PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Victor Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacare Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cruz's entrance music is Deadmau5 - Ghosts and Stuff. A fine choice. Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!

Cruz
vs
Lopez

183 cm
26
184 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

185 cm
26
170 lbs
4 - 2 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Dynamic Nutrition $35 159 Recovery
Vulcan Nutrition Q160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Victor Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Jacare Lopez!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Sam Margolis and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lopez closes the distance and pushes Cruz back into the cage.

Lopez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Victor Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
No joy there for Cruz, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cruz misses the jab.
Cruz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lopez counters with a low kick, right behind Cruz 's knee.
Lopez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.

It looks like Jacare Lopez has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lopez moves in looking to clinch but Cruz pushes him off.
Lopez lands with a kick to the temple. Cruz shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Lopez lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.

Lopez closes the distance and clinches.
Lopez effectively controlling the action here.
Lopez scores with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cruz can't break the clinch.
Lopez throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
A head punch on the inside from Lopez fails to land.
Cruz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cruz tries to circle away but Lopez has him pinned against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lopez misses with an elbow strike.
Cruz is trying to pull guard but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.
Lopez has a couple of punches blocked by Cruz.
Cruz avoids a wild elbow strike from Lopez.

Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A big left from Cruz misses.
Cruz throws a shot from downtown. Lopez moves away and avoids it.

Lopez moves into the clinch.

Lopez breaks from the clinch.
Lopez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cruz throws out the jab.
Lopez slips under a jab from Cruz.

Lopez drives through and clinches with Cruz against the cage.
Lopez lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Lopez tries to break the clinch but Cruz is controlling the position.

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

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz looks to land a right hand but Lopez moved out of range.
Cruz rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Lopez counters with a head kick. That will keep Cruz thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!

Lopez gets a clinch.
Lopez lands a damaging elbow.
Lopez throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruz.
Cruz can't break the clinch.
Cruz is looking to break free of the clinch but Lopez has double underhooks.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lopez swings wildly with an uppercut but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
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 Victor Cruz will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jacare Lopez's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Lopez slips under a jab.
Cruz throws a hook to the side of Lopez's head but Lopez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cruz swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lopez steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz misses the jab.
Lopez misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Lopez slips under a jab.
Lopez tries to close the distance and clinch but Cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Jacare Lopez is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Lopez showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.
Cruz keeps the fight on the outside.
Victor Cruz is winning the standup battle so far.
Lopez lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cruz will feel that in the morning.

Lopez fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cruz, pushing him back against the cage.
Lopez has Cruz pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz tries to break free but Lopez pushes him back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lopez throws an elbow but misses.
Cruz tries to break free but Lopez pushes him back against the cage.
Cruz avoiding damage as Lopez throws knees to the body.
Lopez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cruz blocks it with crossed arms.
Cruz wants to break the clinch but can't.
Lopez keeps control of Cruz as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cruz is looking to break free of the clinch but Lopez has double underhooks.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cruz wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Cruz dodges an elbow strike from Lopez.
Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike from Lopez.
Lopez landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is trying to break free.
Cruz wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Lopez has him pressed against the cage.

Lopez manages to break the clinch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Jacare Lopez seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Cruz blocks an elbow strike.
Lopez with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacare Lopez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jacare Lopez's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Cruz throws a left jab followed by a right to the body, Oh Lopez colapses and takes a barrage of punches from Cruz as he moves to mount! the ref stops the fight and Lopez is left battered and dazed whilst Cruz and his camp cheer!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Victor Cruz!
After the fight, Victor Cruz was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.