PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Julio Cruzeiro (ranked 1642 p4p, 1328 weight class) and Anderson Nogueira (ranked 240 p4p, 204 weight class). Cruzeiro kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Linval Thompson - Jah Jah The Conqueror. Anderson Nogueira is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples.

Cruzeiro
vs
Nogueira

194 cm
36
210
24 - 13 - 1

175 cm
31
209
9 - 8 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Granite chin

Bondi MMA 🏝️
Carnage

HELLS BALLS RECOVERY
HELLBENT

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 24 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Tokyo, Julio Cruzeiro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Anderson Nogueira !
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The fight stays on the outside here - Nogueira looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cruzeiro lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
A cross from Cruzeiro lands.
Cruzeiro has been working on his boxing with his coaches at House of 1000 Corpses in the buildup to the fight.
Nogueira wants to clinch.
Cruzeiro is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Nogueira moves out of range of the body kick from Cruzeiro.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cruzeiro paws at him with a jab and circles away.
No joy there for Cruzeiro, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Cruzeiro is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruzeiro works Nogueira 's body with a nice hook.
Cruzeiro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Cruzeiro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nogueira slips under a jab.
Cruzeiro avoids the head kick by Nogueira .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruzeiro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cruzeiro lands a body shot.
Cruzeiro throws a leg kick but Nogueira moved away.
Nogueira defending well as Cruzeiro loads up on a big left hand.
Nogueira slips under a jab.
Cruzeiro swings away with a body shot that misses
and Nogueira cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cruzeiro lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cruzeiro lands a leg kick that knocks Nogueira off balance momentarily.
Cruzeiro jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nogueira is looking to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro with a jab.
Cruzeiro misses with a straight right.
Nogueira wants to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Cruzeiro takes a kick to the side of the head.
Cruzeiro does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
It seemed like Nogueira was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Nogueira has Cruzeiro up against the cage in a clinch.
Nogueira misses with an elbow strike.
Nogueira throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Cruzeiros head.
A right handed body shot lands from Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro blocks the elbow strike.
Nogueira trying to land knees to the body.

Cruzeiro breaks the clinch.
Cruzeiro pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Cruzeiro. Nogueira shrugs it off though.
Cruzeiro throws a push kick but Nogueira slaps the foot to one side.
Nogueira closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Nogueira doesn't manage to clinch there - Cruzeiro circles away.
Cruzeiro jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Cruzeiro is having none of it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nogueira tries to close the distance and clinch but Cruzeiro swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cruzeiro misses with a hook to the body
and Nogueira counters with a big head kick but Cruzeiro shrugs it off.

It looks like Julio Cruzeiro has been cut.
Nogueira moves in looking to clinch but Cruzeiro pushes him off.
Cruzeiro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Cruzeiro keeps the fight on the outside.
Nogueira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro throws a body shot but no joy.
Cruzeiro misses with a lunging right hand
and Nogueira counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cruzeiro takes a swing at Nogueira 's ribcage but misses.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nogueira ! But no joy.
Nogueira is looking to clinch.
Cruzeiro throws a hook but Nogueira blocks it.
Nogueira appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nogueira tries to clinch but Cruzeiro moves away
and Cruzeiro counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Cruzeiro lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Nogueira circles away quickly and effectively.
Nogueira appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nogueira scores with a nice right hand.
Cruzeiro lands with a hook. Nogueira tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Cruzeiro getting the better of the striking in that exchange.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruzeiro throws a quick inside leg kick.
Cruzeiro punishes Nogueira 's body with a nice straight punch.
Nogueira ducks under a wild hook from Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Cruzeiro staying out of range there.
Cruzeiro throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nogueira sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nogueira throws a sloppy head kick and Cruzeiro moves out of range easily.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nogueira lands a nice uppercut.
Nogueira blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Cruzeiro misses with some punches.
Nogueira lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cruzeiro backwards.
Nogueira blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cruzeiro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cruzeiro lands on the inside with an uppercut.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Julio Cruzeiro dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio Cruzeiro's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cruzeiro pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cruzeiro throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nogueira throws a fast counter high kick but Cruzeiro manages to duck under it in time.
Julio Cruzeiro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A big left from Cruzeiro misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Cruzeiro misses the target.
Nogueira swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
A decent looking cross lands there for Cruzeiro.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Cruzeiro.
Cruzeiro circles away from the clinch attempt.
Cruzeiro walks into a straight right hand from Nogueira .
Cruzeiro misses the shot to the body.
Cruzeiro throws out a leg kick but Nogueira moves out of range and Cruzeiro only half commits.
Cruzeiro thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Nogueira if he has to take too many more of those.
Julio Cruzeiro is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cruzeiro connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Nogueira tries to clinch up.
Decent striking displayed by Cruzeiro there.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nogueira walks straight into a right hand from Cruzeiro - that's dropped him! Cruzeiro jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Nogueira from any more punishment! Nogueira complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Julio Cruzeiro!
Julio Cruzeiro decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.