PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jon Wan Soo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ricardo Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Wan Soo comes to the cage accompanied by Rise of the Northstar - Welcame. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Wan Soo
vs
Cruz

168 cm
28
160 lbs
5 - 5 - 1

181 cm
25
165 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jon Wan Soo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ricardo Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Eliza Hachem and Winston Howard.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wan Soo throws a sloppy head kick
and Cruz counters with a three punch combo that has Wan Soo backing up. Wan Soo nods at Cruz to acknowledge the strikes.
Wan Soo keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Cruz lands a head kick!
Cruz tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wan Soo was well out of range. Poor timing from Cruz.
Wan Soo swats away the attempt to clinch by Cruz.
Wan Soo tries a head kick but it misses.
Cruz lands with a nice combination. Wan Soo backs away looking to recover.
Cruz is looking to clinch but Wan Soo is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cruz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cruz has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Wan Soo is landing a low percentage of strikes.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cruz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cruz throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wan Soo counters with a nice body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz tries to clinch up.
Cruz tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Wan Soo counters with a nice uppercut.
Wan Soo throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz moves in looking to clinch but Wan Soo pushes him off.
Wan Soo throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cruz throws a head kick but Wan Soo moves out of range.
Wan Soo avoids a kick to the body.
Cruz takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Wan Soo throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab from Cruz misses.
Cruz wants to clinch.
As Cruz backs away, Wan Soo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Cruz throws a right and a left that Wan Soo avoids nicely.
The fight stays on the outside here - Cruz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Wan Soo has closed the distance and engaged Cruz in a clinch.
Wan Soo working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wan Soo tries to throw a body punch but Cruz avoids it by throwing Wan Soo back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Wan Soo.
Still in the clinch, Wan Soo scores with a nice short uppercut.
Cruz tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Wan Soo lands with a left to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wan Soo lands an uppercut.
The referee is keeping an eye on Wan Soo - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Wan Soo scores with a hook to the body.
Cruz blocks a body shot from Wan Soo.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
A short right from Wan Soo on the inside.
I was talking to Wan Soo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.

Cruz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Cruz gets tackled into the cage by Wan Soo. Wan Soo maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wan Soo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cruz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wan Soo lands an uppercut.
Wan Soo misses with a body punch.
Cruz prevents a body shot from Wan Soo.
Wan Soo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Wan Soo makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cruz tries to land knees in the clinch but Wan Soo avoids the damage to the body.
Wan Soo tries to throw a body punch but Cruz avoids it by throwing Wan Soo back against the cage.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cruz.
Cruz lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Wan Soo lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cruz or not.
Wan Soo lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wan Soo gets through Cruz's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Wan Soo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz working Wan Soo over with knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Wan Soo.
Wan Soo misses with an elbow strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Wan Soo.
Wan Soo throws an elbow but it misses.
Wan Soo lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wan Soo lands with a short shot to the head.
A hook to the body from Wan Soo.
Wan Soo stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Cruz looks winded!
Wan Soo lands a left hand.

Cruz is rocked!
Wan Soo lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cruz is still on wobbly legs! Can Wan Soo finish him?
Wan Soo pushes Cruz against the cage. Wan Soo is working some dirty boxing. Wan Soo pushes off with a quick right hook! Cruz goes down! Cruz tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Wan Soo moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jon Wan Soo!
Jon Wan Soo thanked the fans post fight for their support.