PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between tito cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and ZEN FURY (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). cruz's entrance music is yes. A fine choice. ZEN FURY has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with tito cruz's chin.

cruz
vs
FURY

187 cm
27
155 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

170 cm
26
150 lbs
8 - 1 - 1

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Powerful

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 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, tito cruz!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 1 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, ZEN FURY!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Wagner Zegers.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
cruz fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A left lands for cruz.

FURY closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming cruz to the mat! cruz manages to get full guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
FURY trying to control but cruz is working from the bottom.
cruz lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for FURY!
FURY tries to hold on but cruz pushes him away.
FURY is trying to escape the mount.
cruz lands a big shot there that rocks FURY but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
cruz lands with some strikes.
FURY in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
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!
cruz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish FURY?
cruz breaks from FURY's wrist control and lands an elbow.
FURY sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
cruz moves into full mount! FURY won't be happy about that!
cruz punishing his opponent with strikes.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, cruz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
FURY tries to get back to half guard but can't.
cruz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
FURY is working to get back to half guard.
FURY is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
cruz scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish FURY?
cruz with good strikes from the mount here!

FURY is rocked!

cruz looking for a guillotine from mount but FURY is having none of it.
FURY keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
cruz working away from the top, dropping strikes.
FURY is trying to escape the mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cruz is landing with some decent strikes but FURY is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
FURY is desperately trying to improve his position but cruz has a good base and remains in mount.
cruz lands with some strikes.
cruz has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of FURY's face.
cruz cracks FURY with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, cruz cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
FURY is still in real trouble! Can cruz finish him?
FURY is wriggling around trying to escape.
FURY seems to have recovered his senses.
cruz working the ground and pound effectively.
cruz landing strikes, looking to finish!
cruz lands a big elbow.
FURY regains half guard.
cruz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
FURY trying to control here.
cruz is looking to advance position but FURY won't allow it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
cruz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
cruz is looking to advance position but FURY won't allow it.
cruz missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
cruz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
FURY is trying to maintain the position but cruz is very close to passing his half guard.
cruz frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
FURY is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
FURY sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
FURY trying to control here.
cruz looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
FURY wants to control but cruz is keeping busy and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
cruz thows a huge punch but FURY dodges it nicely.
FURY moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
cruz trying to control but FURY is working from the bottom.
cruz in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
FURY wants to sweep here but cruz controlling him for the moment.
FURY keeping moving, preventing cruz from controlling successfully.
FURY lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for cruz!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
cruz is trying to escape the mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

tito cruz dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

cruz swats away the attempt to clinch by FURY.
cruz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
cruz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from FURY.
A combination from cruz does no damage.
cruz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
cruz swats away the attempt to clinch by FURY.
FURY dives in and grabs cruz's left leg, looking for a takedown. cruz pushes down on FURY's head and hops out.
cruz slaps away a takedown attempt from FURY, before circling back to the center of the mat.
tito cruz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of ZEN FURY.
A big left from cruz misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
FURY dives in and grabs cruz's left leg, looking for a takedown. cruz pushes down on FURY's head and hops out.
cruz defends well against a solid takedown attempt from FURY.
ZEN FURY seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
cruz lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
FURY shoots for a double leg takedown but cruz sprawls well. He's pushed FURY's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
FURY is breathing heavily.
FURY tries to close the distance and clinch but cruz swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
cruz 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 jabs at FURY's body.
cruz scores with a crisp jab that stopped FURY in his tracks.
FURY takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
cruz connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
FURY takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
FURY takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

FURY closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
cruz tries to improve position but can't.
cruz manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
tito cruz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
cruz works his way to full guard. Good work.
FURY throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
cruz is trying to keep FURY in close.

FURY is sitting in close to cruz's body. cruz has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! FURY is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, FURY is tapping! That was a very nice submission by cruz.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). tito cruz!