PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Nate Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Samuel Stone (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Stone is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: bottinekes . Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Samuel Stone has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Cruz
vs
Stone

170 cm
26
152 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

168 cm
26
145 lbs
6 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Experienced

Powerful takedowns
Basic striking
Powerful

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nate Cruz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Samuel Stone!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Shimada and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Stone gets the takedown into side control.
Cruz struggling a bit here.
Cruz is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Stone off and has taken his back!

Cruz is looking for a choke. Stone gets to his feet with his opponent on his back and slams him to the mat. Stone manages to squirm out of the attempted choke and turns into his opponent's guard.
Cruz keeping moving, preventing Stone from controlling successfully.

Cruz looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Stone slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.

Cruz working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Stone has passed into half guard!

Cruz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cruz is looking to improve his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stone is looking to take a break and control but Cruz is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Cruz striking from half guard on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Cruz looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Cruz trying to control from the bottom.
Stone looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.

Stone is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Cruz is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Samuel Stone! Samuel Stone retains his featherweight title!