PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Pablo Cruz (ranked 2825 p4p, 3668 weight class) and Rikiya Goromaru (ranked 229 p4p, 286 weight class). Cruz comes to the cage accompanied by Daddy Yankee / Gasolina. Pablo Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cruz
vs
Goromaru

178 cm
30
150
12 - 10 - 0

170 cm
33
145
11 - 19 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Red Belt
World class MT
Heavy handed

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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 12 - 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 11 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Rikiya Goromaru!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Goromaru misses with a hook.
Goromaru swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Cruz looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Goromaru throws a head kick that Cruz semi-blocks.
Cruz moves out of range as Goromaru strikes.
Goromaru fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Cruz checks it well.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Cruz with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Goromaru to score with a decent uppercut.
Goromaru tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Goromaru misses with a series of wild punches.
Goromaru lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Goromaru uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cruz.
Goromaru lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz looks to land a left hand but Goromaru moved out of range nicely.
Goromaru throws a body shot but no joy.
Cruz throws a hook but Goromaru blocks it.
Goromaru tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Cruz paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Goromaru throws a leg kick which misses Cruz's front leg but catches the back leg as Cruz tries to avoid it.
Goromaru tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Cruz was well out of range. Poor timing from Goromaru.
Goromaru just misses with a punch to the body.
Goromaru misses with a low kick.
A swing and a miss from Goromaru.
Cruz is looking to counter punch.
Pablo Cruz seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cruz. Goromaru does a little dance to reset his feet.
Goromaru bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Goromaru throws out a counter right but Cruz avoids it with no problem.
Cruz fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Goromaru manages to avoid it.
Goromaru avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Cruz scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Goromaru takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cruz jabs Goromaru to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Goromaru throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Cruz on the side of the head.
Goromaru throws a big shot that misses.
Cruz is looking to counter punch.
Goromaru lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Cruz throws a looping overhand right but Goromaru ducks down to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cruz connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Cruz keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Goromaru.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Goromaru moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Goromaru is looking to clinch.
Cruz listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Goromaru moves out of range of the strikes.
Cruz misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Goromaru cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cruz stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Cruz scores with a jab to the jaw.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Goromaru flicks out a counter leg kick but Cruz steps away.
Goromaru tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cruz throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Goromaru misses with a looping left.
Goromaru misses with a two punch combination.
Goromaru with a hook.
Goromaru lands with a hook. Cruz tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Goromaru keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goromaru lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz throws an overhand right that lands on Goromaru's shoulder, as Goromaru tries to avoid the shot.
Goromaru scoring well with a low kick there.
Goromaru thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Cruz if he has to take too many more of those.
Goromaru digs a good body shot into Cruz's ribs.
Cruz misses with a hook to the body
and Goromaru counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Goromaru clobbers Cruz with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cruz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Goromaru walks into a stiff left hand from Cruz.
Goromaru keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Goromaru looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Cruz lands with an uppercut that bounces Goromaru off the cage and back into range.
Cruz lands a body shot.
Goromaru tries to clinch up.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Goromaru shoots in looking for a takedown but Cruz manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Goromaru's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Goromaru staying out of range there.
Goromaru now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Goromaru is looking to score with low kicks.
Cruz throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little jabbing left from Goromaru on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Goromaru on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Goromaru walks into a stiff left hand from Cruz.
Cruz connects with a body shot.
Goromaru throws a hook but Cruz avoids it easily.
Cruz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Goromaru throws out a counter right but Cruz avoids it with no problem.
Cruz throws a right hand that misses
and Goromaru counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Goromaru is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Goromaru with a hook.
Goromaru cracks Cruz with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Goromaru looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Goromaru sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Goromaru is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cruz.
Goromaru throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cruz looks to throw the jab but Goromaru is out of range.
Goromaru avoids the body shot from Cruz.
Pablo Cruz is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruz misses with a body shot.
Cruz takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Rikiya Goromaru will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Cruz throws a body shot but no joy.
Cruz throws out a powerful jab.
Cruz takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Goromaru lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cruz swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Goromaru takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Goromaru gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Good standup being displayed there by Goromaru as he connects with a hook.
Goromaru attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Goromaru throws a low kick but Cruz moves out of range easily.
Goromaru uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Goromaru.
Cruz connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Goromaru momentarily.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Goromaru slips the punch.
Goromaru stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz throws a looping overhand right but Goromaru ducks down to avoid it.
Goromaru lands a nice leg kick that just misses Cruz's sensitive parts.
Cruz ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Goromaru moves away.
Goromaru throws an overhand right that lands on Cruz's shoulder, as Cruz tries to avoid the shot.
Goromaru takes a swing at Cruz's ribcage but misses.
Goromaru cracks a nice hook into Cruz's ribs.
Cruz throws a big shot that misses.
Goromaru throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Goromaru scores with a leg kick.
Cruz misses with a wild body shot.
Cruz loads up on a big right hand but Goromaru slips the punch.
Goromaru scores with a head kick.
Goromaru tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Goromaru tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Cruz counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Goromaru throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Goromaru misses with a body punch
and Cruz counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cruz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cruz throws a shot from downtown. Goromaru moves away and avoids it.
Cruz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Good standup being displayed there by Goromaru as he connects with a hook.
Goromaru misses with a left hand
and Cruz counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Goromaru swinging wildly here.
Goromaru looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.
Cruz takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Cruz lands with an overhand left.

Goromaru is rocked!
Cruz circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Goromaru to the canvas! Goromaru doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Cruz keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pablo Cruz!
Pablo Cruz made sure to mention his sponsor, Stoner's Killer Apparel in his post fight interview.