PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Georg Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Killian Andrews (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Georg Cruz has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Cruz
vs
Andrews

176 cm
26
144 lbs
4 - 1 - 1

174 cm
24
145 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Big heart

Good wrestler
Brawler
Knockout power

CEC Nutrition Q160 *Christmas Sale*

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 4 - 1 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Georg Cruz!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Killian Andrews!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Fedor Mirinova and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Andrews fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Cruz to the ground. Andrews is now in Cruz's guard.
Andrews in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Andrews throws a big elbow that misses.
Andrews stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cruz swivels though and keeps the full guard.

Cruz is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Andrews tries to free his leg and advance position but Cruz is retaining full guard.

Andrews got a little sloppy there for a moment and Cruz has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Andrews has managed to get both his arms back between Cruz's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Andrews trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.
Andrews trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Andrews trying to control but Cruz is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Andrews tries to free his leg and advance position but Cruz is retaining full guard.
Andrews is looking to work some ground and pound but Cruz has wrist control.
Andrews wants to pass the guard but Cruz is keeping the position.
Andrews wants to control from the top but Cruz keeps moving.
Andrews pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cruz is keeping the position for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Andrews engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Cruz tries to score a power double leg takedown but Andrews sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cruz somewhat.

Andrews closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Andrews working the ground and pound from side control.
You can see the frustration on Cruz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Andrews has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Cruz!
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 tries to lock up and control but Andrews gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Andrews throws some wild stikes that Cruz manages to avoid easily.
Andrews putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Andrews cracks Cruz with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cruz tries to hold on but Andrews postures up.
Andrews can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cruz is looking to escape.
Andrews landing strikes from the mount and Cruz is in trouble!
Andrews fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Andrews sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Cruz wants to hold on but Andrews pushes him away.
Andrews with good strikes from the mount here!
Andrews tries to control but Cruz wriggling away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Andrews takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andrews landing strikes from the mount.
Andrews avoids the attempt from Cruz to control.
Cruz is in a horrible position here. Andrews smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.

Cruz bucks up and throws Andrews to the side - he's got back to his feet. Great escape!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cruz shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Andrews but Andrews pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Andrews shoots for a double leg takedown but Cruz sprawls well. He's pushed Andrews's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Killian Andrews dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Andrews shoots in looking for a takedown but Cruz manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Andrews's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Andrews stuffs the takedown attempt from Cruz. Cruz gets slowly back to his feet.
Cruz fails with a takedown attempt.
Cruz shoots for a takedown but Andrews saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Georg Cruz. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Andrews gets the takedown into side control.
Andrews throws an elbow but Cruz slips to the side and avoids it well.
Andrews creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Cruz manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Andrews is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Cruz is looking to improve his position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Andrews trying to control the action but Cruz is working from the bottom.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz is looking to control Andrews's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Cruz avoid being mounted?
Andrews trying to advance position but Cruz counters by regaining guard.
Andrews landing with the ground and pound.
Andrews trying to control the position from guard on top but Cruz is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Andrews is stalling in the full guard.
Cruz throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz looking to control.
Cruz pulls Andrews in close to prevent any damage.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.

Andrews shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Cruz avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Andrews.
Cruz won't allow Andrews to pass to mount.
Andrews is keen to just control but Cruz is a slippery customer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Andrews passes the guard and advances to mount!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz wants to hold on but Andrews pushes him away.
Andrews lands a big elbow.
Andrews lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cruz wants to hold on but Andrews pushes him away.
Andrews tries to control but Cruz wriggling away.
Killian Andrews has got the better of the ground game so far.
Andrews unloading with bombs!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz working to try and regain half guard.
Andrews connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Andrews looking to land elbow strikes but Cruz uses the position to regain half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Andrews moves nicely into side control.
Andrews lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andrews wants to lay and pray for a moment but Cruz keeps working.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Killian Andrews showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Cruz shoots in for a takedown but Andrews shows good takedown defense.
Cruz fails to land the takedown.

Andrews shoots in and bounces Cruz off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Cruz can't keep his opponent in guard - Andrews advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Andrews working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Cruz is trying to control but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Andrews moves into full mount! Cruz won't be happy about that!
Andrews with shots to the head and body - Cruz looks very uncomfortable down there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Andrews wants to control the pace but Cruz is squirming around nicely.
Andrews lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Cruz hang on?

Cruz is rocked!
Andrews sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Andrews landing strikes from the mount and Cruz is in trouble!
Oh Cruz is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Andrews avoids the attempt from Cruz to control.
Andrews postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Cruz looks a forlorn figure.
Andrews thowing shots but they're missing.
Cruz seems to have got his legs back now.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Andrews can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cruz is looking to escape.
Andrews with good strikes from the mount here!
Andrews lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Andrews breaks from Cruz's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Andrews lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Andrews scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Cruz?
Cruz working to try and regain half guard.
Andrews controlling from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Andrews lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Cruz wants to control but Andrews is having none of it.
Cruz is squirming around, avoiding Andrews's attempts to control the action.
Andrews lands with some strikes.
Cruz tries to hold on but Andrews pushes him away.
Andrews can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Cruz is looking to escape.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries to hold on but Andrews postures up.
Andrews has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Cruz's face.
Cruz wants to hold on but Andrews pushes him away.
Andrews landing strikes, looking to finish!
Andrews trying to control but he's not successful this time.
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!
Andrews lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Andrews connects with a bit shot that sees Cruz covering up! More strikes from Andrews and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Andrews is our winner by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Killian Andrews!
Killian Andrews is the new featherweight champion!