PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Peter Sunshine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benedict Cruz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benedict Cruz has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Sunshine
vs
Cruz

172 cm
23
220 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

193 cm
32
221 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Backyard Fighting

Conquer

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Peter Sunshine!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Benedict Cruz!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cruz dives in and grabs Sunshine's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sunshine pushes down on Cruz's head and hops out.
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Sunshine.
Cruz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sunshine tries to avoid it but Cruz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sunshine to the ground. Sunshine escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
A big right from Sunshine misses.
Sunshine fails to land with a series of punches.
Sunshine just misses with a punch to the body.
Cruz will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Peter Sunshine has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Benedict Cruz.
Sunshine misses the jab.
Sunshine will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Sunshine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Sunshine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Cruz sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sunshine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cruz moves out of range as Sunshine strikes.
Cruz ducks under a wild hook from Sunshine.
Sunshine is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Cruz's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Sunshine connects with a jab.
Sunshine paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Cruz closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sunshine did well to prevent Cruz getting side control.
Sunshine trying to hold on to Cruz's head to control him but Cruz postures up.
Cruz works his way into side control.

Cruz wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sunshine, who protects the arm well.
Sunshine tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sunshine can't do much from the bottom here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sunshine tries to buck Cruz off but Cruz is having none of it.
Sunshine sneaks back into half guard.
Sunshine's coaches at Hardcore Elite Private Gym have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.

Cruz is looking for a kimura here.
Cruz tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Sunshine.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sunshine is trying to get back to full guard.
Cruz throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Cruz stands up and beckons Sunshine to join him on the feet.
Cruz gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sunshine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cruz moves away.
Cruz fails with a takedown attempt.
Peter Sunshine is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Cruz is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cruz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sunshine.
Sunshine misses with a series of wild punches.
No luck for Cruz with that takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sunshine throws a right and a left that both miss.
Cruz takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Cruz moves away from the strike by Sunshine.
Cruz avoids a punch combination nicely.
Sunshine throws an ugly left hook that misses

and Cruz counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sunshine is trying to push Cruz away but Cruz has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Sunshine is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Cruz drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Sunshine gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Cruz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cruz slips under a jab from Sunshine.
Cruz fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Peter Sunshine dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Sunshine misses with an uppercut. Cruz saw that one coming.
Peter Sunshine is winning the standup battle so far.
Cruz moves out of range of the strikes.
Sunshine loads up on a big right hand but Cruz slips the punch.
Sunshine scores with a nice right hand.
Cruz changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Sunshine tries to avoid it but Cruz manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Sunshine to the ground. Sunshine escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

Cruz scores with a takedown into Sunshine's guard.
Sunshine is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cruz is controlling him.
Cruz throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Sunshine works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Cruz looking to pass the guard.
Sunshine controls Cruz momentarily but Cruz frees himself.
Sunshine keeping full guard, as Cruz tries to pass.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Sunshine is looking to stand up but Cruz isn't so interested in that idea.
Cruz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sunshine is keeping the position for now.
Cruz is looking to work some ground and pound but Sunshine has wrist control.
Sunshine wants to sweep but no luck.
Cruz tries to free his leg and advance position but Sunshine is retaining full guard.
Sunshine trying to control the position.
Cruz throwing strikes but missing.
Cruz trying to control the position from guard on top but Sunshine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Cruz looks for a takedown but Sunshine sprawls well.
Sunshine lands a jab-cross combination.
We've been informed that Cruz has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Sunshine throws an overhand right that lands on Cruz's shoulder, as Cruz tries to avoid the shot.
Sunshine throws a monster overhand right that drops Cruz! Sunshine follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Peter Sunshine!
Our winner, Peter Sunshine, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.