PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chris Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Zibraaz Cava (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Zibraaz Cava is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cruz
vs
Cava

180 cm
28
175 lbs
4 - 0 - 0

191 cm
33
180 lbs
9 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Decent wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chris Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Zibraaz Cava!
The judges for this bout are Chris Dean, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Cruz gets a clinch.

Cava breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cava moves away.
Cava throws a nice looking combination but Cruz bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cruz swinging wildly here.
Cruz misses with a series of wild punches.
Cruz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cava manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cava throws a head kick but Cruz moves out of range.
Cava throws a sloppy head kick and Cruz moves out of range easily.
Cava throws a sloppy head kick and Cruz moves out of range easily.
Cruz lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cava circles away quickly and effectively.
Cava throws a series of punches but Cruz avoids them all with ease.
Cava on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Cruz avoids the head kick by Cava.
Cruz moves in looking to clinch but Cava pushes him off.

Cruz clinches with his opponent.

Cruz manages to break the clinch.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cava paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cava throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz scores with a jab. Cava acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Cava throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Cruz is looking to clinch.
Cava uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Cava throws a predictable looking body shot
and Cruz counters with a left to the body.
Cruz moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Cava swats away the attempt to clinch by Cruz.
Cruz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Zibraaz Cava seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Cruz keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Cava circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cruz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cava throws a head kick but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz stalks Cava and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Cava's face. Cava staggers backwards, shaken.
Cava throws a sloppy head kick and Cruz moves out of range easily.
Cruz feints a jab promting Cava to slip. Cruz then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Cava slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Cava throws a right hand that Cruz ducks under and follows up with a left that Cruz also avoids with ease.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Cruz clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cruz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Cruz lands a nice uppercut.
Cava has Cruz pressed against the cage, preventing Cruz from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
A right hand to the body from Cruz.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Cruz.
Cruz definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cruz tries to break free but Cava pushes him back against the cage.
Cruz lands with a light punch inside.
Cruz lands a left hand.
Cava wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cava is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cruz lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cava unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cava's elbow.
Cruz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cava's elbow.
Good body shot from Cruz.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Cruz creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Cruz lands a hook that snaps the head of Cava backwards.

Cava's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cava avoids a punch combination nicely.

Cruz drives through and clinches with Cava against the cage.
Cruz pushes Cava back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cruz scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hand to the body from Cruz.
Cava looks winded!
Cruz has Cava pressed against the cage, preventing Cava from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cruz lands a left hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Cruz manages to break the clinch.
Cruz scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz lands a two punch combo.
Cava misses with a head kick.
Cruz lands with a hook. Cava tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cruz scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Cava. Those never looked like landing.

Cruz closes the distance and clinches.
Cava tries to land knees in the clinch but Cruz avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Cruz.
A nice left hand lands by Cruz.
Cava wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cruz works on Cava's body with a couple of short punches.
Cruz presses Cava against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Cruz lands a hook to the side of the head.

Cruz breaks from the clinch.
Cruz throws a right hand that Cava ducks under and follows up with a left that Cava also avoids with ease.

Cruz has closed the distance and engaged Cava in a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A nice left hand lands by Cruz.

Cava is rocked!
Cruz digs a right hand underneath Cava's ribcage. Cava let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cruz scores with a hook to the body.

Cruz manages to break the clinch.
Cruz works Cava's body with a nice hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Cruz dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cruz displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Cava pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cruz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cava swats away the attempt to clinch by Cruz.
Cruz fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Cruz blocks a head kick by Cava.
Danga de danga de dang - Cruz scores with a four punch combination!
Cruz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cava can do to turn this around?
A head kick misses from Cava.
Cruz lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Cruz.
Cava throws a head kick that misses.
Cruz jabs Cava right on the nose. Cava blinks but takes it well.
Cava tries to bum rush Cruz with a series of wild strikes but Cruz uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cava is breathing heavily.
Cava throws a hook to the side of Cruz's head but Cruz sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Cruz will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A punch combination from Cava misses.
Cruz lands a two punch combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz looks to land a combination but Cava avoids it well.

Cruz gets a clinch.
Cruz lands a right hand.
Cava is still on wobbly legs! Can Cruz finish him?
A short left from Cruz.
Cava is looking to break free of the clinch but Cruz has double underhooks.
Still in the clinch, Cruz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cruz unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Cava! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Cruz is unloading with more strikes now! Cava drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:28 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chris Cruz!