PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luis Fierro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hector Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Luis Fierro has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Fierro
vs
Cruz

175 cm
38
92 lbs
12 - 34 - 0

179 cm
29
145 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 34 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Luis Fierro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Hector Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Colin Fray and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz throws a right hand that Fierro ducks under and follows up with a left that Fierro also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Cruz misses.
Cruz tests Fierro's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Cruz forces Fierro back against the cage and clinches.
Cruz trying to land knees to the body.
Fierro takes a knee right on the jaw!
Cruz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cruz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Cruz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

Cruz breaks from the clinch.
Cruz rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Fierro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Fierro really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Cruz moves into the clinch successfully.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A knee to the head by Cruz.

Cruz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Cruz's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Fierro connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Cruz scrambles back to his feet.
Cruz tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Cruz misses the jab.

Cruz clinches up with Fierro and pushes him back against the cage.
Cruz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cruz tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Cruz has Fierro pressed against the cage, preventing Fierro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Fierro's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fierro on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Fierro connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.

Cruz closes the distance and pushes Fierro back into the cage.
Fierro takes an elbow to the forehead.

Cruz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cruz.

Cruz gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Cruz lands a nice knee to the body.

Cruz breaks the clinch.

Fierro gets tackled into the cage by Cruz. Cruz maintains the clinch.
Cruz with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cruz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fierro lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Cruz scores with a knee to the head.
Cruz lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cruz lands an elbow that stopped Fierro in his tracks for a moment.
Cruz tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cruz throws an elbow that misses.
Cruz pushes Fierro back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Fierro wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cruz connects with a knee to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cruz breaks from the clinch.

Cruz instigates a clinch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Cruz missing with knees to the body.
Cruz misses with a knee to the head.
Cruz missing with knees to the body.
Cruz looks winded!

Cruz breaks from the clinch.
Hector Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cruz wants to clinch up but Fierro keeps it at a distance.
Fierro moves out of range as Cruz throws a body kick.
Cruz fails in his attempt to clinch.
Fierro slips a jab and a cross from Cruz.
Fierro works the jab nicely.
Fierro lands a nice shot that snaps Cruz's head back.
Fierro lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.

Cruz is rocked!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz connects with the punch.
Cruz is still on wobbly legs! Can Fierro finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz wants to clinch.
A head kick from Cruz lands but Fierro takes it in his stride.

Fierro is rocked!
Fierro misses with a series of wild punches.
Oh Fierro is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cruz seems to have recovered his senses.
Cruz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.

Fierro throws a big overhand right that connects, sending Cruz tumbling to the canvas!
Cruz managing to control the position.
Fierro keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cruz's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Fierro avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Cruz looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fierro trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Cruz wants to sweep but no luck.

Cruz had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Fierro defends it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Hector Cruz dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cruz tries to clinch up.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up but Fierro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Fierro seems to have got his legs back now.
Luis Fierro is winning the standup battle so far.
Fierro showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Cruz.

Cruz clinches with his opponent.
Cruz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Fierro managing to block the knees to the body from Cruz.
Cruz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short left from Cruz.
Fierro tries to circle away but Cruz has him pinned against the cage.

Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fierro lands with a straight right. Cruz didn't see that one coming.
Fierro misses with the combination.
Cruz is looking to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good exchange - Fierro coming out on top.

Cruz moves into range and clinches up with Fierro.
Cruz misses with a knee strike.

Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz throws a hook but Fierro avoids it easily.
Fierro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Fierro sizes up Cruz with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Fierro ducks down into range and throws a picture perfect right hook that connects with Cruz's jaw. Cruz's eyes stare off into space as he falls to the mat, out cold! Fierro does the decent thing and steps back, rather than landing any shots to his unconscious opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Luis Fierro!