with a takedown attempt - Musasi sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cross throws out a powerful jab.

It looks like Damarcus Musasi has been cut.
Cross takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cross shoots in but Musasi avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Musasi shoots in but Cross avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Cross with a lazy takedown attempt
and Musasi counters with a head kick. That will keep Cross thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tone Cross. That's going to take a lot out of him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Musasi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Musasi tries a head kick but it misses.
Musasi pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Cross fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Musasi to the ground. Cross is now in Musasi's guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Cross wants to control from the top but Musasi keeps moving.
Cross is really struggling to control Musasi but he's trying to hold on to the position.

Musasi manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Cross misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Musasi.
Musasi shoots in but Cross avoids the takedown attempt easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Musasi throws a head kick that misses.
Musasi connects with a high kick.
Musasi scores with a hook to the body. Cross takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Musasi has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Musasi fails with the takedown.
Cross lands with a right that hurts Musasi. Musasi looks to clinch but Cross throws a short knee that drops Musasi. This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch and Knee). Tone Cross!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Tone Cross made sure he mentioned Popeye’s Spinach - 159 + 158 Proof Supps, along with how happy he was to win his fight.