PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jose De La Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Franek Grubson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jose De La Cruz has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

De La Cruz
vs
Grubson

165 cm
18
130 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

150 cm
24
195 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Self confident

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Experienced

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jose De La Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Franek Grubson!
The judges for this bout are Josh West, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grubson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.

It looks like Franek Grubson has been cut.

Grubson shoots in and gets a takedown into De La Cruz's guard.
De La Cruz preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
De La Cruz utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
De La Cruz looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Grubson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Grubson throwing shots but De La Cruz is blocking nicely.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grubson looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks De La Cruz with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Grubson throwing shots but De La Cruz is blocking nicely.
De La Cruz wants to improve his position but Grubson is controlling well.
Grubson is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Grubson is nestled in close to De La Cruz, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
De La Cruz blocking the ground and pound attempt from Grubson.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Grubson has eaten all the pies!
De La Cruz trying to control from the bottom.
Grubson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Grubson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
De La Cruz is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Grubson scores with a couple of nice shots.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grubson lands with a punch from half guard.
Grubson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Grubson is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Grubson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Grubson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
De La Cruz wants to get back to full guard.
De La Cruz is breathing heavily.
Nice strikes from Grubson there.
Grubson slips a nice elbow through De La Cruz's hands, connecting with De La Cruz's forehead.
De La Cruz taking some punishment here, with Grubson in his half guard.
Grubson trying to control the pace.
Grubson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Grubson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz trying to control from the bottom.
Grubson takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grubson passes the guard and advances to mount!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Grubson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Grubson lands a big shot there that rocks De La Cruz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Grubson cracks De La Cruz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Grubson raining down hammerfists from mount.
De La Cruz is in a horrible position here. Grubson smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Grubson unloading with bombs!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
De La Cruz in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Grubson looking to finish De La Cruz with some ground and pound. This is bad for De La Cruz!
Grubson is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Grubson lands a big shot there that rocks De La Cruz but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
De La Cruz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Grubson on the ground.
De La Cruz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Grubson scoring with strikes but De La Cruz is staying in there.
De La Cruz tries to hold on but Grubson pushes him away.
Grubson lands a nice shot to the head.
Grubson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!

De La Cruz is rocked!
Grubson controlling the pace for now.
Oh De La Cruz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Grubson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
This has been an exciting period of action!
De La Cruz takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Grubson pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Grubson controlling the pace for now.
Grubson with shots to the head and body - De La Cruz looks very uncomfortable down there.
Grubson controlling from the full mount.
Grubson landing strikes from the mount and De La Cruz is in trouble!
Grubson scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish De La Cruz?
Grubson lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
A nice elbow there by Grubson.
Grubson drops a big elbow. That's hurt De La Cruz! More shots from Grubson and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Franek Grubson!