PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Archy Banoffee (ranked 2296 p4p, 1623 weight class) and Pablo Cruz (ranked 240 p4p, 175 weight class). Banoffee comes to the cage accompanied by Bad Reputation. Cruz is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: I Go to Rio. Pablo Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Banoffee
vs
Cruz

170 cm
21
156
4 - 1 - 0

178 cm
22
158
5 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Granite chin

Urban Fighter
Brooklyn Apothecary

Brooklyn Apothecary
Brooklyn Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Archy Banoffee!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pablo Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Banoffee misses its intended target.
Banoffee lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cruz scores with a sloppy right hand. Banoffee should have avoided that one.
Banoffee definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Banoffee stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Banoffee with the inside leg kick.
Banoffee connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Cruz's hands.
Banoffee slips a jab from Cruz.
Banoffee takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cruz has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Banoffee.

Banoffee takes the fight into the clinch.
Cruz blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
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!
Banoffee misses with some punches.

Cruz breaks from the clinch.
Cruz digs a good hook to Banoffee's body.
Cruz lands with an overhand left.
Good leg kick by Banoffee.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Banoffee clinches with his opponent.

Cruz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cruz moves out of range of the body kick from Banoffee.
Cruz moves away from the strike by Banoffee.
Cruz looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cruz misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Banoffee.
Banoffee misses with a low kick.
Banoffee moves away from the strike by Cruz.
Banoffee misses with a body shot.
Despite the aggression on Cruz's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Banoffee explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Banoffee lands a head kick. Cruz smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Cruz misses with a hook.
Banoffee moves forwards but Cruz connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Cruz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good work by Cruz as he checks the leg kick.
Banoffee displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cruz throws out the jab.
Cruz slips a jab and a cross from Banoffee.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Banoffee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Banoffee slips the punch.
Banoffee doesn't manage to clinch there - Cruz circles away.
Banoffee moves out of range of the strikes.
Banoffee misses with a kick to the body.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Banoffee manages to avoid it.

Banoffee gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Banoffee scores with a nice short uppercut.
Nice body punch from Cruz - that landed with a thud.

Banoffee manages to break the clinch.

Banoffee closes the distance and clinches.
Banoffee lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Banoffee pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Cruz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Banoffee wants to clinch up but Cruz keeps it at a distance.
Cruz on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.

Banoffee closes the distance and clinches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries a body shot but Banoffee blocks it.
Banoffee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Banoffee tries to land knees in the clinch but Cruz avoids the damage to the body.

Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cruz takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Banoffee takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Banoffee moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Banoffee moves in looking to clinch but Cruz pushes him off.
Cruz dips to his left and cracks Banoffee with an uppercut!
Banoffee throws a low kick but Cruz avoids it.
Cruz thows a left - swing and a miss!
Banoffee misses with an attempted mid kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Banoffee finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz scores with a jab to the head.
No joy there for Banoffee, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Banoffee paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Banoffee slips the punch.
A low kick lands for Banoffee.
Banoffee connects with a body shot that sends Cruz's belly button to the back.
Banoffee tries to clinch but Cruz is having none of it.
Banoffee moves away from the strike by Cruz.
The fight stays on the outside here - Banoffee looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Banoffee misses with a head kick.
Cruz connects with a single shot there.
Banoffee ducks under a wild hook from Cruz.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Banoffee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cruz catches Banoffee with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Banoffee moves out of range of the strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Archy Banoffee dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Banoffee lands with a thumping leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Banoffee does a little dance to reset his feet.
As Cruz backs away, Banoffee returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Banoffee throws an overhand right that lands on Cruz's shoulder, as Cruz tries to avoid the shot.
Banoffee throws out a powerful jab.
Cruz looks to land a combination. Banoffee sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Banoffee lands with an overhand left.
Banoffee tries to clinch but Cruz is having none of it.
Archy Banoffee is winning the standup battle so far.
Banoffee takes a jab right on the kisser.
Cruz jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Banoffee is rocked!
Banoffee misses with an uppercut. Cruz saw that one coming.
Oh Banoffee is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Cruz lands a nice hook to Banoffee's body. Banoffee takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Banoffee seems to have got his legs back now.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Cruz fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Banoffee to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Banoffee looks to clinch but Cruz throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Banoffee taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Pablo Cruz!
After the big win, Pablo Cruz made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Brooklyn Apothecary and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.