PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khru Maokhamphiou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cross
vs
Maokhamphiou

185 cm
25
195 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

193 cm
25
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Alex Cross!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Khru Maokhamphiou!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Maokhamphiou throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
A thudding body kick lands there by Maokhamphiou!

Maokhamphiou closes the distance and pushes Cross back into the cage.
Maokhamphiou scores with a nice hook to the head.
Maokhamphiou presses Cross against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cross is breathing heavily.
Stalling in the clinch from Maokhamphiou.

Maokhamphiou breaks the clinch.

Maokhamphiou moves into the clinch successfully.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Maokhamphiou taking a break, stalling in the clinch.

Maokhamphiou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Maokhamphiou dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Cross. That did some damage!

Maokhamphiou has managed to clinch.
Maokhamphiou lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cross backwards.

Maokhamphiou manages to break the clinch.
Cross keeps the fight on the outside.
Maokhamphiou fails in his attempt to clinch.

Maokhamphiou moves into range and clinches up with Cross.
Maokhamphiou stalling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Maokhamphiou lands with a short shot to the head.

Maokhamphiou's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cross swats away the attempt to clinch by Maokhamphiou.

Maokhamphiou moves into range and clinches up with Cross.
A short right from Maokhamphiou on the inside.
A short left from Maokhamphiou.
Maokhamphiou lands a body shot in the clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Maokhamphiou creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cross takes a shot to the head.

Maokhamphiou manages to break the clinch.
Maokhamphiou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Maokhamphiou gets a clinch.
Maokhamphiou digs a right hand underneath Cross's ribcage. Cross let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Maokhamphiou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maokhamphiou lets loose with a powerful body kick. Cross will feel that in the morning.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Maokhamphiou has taken the fight to the clinch.
Good body shot from Maokhamphiou.
Maokhamphiou lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Maokhamphiou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Maokhamphiou tries to close the distance and clinch but Cross swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Maokhamphiou tries to grapple but his opponent circles
enabling Cross to counter with a crisp jab.
Maokhamphiou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Maokhamphiou darts in and clinches Cross up against the cage.
Maokhamphiou lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Maokhamphiou.

Cross is rocked!

Maokhamphiou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Oh Cross is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Maokhamphiou gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Maokhamphiou creates some distance for himselfand unleashes a massive uppercut that sends Cross's eyes rolling into the back of his head! Cross drops to his knees and Maokhamphiou pours it on with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Khru Maokhamphiou!