PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dennis Rader (ranked 878 p4p, 864 weight class) and Jorge Cruz Jr (ranked 44 p4p, 43 weight class). Jorge Cruz Jr has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Dennis Rader's chin.

Rader
vs
Cruz Jr

225 cm
31
265
22 - 14 - 0

209 cm
40
245
33 - 22 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dennis Rader!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 33 - 22 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jorge Cruz Jr!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rader throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cruz Jr looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Cruz Jr throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rader misses with a straight left.
Cruz Jr moves out of range as Rader strikes.
Cruz Jr throws a lazy right hand but Rader sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
A head kick misses from Rader.
Rader moves out of range of the strikes.
Cruz Jr wants to clinch.
As Cruz Jr looks to move away, Rader throws a big counter combo but Cruz Jr just gets out of the way.
Nice uppercut there from Cruz Jr.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rader takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Rader swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Cruz Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jorge Cruz Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rader throws a body punch but Cruz Jr moves out of range.
Cruz Jr throws a sloppy head kick and Rader moves out of range easily.
Rader ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz Jr moves away.
Cruz Jr unleashes a big counter combination but Rader bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz Jr ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Rader misses with an uppercut.
Cruz Jr has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Rader is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Cruz Jr is looking to clinch.
Rader lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Cruz Jr on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Rader. Rader obviously looking to wear him down.
Cruz Jr is looking to clinch but Rader is avoiding it.
Cruz Jr tries to clinch there but Rader circles away.
Cruz Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rader paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cruz Jr misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Rader misses.
Rader takes a swing at Cruz Jr's ribcage but misses.
Rader throws a nice head kick!

It looks like Jorge Cruz Jr has been cut.
Cruz Jr misses with a straight left.
Cruz Jr throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rader sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rader throws a big shot that misses.
Cruz Jr doesn't manage to clinch there - Rader circles away.

Rader tries to keep at a distance but Cruz Jr has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz Jr is trying to force a seperation but Rader has the dominant position.

Cruz Jr breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz Jr bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Rader's head backwards.
Rader throws a hook but Cruz Jr blocks it.
Cruz Jr keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rader.
Cruz Jr tries to clinch up.
Rader throws a body kick that misses.
Cruz Jr cracks Rader with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Rader takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Cruz Jr throws a lazy head kick
and Rader counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A punch combination from Cruz Jr misses.
Rader blocks a head kick by Cruz Jr.
Cruz Jr fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cruz Jr avoids the head kick by Rader.
Rader scores with a leg kick.
Cruz Jr tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Rader paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cruz Jr scores to the head and body with a nice combination!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz Jr throws a series of punches but Rader moves out of range.
A quick step to the side and Rader tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.

Rader lands a big head kick that sends Cruz Jr tumbling to the mat! Rader takes a step backwards and waves Cruz Jr back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Cruz Jr stuns Rader with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Cruz Jr fails with an attempt to clinch.
A head kick misses from Cruz Jr.
Rader throws a shot from downtown. Cruz Jr moves away and avoids it.
Rader throws the left hand but Cruz Jr avoids the punch easily.
Rader scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Rader lands a two punch combo.
Cruz Jr throws a hook to the side of Rader's head but Rader sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Rader tries to work over Cruz Jr's front leg with a kick but Cruz Jr checks it.
Rader takes a head kick and keeps coming.

Cruz Jr rushes Rader and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rader tries to work over Cruz Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Rader swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rader swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Cruz Jr has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Rader misses with the head strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz Jr misses with the head strike.
Rader swings wildly with an uppercut but Cruz Jr uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rader's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Rader wants to stall.

Cruz Jr breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Cruz Jr gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rader fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Rader misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cruz Jr.
Cruz Jr misses with a two punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cruz Jr scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.

Rader lands a big right hand that sends Cruz Jr crashing to the mat! Rader stays standing though and waves Cruz Jr back to his feet!

Cruz Jr is rocked!
Cruz Jr throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cruz Jr is still on wobbly legs! Can Rader finish him?
Rader throws a head kick but Cruz Jr moves out of range.
A slapping body kick lands there for Rader.
Cruz Jr fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rader digs a good body shot into Cruz Jr's ribs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dennis Rader dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jorge Cruz Jr's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Rader throws a solid leg kick but Cruz Jr takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Rader.
Cruz Jr looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Cruz Jr seems to have recovered his senses.
Rader blocks a head kick by Cruz Jr.
Cruz Jr on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Cruz Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rader manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Rader looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cruz Jr ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Rader moves away.
Rader swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Rader blocks a head kick by Cruz Jr.
Cruz Jr tries to clinch up but Rader circles away and keeps his distance.
Cruz Jr steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rader.
Rader cracks a nice hook into Cruz Jr's ribs.

Cruz Jr clinches with his opponent.
Cruz Jr lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Rader or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Cruz Jr manages to break the clinch.
Rader really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Cruz Jr tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Rader manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz Jr connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Rader waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cruz Jr.
Jorge Cruz Jr is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rader blocks a head kick by Cruz Jr.
Sloppy strikes from Cruz Jr. Those never looked like landing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz Jr throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Rader connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

Cruz Jr closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Cruz Jr fails to land.
Rader scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Cruz Jr goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rader tries to throw a body punch but Cruz Jr avoids it by throwing Rader back against the cage.

Cruz Jr escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Dennis Rader is winning the standup battle so far.

Rader tries to keep at a distance but Cruz Jr has taken the fight into the clinch.
Rader wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Rader tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rader is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cruz Jr can do to turn this around?
Rader scores with an uppercut up the middle.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cruz Jr.
Rader swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rader misses with a body punch.
Cruz Jr misses with a body punch.
Rader misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cruz Jr blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rader misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rader makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Cruz Jr wants to break the clinch but can't.
Cruz Jr throws a punch but it's blocked by Rader.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rader throws a punch but it's blocked by Cruz Jr.
Rader lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cruz Jr backwards.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Cruz Jr.
Cruz Jr's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cruz Jr tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Cruz Jr cracks Rader with a nice body shot.
Rader tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rader misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Rader fails to land.
Rader is trying to push Cruz Jr away but Cruz Jr has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cruz Jr blocking some punches.
Cruz Jr takes a shot to the head.

Cruz Jr breaks the clinch.
Rader throws a sloppy head kick and Cruz Jr moves out of range easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz Jr pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Rader throws a shot from downtown. Cruz Jr moves away and avoids it.
Cruz Jr tries to bum rush Rader with a series of wild strikes but Rader uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cruz Jr throws a nice looking combination but Rader bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Nice shot lands for Cruz Jr.
Cruz Jr missing with a left hand there. Rader was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rader throws out a powerful jab.
Cruz Jr is looking to clinch.
Cruz Jr ducks under a wild hook from Rader.

Cruz Jr rushes Rader and presses him up against the cage.
Rader tries to work over Cruz Jr's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

Cruz Jr pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Cruz Jr rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Rader counters with a nice right hand that sends Cruz Jr toppling to the canvas! Cruz Jr scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Rader finish him?!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rader circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rader misses with a head kick.
Cruz Jr misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Cruz Jr takes a shot to the body in his stride.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rader fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Rader jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A solid leg kick lands there for Rader.
Danga de danga de dang - Cruz Jr scores with a four punch combination!
Cruz Jr tries to clinch up but Rader circles away and keeps his distance.
Cruz Jr keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cruz Jr tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Rader counters with a crisp right hand that drops Cruz Jr! Rader lets Cruz Jr back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Rader is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Cruz Jr hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Dennis Rader!
After winning the bout, Dennis Rader thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.