Quick Fight Championship PBP Commentary

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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Cruz (ranked 3725 p4p, 4859 weight class) and Bo Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dennis Cruz could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Bo Harris's chin.

Cruz
vs
Harris

181 cm
19
210
2 - 0 - 0

203 cm
25
205
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Very confident

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Dennis Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Bo Harris!
The judges for this bout are David Hoff, Michael Johnstone and Peter Branson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz works the jab nicely.
Cruz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Harris lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Cruz shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Harris pinned against the cage. Harris gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Harris ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cruz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Harris closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Cruz to the mat! Cruz manages to get full guard.
Harris is standing up over Cruz. Cruz looks to escape but Harris dives into side control.
Cruz knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Harris on the ground.

Harris sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Cruz is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Cruz might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Harris creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Cruz sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Harris wants to control but Cruz is keeping him busy.
Harris throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Harris trying to control the position but Cruz is working away.
Harris lands an elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Harris decides to stand back up. Harris steps back and let's Cruz get back to his feet.
Cruz fails with an attempt to clinch.
Cruz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

Harris gets a takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is looking to improve his position.
Harris is thwarting Cruz's attempts to control the position.
Harris is trying to control. Cruz wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Harris thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Harris uses his free foot to push down on Cruz's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Cruz.
Harris lands a big elbow.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Harris landing strikes from the mount.
Cruz is wriggling around trying to escape.
Cruz wants to control but Harris is having none of it.
Harris with good strikes from the mount here!
Harris trying to control but Cruz is having none of it.
Harris landing strikes from the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cruz looks a forlorn figure.
Harris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Harris can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cruz is looking to escape.
Harris lands a nice shot to the head.
Harris lands with some strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
BOOM! Harris connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Cruz is squirming around, avoiding Harris's attempts to control the action.
Harris pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Cruz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Harris lands a nice shot to the head.
Cruz keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Harris is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Harris is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Harris cracks Cruz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Cruz is rocked!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a big shot to the head and Cruz winces in pain. He's tapped out due to strikes!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Bo Harris!