PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ron Sieler (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Augusto Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Sieler
vs
Cruz

169 cm
21
143 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

175 cm
22
145 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Ultimate Fighting Gear
HGH Nutrients Q160-Q158-Q155

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Ron Sieler!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Augusto Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cruz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sieler throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Cruz to counter with a crisp jab.
Cruz lands a head shot.
Sieler throws a leg kick
and Cruz counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Sieler is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cruz avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Sieler scores with a nice right hand.
Cruz lands the left hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cruz swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Sieler.
Cruz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cruz tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sieler paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sieler throws a shot from downtown. Cruz moves away and avoids it.
Cruz avoids the body shot from Sieler.
Sieler on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Sieler throws out a loose jab but Cruz uses good head movement to avoid it.
Sieler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Sieler scores with a sloppy right hand. Cruz should have avoided that one.
Cruz staying out of range there.
Cruz throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sieler uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cruz.
Sieler will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Good leg kick by Cruz there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Cruz wants to clinch but Sieler slips to the side
and Sieler counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sieler misses with a leg kick.
Cruz ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sieler looks to land a combination but Cruz avoids it well.
Cruz throws a series of punches but Sieler moves out of range.
Sieler slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cruz lands with a cross.
Cruz has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Sieler finds it's way round the side to connect with Cruz's head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz fails with an attempt to clinch.
A slow jab from Sieler misses its intended target.
Ron Sieler is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sieler attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Cruz scores with a sloppy right hand. Sieler should have avoided that one.
Good shot there by Sieler.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sieler throws a body punch but Cruz moves out of range.
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Sieler.
Cruz fakes the leg kick and cracks Sieler in the body.
Cruz tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cruz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A slow jab from Sieler misses its intended target.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Cruz.
Sieler throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cruz pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cruz throws a head kick that misses.
Sieler scores with a jab to the head.

Cruz rushes Sieler and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cruz tries to stall but Sieler uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cruz working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sieler takes a shot to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sieler.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Sieler misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cruz lands an elbow just above Sieler 's eye.
A short right from Sieler.
Cruz lands a body punch in the clinch.
Cruz misses with a body punch.
Cruz is trying to push Sieler away but Sieler has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sieler lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Sieler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sieler is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Cruz is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Sieler scores with a nice short uppercut.

Cruz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cruz jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sieler.
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!
Sieler misses with an uppercut
and Cruz counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Cruz digs a good hook to Sieler's body.
Sieler takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice cross by Cruz.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sieler moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cruz drops his hands momentarily and Sieler takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Cruz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sieler.
Cruz connects with a high kick.
Sieler is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
A leg kick checked by Cruz.
Cruz looks to score with a jab to the body but Sieler is just out of range.
Cruz blocks a jab.
Cruz throws a lazy right hand but Sieler sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cruz fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Sieler has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Cruz dodges the punch combination from Sieler.
Sieler takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Cruz throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cruz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Sieler stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Sieler dips to his left and cracks Cruz with an uppercut!
Sieler is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Cruz.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Augusto Cruz will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Cruz thows a body kick. Sieler tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Sieler takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Sieler misses with a low kick.
Sieler has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cruz.
Sieler rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cruz moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Cruz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sieler attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Cruz takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
An inside leg kick lands from Cruz.
Cruz tries to clinch there but Sieler circles away.
Cruz slips a straight right by Sieler.
Sieler looks to score with a jab to the body but Cruz is just out of range.
Left hook, right uppercut from Cruz.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cruz moves out of range as Sieler strikes.
Sieler pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cruz pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Sieler back to the cage. Cruz follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sieler throws a poor cross that misses
and Cruz counters with a nice uppercut.

Sieler is rocked!
Cruz uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sieler.
Cruz slips under a jab from Sieler.
Cruz checks a leg kick.
Sieler throws a lazy right hand but Cruz sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Augusto Cruz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Cruz drops his hands momentarily and Sieler takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sieler misses the shot to the body.
Danga de danga de dang - Cruz scores with a four punch combination!
Oh Sieler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Sieler misses with a lunging right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cruz jabs at Sieler's body.
Sieler takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cruz lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cruz fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Sieler.
Sieler wants to stay close but Cruz steps back to make room for something. Sieler seems frozen to the spot and bam! huge swing of the leg from Cruz and Sieler drops like he has been shot! A huge head kick and it's all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Augusto Cruz!
An out of breath Augusto Cruz thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.