PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Bobby Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and jake walden (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). walden has chosen the way i am as his entrance music. jake walden is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.

Cruz
vs
walden

185 cm
22
185 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
195 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Bobby Cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, jake walden!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
walden moves in looking to clinch but Cruz pushes him off.
walden tries to clinch up but Cruz circles away and keeps his distance.
walden tries to clinch there but Cruz circles away.
walden tries to close the distance and clinch but Cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Cruz feints and as walden raises his hands in defense, Cruz changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Cruz prevents walden from getting back to his feet.
Cruz loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cruz not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Cruz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. walden is keeping the position for now.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but walden is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cruz slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cruz stops walden from standing up.
Cruz missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cruz closes the distance and clinches up with walden, looking for a takedown. Cruz pushes walden against the ropes but walden circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.

Cruz has walden up against the ropes in a clinch.
Cruz goes for a takedown attempt but walden pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.

Cruz moves into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is trying to drag walden to the mat but walden just about manages to keep his footing. He used the ropes to his advantage there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bobby Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Cruz breaks from the clinch.
walden wants to clinch but Cruz slips to the side

and Cruz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Cruz breaks from the clinch.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
walden closes the distance but Cruz moves to the side

and Cruz counters by moving into the clinch.

Cruz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
walden wants to clinch but Cruz slips to the side

and Cruz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cruz wants a takedown but no success here.
A short body shot lands from walden as the two fighters clinch.
Cruz is breathing heavily.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from walden.
walden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Cruz avoids it.
With the fighters up against the ropes, walden throws an elbow but misses.
Cruz looking for a takedown.
Cruz blocking some punches.
Cruz lands a body shot.
walden tries to land knees in the clinch but Cruz avoids the damage to the body.

Cruz lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Cruz has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Cruz stops walden from getting back to his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
walden is staying active underneath Cruz, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
walden is looking to escape.
Cruz is trying to control. walden wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Cruz lands a nice hook to walden's body. walden takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
walden tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Cruz counters with a takedown into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz trying to control the position but walden is working away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cruz cracks walden with an elbow. That is naaassty.

walden explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!

Cruz moves into the clinch.
Cruz tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. walden smiles and moves away.
walden clinches but Cruz breaks the clinch

and Cruz holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters up against the ropes, walden throws an elbow but misses.
walden misses with a knee to the head.
Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
walden with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cruz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Cruz landing knees to the body.

Cruz drags the fight down to the ground.

Cruz has his feet on walden's thighs here. He's pushed walden off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! walden screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Bobby Cruz!