PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ricard Cuenca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Waldorf Astoria (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Astoria has chosen Waltz from Les Sylphides as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cuenca
vs
Astoria

189 cm
24
182 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

180 cm
33
174 lbs
38 - 17 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

CEC Nutrition Q160 & Loans

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Ricard Cuenca!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 38 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Waldorf Astoria!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Colin Fray and Paul Gruel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Astoria fails with an attempt to clinch.
Astoria cracks Cuenca with an open hand slap.
Astoria thows a leg kick but Cuenca checks it
and Cuenca makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Astoria really felt that one!
Astoria looks to land a right hand but Cuenca moved out of range.
Cuenca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Astoria.
Cuenca blocks a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Cuenca, right into the meat.
Astoria misses with a leg kick
and Cuenca connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Astoria takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cuenca looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Astoria just misses with a punch to the body.
Astoria moves out of range of the body kick from Cuenca.
Astoria misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Cuenca.
Astoria fails to land with a series of punches.
Cuenca throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Astoria tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Cuenca scores with a spinning back kick!
A nice leg kick lands there from Cuenca.
Astoria looks winded!
Cuenca with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Astoria looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cuenca misses with a head kick.
Cuenca circles away from the clinch attempt

and Cuenca counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cuenca lands with a right to the head.
Astoria tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Cuenca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Astoria tries a knee to the head but Cuenca blocks it.
A shot in the inside from Astoria.
Cuenca lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cuenca struggles to land a body shot inside as Astoria controls his hands.
A shot in the inside from Cuenca.
Astoria works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cuenca.
Cuenca working aggressively here.
Cuenca lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuenca lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Astoria backwards.
Cuenca lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Astoria goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Astoria throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cuenca blocks it with crossed arms.
Astoria blocks the elbow strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Cuenca.
Cuenca lands an uppercut.

Astoria is rocked!
Cuenca scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Astoria is still on wobbly legs! Can Cuenca finish him?
A body shot lands from Cuenca.
Cuenca dips a shoulder and cracks Astoria with a mighty uppercut! Astoria falls back against the cage and Cuenca unloads with a barrage of strikes! Astoria is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Cuenca screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ricard Cuenca!
During a confident post fight interview, Ricard Cuenca thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.