PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Cruz (ranked 4144 p4p, 3226 weight class) and Louis C K (ranked 331 p4p, 270 weight class). Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by Daddy Yankee / Gasolina. C K is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Who let the dogs out. Louis C K struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 146.0lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cruz
vs
C K

178 cm
30
150
11 - 10 - 0

183 cm
43
158
25 - 25 - 1

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Solid chin

30th Century Beer Store

Fantasy 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 11 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Pablo Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Louis C K!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
C K bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cruz lands a body shot.
C K takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Cruz looks to land a right hand but C K moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from C K! But no joy.
Cruz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
C K displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Cruz throws out the jab.
And C K tries to counter it with a takedown but Cruz pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Cruz works the jab nicely.
Cruz throws a poor cross that misses
and C K counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cruz misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
C K ducks under a wild hook from Cruz.
Cruz with a jab.
Cruz misses with a hook to the body
and C K counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz swings and misses with a shot to the body
and C K counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Cruz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping C K at a distance.
Cruz lands a jab.
Cruz misses with a hook to the body
and C K counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
C K takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Cruz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed C K momentarily.
C K takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A jab lands there for Cruz.
Cruz takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz scores with a body shot.
Cruz is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
C K keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
C K has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws a right hand that misses
and C K counters with a lovely straight right hand!
C K takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cruz fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. C K looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Cruz with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Cruz connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A shot to the liver by Cruz. Beautiful body shot.
Cruz bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of C K's head.

C K is rocked!
Cruz cracks C K on the jaw with a powerful right hand and C K falls backwards against the cage. Cruz follows up with more strikes that drop C K to his knees. Cruz keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save C K! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Cruz!
Pablo Cruz really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 30th Century Beer Store logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
Louis C K was interviewed post fight and said 'Back to drawing board, i suck.'.